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Building an exhibition through collaboration, negotiation, and community

awalters — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Behind every successful exhibition is a process that visitors rarely see: hours of debate, design iterations, curatorial decisions, and moments of uncertainty that ultimately give shape to the experience. For the Roots and Resilience: Art for Change exhibition—centered on African American history, resilience, and the broader African diaspora—that process was as layered and intentional as the work on the walls.

The exhibition was produced as part of a Business of Art and Design course that brings together students from across all majors, drawing on each student’s individual skill set to tackle the many facets of putting on an exhibition, including curatorial, creative direction, marketing, events, and project management. Rather than functioning in isolation, each team works in constant dialogue, negotiating ideas, aesthetics, and limitations in real time.

For the class, the negotiations look like any collaborative workplace negotiation, and one very familiar to the museum and gallery workplace. One significant challenge the team working on this exhibition faced involved color. What initially seemed like a design choice quickly became a conceptual negotiation.

The curatorial team, whose focus included spatial narrative: layout, visitor flow, color choices within the gallery, and how historical context would unfold physically as viewers moved through the space, had a color palette planned for the exhibition that fit their needs. “That entails how the space itself will look, how the audience will view the exhibition from the moment they step into the door and start experiencing different pieces,” Lindelwa Ntshakala ’28, Visual Studies, who served as the curatorial director for this exhibition, explained.

The exhibition drew inspiration from both the Pan-African flag—red, black, and green—and the Juneteenth flag, which incorporates red, white, and blue. Each color carried historical and political meaning, but translating those meanings into a physical space required compromise.

“At first, we wanted black walls,” the Ntshakala explained. “We were inspired by the Pan-Africanist flag. But black walls are expensive—you have to think about budgeting and turning over the space for the next exhibition.”

The creative team drew their own palette from the branding system they developed, which led to some friction. “They wanted brown,” Ntshakala admitted with a laugh. “And we were like, ‘We are not putting brown in the world.’”

Zeta Bengoechea ’27, Visual Studies, was part of the team responsible for creative direction. “We were in charge of the branding and just getting the framework to exhibit the pieces,” they said. “Posters, postcards, vinyls on the windows, typography—everything that visually communicates the exhibition.”

Rather than derailing the project, the disagreement clarified it. Research into upcoming exhibitions, institutional constraints, and symbolic alignment led to a hybrid solution that merged references from both flags—a final palette of red, green, black, blue, and white.

“Every single thing you do matters,” Ntshakala said. “Everything has a reason.”

One of his favorite elements was the use of stars embedded throughout the space. “They ground the exhibition in the context of America,” he explained. “They subtly direct the audience toward the corner that speaks about history, resilience, and struggle.” The design device addressed a key challenge: how to draw attention to quieter materials, such as books and archival references, without competing with visually powerful artworks.

The class gives students an opportunity to engage in real-world exhibition-making while still in school. The work extended far beyond scheduled class hours, with students present in the gallery almost daily in the weeks leading up to the opening.

“We had class once a week for three hours,” Bengoechea said, “but I was in the gallery almost every day. Checking prints, reprinting posters, talking to sponsors—this was real responsibility.”

Being in the space also meant engaging with the public. Donors, community leaders, and visitors frequently stopped in, often expressing strong emotional responses. “People feel really strongly about this exhibition,” she said. “That’s exactly what we wanted.”

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Illustration senior believes in the importance of magic

awalters — Fri, 02 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000

As part of our series profiling graduating seniors, we’re highlighting Sky Chandler ’25, Illustration, who has shaped her work around the importance of children’s books, especially when it comes to “the preservation of magic.”

Chandler grew up in Manchester, Michigan, searching the countryside for fairies and dragons. “An avid reader as a child, I’ve always been fascinated by storytelling, and I quickly learned that I could take ideas in my head and turn them into words on paper,” she said. “As I grew older and began to outgrow princess dresses and wizard robes, I searched for more ways to preserve these memories.”

