Annual Review 2021-22

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

Richard McCullough

President

Jim Clark Provost

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Steven High

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Warren R. Colbert, Sr., Chair

Margaret D. Hausberg, Vice Chair

H.Michael Bush, Treasurer

Sarah H. Pappas, Secretary

Jasleen “Ritu” Anand

Dennis W. Archer

Francine B. Birbragher

Larry J. Cuervo, Jr.

Rebecca Donelson

Andrew M. Economos

Leon R. Ellin

Robert D. Hunter

Thomas F. Icard, Jr.

Ronald A. Johnson

E.Marie McKee

Lisa A. Merritt

Cynthia L. Peterson

Frederic D. Pfening, III

Kelly A. Romanoff

Mayra N. Schmidt

Debra J. Short

Mercedes Soler-Martinez

James B. Stewart

Edward M. Swan, Jr.

Janice Tibbals

Marla Vickers

Kirk Ke Wang

EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS

Joan Uranga, Chair

Volunteer Services Advisory Council

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THANK YOU!

I am happy to report that The Ringling ended its 2021–22 fiscal year in a great financial position! Our finances were helped by a resurgence of visitors to our region that brought our annual visitation up to 85% of preCOVID numbers. Interestingly, our income from admission sales increased with admission income, far surpassing our budgeted revenue expectations.

We were able to move back to a normal exhibition schedule during the year and featured Hard Bodies: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer Sculpture from the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which opened in the fall and Rhodnie Desir: Conversations, the first installation by this Montreal-based dancer in the Keith D. and Linda L. Monda Gallery. In November we opened As long as there is sun, as long as there is light, which highlighted a major gift of contemporary art by Murray Bring and Kay Delaney Bring. We finished the exhibition year with Metadata: Rethinking Photography from the 21st Century This innovative exhibition explored the life of data that travels with digital images and included an international lineup of artists.

Our performing arts program relied on an enlarged film program and implementing new artist residencies and performances during the year. Performances by jazz artist Jamison Ross, Yissy Garcia, Sharing Grandmothers, and the Makuyeika Colectivo Teatral concluded the season. The development of The Greatest Show on Earth gallery in collaboration with FELD Entertainment continued with our London-based design partners New Angle and Cultural Innovations and will open in the Tibbals Learning Center in 2023. Our education team performed remarkably well and provided virtual programs in a wide array of formats. Toward the end of 2021 we began introducing on site programs to small audiences and midyear 2022 renewed tours of the Ca’ d’Zan. Our Visitor Services, Security, and Facilities/Grounds teams were dedicated to customer service and keeping our buildings and grounds in top condition throughout the year.

The Ringling is an exceptional and unique institution, and I am very proud of our staff and board for their work and leadership over the past three years. I also appreciate the support and encouragement we have received from the leadership of Florida State University and President McCullough and Provost Clark. But ultimately, it is all of you, our members, donors, and visitors that keep us all motivated to provide an extraordinary experience when you visit.

Thank you for your support and I look forward to seeing you soon at The Ringling.

Steven High Executive Director

Cover: Mohsen Azar (Iranian, born 1991) Untitled, As of Now, March 6, 2022 (detail), 2022. Backlit Duratrans ™, 115.6 x 153.7 cm. The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Museum Commission, 2021.45.1. Image courtesy of the artist.

Left: Metadata: Rethinking Photography from the 21st Century, installation view with work by Penelope Umbrico

FINANCES

ATTENDANCE

348,643 VISITORS IN TOTAL $20.5 M REVENUE $17.5 M EXPENSES $2.95 M SURPLUS $1.51 M DRAW FROM ENDOWMENTS

The COVID-19 pandemic caused severe financial hardship across the country and here at The Ringling. Travel restrictions, changing visitor patterns, and adverse economic conditions caused a reduction in revenues. With a 17% increase in visitors compared to last year, we continue to grow back towards pre-pandemic admissions, and our admissions income was $5.48 million, the largest in our history. Our $20.46 million in revenue exceeded our budget by 9%, and our expenses of $17.51 million were 7% under budget. We ended the fiscal year with a surplus of $2.95 million.

REVENUE $20,458,310

ENDOWMENTS

The Ringling’s combined endowments (The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation and the Florida State University Foundation) at year-end totaled $55.16 million with the annual draw from the endowments this fiscal year of $1.51 million.

We continue to monitor the COVID-19 impact, but we are also planning for recovery and growth.

EDUCATION

The Education department spent the 2021–2022 fiscal year innovating while remaining committed to The Ringling’s Equity Plan Commitments

14,587 VISITORS SERVED IN PERSON

7,765 VISITORS SERVED VIRTUALLY

4,485 FAMILY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

974 HOMESCHOOLED CHILDREN SERVED

31 TITLE 1 SCHOOLS ATTENDED PROGRAMS

$9,848 IN SCHOOL BUS SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS EXPENDED

5,750 VIRTUAL SCHOOL TOUR PARTICIPANTS

3,260 OUTREACH PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

Thanks to skills developed out of necessity during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Education staff created resources to nimbly pivot and respond to multiple challenges while serving our diverse audience’s needs. This year, all areas of programming activated a blended approach to museum education—utilizing online, hybrid, and in-person experiences.

Students from Kindergarten to College returned to campus after a two-year hiatus to participate in our popular teacher-guided school visit program. Over 6,100 students visited The Ringling to use the museum as their classroom. Teacher Guides, student worksheets, and audio guides supported enriching experiences for students. Virtual school tours, instituted in 2020, became a permanent fixture of school programming. Over 1,260 students from around the country participated in live, Ringling-led virtual school tours providing access to rarely seen works of art. On-demand video tours remained a popular option, viewed by over 4,490 students nationwide as part of their curriculum. The Homeschool Third Thursday program also returned to campus, serving over 970 participants.

Youth and Family Programs offered another accessible entry point to The Ringling for diverse families, both in-person and online. We started the year with a family festival making collaborative art with Skyway 20/21: A Contemporary Collaboration artist Carrie Boucher and the NOMAD Art Bus. ROAR, our popular storytime program for toddlers, evolved including online and outdoor meetings with our youngest audience’s safety in mind. Family Art Making (FAM) went partially online with The Ringling providing art supplies for families to pick up and make art while following videos produced by staff. Over 2,110 intergenerational family members joined The Ringling this summer with our new FAM Open Studio program encouraging participants to explore a new medium weekly. In May, over 300 participants joined us for Night at the Museum, an evening of art education in collaboration with Remake Learning Days and The Patterson Foundation.

Outreach Programs expanded art education into the local community. One staff member worked with 11 partner organizations providing regular art education programs both virtually and in-person to off-site locations. Through these efforts, over 3,260 children across Sarasota and Manatee Counties made art— students who otherwise would not have the opportunity to visit the Museum.

