Thursday, June 6

Noon-6:00 PM: Check-in

2:00 PM: Welcome to Wonder | Jennifer Lemmer Posey + Katie Nickel | The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

2:10 PM: Curiosity, Wonder, and Museums | David Berry, Ph.D. | Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

2:30 PM: Collection Walks and Co-Creating a Digital Wunderkammer of Place – Intro | Sue Uhlig | Purdue University + Penn State University

3:00 PM: Wonder Winder Wander | Sydney Lemelin + Alyssa Braud | The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Artist

3:00 PM: Explore the Wonders of The Ringling

Keynote Session

6:00 PM: Kaywin Feldman | National Gallery of Art

Friday, June 7

9:00 AM: Morning Gathering | Jevon Brown + Glenn Hendrick | The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

9:15 AM: Community 0f Wonders | Steven High | The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

Wonder Works

10:30 AM: Wonder in Language Invention | Carolina González, Ph.D + Gabrielle Isgar + Susan Cox | Florida State University

10:30AM: Photopoetry Recess | Emily Carr, Ph.D. + Tricia Tondryck | Southern Illinois University,  Artist

10:30 AM: MOVE Through: Embodying Visual Art Through Movement | Jess Pope + Connie Cuadrado | Artist, Sarasota Art Museum

11:30 AM: Lunch

Performance and the Body

1:00 PM: Victorian Wonders | David London | Independent Scholar & Magician

2:00 PM: Electric Wonder: Loïe Fuller and the Serpentine Dance | Kat duPont Vecchio | Independent Scholar

2:30 PM: Living Wonders: PT Barnum and the Language of Sideshow | Betsy Golden Kellem | Independent Scholar

Light, the Universe, and the Sublime

3:00 PM: Exploring a Queer Sense of Wonder in the Arts | Hunter O’Hanian + Andy Johnson | Independent Scholar, Georgetown University

3:45 PM: Contemporary Art, Wonder and the Sublime | Ronald Bernier, Ph.D. | Wentworth Institute of Technology

4:00 PM: Respiration Meditation | Natalia Guererro | University of Florida

4:30 PM: Introduction to Joseph’s Coat: Skyspace, by James Turrell (2011) | Ola Wlusek + Glenn Hendrick | The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

Keynote Session

6:00 PM: Black Wonder and Rainbows | Shinique Smith | Artist

7:00 PM: WONDER Reception

8:29 PM: Joseph’s Coat: A Skyspace by James Turrell

Saturday, June 8

9:00 AM: Morning Gathering

Embodiment Disability, Difference, and Display

9:15 AM: Finding Wonder in the Disability Archives | John Gulledge, Ph.D. | Emory University

9:30 AM: Ephemeral Wonder, Curiosity, and Discomfort in the Archive | Maggie Vanderford + Matthew Solomon, Ph.D | University of Michigan

10:00 AM: The Wonder of the Art of Circus | Lisa B. Lewis | Omnium Circus

Wonder Works

10:30 AM: Creative Flow: Poetry and Partner Yoga | Emily Carr, Ph.D. +  Tricia Tondryck | Southern Illinois University, Yogi

10:30 AM: Thought-stopping Wonder: Proposed Solutions to Alienating Awe in the Special Collections & Archives Classroom | Rachel Duke + Taylor Henning | Florida State University

10:30 AM: Making Space for Wonder  | Erin Clabough, Ph.D. | University of Virginia

12:00 PM: Lunch

Wonder in the Details

1:30 PM: Experiencing Wonder within the Walls: A Video Journey of the Second-Year Students’ Single Resident Occupancy (SRO) Models | Kelley G. Robinson | Florida State University

1:45 PM: Close Looking in the Galleries

Preservation: Assuring Access and Awareness of Wonder 

3:00 PM: Wonder under Siege: Resisting the Exclusionist Agenda | Victoria Eudy + Jaimee Jensen + Christina Alderman + Jay Boda, Ph.D. | Missouri Historical Society, University of Aberdeen, Rhode Island School of Design, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

3:45 PM: The Virtual Wunderkammer and Embodied Neuroaesthetics: A Proposed AI-Augmented Exploration of NeuroArts and the Neural-Physiological States of Wonder | Piper Hutson, Ph.D. + James Hutson, Ph.D. | Lindenwood University

4:15 PM: Wonder in Native Nature: The Connections We Make Experiencing Untouched Places | Pamela Elisabeth Lindeback | Florida State University

4:30 PM: Preserving Material Objects of Wonder: A Conservator’s Perspective | Emily Brown | The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

5:00 PM: Collection Walks and Co-Creating a Digital Wunderkammer of Place – Wrap Up | Sue Uhlig | Purdue University + Penn State University

Keynote Session

6:00 PM: We Are Built for Wonder: A Neuroscience Perspective | Erin Clabough, Ph.D. | University of Virginia

7:00 PM: WONDER Sunset Celebration

Sunday, June 9

9:00 AM: Closing Breakfast