All events are located at the Rollins Museum of Art unless otherwise specified.
SATURDAYS
JANUARY 25 – MAY 10
1pm and 3pm | Museum Highlights Tours
SECOND SUNDAYS @ THE ALFOND INN
JANUARY 12 – APRIL 13
1pm Monthly Tours
TUESDAYS
RMA@Nite
Museum open until 7pm
JANUARY 17 | 5:30-7pm
Winter Exhibition Preview
MEMBER EVENT
JANUARY 28 | 6pm
Arte y Café Classical Refractions:
The Legacy of Antiquity in Visual Culture
JANUARY 31 | 11am
Exhibition Tour Classical Refractions:
The Legacy of Antiquity in Visual Culture
FEBRUARY 1 | 10-11:30am
Family Studio @ RMA
FEBRUARY 4 | 6pm
Lecture Who’s in Charge Here? Sharing Authority with Young Children in Museums
FEBRUARY 5 | 6pm
Happy Hour Tour @ The Alfond Inn
FEBRUARY 18 | 6pm
Arte y Café ¡Printing the Revolution!
The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now
FEBRUARY 20-23
Winter Park Arts Weekend
FEBRUARY 21 | 11am
Exhibition Tour ¡Printing the Revolution!
The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now
FEBRUARY 25 | 6pm
Lecture The Road to ¡Printing the Revolution!
MARCH 1 | 10-11:30am
Family Studio
MARCH 5 | 6pm
Happy Hour Tour @ The Alfond Inn
MARCH 18 | 6pm
Arte y Café Symbolic Languages:
Children’s Understandings of the Collection
MARCH 28 | 11am
Exhibition Tour Symbolic Languages: Children’s Understandings of the Collection
MARCH 29
A Day at the Harn Museum of Art with the Interim Director and Curator
MEMBER EVENT
APRIL 2 | 6pm
Happy Hour Tour @ The Alfond Inn
APRIL 4 | 11am
Exhibition Tour Beyond the Surface: Capturing Meaning Through Portraiture
APRIL 5 | 12-4pm
Spring Fling Family Day
APRIL 17 | 12:30pm
Artist Panel 2025 Senior Student Exhibition
APRIL 22 | 6pm
Artist Panel 2025 Faculty Biennial Exhibition
APRIL 24 | 12:30pm
Artist Panel 2025 Senior Student Exhibition
MAY 3 | 10-11:30am
Family Studio
MAY 7 | 6pm
Happy Hour Tour @ The Alfond Inn
MAY 8 | 5:30-7pm
Art Encounter with the Interim Director and Curator
MEMBER EVENT Indicates registration or RSVP required Indicates event is in Spanish Events are subject to change. Visit our website for the most updated information.
COVER Doris Leeper (American, 1929-2000) Untitled Tondo, ca. 1960, Oil on masonite, 21 in., Gift of Dr. Dyer Moss, ‘61, 1995.13
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Symbolic Languages: Children’s Understandings of the Collection
January 18, 2025 – May 11, 2025
How do children perceive, interpret, and evaluate works of art? Presented in partnership with the Rollins College Hume House Child Development & Student Research Center (CDC), Symbolic Languages: Children’s Understandings of the Collection is the museum’s first exhibition collaboratively curated with children ages 2 to 5 enrolled in the CDC’s laboratory preschool. Informed by the Reggio Emilia principle that children use “one hundred languages” to construct and communicate their understanding of the world, Symbolic Languages features various interpretive approaches that demonstrate how the child curators appreciated and were inspired by works from the collection, including those by Elizabeth Catlett, Chuck Close, Gregory Gillespie, and David Stern.
EXHIBITION TOUR | March 28 | 11am
Led by David Matteson
Associate Curator of Education
Dr. Alice Davidson
Executive Director of the Hume House Child Development & Student Research Center
Diane Terorde-Doyle
Director of the Hume House Child
Development & Student Research Center
A child chooses his favorite artwork among a selection of works from the RMA collection. Photo courtesy of the Hume House Child Development & Student Research Center.
Classical Refractions: The Legacy of Antiquity in Visual Culture
January 18, 2025 – May 11, 2025
Artists working in the ancient Mediterranean developed a powerful artistic tradition anchored on principles of realism, balance, and proportion that created a visual legacy beyond the fall of the Roman Empire. Since the resurgence in interest in Classical styles and themes in the Renaissance, imagemakers have often felt compelled to engage with the visual traditions of the Classical world. For some, this engagement was a push to reintegrate styles, themes, and techniques employed by Greek and Roman artists. For others, the visually powerful symbols of the ancient Mediterranean served as a jumping off point for critiquing the legacy of antiquity in structuring the Western world. Classical Refractions aims to explore ways artists have engaged with artistic traditions of Classical Antiquity from the Renaissance to the Contemporary.