One parent participant said:

Our in-demand Guide Program resumed in June 2022 after a long two-year absence. Ca’ d’Zan Experience, a brand-new tour, features all five floors of John and Mable Ringling’s historic mansion—brought to life by our dedicated corps of volunteer Museum Guides. Tours are back in the Museum of Art, as well. Tours now encompass all gallery spaces including the Center for Asian Art, contemporary art, and special exhibitions.

Adult Programs continued through virtual and in-person experiences. Online programs engaged participants across the country and increased access to our diverse collections and artists. The Arts & Health Program expanded this year as The Ringling partnered with Sarasota Memorial Hospital, University of South Florida-Sarasota Manatee Honors College, and Florida State University College of Medicine. Healthcare providers learned to use art as a medium to hone their practice of medicine through the power of observation, communication, tolerance of ambiguity, and open-mindedness.

In-person, hybrid, or virtual, The Ringling continued to serve our local, state, national, and international communities through engaging Education programs. The wide range of programs offered by the Museum sparked curiosity, art appreciation, and the love of learning while providing an accessible entry point to the Museum’s diverse collections—the legacy of John and Mable Ringling.

“I’ve only seen my children doing art activities, now that I had the opportunity, I love it!”

EXHIBITIONS

Ya Levy La’ford: American/Rōōts

JUN 21, 2021 – JUL 4, 2022

Tampa-based Ya Levy La’ford’s art practice explores journeys, pathways, space, and the metaphysical complexities therein. La’ford’s work seeks to communicate humanity’s unseen experiences within the intricacies of geometric laden layers united through interconnecting lines. As a first-generation Jamaican American, she moves between her own heritage and vulnerable communities to find a universal language. For Skyway 20/21: A Contemporary Collaboration and extended to July 2022, La’ford transformed the gallery space with American/Rōōts (2021), a site-specific installation consisting of gold and black geometric pattern that represents the concept of interconnectedness between all living things.

Women in Print

JUL 2, 2021 – OCT 10, 2021

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Fujikasa Satoko (Japanese, b. 1980), Soaring Through the Heavens, 2020. Stoneware with white slip. Collection of Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz. Photography: Tanaka Tarō, courtesy of Joan B Mirviss LTD

Historic circus posters document the unique individuals whose talents were featured under the big top. Only headlining acts were considered important enough to have their own “paper.” A poster designed with a portrait and images of the individual’s acts was a financial investment reserved for the most notable of performers. Today these printed images document the likenesses and accomplishments of some of the most talented women to be seen with the American circus.

Prints, Ceramics, and Glass from Japan

AUG 15, 2021 – JAN 16, 2022

Since the first piece of clay was baked in a fire over 12,000 years ago, pottery has become one of the pinnacles of Japan’s artistic achievements. Over its long history, Japanese pottery has drawn stylistic and technical know-how from its neighbors, especially China and Korea. The artists represented here, working between the mid-20th century and the present, demonstrate different approaches to the legacy of the past and the ever-expanding possibilities of this medium.

The Ringling is grateful to lenders Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz and the donors that have built The Ringling’s collection in glass and ceramics and lenders Christine and Paul Meehan and Daphne Rosenzweig lending works by some of Japan’s most innovative printmakers active between the between the 1950s and the present.

This exhibition was made possible through the generosity of Howard and Janice Tibbals, the Howard Tibbals Collection, and the Howard Tibbals Endowment.

Photos, top to bottom:

Ya Levy La’ford (American, born 1979), American/Rōōts, 2021 (detail). Mixed media installation, 336 x 360 inches. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Lunardi Photography Strobridge Lithographing Co., Barnum & London: Adelaide Cordona, 1881.

Hard Bodies: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer Sculpture

OCT 31, 2021 – JAN 23, 2022

Since Neolithic times, craftspeople across East Asia have used the sap of the lacquer tree to coat and bond together wood, bamboo, textiles, and ceramics to make articles for daily and ritual use. The natural polymer refined from the sap forms a durable, waterproof surface that protects and beautifies. Lacquerware was—and continues to be—prized for its lustre, which artists learned to accentuate over the centuries with inlaid gold, silver, mother-of-pearl, and other precious materials.

From Legend to History: Archaeology of the Underground Railroad in our Backyard

DEC 1, 2021 – FEB 28, 2022

Archaeologists have the unlikely job of saving the lives of people who have passed. For a generation or more, freedom-seeking people built lives in hamlets from the Manatee River to Sarasota Bay. Angola, as the early 19th century maroon community is known, was a haven of liberty from slavery and its inhabitants numbered in the hundreds until the community was destroyed in 1821, with survivors escaping to the Florida interior or the British Bahamas. The National Park Service recognizes the archaeological findings in east Bradenton as evidence for their Network to Freedom, the Underground Railroad. From Legend to History traces the research process, shows the archaeological and archival evidence, and seeks to inspire hope from unsettled times.

Rhodnie Désir: Conversations

DEC 11, 2021 – APR 3, 2022

In her multidimensional choreographic career, Dancer/choreographer Rhodnie Désir created BOW’T TRAIL, a choreographic-documentary journey in which she has conducted research throughout the Americas since 2015. Her work included visits to countries such as Martinique, Brazil, Haïti, Canada, Mexico, and the United States to immerse herself within the African and afro-descendant cultures and rhythms generated from the ingenuity of her ancestors since the Slave Trade. Désir’s inaugural exhibition, Conversations, combines video, light, and sound to explore Désir’s experiences on the BOW’T TRAIL and bring the onstage performance into a new gallery-based medium. With a cumulative and polyrhythmic approach, the artist seeks to share her perspectives through a conversation between the past and the present.

Paid for in part by

Hard Bodies: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer Sculpture was organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Art and toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC. Paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenues and the Florida Department of State, Division of Arts & Culture.

Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenues.

Photos, top to bottom: Kurimoto Natsuki (Japanese, b.1961) The Dual Sun II, 2008. Lacquer and mother-of-pearl on automobile hood, 29 1/2 × 49 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture. 2013.29.1291. Photo: Minneapolis Institute of Art.

From Legend to History, photo courtesy of Uzi Baram

Rhodnie Désir: Conversations, photo by Manuel Chantre

As long as there is sun, as long as there is light. Selections from the Bring Gift and The Ringling Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art

NOV 21, 2021 – JAN 7, 2024

In 2020, The Ringling received a significant gift of contemporary art from Murray Bring and Kay Delaney Bring. This exhibition presents selections from this gift in dialogue with rarely seen works from The Ringling’s collection. Highlights of the gift include an important minimalist work by Anne Truitt and a monumental work on canvas by Gene Davis, both artists affiliated with the Washington Color School. Additional works in the gift represent a generation of prominent artists who work, or have worked, in abstraction, including Clement Meadmore, Jules Olitski, Beverly Pepper, Rebecca Salter, Kenneth Snelson, and Yuriko Yamaguchi, among others.

Paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenues and the Florida Department of State, Division of Arts & Culture. Support for this exhibition was provided by Gulf Coast Community Foundation and the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Endowment.

Eleanor Merritt: Remembrance

FEB 18, 2022 – AUG 21, 2022

This exhibition highlights the work of Eleanor Merritt, her creative use of materials, movement between figuration and abstraction, and her commitment to women’s rights. Born in Harlem in 1933, Eleanor’s talent in drawing and painting led to her acceptance to the prestigious High School for Music and Art in New York. She attended Brooklyn College for undergraduate and graduate studies, where she studied with some of the most influential artists of the time, including Mark Rothko and Ad Rhinehart.

This exhibition was paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenues. Support for this exhibition was provided by the William G. & Marie Selby Foundation and Ringling Museum Endowment.

Metadata: Rethinking Photography from the 21st Century

MAR 5, 2022 – AUG 28, 2022

The term “metadata” is used to describe the information that travels with a digital image file but is unseen within the image itself. In our networked digital environment, metadata is accessed by both human users and artificial intelligences. Metadata highlights that the information that circulates unseen around photographic images is just as important as seeing what they depict on their surface.

Paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenues. Support for this exhibition was provided by National Endowment for the Arts; Gulf Coast Community Foundation; The State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Endowment. This exhibition is a part of the Stanton B. and Nancy W. Kaplan Photography and Media Arts Program at The Ringling.

Photos, top to bottom:

Rebecca Salter (British, b. 1955), Untitled M13, 1997, Acrylic on canvas, 28 1/2 × 28 1/2 in. Gift of Murray Bring and Kay Delaney Bring, 2020, 2020.12.22

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Merritt, Remembrance, Mixed media on paper, 36 x 28 in. Gift of the Estate of Eleanor Merritt, 2022. Collection of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.

Lulay (German, born 1985), Our Writing Tools Take Part in The Forming of Our Thoughts, C, 2018, laser cut inkjet print, 31 1/2 x 23 3/5 in. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin.

Ballroom Florida: Deco & Desire in Japan’s Jazz Age

MAR 19, 2022 – SEP 25, 2022

Ballroom Florida was the most dazzling of Tokyo’s jazz-age dance halls. Established in 1928, the Florida surpassed competitors with its capacious Art Deco interior, top-tier jazz musicians from Japan and abroad, and alluring “taxi dancers”—professional dancers employed as partners for clientele. The Florida attracted the patronage of Tokyo’s cultural and economic elites, and served as muse to writers, film makers and artists. This exhibition celebrates a recent gift of six paintings by Enomoto Chikatoshi (1898–1973) and a photograph by Hamaya Hiroshi (1915–1999) from Mary and Robert Levenson depicting the women of the Florida and its chic décor.

The Marvellous Marbling of Matsui Kōsei

APR 2, 2022 – SEP 25, 2022

Matsui Kōsei (Japanese, 1927–2003) is known for his delicately marbleized, unglazed vessels. Kōsei pursued his passion for ceramics while serving as the head priest of a Buddhist temple in Ibaraki prefecture. He built a kiln on the temple grounds and studied by attempting to replicate the effects he found in prototypes from China, Korea, and Japan. In recognition for developing eight new and highly complex techniques, Kōsei was designated a Living National Treasure in 1995. This small exhibition presents five ceramics by Matsui Kōsei from the collection of Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz.

The world is just so small, now: Works on paper from The Ringling’s Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art

MAY 14, 2022 – OCT 23, 2022

Bringing together prints, watercolors, and drawings by artists working on paper, the exhibition highlights drawing and printmaking as fundamental to the artists’ practice. Assembled from The Ringling’s collection of contemporary works on paper, most of the pieces are on display for the first time. Shown along with these are several rarely seen lithographs, woodblocks, and a relief print on glass acquired between the early 1960s and late 1990s.

Photos, top to bottom:

Enomoto Chikatoshi (Japanese, 1898–1973), Florida (detail), ca. 1935. One of a set of six paintings mounted as framed panels; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper, 45 5/16 × 77 1/2 in. (115.1 × 196.9 cm)

Gift from the collection of Robert and Mary Levenson, 2019, SN11671.3.

Matsui Kōsei (Japanese, 1927–2003) Large orbed vessel, ca. 1976. Stoneware with neriage (marbling) in dark and light grey. Collection of Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz. Artwork reproduced courtesy of Matsui Kouyou.

Linda Stein (American, born 1943), Profile Solid 383.033 (detail), 1975. Acrylic on paper, 7 1/2 × 9 in., Gift from The Raymond Learsy Collection, 2021, 2021.41.8

Generous support provided by The Ringling Museum General Fund and the Peter and Mary Lou Vogt Exhibition Fund. Paid for in part by Sarasota County Tourist Development Tax revenues and the Florida Department of State, Division of Arts & Culture.

2,715 AUDIENCE AT PERFORMANCES 33 ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

561 ATTENDEES IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS

3 ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

The Ringling’s Art of Performance rekindled its live performance events in the Historic Asolo Theater with a varied program of mainstage shows, artist residencies, films, talks and community workshops and masterclasses.

Despite uncertain conditions for live public events, the program served audiences, artists and our mission by delivering world class multinational programming in a wide spectrum of disciplines.

PERFORMANCES FOR 2021–2022:

Ludic Proxy: Fukushima by Aya Ogawa

SEP 6–12, 2021

On demand broadcast performance was a highlight of Eco-performance Week. The flawless, multilingual virtual adaptation of Aya Ogawa’s play Ludic Proxy follows a woman named Maho, who visits her older sister living on the outskirts of the Fukushima nuclear evacuation zone in 2015.

Noche Cubana with Cimafunk (Cuba)

OCT 15, 2021

Cimafunk defies classification on a funk pilgrimage in search of a new musical miscegenation of Black music. Singer, composer and producer, the young Cuban sensation offers a bold mix of funk with popular and traditional Cuban music and African rhythms.

De Paso by Sara Perez & Ruben Puertas (Spain)

OCT 30–31, NOV 3, 2021

Dancer and choreographer Sara Perez stunningly precise Flamenco work De Paso (Along the Way) reveals the much-anticipated choreographic virtuosity of this rising star. This theatrical duet with firebrand dancer Ruben Puertas, De Paso employs the remarkable song, guitar, and percussion talents of four musicians.

Flor de Toloache – Female Mariachi (NYC)

DEC 10, 2021

Having performed at Coachella and a NPR Tiny Desk Concert, this Latin GRAMMY-winning, New York-based ensemble is one of the finest all female mariachi groups on the planet. The band sparkles with reverence for mariachi music while introducing an intoxicating, contemporary twist on the genre with a powerful feminine energy.

