The Ringling Magazine | October 2013 – January 2014

Steven High Executive Director

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GOVERNOR

The Honorable Rick Scott

THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

Dr. Eric J. Barron, President

OFFICE OF THE PROVOST

Dr. Garnett Stokes, Provost

COLLEGE OF VISUAL ARTS, THEATRE & DANCE

Peter Weishar, Dean

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Steven High

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Clifford L. Walters III, Chair

Michael E. Urette, Vice Chair

Michael R. Pender Jr., Treasurer

Jane Skogstad, Secretary

Martin A. Arch

Madeleine H. Berman

Thomas J. Charters

Daniel J. Denton

Rebecca Donelson

George R. Ellis

Kenneth J. Feld

Frances D. Fergusson

Casey Gonzmart

Priscilla M. Greenfield

Patrick J. Hennigan

Paul G. Hudson

Dorothy C. Jenkins

Thomas W. Jennings Jr.

Patricia R. Lombard

Thomas B. Luzier

Nancy J. Parrish

Roger C. Pettingell

Michéle D. Redwine

Ina L. Schnell

Linda Streit

Howard C. Tibbals

James B. Tollerton

Helga M. Wall-Apelt

EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS

Wilmer I. Pearson, Chair, Volunteer Services Advisory Council

Joan T. Uranga, Chair, Docent Advisory Council

After the hot and humid summer months it is always a pleasure to welcome October and the start of Sarasota’s cultural season. Residents are drifting back to our community after time spent in the northern climes while tourists from throughout the world continue to enjoy our beaches and cultural offerings. The first significant event to launch this season is the Ringling International Arts Festival, (RIAF). This year marks the 5th year of the festival and our final year of partnership with the Baryshnikov Art Center (BAC). From the beginning, under the artistic direction of Mikhail Baryshnikov, the BAC set the bar high for artistic excellence in the festival. This year we are proud to present one of the most diverse and challenging schedules yet. With performances by the Belarus Free Theater and the Iranbased LEEV Theater, we present work nearly impossible to see elsewhere in the U.S. and with the performances by Rocio Molina and Tere O’Connor the festival continues its exploration of dance in all its forms. My thanks go out to the BAC for their leadership on the festival these past five years and it is with excitement and anticipation that we enter a new phase for the festival with RIAF 2014….stay tuned.

I was thrilled when the architectural firm of Machado and Silvetti Associates was selected to design the new center for Asian art that will be named in honor of philanthropist and Asian art collector, Dr. Helga Wall-Apelt. Machado and Silvetti are known for their ability to meld contemporary architecture with historic structures in a symbiotic way that still allows both old and new its own identity. Their work at the Getty Villa and the Bowdoin College Museum of Art demonstrates their respect for history while still celebrating the contemporary. I couldn’t think of a better firm positioned to address the unique aspects of the new Asian art center. The architectural program calls for the renovation of approximately 20,000 square feet of space in the former West Galleries (the 1960s addition to the original design). In addition, the plan calls for an iconic architectural statement for the proposed pavilion, a 7,000 square foot architectural “jewel”, that will be the visual identity for the new center. With this issue of The Ringling we make public for the first time the rendering of the new center. Clad with articulating terracotta tiles, each double glazed with first a gold followed by green glazing, the new pavilion is an iridescent jewel that suggests both the color of jade and the vibrant vegetation of the museum’s grounds. The choice of terracotta is an homage to Eastern architecture and to John Ringling’s Ca’ d’Zan whose terracotta façade includes richly colored glazing (in fact, the new Asian center tiles were manufactured by the same company that restored the Ca’ d’Zan tiles in 1998). Striking visually in its contemporary form and color, the new pavilion links to and respects the architecture and spirit of the original facility while celebrating the architecture of our time. Construction on the facility will continue into early 2015 and we plan to open the new center for Asian art later in 2015.

