Become a Circle Member and join us!
Circle Members enjoy unique, special opportunities that allow our members to explore the collections and to engage with the expertise of visiting artists, curators and staff. If you are interested in attending these events and becoming a circle member, please contact Sharon at 941-359-5821 or sharon.freddes@ringling.fsu.edu
Schedule of Events
Circle Behind the Scenes
Ai Weiwei: Zodiac (2018) LEGO
Thursday, Jan 9 @ 5:00-7:00 PM
Join Steven High, Executive Director & Dr. Rhiannon Paget, Curator of Asian Art, for a Behind the Scenes tour of the new Ai Weiwei exhibition in the Keith D. and Linda L. Monda Gallery for Contemporary Art. A reception will follow on the Museum of Art south loggia.
Acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei returns to The Ringling with his new Zodiac (2018) LEGO series. The 12 large works in the series are made entirely of LEGO pieces and demonstrate the artist’s continued focus on the zodiac animal concept. This latest body of work builds on the success of his internationally acclaimed Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Bronze and Gold
(2010) sculpture series, which The Ringling hosted in 2017–2018. The Ringling is the first museum in the United States to host this new exhibition.
This event is by invitation only. RSVP requested by January 2, sharon.freddes@ringling.fsu.edu or 941-359-5700 x 5802
Circle Behind the Scenes
Reinstallation of Gallery 21
Part 1: Conversation
Tuesday, Feb 4 @ 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Chao Lecture Hall
Circle Members are invited to participate in the Conversation program with Barbara Ramsay, Chief Conservator, and Dr. Sarah Cartwright, Ulla R. Searing Curator of Collections, about The Ringling’s efforts to conserve the grand painting Emperor Justinian by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and the reinstallation of Gallery 21.
This event is by invitation only. RSVP requested by January 31, sharon.freddes@ringling.fsu.edu or 941-359-5700 x 5802. Your RSVP will inlcude admission to the Conversation.
Circle Behind the Scenes
Reinstallation of Gallery 21
Part 2: Gallery Preview and Reception
Friday, Feb 7 @ 5:30-7:30 PM
Circle members are invited to join Dr. Sarah Cartwright and Barbara Ramsay for a reception and tour of Gallery 21. View the recently conserved and resplendent Emperor Justinian by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, and hear about the work that went into this gallery reinstallation.
This event is by invitation only. RSVP requested by January 31, sharon.freddes@ringling.fsu.edu or 941-359-5700 x 5802.
Circle Recognition Cocktail Reception
Community Drum Circle led by Inez Barlatier
Thursday, Feb 20 @ 5:00-7:00 PM
In recognition of your continued support of The Ringling and our programs, we invite you to join us for a cocktail reception and celebration on Ca’ d’Zan terrace. Beginning just before sunset (6:00 PM) join multifaceted Miami artist Inez Barlatier on the Bolger Campiello for a lively and rhythmic celebration of the full moon. Bring your own hand drums, dance, or just watch and enjoy!
Inez Barlatier, the Art of Performance’s 19-20 Spotlight Florida! artist, will be performing Moun-Moon in the Historic Asolo Theater on Feb 21st and 22nd.
This reception is by invitation only. RSVP information will be available at a later date. Your ticket to the Drum Circle will be included with your RSVP.
Circle Member Exhibition Preview and Dinner with Christopher Jones
Being Seen: Recent Acquisitions from The Ringling’s Photography Collection
Wednesday, Apr 15 @ 5:30-9:00 PM
Please join us for an exhibition preview and dinner with Christopher Jones, Curator of Photography and New Media Arts.
Curated from The Ringling’s photography collection, this exhibition features works by photographers who examine the complexities of identity. Consisting primarily of self-portraits and portraits of empowered subjects, these works explore personal agency at the intersection of politics and the representation of the female body. Each photograph presents a unique invitation to renew the dialogue on the authority of the gaze in twentieth-first century.
This exhibition is part of Art of Our Time and is supported, in part, by Gulf Coast Community Foundation and sponsored by the Herald-Tribune Media Group.
This event is by invitation only. RSVP information will be available at a later date.
Coffee and Conversation
Thursday, Apr 28 @ 9:00-10:30 AM
Join Executive Director, Steven High, for an update on what we have accomplished as we approach the end of the season and look towards the next fiscal year. Coffee and breakfast fare will be served.
This event is by invitation only. RSVP information will be available at a later date.
Circle Member Exhibition Preview and Dinner
Skyway 2020: A Contemporary Collaboration
Wednesday, Jun 17 @ 5:30-9:00 PM
Please join us for an exhibition preview and dinner with Ringling Curators, Christopher Jones, Curator of Photography and Media Arts, and Ola Wlusek, Keith D. Monda Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.
Skyway 2020: A Contemporary Collaboration is a celebration of artistic practices in the Tampa Bay region, as it is a collaboration between four institutions: the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; the Tampa Museum of Art; and the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa. Working together, curators from each institution offer context for the diversity of art being made in Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, and Sarasota counties.
This exhibition is part of Art of Our Time and is supported, in part, by Gulf Coast Community Foundation and sponsored by the Herald-Tribune Media Group.
This event is by invitation only. RSVP information will be available at a later date.
If you are not a Circle member and are interested in attending these events please contact Sharon at 941-359-5821 or sharon.freddes@ringling.fsu.edu for more information.