Above: Cimafunk, photo courtesy of the artist

Right: Flor de Toloache, photo by Piero F Giunti

The BOW’T Trail Young Leaders Commemorative Performance featuring Booker High School Dance Students

JAN 24, 2022

In collaboration with artist visiting choreographer Rhodnie Désir, Booker High School Dance Students performed in the Museum of Art Courtyard to highlight Sarasota’s Black History and celebrate community. In this special performance, students retraced their journey with the Haitian- Canadian artist, choreographer, and dancer via dance.

Sharing Grandmothers

FEB 11 & 12, 2022

This original multidisciplinary song cycle explores the profound contributions of Black women to humanity. The two principal artists are Inez Barlatier, a Miami-based Haitian-American singer/songwriter, percussionist and dancer, and LORNOAR, a Cameroonian artist whose work also encompasses traditional and original songs, music, and dance. The work celebrates the legacy of shared ancestry and traditions between Cameroon and Haiti, the influence of Africa on the Caribbean and its diaspora, and the empowerment of the 21st Century Black Woman.

Yissy Garcia

MAR 10 & 11, 2022

Composer and drummer Yissy Garcia is one of the most powerful artists of this new generation of Cuban musicians. Yissy has ushered in a new era of “high-speed Cuban jazz,” which fuses street conga and rumba, plenty of drums, bass and funk—all rhythms the artist says are “carried in our blood.”

Jamison Ross

MAR 12, 2022

Jamison Ross is a vocalist and drummer that delivers messages of humanity through the medium of jazz. His 2015 debut release, Jamison, introduced the world to his concept of rhythm and melody and also garnered a GRAMMY® nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album.

Corporeal Decorum by Liony Garcia

APR 15 & 16, 2022

Corporeal Decorum is a multidisciplinary performance piece and investigation into the cultural erasure of Miami’s Art Deco. Conceived and choreographed by Ringling artist in residence Liony Garcia, the piece memorializes important elements of the Miami’s surviving deco architecture.

Andares by Makuyeika Theatre Collective

APR 28–30, 2022

Created by director Hector Flores Komatsu’s personal search to know and understand the indigenous cultures of his homeland, Andares is a moving, fierce denunciation against a present that seems intent upon destroying what was once held as sacred.

Music Around the World with Hermitage Fellow

Kavita Shah

APR 21, 2022

In partnership with The Hermitage artist retreat, audiences enjoyed an evening of live music with composer and performer Kavita Shah under the museum’s magnificent Banyan trees.

The Invention of Seeds by Annalisa Dias: A play reading by Ringling Artist in Residence

Artist in Residence and playwright Annalisa Dias of Groundwater Arts gave an informal reading of her new work “The Invention of Seeds”. Local community members performed, and an intimate reflection with Dias and participants followed.

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

Liony Garcia (Miami, FL)

Teo Castellano/D Projects (Miami, FL)

Annalisa Dias (Baltimore, MD)

PARTNERSHIPS

Circus Arts Conservatory

Booker High School

Manatee School of the Arts

The Hermitage

Sarasota Film Festival CreArte Latino

46,812 OBJECTS

451 NEW ACQUISITIONS

419 GIFTS 6 BEQUESTS 26 ITEMS PURCHASED

122 OBJECTS LOANED

312 OBJECTS BORROWED

Over the past year, Collections successfully executed a variety of comprehensive in-house and traveling exhibition projects, as well a uniquely large-scale loan project with the Pointe-à-Callière Museum in Montreal. This loan included the preparation of over 30 objects from The Ringling’s circus and art collections, producing over 20 crates that traveled to Old Montreal as part of their exhibition, It’s Circus Time! From October 2021 – March 2022.

Collections continued to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, revamping our outgoing loan program and continuing a selection of delayed projects, such as the renovation of our second-floor galleries in the Tibbals Learning Center. This dynamic re-installation includes a partnership with Feld Entertainment to revive the story of The Greatest Show on Earth, and will include new casework, didactics, and over 20 loaned objects and costumes for display. Collections and Curatorial staff continue to collaborate on this renovation, which is anticipated to open in spring 2023.

In the past year, Collections oversaw the installation and de-installation of 18 in-house and traveling exhibitions. Projects of particular note include Skyway 20/21: A Contemporary Collaboration, Hard Bodies: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer Sculpture, and Metadata: Rethinking Photography in the 21st Century. Staff continued to support our regularly scheduled gallery rotations in the Pavilion and Chao Galleries in the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center for Asian Art, and the Kotler–Coville Glass Pavilion.

To continue with the development and growth of our department, all full-time staff members of our Preparation & Design team traveled to Bentonville, Arkansas to participate in the American Alliance of Museum’s PACCIN (Preparation, Art Handling, Collections Care Information Network) conference hosted by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

This is the first time since 2014 that our museum has been able to participate in this conference, which is hosted bi-annually. It provided our newest team members and our veteran staff an invaluable opportunity to share their knowledge and represent The Ringling on a national scale. Members of our Registration team also attended the bi-annual Association of Registrar and Collections Specialists (ARCS) virtual conference, participating in a variety of sessions focused on improving and innovating collections care.

Our loan program returned to a more normal pace this past year with Registration staff coordinating the logistics and transportation of 15 outgoing loans, with 66 objects traveling internationally and 56 objects traveling domestically. While courier travel continues to return to normal operations, Collections served as couriers for 6 loans, supervising the safe transit, unpacking, and installation of The Ringling’s objects. Notable loans this year include our Francesco Salviati traveling to The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Georgia Museum of Art; our Bernardo Strozzi to The Jewish Museum; our Fede Galizia to the Wadsworth Atheneum and Detroit Institute of Arts; our Domenico Fiasellas to Palazzo Ducale Fondazione per la Cultura; and a selection of our holdings by Marcel Duchamp to Museum für Moderne Kunst.

The Ringling received 451 works of art into the collection this past year. Impactful offerings include significant donations of 19th and 20th century prints and drawings to our Asian Collection, as well as a large collection of 20th century photography, including notable artists such as Danny Lyon and Dmitri Baltermants. To continue efforts toward diversifying our collection and ensuring its balanced growth, The Ringling acquired 12 Asian antiquities, 12 paintings and 3 textiles by artist Linda Stein, and a print by artist Leon Hicks. Cataloging efforts continue for some of our more recent gifts, including the Stan and Nancy Kaplan Collection, donated in FY19–20. Significant support for the processing of our larger-scale cataloging projects comes from a core group of our dedicated volunteers.