Steven High Executive Director

Martin Blank Torso, N.D., Gift of Philip and Nancy Kotler, 2012. SN1132.3

Meklit Hadero

R. LUKE DUBOIS — NOW

JANUARY

Fashionably Late for the Relationship, 2007-08, Video still

Dr. Matthew McLendon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art

31—MAY 4, 2014 Museum of Art, Searing Wing

Increasingly in the field of contemporary art, ascribing genre to works of art is difficult if not wholly futile. With the dismemberment of the Western traditions of painting and sculpture beginning in the late 19th century and being catalyzed by the global social upheavals of the 20th century, art of the 21st century has been freed of the constraints of type, constraints imposed by historical precedent and expectation. The museum (and its curators), however, as repository of tradition, is all-too-often incapable of looking past genre in its Enlightenment need to classify and codify. This is the only reasoning I can think of to explain why an artist like R. Luke DuBois has yet to receive the attention from the museum community that he and his work so richly deserve.

DuBois is the epitome of the 21st century artist—he is composer, computer programmer, filmmaker, installation artist, simultaneously. He shifts from one medium to another as effortlessly as we shift our attention among the screens that populate, inform, and control our visual experience.

R. Luke DuBois—Now is the first museum survey of this genre-defying artist. Over the last decade, New York-based DuBois has produced a prodigious body of work ranging from musical composition and collaborative performance, to large-scale public installations, film, and generative computer works. Typically classed as a “new media” artist, this survey of his work will demonstrate that DuBois operates at the intersections of the visual, the performative, and the time-based mirroring of our collective 21st century experience in a world dominated by the hypertext of globalized information.

The mining and metamorphosing of data into art as well as investigations of temporality, two dominant themes explored by DuBois, are represented by, among others, Hindsight is Always 20/20 (2008, commissioned by the Democratic National Convention), A More Perfect Union (2008-2011), Fashionably Late for the Relationship (2007-2008), and Academy (2006) all of which have received

MEMBERS ONLY PREVIEW

THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Museum of Art Loggia

Join fellow Members and be the first to see the special exhibition. Light bites and cash bar. Open to all Members at all levels. RSVP: 941.360.7332 or email: memberRSVP@ringling.org

national and international critical attention. DuBois’ wide-ranging interest in popular culture forms the basis for works such as the video pieces (Pop) Icon: Britney (2010), Play (2006), and the sound work Billboard (2006). R. Luke DuBois—Now will also feature the premiere of a new video work created by the artist while in residence at The Ringling and will focus on the historical links between the Ringling legacy and the greatest example of collective performance experience: the circus.

R. Luke DuBois—Now will introduce our audiences to an artistic practice that is truly at the vanguard of contemporary art. As part of the Art of Our Time initiative, the exhibition will serve as a platform for the cross-disciplinary experiences you have come to expect and that are a vital component of DuBois’ oeuvre with collaborative gallery performances, a dance performance in the Historic Asolo Theater, and a two-day conversation among curators and artists who program across disciplines. As Luke is fond of saying, “genre creates ghetto.” R. Luke DuBois—Now will provide an opportunity to learn new ways to process the world around us freed from the constraints of traditional categories.

R. Luke DuBois — Now $35.00/In the Museum Store

The R. Luke Dubois exhibition is part of The Ringling’s 2013-14 Art of Our Time season, supported in part by a grant from Gulf Coast Community Foundation.

NOW HERE: FINDING OUR WAY IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Framed by the sun’s journey from the Winter Solstice (December 21) to the Vernal Equinox (March 22), NOWHERE explores the emerging aesthetics of the Twenty-first Century through a direct engagement with the creative interpretations of more than one dozen living artists of our time.

GREET THE LIGHT WINTER SOLSTICE DECEMBER 21

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21

6:30 PM —11:00 PM

The Ringling Museum of Art Courtyard

Tickets: $15 / $10 for Members and Students with valid ID

On the second anniversary of the opening of Joseph’s Coat, the Skyspace by James Turrell, we celebrate the onset of the NOW HERE experience by honoring the artist who has devoted his life to helping us see the light. Escape the pressures of the holiday season and Greet the Light with your neighbors and friends. Live entertainment – with food and beverages available for purchase.

