Programs and Events

The Ringling Art Library offers programs to the Sarasota community to engage our patrons with intellectual & artfully stimulating conversation; to provide a look into the literature surrounding art, and to provide family fun while learning. Please join us! Our events are free.

Inside the Library Vault

May 18, 2013: "Rare Book-binding and Conservation with James Tapley"

@ 10:30am-12:00pm, The Ringling Education Center, Room 1003

 

Sept 14, 2013: "A Harlequin's Romance: The Library of Chick Austin"

with Head Librarian Linda McKee, @ 10:30am-12:00pm, The Ringling Education Center, Room 1003

 

Nov 19, 2013: "Karl Bickel’s Gifts to the Library"

with Associate Librarian Artis Wick, @ 10:30am-12:00pm, The Ringling Education Center, Room 1003

 

ROAR!

ROAR! is the Ringling Museum Library’s summer initiative to get children ages 4-7, reading about art. Our family storytime will be every Friday at 10:30am-11:00am, from June 7^th to August 2^nd. We are not meeting on July 5^th.

Our summer reading program is FREE! Each storytime is limited to 40 people, including adult companions, and registration is required. Please register with the Assistant Librarian, Mēgan Oliver, in advance, via email megan.oliver@ringling.org or via phone at 941-359-5700 ext. 2704. More information is available here.

 

 The Literati: The Ringling Museum Library Book Club! 

 The Literati book club at the Ringling Museum Art Library is designed to intrigue, inspire and educate readers regarding the fields of art and art history. All meetings are the first Friday of each month, 10am-12pm. Discussion handouts will be available online and in-person. No registration or paid admission required.  Limited copies will be available for purchase in the Ringling Museum Shop. Please join us in celebrating art in its many contributions to the literary world!

The Literati meets September-May. The fall schedule will be posted by July 1, 2013.