Classical Refractions is guest-curated by Dr. Robert Vander Poppen, Associate Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology and students in ARH 404 Museum Studies Practicum.
EXHIBITION TOUR | January 31 | 11am
Led by Dr. Robert Vander Poppen and students in ARH 404 Museum Studies Practicum course.
¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now
January 18, 2025 – April 6, 2025
In the 1960s, activist Chicano artists forged a remarkable history of printmaking that remains vital today. Many artists came of age during the civil rights, labor, anti-war, feminist and LGBTQ+ movements and channeled the period’s social activism into assertive aesthetic statements that announced a new
political and cultural consciousness among people of Mexican descent in the United States. ¡Printing the Revolution! explores the rise of Chicano graphics within these early social movements and the ways in which Chicanx artists since then have advanced innovative printmaking practices attuned to social justice.
This exhibition is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with generous support from The Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, Michael Abrams and Sandra Stewart, The Honorable Aida Alvarez, Joanne and Richard Brodie Exhibitions Endowment, James F. Dicke Family Endowment, Sheila Duignan and Mike Wilkins, Ford Foundation, Dorothy Tapper Goldman, HP, William R. Kenan Jr. Endowment Fund, Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation, Lannan Foundation, and Henry R. Muñoz, III and Kyle Ferari-Muñoz.
Partial funding is provided by the Martin Andersen-Gracia Andersen Foundation.
EXHIBITION TOUR | February 21 | 11am
Led by Dr. Gisela Carbonell Interim Director and Curator
ABOVE Unknown (Greek) Head of Zeus 2nd-3rd Century AD, Marble, 6 7/8 x 6 x 4 1/2 in, Gift of Elena Powers, 1933.9
Art Encounters: Rethinking My Relationship to the Land
January 18, 2025 – May 11, 2025
This exhibition draws upon the knowledge and perspectives of Rollins College faculty to highlight the value of a liberal arts education for addressing human-driven climate change.
As Professor of Environmental Studies Dr. Lee Lines notes, “Climate change can feel overwhelming, with impacts occurring on scales and timeframes beyond our everyday experience.” What are the affordances of the visual arts for shaping our understanding of climate change? How does a liberal arts education prepare students to consider their ethical responsibility to the environment?
Art Encounters: Rethinking My Relationship to the Land is specifically designed for introducing first-year Rollins students to the core principles of a liberal arts education and how these principles may be applied to global challenges like climate change.
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Beyond the Surface: Capturing Meaning Through Portraiture
January 18, 2025 – May 11, 2025
How do portraits influence our perception of their sitters? What do they communicate about their values and role in society? For centuries, portraiture has been a fundamental form of art in the western world. From images of kings and queens to allegorical figures that embody moral values and convey symbolic meaning, portraits document social and political structures of times past. They tell stories, not only of the people represented, but also of their historical context, and of their unique function as objects.
This exhibition brings together a selection of paintings and sculptures by European and American artists from the 16th to the early 20th century. The grouping shows the evolution of artistic styles and techniques, and the historical significance of physical attributes to convey status, wealth, faith, and power. Beyond the obvious visual indicators of social position, these artworks played an important role communicating information about the sitter, reinforcing social or moral values, and shaping perspectives about contemporary society.
Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727–1788) Portrait of Gaëtan Apolline Balthazar Vestris, ca. 1781, Oil on canvas, 12 1/2 x 10 3/8 in., Bequest of Edmund L. Murray, 1983.14
Senior Student
Exhibition
April 12, 2025 – May 11, 2025
The 2025 Senior Student Exhibition showcases multidisciplinary work produced by graduating Studio Art majors. The final selections for the student exhibition are juried by the art professors and Museum staff.
ARTIST PANELS | April 17 & 24 | 12:30pm
2025 Faculty Biennial Exhibition
April 12, 2025 – May 11, 2025
The 2025 Biennial Faculty Exhibition showcases multidisciplinary work produced by Studio Art faculty within the College of Liberal Arts.
Learn more about each faculty member’s works on view in their Artist Panel.