HERE: NEW STAGES 2014: Places in the Sky AN EXHIBITION

OF CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE

THURSDAYS-SATURDAYS, 7:30 PM

Historic Asolo Theater (exceptions noted)

Tickets: $30 / $25 for Members / $10 for students with valid ID Attend all five productions and save 10%: $135 / $112.50 for Members / $45 for students. Historic Asolo Box Office: 941.360.7399 or ringling.org

“Walk up, walk up straight through the roof. Straight through the hole in the ceiling, take your place in the sky.”

— MEKLIT HADERO, from her song WALK UP

“What James Turrell has done is frame the sky, making its slow metamorphosis visible, in an unprecedented kind of theater that proceeds apart from human intervention.”

(A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes) It is temporal art that “incites us to pause and probe our inner selves and encourages us to reconsider our own connection to and comprehension of the outside world.” (Sculpture)

Places in the Sky explores the theatrical character of Turrell’s work in the context of stage performances that utilize light, movement, music, and poetry as the materials of imaginative creation.

EXPLORING THE CONTEMPORARY / CONVERSATION WITH THE CURATOR

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 7:00 PM

Historic Asolo Theater

Members/Free and General Public/complimentary with Art After 5 admission

Join Curators Matthew McLendon (Modern and Contemporary Art) and Dwight Currie (Performance) for an in-depth exploration of the art and artists you will encounter in the galleries and onstage during the NOWHERE experience.

MEKLIT HADERO, PLACES IN THE SKY

JANUARY 23-25, 7:30 PM

Historic Asolo Theater

“James Turrell’s work is just incredibly inspiring to me,” says singer-songwriter Meklit Hadero, “you have the sense that you’re going up into the sky, as well as sinking into yourself at the same time.”

Taking its title from Hadero’s work, NEW STAGES 2014 opens with performances described by the Seattle Times as, “Soulful, tremulous and strangely cinematic … Close your eyes, listen and dream.” It is music that “paints pictures in your head as you listen,” (NPR).

LOSTWAX MULTIMEDIA DANCE

THEATRE, PARTICULAR

FEBRUARY 6-8, 7:30 PM

Historic Asolo Theater

Just as James Turrell empowers the viewer “to be aware of how you are framing the reality you see,” (Smithsonian), choreographer Jamie Jewett illuminates the dynamics of human imagination in the saturating imagery of a digitized world.

By celebrating the idiosyncratic gesture in the midst of the choreographic whole, Particular buoys each discrete, particlelike dancer while all are immersed in a sea of video and sonic compositions by artist R. Luke DuBois. (Mr. DuBois’ work is simultaneously on exhibition in The Ringling’s Searing Wing).

Meklit Hadero by Rus Anson

Lostwax by Stew Milne

Here: New Stages: Places in the Sky is part of The Ringling’s 2013-14 Art of Our Time season, supported in part by a grant from Gulf Coast Community Foundation.

NEW STAGES 2014: continues on pg. 8

HERE: NEW STAGES 2014: Places in the Sky AN EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE continued

THE FOUNDRY, NO HERO

MARCH 6-8, 7:30 PM

Historic Asolo Theater

While James Turrell sculpts light to alter visual perceptions, choreographer Alex Ketley mines the impulse-driven energy of spontaneous movement to reveal a full spectrum of authentic expression in this intimate, yet expansive, dance experience.

Having explored the diversity, confusion, and stratification of the American cultural landscape, Ketley presents a filmed and choreographed affirmation that the rich breadth of human experience is found in loss and frailty as well as in the myths of the heroic and triumphant.

ETHEL & ROBERT MIRABAL, MUSIC OF THE SUN

With a choral ensemble created in partnership with New Music New College

FEBRUARY 20-22, 7:30 PM

FEBRUARY 22, 2:00 PM

Historic Asolo Theater

In Robert Mirabal’s Native American culture, each day begins with “the running to the sun” – a search for the sacred that is akin to the Quaker Meeting where, according to James Turrell, “you go inside to greet the light.”