CONSERVATION

Our Conservator of Sculpture & Decorative Arts oversaw the planning and implementation of the Cypriot conservation project, reviewing condition reports for up to 200 objects slated for installation in the new Cypriot Gallery in 2024, and consulting with a contracted objects conservator (Dimitra Pantoulia) and a guest Cypriot curator (Joanna Smith). She also ensured the successful preparation, shipment, installation, and return of 35 objects from the Circus collection for loan to an exhibition at the Pointe-à-Callière Museum in Montreal, Canada. In addition, she treated Anne Truitt’s sculpture Morning Air for the exhibition, As long as there is sun, as long as there is light

Major painting conservation treatment projects completed in the Conservation Laboratory included the Nicolás Rodríguez Juarez Holy Family with Saints Anne and Joachim and the Alexis-Simon Belle Portrait of John Tucker. The Joshua Reynolds John Manners, Marquess of Granby—the oil sketch for our monumental painting of the same name—neared completion.

Conservation staff examined and condition reported all works proposed for acquisition, objects requested for loan and returning from loan, and most of the works included in installations, rotations, or exhibitions at the museum.

Above: Juglet, Cypriot. Clay, 4 15/16 x 3 1/8 in. Bequest of John Ringling, 1936. SN28.23. To be installed in new Cypriot Gallery.

Right: Nicolás Rodríguez Juarez (Mexican, 1667–1734, active in Mexico City), Holy Family with Saints Anne and Joachim, 1699. Oil on canvas, 86 1/4 x 77 3/4 in. Bequest of John Ringling, 1936. SN353

Contracted conservation projects included the treatment of several works on paper for exhibition (Sonja Jordan-Mowery) and treatment of ten bronze objects for the 2024 installation of the Cypriot Gallery (Dimitra Pantoulia).

In May 2022, a major conservation project was started on the cast stone cornice and balustrade on the façade at the east entrance to the Museum of Art (EverGreene Architectural Arts and Standard Restoration). Failed mortar, caulking, and waterproofing materials were removed. The cast stone was cleaned, treated to remove and discourage biological growth, and then stabilized, caulked, patched, and waterproofed. Failed corbel brackets—most of which were not original— were replaced by replicated elements using a less corrosive anchoring system. Maintenance treatment of the bronze statue of David in the Museum of Art Courtyard was completed (EverGreene). In addition, a conservation assessment of the terra cotta and stained glass windows and doors on the ground floor West face of Ca’ d’Zan was conducted (EverGreene) in preparation for the next major phase of treatment. Grants were secured from the Wohlers Family Foundation and the Dalbeck Memorial Trust for maintenance treatment of the Bolger Family Reflecting Pool and associated elements at Ca’ d’Zan, to be carried out in the fall of 2022.

Emily Brown delivered her annual lecture on the history of glass manufacture to graduate students of the Winterthur-University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. She was awarded a $1,500 scholarship by the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation to support participation in a three-day workshop, Rigging Basics for Conservation Professionals, in Los Angeles, CA.

Barbara Ramsay and Dr. Nick Barbi co-authored an article in The Ringling Magazine, “Science in the Service of Art: X-ray Fluorescence” (Oct–Dec 2021). Ramsay co-authored, with former staff conservator Megan Salazar-Walsh and ArtCare conservators Oliver Watkiss and Rustin Levenson, an article on the Emperor Justinian Conserving Canvas project for the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) Paintings Specialty Group Postprints titled “Training the Next Generation: A Conserving Canvas Collaboration between The Ringling and ArtCare Conservation.” Ramsay and Brown attended the AIC annual conference in Los Angeles in May 2022, where Ramsay also participated in the Getty Publications book launch and signing for the book Clyfford Still: The Artist’s Materials, which she co-authored with Susan F. Lake. Ramsay received the Award of Distinction 2022 from the Canadian Association of Professional Conservators.

Details of Museum of Art façade before and after major conservation treatment

RESEARCH

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

The Ringling is a department of Florida State University (FSU) and a partner institution in the Cross College Alliance (CCA) along with New College of Florida (NCF), Ringling College of Art and Design (RCAD), State College of Florida (SCF), and the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee (USFSM). As an educational institution, The Ringling supports the work of students, faculty, and scholars from around the world who use the museum’s collections and other resources for teaching and research.

For the 2021–2022 academic year, The Ringling was excited to restart its in-residence internship program. We hosted 10 students for two graduate programs in museum studies and museum education, each in partnership with FSU’s Art History and Art Education departments. We also hosted four NCF undergraduate interns as part of NCF’s Community-Driven Internship program, sponsored by the Mellon Foundation. Along with in-residence interns, The Ringling offered three students remote internships to work and learn with our Archives staff. Students combined course work with internship projects offering practical experience in a professional environment.

ART LIBRARY

22 BOOKS PURCHASED

The Ringling also resumed its annual summer internship program for the first time since 2019. We hosted five internally funded and two externally funded internships where students spent the summer learning and working in The Ringling’s Archives, Collections, Education, Human Resources, Historic Asolo Theater, and Visitor Services – Box Office departments. The Ringling was honored to be selected as a host organization for internships supporting early-career professionals from underrepresented communities (the Diversity in Arts Leadership (DIAL) program, sponsored by Americans for the Arts, and Opportunities for All, sponsored by the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation). All seven summer interns completed projects in their respective departments along with professional development and cultural enrichment activities learning about The Ringling’s overall mission and operations.

211 BOOKS GIFTED

1,480 PATRONS

296 PROGRAM ATTENDEES

ART LIBRARY

The Ringling Art Library supports the research of museum staff and guides; students, faculty, and scholars from colleges and universities; as well as visiting scholars. There is a robust sharing of Ringling materials with other academic and museum libraries, and the Library’s borrowing of research materials extends to libraries around the world. The Library programming has not only continued uninterrupted during the past year, but the Literati, an art book discussion group, has added a number of participants and expanded its meetings to include the summer months.

ARCHIVES

Archives has been busy processing and digitizing the museum’s archival collections to make them accessible to staff and researchers. A second major emphasis has been stabilizing The Ringling’s Audio-Visual collection. Through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an assessment of this collection was completed, findings will assist in directing the future storage needs for this material. With a $27,000 grant from The Peck Stacpoole Foundation and a donation from Fred Pfening, funds have been raised to purchase a sprocket-less scanner so staff can safely digitize our 16mm and 8mm film. With $21,016 of support from the Center for Library and Information Resources, the Tibbals collection of 8mm films captured by Buster Bailey were digitized and are now accessible on Florida State University’s on-line public access catalog DigiNole.

To enhance our knowledge of John and Mable Ringling and support their legacy, the Archives staff compiled the Sarasota County real estate records of John and Mable Ringling, the Ringling family, and the Ringling Bank and Trust Company. This information will be used to inform how the Ringlings impacted our community. The archives staff assembled digital assets of John Ringling’s Sarasota County probate records and records from seven Tampa civil case lawsuits involving John Ringling from the National Archives and Records Administration. The Archives seeks to expand scholar and public access to its holdings by stabilizing a collection of forty-one Barnum & Bailey Circus press department scrapbooks from further deterioration and digitize this collection.

