This guide will help you explore works from the permanent collection in the exhibitions:
What's New? Recent Acquisitions
The Fantastical Mundane: Selections from the Grasset-Linares Collection
Critical Reading: Book Arts in Dialogue with the Collection
Look and imagine, but do not touch. Our fingerprints cause damage to art. Help us protect these treasures for future visitors. Walk, do not run. Running in the museum may impact the safety of others. Talk quietly with one another about what you see.
No food or drink in the galleries. Take photos, but no flash.
Draw and take notes, but only use pencils. You may use other materials at home to complete the activities in this guide.
As you explore the galleries, write or draw your ideas or feelings in the space below.
Jeremy Frey 2023
Jeremy Frey comes from a long line of Native American weavers. He learned traditional Wabanaki weaving techniques from his mother. The Wabanaki are dependent on the waterways of the Northeast for food and trade. This basket's flattened oval shape, and its white color with red spikes mimic the look and feel of a sea urchin, a small round animal with a hard shell and spiky spines for protection against predators.
Frey was inspired by a sea urchin, what animals or natural wonders inspire you?
Sea urchins live on the seabed at the bottom of the the ocean. What other animals live in the ocean? Use the space below to draw an underwater community.
While on display, the numbers in this interactive installation will periodically change. The numbers range from 1 through 9. The artist hopes you will see the installation with a different set of numbers each time you visit, a reminder that art, like life, is always in a state of change.
What colors and numbers do you see?
This work changes to display different sets of numbers. Color in the space below to capture the set of numbers that was displayed during your visit.
A portrait is an artwork that represents a specific person, often their face and upper body.
Gabriel de la Mora uses unusual materials to create his art. He used human hair to draw this portrait.
How would you describe the woman in this portrait?
Why would an artist choose to use hair for a drawing?
Think of things that describe who you are. Do you have a favorite color, outfit, or belonging? Draw yourself in the space below.
A still life is a work of art that consists of natural or human-made objects organized in a specific way. Still lives may be put into four categories: flowers, animals, symbolic, and breakfast or banquet. This painting shows a full bouquet in a vase. Which category does this painting belong to?
Draw your own bouquet of flowers in the vase below.
For this sculpture, Matt Keegan borrowed text from two other artists to create something new.
How does this work compare to the other artworks you have seen at the museum today?
Why might an artist choose to work with text?
Look around the gallery, what words or phrases do you recognize? List them below.
What are a few common phrases you or your loved ones often hear or say? List them below.
Use the words and phrases in your lists above to write a new story or poem.
Richard Baker
2013
Which titles do you recognize from this series of book cover paintings by Richard Baker?
Gulliver’s Travels is a classic adventure story written by Jonathan Swift in 1725. The book is broken up into four parts and follows the character Gulliver on four of his adventures at sea. Things go wrong on each of his journeys, leading Gulliver to meet different types of people, from the Lilliputians, who were very small, to the Brobdingnagians, who were giants.
Imagine you are about to embark on a journey like Gulliver. What would you bring with you? Fill the suitcase below with these items.
CONTINUE YOUR EXPERIENCE...
What was your favorite artwork from your visit? If you were the artist, what would you do differently? Recreate your version of the artwork at home.
Share your creations with RMA by tagging us on Instagram or Facebook @rollinsmuseum
Thank you for visiting the Rollins Museum of Art. We hope you enjoyed the exhibitions!
For more information on family programs at RMA visit www.rollins.edu/rma/education/ or email RMA_schoolprograms@rollins.edu.
Gallery Guides are made possible by generous support from the Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation. This guide was developed by the Romano and Mariolina Salvatori Education Fellow Sami Wilde ‘24.
Page 4: Jeremy Frey, (Native American, Passamaquoddy, American, b. 1978), Urchin, 2023, Black ash, sweet grass, synthetic dye, 5 x 11 ½ x 11 ½ in. The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art, Rollins Museum of Art. Gift of Barbara '68 and Theodore '68 Alfond. 2023.1.31 © Jeremy Frey | Page 6: Tatsuo Miyajima (Japanese, b. 1957), Painting of Change – 016, 2021, Oil on canvas, 2 dice, wooden bar, 59 x 92 3/8x 1 ¼ in. The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art, Rollins Museum of Art. Gift of Barbara ’68 and Theodore ’68 Alfond. 2022.2.4 © Tatsuo Miyjima | Page 8: Gabriel de la Mora (Mexican, b. 1968), P., 2007, Hair on paper, 13 1/4 in. x 10 3/4 in. The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art, Rollins Museum of Art. Gift of Barbara ’68 and Theodore ’68 Alfond. 2023.1.18 © Gabriel de la Mora | Page 10: Nicolaes Van Verendael (Flemish, 1640-1691), Still Life of Tulips, Convolvulus, Rose and other flowers in a glass vase on a ledge, ca. 17th Century, Oil on Canvas, 15.5 x 12.25 in. Long term loan from The Grasset-Linares Collection. | Page 12: Matt Keegan (American, b. 1976) Don't Worry (a sculpture by Matt Keegan, from a poster by James Richards, of a poem by Josef Albers), 2012, Stainless steel, spray finish, 40 x 48 x 10 in. The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art, Gift of Barbara '68 and Theodore '68 Alfond, 2013.34.103. Image courtesy of the artist and Simone Subal Gallery, New York. | Page 14: Richard Baker (American, b. 1959), Gulliver’s Travels, 2013, gouache on paper, 14 1/4 in. x 11 3/4 in. The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art, Rollins Museum of Art. Gift of Barbara '68 and Theodore '68 Alfond. 2013.34.131. Image courtesy of the artist and Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Massachusetts.
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