ARTIST PANEL | April 22 | 6pm
Dana Hargrove
Audrey Hope
Dawn Roe
Rachel Simmons
Dawn Roe (American b. 1971) soft animals of the mountains and the rivers (1), 2023, digitized, UV-exposed gelatin silver print, 24 in x 52 in, Image courtesy of the artist
LEFT: Emilio P. Fiaschi (Italian, 1858-1941)
The Veiled Lady 1890s, Marble, 28 1/2 x 17 x 14 1/4 in. Bequest from the estate of Rex Beach, Rollins Class of 1897. 1950.28
The Alfond Inn is the only hotel in the United States that functions as an extension of an art museum. A significant part of The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art is on view at The Alfond Inn, a philanthropic boutique hotel located just a few blocks from campus and whose proceeds fund student scholarships. The works are part of the collection of the Rollins Museum of Art; their presence at the Inn gives the museum the opportunity to expand its footprint and its teaching mission for the entire community.
HAPPY HOUR TOURS
February 5, March 5, April 2, May 7 | 6pm
Join us in the lobby of The Alfond Inn in Winter Park for a 60-minute guided tour of selections from The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art, Rollins Museum of Art. Beverages are available for purchase before, during, and after the tour from the Hamilton’s Kitchen Bar and The Café. Pre-registration required.
Registration open two weeks prior to each event.
Self-Guided Tours OUTDOOR WALKING
SCULPTURE TOUR | Anytime
Start at the front steps of the museum and explore seven outdoor sculptures from the RMA collection with the beautiful Rollins College campus as a backdrop on this 1.6 mile audio tour.
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION VIEWS | Anytime
Enjoy 360-degree virtual views of current and past exhibitions on your device.
Visit our website for more information. Available on the Bloomberg Connects App beginning January 17.
Acompaña a la Dra. Gisela Carbonell, Directora Interina y Curadora, para recorridos guiados en español.
Café y pastelillitos provistos por nuestro auspiciador Café Don Juan.
Join Interim Director and Curator Dr. Gisela
Carbonell for exhibition tours in Spanish.
Coffee and pastries provided by our program sponsor, Café Don Juan.
28 de enero | January 28 | 6pm
Classical Refractions: The Legacy of Antiquity in Visual Culture
18 de febrero | February 18 | 6pm
¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now
18 de marzo | March 18 | 6pm
Symbolic Languages: Children’s
Understandings of the Collection
Lectures In person & virtual
WHO’S IN CHARGE HERE? SHARING
AUTHORITY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IN MUSEUMS
February 4 | 6pm
NICOLE CROMARTIE
Director of Learning and Engagement, Clyfford Still Museum
In 2019, the Clyfford Still Museum embarked on a groundbreaking project, inviting young children to co-curate an exhibition. Over three years, 250+ children and educators collaborated to shape the exhibition Clyfford Still, Art, and the Young Mind (2022). This lecture will explore the catalysts for this innovative curatorial approach, share insights from the development process, and discuss the impact of sharing authority with young children.
THE ROAD TO ¡PRINTING THE REVOLUTION!
Februrary 25 | 6pm
DR. CLAUDIA ZAPATA
Associate Curator of Latino Art, Blanton Museum of Art
The SAAM exhibition ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now, is a landmark research and acquisition effort to champion Chicano artists’ contributions to graphic history. In this lecture, Dr. Zapata will delve into the process of navigating activist collectors, artist networks, the new digital art chapter, and the shifting notions of the term “Chicano.”
Lectures made possible by The Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Visiting Scholars & Artists Program
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Weekend Tours
Saturdays @ RMA
January 25 – May 10 1pm and 3pm
Visit RMA on Saturday afternoons for docent-led museum tours that highlight works from our current exhibitions.
No registration required.
RMA @ Nite
Every Tuesday until 7pm
Visit after school or after work on Tuesdays for late nights at the museum.
Second Sundays @ The Alfond Inn
January 12, February 9, March 9, April 13 | 1pm
Join us on the Second Sunday of each month in the lobby of The Alfond Inn for a guided tour of selections from The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art.
No registration required.
Winter Park Arts Weekend
February 20-23
This four-day arts extravaganza will feature dozens of community events and performances at Central Park’s Main Stage and 20+ cultural venues throughout the city.
Visit cityofwinterpark.org for details.
