Events

Ringling Underground

Ringling Underground:
A series of one night only events combining live music and experiential artworks in the Courtyard. $15/ free for students with valid ID.

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The Ringling and SRQ Arts Presenters Presents:

ESS SEE // BROOKLYN // Indie / electro pop singer and songwriter ESS SEE hails from Arkansas, she now resides in Brooklyn where she crafts intoxicating melodies from her bedroom studio. Her sultry, vibey brand of pop has been described as “BANKS raised on Nirvana or Sonic Youth.” With an impressive range of vocals and bold lyrics exploring themes of intimacy, individuality, and youth culture, ESS SEE is a breath of fresh air—both onstage and off.

Mountain Holler // ST PETE // “Mountain Holler” is the moniker of multi-Instrumentalist Mark Etherington. Along with playing drums in the national touring instrumental band Set and Setting, and fronting the psychedelic-folk/groove outfit Redfeather, ‘Mountain Holler’ emerged in the spring of 2011 when Etherington started playing shows solo. His melodic guitar playing and haunting singing style reflective of Bert Jansch, Nick Drake, Robin Pecknold, Jim James, Jose Gonzalez, Neil Young and Stephen Stills.

Astralis // SRQ // Strewn together with stylistic stardust from across the musical universe, Sarasota five-piece Astralis layers incandescent vocals atop funky bass lines, cosmic synths, moonlit guitar riffs, and intricate percussion.

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Art in the Courtyard at Ringling Underground:
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Ringling Underground is always free for college students with a valid college ID. It is an extension of the Art After 5 program held on Thursdays after 5 p.m. After hours discounted admission is $15 for adults; $5 for children 6-17, children 5 and under and Museum Members are free.

Cash bar provided by Modern Events at The Ringling.

Ringling Underground is a rain or shine event.
Share your Underground experiences on social media using the hashtag: #RinglingUnderground

Freedom of the Presses Opening Reception

Freedom of the Presses is a collaborative exhibition co-curated by Booklyn, Inc. and members of the Ringling College of Art and Design community, which will be on view at the Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery at Ringling College of Art and Design from October 20-December 2, 2017. The project focuses on the creative and democratic processes of 21st-century independent artist’s publishing and offers models of empowering and educational art publishing practices. Artists’ books, zines, prints, and items of ephemera will be exhibited, along with a curator’s talk, book fair, and other events.

Wednesday, October 18, 11:30 am-12:15 pm
Letterpress Luncheon with Visiting Artist Marshall Weber
Ringling College Letterpress and Book Arts Center

Thursday, October 19, 11:30 am-12:15 pm
Gallery Talk with Curators
Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery, Ringling College Galleries

Friday, October 20, 5:00-7:00 pm
Opening Reception
Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery, Ringling College Galleries
with concurrent openings at made by gallery and the Brizdle-Schoenberg Special Collections Center at the Alfred R. Goldstein Library at Ringling College of Art & Design

Tuesday, November 7, 6:30-8:00 pm
SEA Change Film Screening: Access + Mobility featuring films selected from Art21, Creative Time, and A Blade of Grass: FIELDWORKS education series profiling artists’ work for social change
Academic Center Auditorium, Ringling College of Art and Design

Wednesday, November 8, 11:30 am-12:15 pm
Artist Talk, Sheryl Oring
Academic Center Auditorium, Ringling College of Art and Design

Friday, November 10, 11:00 am-1:30 pm
HaikU Road Signs Workshop with EXILE Books
Academic Center Lobby, Ringling College of Art and Design

Saturday, November 11, 11:00 am-4:00 pm
Book Fair featuring Ringling Students and Alumni, Booklyn, Inc., EXILE Books, Bluebird Books Bus, NOMAD Art Bus, and Sheryl Oring
Alfred R. Goldstein Library at Ringling College of Art & Design
with concurrent exhibitions at madeby gallery and the Brizdle-Schoenberg Special Collections Center

First Night – RIAF 2017

First Night kicks of RIAF 2017 with a celebration in the West Courtyard of the Museum of Art featuring a performance of WANTED by eVenti Verticali! Free beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres with DJ Imminent beginning at 6:30 pm (cash bar available), with the aerial spectacle WANTED at 8pm.

Ringling International Arts Festival 2017

Ringling International Arts Festival
October 18 – 21, 2017

Experience the brilliance of internationally-acclaimed musicians, actors, and dancers! Find the full schedule of performances and events: https://www.ringling.org/events/series/ringling-international-arts-festival

Performances are affordably priced and presented in three theaters within walking-distance, you can park the car once and enjoy the entire day. Lunch and dinner are available on-site.

Members save 10% on all tickets / Non-Members save 10% when purchasing 4+ RIAF productions. Tickets may be purchased online, in person or by calling 941-360-7399

Seesaw by Wise Fool New Mexico

Doors will open at 6:30pm. Performances will take place at 7:30 PM and 9:00 PM. Your Admission ticket includes admission to the courtyard for the entire evening/event. Stage side seating $30/Lawn (No Seating) $20
Acrobatic theater artists in the air and on stilts inhabit an ever-changing environment of kinetic sculpture, drawing in, disarming, and instilling audiences with wonder and compassion as they open the door for new ideas in movement and performance.