In concert with ETHEL, the pioneering string quartet, musician and storyteller Robert Mirabal creates musical textures that evoke striated images of a rising sun; “informed by the ceremonial music that I’ve heard all my life, a desire to take care of the spirits of the earth.”

Robert Mirabal by Kate Russell

The Foundry by Alex Ketley

NEW STAGES 2014: continues on pg. 9

HERE: NEW STAGES 2014: Places in the Sky AN EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE continued

Using sound to sculpt space as James Turrell uses light, John Luther Adams’ eighty-minute composition is “an essay in pure sound, a study of how the mind responds to an overwhelming variety of sonic information ... an engulfing, complexly layered noise.” — The New Yorker

SAVE THE DATES!

Plan now to join us for the entire roster of NOWHERE programs and events. Watch for details in your next issue of The Ringling. ringling.org

CELEBRATE THE LIGHT VERNAL EQUINOX MARCH 22

JOHN LUTHER ADAMS , INUKSUIT: IN THE CAPACITY OF THE HUMAN

One performance only: SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 6:30 PM Ringling Museum of Art Courtyard

Inuksuit – the Inuit word meaning “in the capacity of the human” – is an immersive musical work for “nine to ninety-nine percussionists” that will transform The Ringling’s Museum of Art Courtyard as it heightens our awareness of the sights and sounds that surround us on the Vernal Equinox.

CONVERSATIONS

ON THE CONTEMPORARY

Historic Asolo Theater

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 & MARCH 13, 7:00 PM

COLLECTING RECOLLECTIONS

Historic Asolo Theater

SARASOTA ON THE EDGE

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 25 & MARCH 11 , 10:30 AM

GALLERY PERFORMANCES

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 6:30 PM

Electronic Instrumentalist Lesley Flanigan

THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 6:30 PM

Multi-Instrumentalist Artist Bora Yoon

THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 6:30 PM

Hybrid-Musician Todd Reynolds

GENRE CREATES GHETTO: CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CURATING IN A POST-GENRE WORLD

Mildred Sainer Pavillion, N ew College of Florida

MARCH 21-22

Two days of conversations with artists and curators

John Luther Adams by Evan Hurd

Here: New Stages: Places in the Sky is part of The Ringling’s 2013-14 Art of Our Time season, supported in part by a grant from Gulf Coast Community Foundation.

BUILDING THE LEGACY: A NEW CENTER FOR ASIAN ART

This fall, The Ringling will break ground on a remarkable new building to house a study center that will support teaching and research on Asian art and culture. This landmark structure will be named in honor of collector and philanthropist Dr. Helga Wall-Apelt, whose generous support has made the project possible. It will feature works from the collections of Dr. Wall-Apelt, Ira and Nancy Koger, and others, including John Ringling, who acquired Asian art in anticipation of future growth in this area.

The center is being designed by the renowned, Boston-based architectural firm of Machado and Silvetti Associates, whose other museum projects include the Mint Museum in Charlotte and the Getty Villa in Malibu. It will combine a striking new pavilion with renovated sections of the existing West Wing, dating from the 1960s. It will feature Asian art galleries, small object and paper storage facilities, study and reading rooms,

and a lecture theater with spectacular views of the grounds and bay. It will also provide a much-needed entrance to the Museum of Art from the southwest. The exterior of the pavilion will be covered in angular panels of green, glazed terracotta. The choice of color is inspired by the Chinese jades in the Wall-Apelt collection, while the selection of material is influenced by the tiled roof and decorative details of Ca’ d’Zan

Scheduled for completion in early 2015, the new study center will provide educational opportunities for students and scholars from around the world. It will also enable the public to better understand and appreciate Asian history and society through exhibitions, programs, and publications.