Family Programs
Family Studio @ RMA (Ages 5-10)
February 1, March 1, May 3
10–11:30am
Join us for a memorable morning of art and exploration at the Rollins Museum of Art! Family Studio engages young children and their favorite adult in fun, interactive experiences inspired by our current exhibitions. Each program includes an exclusive tour, story time, and art activity.
Registration Required
Art Explorers Club
Ages 6-13
Become an official ART EXPLORER in this FREE kids-only program! Engage in a series of art challenges and creative missions that expand your imagination and develop your art research skills, all while exploring the museum’s collection. Discover a world full of art as you earn prizes and collect stamps in your very own passport!
Sign up today at RMA’s front desk.
Spring Fling (All ages)
April 5 | 12-4pm
Join us for a day of family fun at the Rollins Museum of Art! Engage with the current exhibitions through art activities, performances, and docent-led tours at 1pm and 3pm.
Spring Fling is an ALL-AGES event, FREE and open to the community. No sign-up or registration is required.
This event takes place both in the museum and outdoors on RMA’s back patio.
This program is generously funded by the Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation.
For questions or accessibility accommodations prior to Spring Fling, please contact rma_schoolprograms@rollins.edu
Member Events
Winter Exhibition Preview
January 17 | 5:30-7pm
Celebrate the opening of the Winter season at Rollins Museum of Art with a sneak peek at the newly installed exhibitions.
Open to all RMA Members & Special Guests. Registration Required.
For details and to RSVP, contact dmack@rollins.edu
A Day at The Harn with the Interim Director and Curator
March 29
Enjoy a day trip to the Harn Museum of Art in Gainesville with Dr. Gisela Carbonell, Interim Director and Curator. Space is limited to 25 individuals.
Open to all RMA Members & Special Guests.
For details and to RSVP, contact dmack@rollins.edu
Image Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art.
Founders Square Member Events
Art Encounter with the Interim Director and Curator
May 8 | 5:30-7pm
Gather with us for conversation, light bites, and personal insights into a selection of works in the museum’s collection with Dr. Gisela Carbonell, Interim Director and Curator.
Open to RMA Founders Square Members & Special Guests.
For details and to RSVP, contact dmack@rollins.edu
Memberships
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Shop & on RMA Publications
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Seasonal exhibition & programming mailings
Special invitations to programs and previews
Priority registration and access to member programs
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Travel Alliance trips
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Founders Square Memberships
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Single Adult
$80/yr
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All PATRON level benefits
Customized events featuring guided tours for unique RMA exhibitions & Art Encounter with RMA Director
Access to customized annual trips to museums and art exhibitions nationally, with special presentations by RMA experts
Monthly Director’s Newsletter with behind-the-scenes information about RMA, industry news, customized readings, and more
Exclusive tour for 4 with the RMA Curator
Exhibition Catalog
Exclusive tour for 6 with the RMA Director
Recognition in the Rollins College Fiat Lux Society
Recognition event with the RMA Director
Hard hat tours of the new museum
Featured recognition in the new Rollins Museum
The tax-deductible amount of your gift is reduced by the fair market value of the goods and services received. Founders Square Memberships support operations and the new RMA building. Multi-year pledges (up to 5 years) are encouraged. Special naming opportunities exist for contributions of $50,000 or more.
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BACK COVER Esphyr Slobodkina (American, born Russia 1908-2002), Desert Moon 1941, Oil on board, 18 x 22 in. The Alfond Collection of Art, Rollins Museum of Art. Gift of Barbara ’68 and Theodore ’68 Alfond, 2017.15.5. Image courtesy of the Slobodkina Foundation, Northport, New York Paul Jean-Baptiste Gasq (French, 1860-1944) Hero Helping Leander to Shore, ca. 1893, Bronze, 33 x 13 5/8 x 23 3/8 in.Gift of George H. Sullivan, 1950.35
2025 events are subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the museum’s website, rollins.edu/RMA
MUSEUM HOURS
Tuesday 10am–7pm
Wednesday–Friday 10am–4pm
Saturday–Sunday 12pm–5pm
CLOSED Mondays, major holidays, and during installations
PARKING Limited parking adjacent to the museum
Free Truist parking garage with validation
Partial funding for ¡Printing the Revolution! is provided by the Martin Andersen-Gracia Andersen Foundation. Additional funding for exhibitions comes from the Rachel and Kenneth Murrah and the General Exhibitions Funds. Exhibitions at RMA are funded, in part, by Orange County Government through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program. The Rollins Museum of Art is generously funded, in part, by Rollins College. Support for RMA’s educational programming comes from the Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation.
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