Archives staff guided ten department interns who contributed to a variety of departmental initiatives and provided tours to board members, donors, college classes and colleagues, which helped to raise awareness of the archives as a resource and of archives as a discipline. Archives staff contributed and participated in the museum’s digital initiative through development of the DigiLab, supporting the digital asset management project, working with Florida State Libraries hosting archival collections on DigiNole and curating social media content.

FACILITIES & GROUNDS

A strong working relationship with FSU has enabled The Ringling to make progress on a wide range of facility issues, including restoration and maintenance of the buildings on our campus as well as the care of our grounds. We also work closely with historic architects and conservators when our projects focus on the historic buildings on our campus.

BUILDINGS

Funding from the FSU Carryforward allowed for a major treatment of the east façade of the Museum of Art to commence in May. Cast stone elements on the cornice and balustrade were cleaned, stabilized, and waterproofed. The restoration of the Ca’ d’Zan roof entered the design phase, and the replacement of the HVAC at the Ca’ d’Zan will be incorporated into this project. The boiler system in the Circus Museum Tibbals Learning Center was replaced. Our 301 off-site building underwent repairs, including painting, the replacement of the HVAC system and roof, and spraying of insulation. Replacements for the exhaust stacks on the Johnson-Blalock Education Center that had been damaged in 2017 during Hurricane Irma were finally received and installed.

GROUNDS

Our Facilities team continued to address storm water drainage issues by clearing some 600 feet of storm water pipe that drains out to the bay. This section had been blocked for many years due to invasive Banyan roots. The grounds at The Ringling are a Level 2 arboretum as designated by ArbNet, the arboretum accreditation body of the Morton Arboretum. Due to current staffing shortages, we are relying on contractual staffing for many of our custodial and grounds services. For example, outside contractors are assisting with trimming back trees and doing most of the mowing and edging on the grounds in general. This allows our Ringling staff to focus on the detailed work of the beds, ornamentals, Museum of Art Courtyard, and so forth. The Rose Garden had a lot of new growth probably reflecting our change from using well water with a higher salt content to using fresh water instead. Our volunteers returned for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to assist in the Rose Garden. The Sarasota Garden Club also returned to continue their work in Mable’s secret Garden.

Fundraising and Membership growth continued in a post pandemic rebound phase. Membership participation is trending toward pre-pandemic levels.

Over $1.6 million in new planned gift commitments was received and $1.66 million in gifts of art added to The Ringling’s collections.

Sarasota’s foundations continued to bolster their support for The Ringling as a leading arts organization in the region. Grants from Gulf Coast Community Foundation, the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, Sarasota County TDC, Florida Department of State’s Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts provided program critical support for exhibitions and performance. Ringling Education and Outreach programs benefited from the generosity of individuals to reach new audiences through initiatives for children and families to create art.

MEMBERSHIP 8,186

MEMBERSHIP HOUSEHOLDS $1.5 M IN REVENUE IN TOTAL @ THE RINGLING $8.1 M RAISED TOTAL RAISED FY 21/22: $8,091,186

One of the most exciting achievements of the year was the receipt of a $1.5 million grant from the Wyncote Foundation of Philadelphia to support the restoration and reinstallation of the historic Aeolian pipe organ in the Ca’ d’Zan. This grant, pooled with $280,000 in gifts from individuals over the years, will make this multi-year project become a reality.

We are extremely grateful for the generosity of our donors and members. Gifts

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

$1,000,000+

Margot E. and Warren J. Coville*

Wyncote Foundation

Florida State University

Florida State University Foundation

The John and Mable Ringling

Museum of Art Foundation

$100,000–999,999

John Chatzky

Andrew M. and Judith J. Economos

Stanton B. and Nancy W. Kaplan

Deborah Mullin

Richard H. and Betty Watts Nimtz

Judith F. Shank and Stephen G. Shank/

The Shank Family Foundation

Ray Thomason

Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation

$25,000–99,999

Caldwell Trust Company

Community Foundation of Sarasota County

Brian A. Dursum

Estate of Theodore Cover

Florida Department of State Div of Art & Culture

Roy and Robin Grossman

Gulf Coast Community Foundation

Margaret D. and Mark Hausberg

Toby A. and Robert Kline

John W. Markham

J. Richard and Cornelia L. Matson

George* and Sarah H. Pappas

David J. Patten*

Howard E. Reinheimer

Sarasota County TDC/A 2022 Grant

The Trust Company

Edris C. and David H. Weis

Thomas J. Wilson

Wohlers Family Foundation

$10,000–24,999

Paul C. Allen

James A. and Maryann P. Armour

Robert G. and Sara R. Arthur

Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation

Gerald L. and Sondra K. Biller

BMO Harris Bank, N.A.

Travis B. and Kathleen C. Brown

JoAnn M. and Don G. Burhart

Robyn L. and Charles M. Citrin

Warren R. Colbert and Marie J. Colbert

Collinsworth Family Foundation

Sandra W. and Neil P. DeFeo

David Harding

Jeffrey R. Hotchkiss and Elizabeth W. Winder

The Huisking Foundation

Franz Hummert

Robert D. and Marie C. Hunter

Robert P. and Ann R. Jackson

James and Maryann Armour Foundation

Charles H. and Dorothy C. Jenkins

William L. and Jane T. Knapp

The Kors LePere Foundation

Marietta F. Lee

Robert A. and Mary Levenson

Ludmilla P. Malmberg

Joy McCann Foundation

Thomas E. and Paula G. McInerney

Peck Stacpoole Foundation

Richard E. Perlman and Ellen Hanson

Sir Denis Mahon Foundation

Susan M. Brainerd Trust

The Isak And Rose Weinman Foundation

Blair Trippe

$5,000–9,999

Peggy C. Allen and Steven C. Dixon

Sylvia S. Barber

William T. Bond

Boscia Family Foundation

Donna and Jon Boscia

Jeffrey and Debbie Bosse

Katheryne K. Bosse

Veronica B. Brady and Keith D. Monda

$5,000–9,999 (continued)

Don G. and JoAnn M. Burhart

Barbara U. Campo

The Cowles Charitable Trust

Candace Cox and Francis L. Crimmins

Neil P. and Sandra W. DeFeo

Duke Energy Corporation PAC

Timothy and Heather Dull

Leon R. and Margaret M. Ellin

Patricia F. Fjetland

Michael A. Fornaro and Christopher E. Iansiti

Garrett A. Turner Foundation Fund of the Manatee Community Foundation

Steven S. High and Lisa Lee-High

Jasam Foundation

Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Ivan and Marilyn G. Kushen

Manatee Community Foundation

Eva Marie McKee and Robert H. Cole

Northern Trust Bank

Frederic D. and Janet L. Pfening

Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.