A Night In Brazil – RIAF Opening Night Celebration

RIAF revelry begins! Join fellow patrons and the artists of RIAF for a celebration of the music, dance and mystique of Brazilian culture — from Bahia to Rio. Move your feet to the irresistible Afro-Brazilian rhythms of Dendê & Band – hailed around the world for their pulsating percussion, and their unique blend of samba, rumba, afrobeat and funk. Then follow the fun and the fantasy as Dendê takes you to the “cidade maravilhosa” (marvelous city) of Rio.
Included with admission is a selection of Brazilian cuisine along with an open beer and wine bar. Cash bar is available and will feature a fun signature drink.

Ringling Underground

Please note that the date and time of this event has been moved due to weather – New date is September 8th.

Ringling Underground:
A series of one night only events combining live music and experiential artworks in the Courtyard.
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Tomboi (Jacksonville, FL)
Electronica trio Tomboi braid a pulsing synth with candy guitar licks to force your surrender to the groove. Emotive lyrics swim the effervescent pop stream and further the group’s progressive roots. Stirring wails pick up an urgent gait, gleaming with a wink all the while. These women know how to make you dance.

Members Alex E. (vocal, sequencing, beats, guitar), Paige McMullen (guitar) and Summer Wood (drums) first came together through mutual friends, cementing a deeper bond through music and youth advocacy efforts with local non profits, Girls Rock Jacksonville and JASMYN. They dropped their debut release, Queer Tears EP, March 2014 and another single, Lobos, January 2015. Since then they have shared bills with outfits such as Of Montreal, Big Freedia, Neon Indian, Hunter Valentine, La Femme, The Black Kids, Hunter Valentine, Fit for Rivals, Boyfriend, Moon Hooch, and Hank & Cupcakes. They have performed at events such as 7th Annual AURA Music & Arts Festival, Indie Grits, MurMur Media’s Atlanta Zine Fest, NYE333 Fashion Show at MOCA, GastroFest, Elestial Sound Showcase for One Spark, FolioFest, Queer The Fest, Harvey Milk Fest and LadyFest Pensacola. In correlation with their youth advocacy efforts they have Emceed events like Jacksonville Public Library’s 10th Annual Battle of the Bands, Girls Rock Jacksonville Arm-Wrestling Competition, as well as hosting Workshops on Songwriting & Sustainable Banding Practices.
https://www.facebook.com/tomboiband

Soapbox Soliloquy And The Nimbus Initiative
(St. Petersburg, FL)
“Soapbox Soliloquy sounds like what you might find in the tape deck of an Old Ford Galaxy, a psyched-out lovechild of Loretta Lynn and Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe (with all the work ethic, but minus the drama). Deja’s vocals are a siren’s song, neither breathy nor contrived, but earthy and mesmerizing. Combined with her multi-instrumental skills on guitar, bass, drums and percussion, the result is distinctly Deja.”
– Creative Loafing
https://www.facebook.com/SoapboxSoliloquy

Cassolette (Sarasota, FL)
Cassolette is a 5 (sometimes 6) piece jangly indie-pop band from Sarasota (and Gainesville) Florida, with a love of 90’s Britpop, unabashedly catchy hooks, fuzzy guitar solos and occasionally awkward performances. Featuring Jesse Coleman on guitar and vocals, his wife Ciera singing and playing keyboards, Darren Ankersmit on guitar and vocals, John Ewing on bass and Todd Weissfeld on drums, the band is returning to the scene exiting a brief hiatus. Three years after a successfully funded Kickstarter tour – which culminated in performing at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn for the NYC Popfest – Cassolette is back with new songs, new energy, and a renewed love for creating sugary sweet indie-pop tunes you can pogo to.
https://www.facebook.com/Cassolette

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Art in the Courtyard at Ringling Underground:
Ringling Underground event and artist liaison Sarah Viviana Valdez presents: Products of ‘The Zone,’ a collection of five artworks by artists who utilize the power of the machine to process images with a synthetic treatment. ‘The Zone’ references a philosophy forwarded by filmmaker Chris Marker, claiming that the use of treated images allows for the depiction of things that do not exist in history, redefining a new illusion of the past. Nina Hartmann’s four large prints enact a true photocopy texture even though the images are effectively distorted from their original source using a cropping technique that zooms into an area of the image. Almost ceasing to exist as a shadow-like figure is David Vassalotti in Ghost Town, a silent video manipulated with color-saturation and sepia treatments depicting the plausible reality of a simultaneously cluttered and abandoned world. A violent servitude can be detected in the enhanced digital collages by Nic Hamersly: Please don’t look at me I’m desperate and Gacy in love, classical sculptures arranged with an ironic testimony. Also included is a rose in a glass box surrounded by chains elevated to an emotional appeal in between Nic’s collages. An honest image of a rose slayed by the reality of such a ‘masterful skill’ – to be perfect is painful and unrealistic. A portal for reflective consciousness is presented with a projection mapped to a door frame for Wet Myriads I, the first in a video series by Andrea Williams. A transit character is observed drifting in a ’post-industrial interior.’ The ephemerality discussed in this collection of works passes through a filter of memories, attempting to sort things out in order to be properly understood. Extending from their predecessors who worked outside the hierarchies of film and print industries is a group creating a realm outside of space and time, products of the ‘The Zone’.
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Ringling Underground is always free for college students with a valid college ID. It is an extension of the Art After 5 program held on Thursdays after 5 p.m. After hours discounted admission is $15 for adults; $5 for children 6-17, children 5 and under and Museum Members are free.

Cash bar provided by Modern Events at The Ringling.

Ringling Underground is a rain or shine event.
Share your Underground experiences on social media using the hashtag: #RinglingUnderground