DR. FAN ZHANG

WALL-APELT CURATOR OF ASIAN ART

On September 1st, Dr. Fan Zhang joined the staff of The Ringling as the Wall-Apelt Curator of Asian Art. A native of China, Fan comes to The Ringling from Smith College where he was the Freeman/McPherson

Post-doctoral Curatorial Fellow in Asian Art for the past three years. Fan holds a B.A. in Archaeology from Jilin University in Changchun, China, an M.A. in Art History from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and a Ph.D. in Art History from Brown University in Providence. His research interests are art and archaeology from the 7th – 14th centuries in East Asia, the history of Asian art collecting in American museums, and contemporary Chinese art. “We are thrilled to have Fan join our curatorial team at The Ringling,” said director Steven High. “His diverse scholarly interests and his collaborative nature make him the ideal curator to lead the development of the center for Asian art.”

FAST FACTS

n The new center for Asian art will occupy approximately 20,000 sq. ft., of which nearly 7,000 sq. ft. will be dedicated to display space

n The study center will include an interior extension to the south loggia of the Museum of Art, which will allow access to the original 21 galleries from the southwest

n Boston Valley Terra Cotta, the firm producing the exterior panels that will give the study center its distinctive look, was involved in the restoration of Ca’ d’Zan back in the 1990s

Clockwise: Lecture Theater, Object Study Room, Steven High with examples of exterior tiles, North Facade.

The choice of color is inspired by the Chinese jades in the Wall-Apelt collection, while the selection of material is influenced by the tiled roof and decorative details of Ca’ d’Zan.

THE PHILIP AND NANCY KOTLER GLASS COLLECTION

OPENING NOVEMBER 18, 2013 Museum of Art, Searing Wing

We spent time with Phil and Nancy to learn how their passion for Studio Art Glass began, which is their favorite piece they’ve collected, and why they chose The Ringling as the steward of their great collection:

How did you first become interested in Studio Art Glass and when did you first begin collecting? We started collecting contemporary studio glass sculpture in the mid-1980s. We were no strangers to collecting because we had been fascinated by small Japanese objects called netsukes and were also captivated by paper weights. However, we had never seen sculptural work made of glass.

When Nancy started work as an attorney, the lawyer in the office next to her had amazing works in his office. When Nancy asked about them, he and his wife invited us to their home to share their collection. That dinner was the beginning of our love affair with glass. The first piece we purchased was a glass bag within a bag by John Littleton and Kate Vogel. This piece remains in our personal collection at this time, but has been promised to The Ringling.

What is your favorite piece you’ve collected? When we are asked “what is your favorite piece,” it is like being asked “who is your favorite child.” It depends on the day, but you love them all. Certainly when we contemplated the first gifts to The Ringling, we wanted to be sure that powerful, large, demanding works would be part of the gift. The Libensky

Volcano and the Mares Fan fulfilled our wish. We also wanted to show that classic figurative work could be achieved in glass and this can be seen in the Nicolas Africano seated figure. For beauty in abstraction, we thought that Seguso’s Scultura No.2 would engage the view. In our initial gift to The Ringling, it was important to incorporate these pieces to show the diversity of glass art.

Why did you choose to donate your collection to The Ringling? Perhaps the first question to be addressed is why give the collection at all—why not sell it at auction? From

the beginning of our collecting experience, we wanted to share our enthusiasm for the work. As time went on, we realized the best way to share and educate the public would be to donate the work to an important museum. There are really three reasons we chose The Ringling as that museum to gift our collection.

First, we were tantalized by the fact that The Ringling has placed a new focus on contemporary work—a very courageous move by its director, Steven High, because the Museum has been famous for its holdings in European art collected by John Ringling.

We were also delighted that Matthew McLendon was hired as the Modern and Contemporary Curator and that Matthew was intrigued with the art glass form. Having listened to many collectors’ experiences with museums, we knew the most important aspect of the gift is that the museum director and curator are enthusiastic about the art and are committed to showing it.

Finally, we wanted the work to be placed in a highly visible museum that has many visitors so that our goal of educating the public can be realized.

