John and Mable believed in sharing their treasures, whether it was the art they spent decades travelling Europe to collect or the music of visiting guest artists at Ca’ d’Zan sent out across the bay on local radio airwaves. The Museum celebrates the importance of the local community to the Ringling’s by remaining dedicated to creating a dynamic place where there is something for everyone to enjoy.
Preserving Ca’ d’Zan for future generations is one of the fundamental goals of The Ringling Inspires Campaign. To date we have raised $2.5 million of the $5 million that will enable us to restore the historic swimming and rare Aeolian organ, as well as establish a preservation and curatorial endowment.
On April 12th PBS's 15-time Emmy® Award-nominated show, Antiques Roadshow will be filming at the Ca’ d’Zan from 7:00am-7:00pm. We are thrilled to welcome PBS to our campus. In order to accommodate the taping we will be closing Ca’ d’Zan from Monday, April 9th through Friday, April 13th.
As part of the $100 million comprehensive Ringling Inspires campaign, the Monda family has provided an extraordinary gift of $5 million. The funds will endow a curator for Modern and Contemporary Art and includes four significant works from the Mondas’ noted collection.
To celebrate The Ringling’s nearly 100-year history, the museum has embarked on an historic $100 million fundraising campaign to ensure the legacy of John and Mable Ringling remains preserved for future generations.
Vanessa German refers to her sculpture as “power figures.” The accumulation of objects that she collects from her neighborhood or the “flea-tique” markets she frequents are attached to the body parts of dolls in a manner that in some way recalls the Nkisi Nkondi religious idols made by the Kongo people of the Congo region in Africa.
Sanford Biggers creates artworks that integrate film, video, installation, sculpture, drawing, original music and performance. He intentionally complicates issues such as hip hop, Buddhism, politics, identity and art history in order to offer new perspectives and associations for established symbols. Through a multi-disciplinary process and a syncretic creative approach he makes works that are as aesthetically pleasing as they are conceptual.
“The Glass Pavilion truly represents the global character of The Ringling’s collection,” said Executive Director Steven High. “From Japan, Germany, the Czech Republic, Canada, Argentina, and Australia, the innovative work that artists are creating in glass is truly breathtaking.”
Preservation of the Ca' d'Zan takes many forms: recently, The Ringling began a very exciting collaboration that brings the 1920s mansion into the digital age forever.