Robert J. And Jean T. Keate Charitable

Margaret A. Rolando

John F. and Mayra N. Schmidt

Edward M. and Mary M. Schreck

The Dale And Patsy Hosman Family Foundation

Howard* C. and Janice R. Tibbals

Vanguard Charitable

Williams, Parker, Harrison, Dietz & Getzen, PLLC

$2,500–4,999

Sam K. Alfstad and Nancy Mina

Harvinder P. Anand and Jasleem Anand

Ross C. Anderson

Dennis W. and Trudy D. Archer

Alexandra Armstrong and Jerry J. McCoy

Sara A. and James D. Bagley

Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund

David W. and Mary S. Benfer

Michael and Kathy Bush

Robert C. Blattberg and Rebecca Donelson

Murray H. Bring and Kathleen Delaney

Michael M. and Kathy Bush

Miles S. and Barbara J. Capron

Robert H. Cole and Eva Marie McKee

Karl A. Copas

Georgia M. Court and Robert R. Radin

Larry J. Cuervo and Jennifer D. Reiss

Linnie E. Dalbeck Memorial Foundation

Neil P. and Sandra W. DeFeo

Daniel J. Denton

Dj Eduerton

George W. and Susan W. Evans

Mary A. Findling and John C. Hurt

Christopher and Amy Forrest

Orlis Fossum

James H. and Ann Frauenberg

Patricia L. and George I. Gondelman/ The Gondelman Foundation

The Albert Goodstein Family Foundation

Grove Point Investments LLC

Donald S. and Kate C. Harris

Ronnique Y. Hawkins

Nancy Hosman Petree

Frederick Hosman and Sue Hosman

Stephen L. and Kirsten A. Hosman

Thomas D. Hosman and Patsy K. Hosman

Carrie N. and Jeffrey W. Hoye

Benjamin and Gisela Huberman

Paul G. and Jennifer L. Hudson

John C. Hurt and Mary A. Findling

Alexandra Jupin and John W. Bean/The Ideal Foundation

Jeffrey J. Keenan and Claudia Keenan

Beverly L. and Robert* E. Koski

Ivan and Marilyn G. Kushen

Diana Lager

Steven J. and Karen A. Lee

Bruce A. Lehman and Bruce A. Mihalick

Harry Leopold and Audrey B. Robbins

Bartram H. and Joan Levenson

George F. and Susan D. Loesel

Jerry J. McCoy and Alexandra Armstrong

Lisa A. Merritt and Amara Merritt

John Metz

Marcia L. and Donald D. Miller

Jonathan E. and Michelle Mitchell

Richard A. and Pamela R. Mones

Howard D. and Barbara W. Noble

$2,500–4,999 (continued)

O'Brien Antoine Fund at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County

Martha S. and Leslie V. Pantin

A. L. and Kayon L. Parker

Michael R. and Marie L. Pender

Guy W. and Cynthia L. Peterson

Peterson-Lager Education Fund

Cecil B. and Shirley Pickett

Peter S. and Joanne Powers

Burton M. and Kelly A. Romanoff

Carol G. and John Rutherfurd

Burton M. and Gail Sack

Samuel L. and Jane T. Skogstad

Anne R. and Hudson C. Smith

Leslie J. Smith

Mercedes Soler-Martinez and Tomas A. Martinez/ Solmart Media

William Spohrer and Lynn Wilson

James B. Stewart and Caryl Sheffield

Lois Stulberg

Edward M. and Claudia A. Swan

Michael G. and Madelyn K. Tetmeyer

Clifford L. and Susan E. Walters

Kirk K. and Liang Wang

Joyce J. and Benjamin White

Larry A. Wickless and Carole Crosby

$1,000–2,499

Mary O. Aaland and Richard Quinn

American Endowment Foundation

Mary A. Ames

Arthur J. Gallagher Foundation

Ashurst Foundation

John E. Baum

Robert M. and Aldona L. Beall

Stephen and Jill Bell

Margaret S. Bennett

Robert G. and Marlene C. Blalock

Arminee H. Bowler and Ramon J. Leon

Gloria Bracciano

Terry O. Brackett

William R. Breidenbach and Melanie L. Gage

Kathleen J. and Michael H. Brown

Francis N. and Catherine M. Burzik

Lucy J. Calautti and Kent K. Conrad

Barbara J. and Miles S. Capron

Chrisman Family Foundation, Inc.

Aleta D. Chrisman and Paul Bolton

Donald E. and Barbara R. Clements

The Manny & Ruthy Cohen Foundation

Saul B. and Naomi R. Cohen

Betsy P. Colburn

Community Foundation of Louisville, Inc.

Michael V. and Marcia V. Corrigan

Thomas and Rosemary Costello

Beth Cotner and John M. Alogna

Robert E. and Linda M. Crootof

Thomas J. and Deborah W. Degnan

Roger C. and Sally I. Effron

Edward D. and Annette M. Eliasberg

David L. and Elizabeth J. Emison

Robert A. and Anne M. Essner

Kyle E. and Adriane I. Evans

Margo F. Evans

Thomas Fallon

Janice and William A. Farber

William C. and Joyce K. Fletcher

Jane S. Fondiller

Carol M. Frazer

Donald L. Gagne and A. Leon Sickles

Edmund F. and Patricia A. Garno

Lawrence W. and Jennifer Goichman

The Albert Goodstein Family Foundation

Shirley J. Gossett

Raymond S. and Leah D. Greenberg

Terry A. and Jane E. Hamlin

Teri A. Hansen

William and Jo Haraf

David J. Harper

John R. and Kay C. Heller

Gregory P. Hetter and Anita Pihl

Deborah B. Hirschey

John F. and Shirley Horn

Barbara L. Horowitz

Everette I. and Sherry Howell

Elizabeth H. and William D. Hussey

Daniel S. and Stephanie C. Janis

$1,000–2,499 (continued)

Barbara L. and Joseph Justiz

Allan J. and Sheryl L. Kaiser

John D. and Jane E. Kidd

Frank D. Kistler

Charlie Klippel

Louis and Cosette Kosiba

Latelle M. and Alice K. LaFollette

David and Lucie Lapovsky

Cathy L. Layton and Stephen D. Russell

The LeBaron Foundation

Tom LeFevre

Ramon J. Leon and Arminee H. Bowler

Henrietta L. Levins

Judith A. Lindauer

David B. and Lori R. Liner

Susan D. and George F. Loesel

Karin D. Lopp

Robert L. and Sara J. Lumpkins

Brandon D. and Timothy J. Manka-Clemons

Gregory S. and Lori A. McMillan

Cynthia L. Miller

Joan C. Minoff

William and Linda Mitchell

Deepak G. Nair and Alka Nair

Charles W. and Loretta K. Naylor

Nancy Newcomb and Gerald H. Werfel

Rodney P. and Barbra L. Nichols

Erik and Ellen Nielsen

Ingrid C. Nutter

Terrell R. and Beverly K. Oetzel

John L. and Christine F. O'Shaughnessy

Adriane I. and Kyle E. Patmagrian Evans

Marjorie L. Pflaum

Nancy J. Platkin and Beatrice Fernandez

Robert D. Potts

Elizabeth K. and Robert C. Pozen

Richard Quinn and Mary O. Aaland

James F. and Deborah L. Reda

Edward W. and Helen D. Rhawn

Michael D. and Chandra K. Rudd

Peter M. and Mary F. Ruggles

Uzi and Varda Ruskin

Robert and Marcia Schaub

Ted M. and Susan W. Sherman

Les and Judy Smout Foundation Inc.