We are delighted that our collection has found its proper home at The Ringling.

Left: Peter Hora Juno II, 2003. Gift of Philip and Nancy Kotler, 2012. sn11325.27

Right: Nicolas Africano Untitled (seated figure), 2002. Gift of Philip and Nancy Kotler, 2012. sn11325.1

CIRCLE LEVEL MEMBERSHIP

Circle level members enjoyed an exclusive behind the scenes look at American Moderns: 1910-1960 From O’Keeffe to Rockwell. The exhibition preview and dinner began with a reception in Joseph’s Coat, James Turrell’s Skyspace, and continued into the galleries for special insights by Dr. Matthew McLendon, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. As guests headed to Treviso for dinner you could hear the lively discussion sparked by the artwork featured in the exhibit. The evening was capped off with an elegant four course dinner created by Treviso’s Chef Jeffrey Trefry.

We are looking forward to our next Circle Level dinner on October 2nd as we explore Icons of Style: Makers, Models and Image

Members at the Circle Levels are offered special insider events and opportunities to interact with featured collectors, artists and curators. When you choose to join at the Circle Levels, your membership provides vital ongoing philanthropic support to advance the museum’s mission. It is your investment in The Ringling. For more information please contact Sharon Freddes at 941-359-5821.

ANNA E. VON GEHR JOINS THE RINGLING AND FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

Anna E. von Gehr has been appointed as the Senior Director of Development. Serving under Director, Steven High and Glen Jack, Vice President for Constituent Programs at the Florida State University Foundation, von Gehr will lead The Ringling fundraising office to enhance the scholarship, practice, and presentation of art and culture.

“With her experience in both museum and university fundraising and her deep appreciation for the arts, Anna brings to the position at The Ringling a unique background and extensive experience that will propel our development program forward,” said Steven High. “I’m thrilled that she has joined our staff and I look forward to working with her and her development team to attract even greater programs, exhibitions, and collections to our community.”

American Moderns: 1910-1960

From O’Keeffe to

von Gehr comes to The Ringling from the University of Virginia where she served as Director of University Arts Development. Working in partnership with the Vice Provost for the Arts she managed the Arts Strategic Planning process while assisting all arts units in garnering transformative philanthropic support.

Prior to her work at UVA, von Gehr served as the Major Gifts and Planned Giving officer at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. She was an integral part of the museum’s senior leadership team overseeing the successful completion of their recent $172 million capital campaign.

“I am thrilled to be joining The Ringling team at such an exciting time. My passion for museums and the vital role they play in society drives both my professional and personal life,” says von Gehr.

Anna has recently made Sarasota her permanent home with her husband, artist Rob Tarbell, and two-year old daughter Dorothea.

Rockwell, Circle Level Exhibition Preview and dinner

MEMBERS PREVIEW

The June 13th Members Preview for American Moderns: 1910-1960: From O’Keefe to Rockwell was attended by more than 900 members and their guests. This was the largest turnout for an exhibition preview, where members are presented with exclusive access to be the first to see our newest exhibitions.

American Moderns featuring works by artists Georgia O’Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, Milton Avery, and Joseph Stella struck a chord with many guests and having Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Dr. Matthew McLendon, on hand to answer questions was a special treat. Whether members had attended previews before or if it was their first time attending an event designed exclusively for them - having lovely weather; cocktails; and tasty bites from Treviso Restaurant; coupled with an exhilarating exhibition made for a perfect evening at The Ringling.

Member Martha Church posted on Facebook ”..this exhibit attracted the largest number of its members ever to a preview and that the Ringling hosted this event last week when our Snowbird members are at their summer homes. Maybe more Snowbirds need to stay here longer! This kind of exhibit is too good to miss! “

Were you one of the 900+ guests at the Museum Member Preview for American Moderns? Vist The Ringling Facebook page posting on June 24th and try to spot yourself in our Flickr album.

American Moderns: 1910-1960 From O’Keeffe to Rockwell, Members Preview

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