South Arts, Inc.

Brigitte Spiro

Willie M. and Rosa L. Stanfield

Howard T. Stitzer and Marenda Stitzer

Charles E. and Delores R. Stottlemyer

Thomas and Rhonda Stoughton

Barbara A. and Robert Swan

Terrell R. Oetzel Trust

Ruedi S. Theoni

Sylvia M. Thompson

United Jewish Foundation

Greg Von Natter

Betsy H. and Charles B. Watkins

Frank and Anita S. Zimmerman

Media In-Kind Partners

Herald Tribune

Sarasota Magazine

Hospitality In-Kind Partners

Hampton Inn and Suites Sarasota/Bradenton Airport

Hyatt Place Sarasota/Bradenton Airport

LEGACY SOCIETY

Stephen Leonard Johnston Adam Trust

Martha J. Allen

Miranda T. and Robert B. Anderson

Barbara J. and Martin* Arch

Judy Axe*

Janet N. and Larry R. Bandera

Sylvia S. Barber

Ellen Berman

Madeleine H. and Mandell L. Berman*

Ruth D. Bernat

Susan Berg Besemer and Gary* Besemer

Mary T. Bessemer*

Robert G. and Marlene C. Blalock

Legacy Society (continued)

Francine J. Blum

Dr. Susan M. Brainerd* and Alan R. Quinby

Domenica T. Cipollone and Henry E. Warren

Eleene L. Cohen*

Collinsworth Family Foundation

Thomas E. Coundit

Herta K. Cuneo*

John F. Cuneo Jr.*

Linnie E. Dalbeck Memorial Foundation

W. H. Chris Darlington and Eleanor L. Merritt-Darlington*

Daniel J. Denton and Ramses S. Serrano

John F. Dexter*

Rebecca Donelson and Robert C. Blattberg

Joanne Dowell Trust

John H. Dryfhout

Margaret and Leon Ellin

George R. Ellis*

David M. and Margaret M. Essenfeld

Darrel E. Flanel and Laura Lobdell

Donald G. Fosselman

Larry D. and Rosanne Francis

Arnold L. Greenfield*

Allison Gregory and Peter Offringa

Nancy A. Gross

Laurie and Michael Harrison

Joanne Hastings*

Charles G. Hattendorf and Scott M. Nutter

Margaret D. and Mark Hausberg

Janet E. Hevey*

Steven High and Lisa Lee-High

Terry W. and Andrea J. Honroth

Jeffrey R. Hotchkiss and Elizabeth W. Winder

Paul G. Hudson and Jennifer L. Hudson

Huisking Family

Robert D. and Marie C. Hunter

Heidi Turner Jacobson*

Christine L. Jennings

Joanne Dowell Trust

Susan K. Johnson

Stanton B. and Nancy W. Kaplan

Robert* and Beverly L. Koski

Gunther L. Less*

Dr. Bartram H. and Joan Levenson

Virginia F. Linscott*

James M. and Patricia R. Lombard

Winona H. Lowe*

Thomas B. MacCabe Jr.*

John W. Markham III

Louise Mazius

Joy McCann*

Estate of Joseph A. McGarrity

Joan McKniff in honor of Mr. Ridha Bouaziz

Wilda Q. Meier

Keith D. Monda

Linda L. Monda

Richard R. Mottino*

Scott M. Nutter and Charles G. Hattendorf

George* and Sarah H. Pappas

David J. Patten*

Wilmer I. Pearson

Michael R. and Marie L. Pender

Dennis L. Pierce* and David A. Schuler

Virginia W. Powel Trust

Nancy and Howard E. (Peter) Reinheimer Jr.

Norman and Pam Reiter

John and Mable Ringling*

James F. and Sharon E. Roth

T. Marshall Rousseau*

Tana and John Sandefur*

Roberta* and Louis Schaumleffel

Ulla R. Searing and Arthur F. Searing*

Dr. David E. Seil*

Debra J. and Stephen F. Short

Ellen D. Silkes

Hudson C. and Anne R. Smith

Mary C. Smolenski

Ann F. Solomon*

Louise B. Sulzberger*

Edward and Claudia A. Swan

Margery B. Tate

Howard* C. and Janice Tibbals

James B. and Susan S. Tollerton

Michael E. and Karen G. Urette

Clifford L. and Susan E. Walters

James J. Whalen

Robert and Kate Wickham*

GIFTS TO THE COLLECTION

Gary Ginsberg and Susanna Aaron

Niisato Akio

Marjorie Allred Bacon on behalf of the Family of Marjorie Allred Bacon

John Chatzky and Debbie Mullin

Estate of Eleanor Merritt Darlington

Warren Deutsch

John F. Dexter III*

John Dryfhout

Brian A. Dursum

Karen Famiglietti on behalf of the Family of Marjorie Allred Bacon

Robyn Garvin on behalf of the Family of Marjorie Allred Bacon

Alan G. Goodridge

Johanna Hill

Howard* and Janice Tibbals

Philip and Nancy Kotler

Richard* and Cheri Krumholz

The Raymond Learsy Collection

James Lindner

Walter and Joan Marter

Christine and Paul Meehan

Carmela Micucci from the Estate of Dom Yodice

Donna Huston Murray

Jeffery Rosen

Anne-Marie Russell

Arthur M. Sackler Foundation

Richard and Carole Siemens

Ann F. Solomon*

Mark Soltz from the Family of Anton & Erna Baliot

Laura Staebler

Bill Stein and Roberta Stein

Dr. Ray Thomason

Chris Walther

Dr. David R. Weinberg

Edris Weis

Thomas J. Wilson and Jill Garling

GIFTS TO THE ART LIBRARY

John Anderson

Michael and Francie Cowen

Archibald McKee

Nancy Parrish

and those who wish to remain anonymous. *Deceased