Beyond words, Chandler began transforming her stories into colors, shapes, and textures, “to create something that didn’t even need words,” she said. “I had discovered illustration, and my life was changed.”

Her earliest drawings attempted a hyper-realistic style. But at �Ļ�Ӱ��, with the help of professors who encouraged introspection and awareness of her own motivations, Chandler’s illustrations became more and more whimsical and “kidlit,” she said.

“I am always asked why I am so drawn to children’s book illustration. You may think it’s because of the cute characters, or the fun and silly lessons, but it’s truly because I think that there is something so important about the preservation of magic,” she said.

For her senior thesis, Chandler was motivated to create a personal, sensitive story, though she admitted that confronting herself honestly and sharing her feelings was scary. She ultimately created a children’s book about a girl on a quest, a story that combines autobiographical elements with magic to connect with some bittersweet feelings about life. The book, With Me, can be seen at the Illustration Senior Thesis Exhibition May 2-9 in the Richard and Barbara Basch Visual Arts Center.

Chandler has secured a post-graduation position as a print designer at Carter’s in Atlanta, where she previously served as an intern. She also hopes to illustrate children’s books outside of her full-time work.

Senior Thesis Exhibitions

�Ļ�Ӱ��’s Senior Thesis Exhibitions open tonight, from 5-8 pm at all Campus Galleries. Join us in celebrating the creativity, dedication, and achievements of �Ļ�Ӱ��’s graduating seniors from all majors, featuring diverse mediums and subjects. Chandler’s work will be on view in the Willis Smith Construction Inc. Student Gallery. For more information, visit the website.

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Graphic Design exhibit embraces the humanity of type

Office of Marketing and Communications — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:17:34 +0000

This week marks the opening of the 15th annual Ligature exhibition, a student-organized celebration of typography and lettering in various formats and media, established by �Ļ�Ӱ�� of Art and Design’s Type Club. This year’s iteration, Ligature XV: Misprint, will be on view in the Willis Smith Gallery until March 21, 2025.

In typeface design, a ligature is a single typographic character that is a connected combination of two or more letters. A common example would be the merged first two letters of “aesthetic” which in printed books sometimes appears as “æsthetic.” Graphic Design Department Head Jeff Bleitz explains the use of the character as the catalyst for an exhibition, “It’s the kind of inside-knowledge reference that you might expect for an event started by a small group of graphic design students. And that’s exactly what it is.”

Ligature XV photographed by Cecilia Marty ’26, Photography and Imaging.

Ligature XV was juried by Cymone Wilder, a lettering artist and designer who helps build products, brands, and experiences through custom lettering and design. Wilder gave a presentation about her work in the Morganroth Auditorium on Feb. 14, the day of the exhibition opening. The exhibit was produced by Type Club Officers Dave Scheele ’25, Avery Frost ’25, Jessie Cross ’25, Ivy Jenkins ’26, Daniel Mainou Reyes ’26, and Samantha Mandato ’26.

Co-creative director Dave Scheele shared, “It’s been a bit of a whirlwind putting this exhibition together! It takes a lot of work, and I’m really lucky to be a part of a great team who made it a lot of fun. Avery Frost and I have been part of the production team for the show since our sophomore year, so for us to be in charge of it now our senior year has been really exciting. The show is always a great chance for students from all the majors and all the class years to be a part of something. The work submitted this year is really great. I feel like it gets better every year, which makes me really proud.”

Poster for the first Type Club meeting in 2010.

The annual exhibit was first established in the Spring of 2011, as a one-night pop-up event on the fourth-floor hallway of the Larry R. Thompson Academic Center. Submissions were limited to Graphic Design majors and it was curated by officers of the Type Club, which had been established just the year before. For the next nine years, Ligature continued as a one-night event, moving from that hallway to the Willis Smith Gallery to the Roskamp Exhibition Hall, until �Ļ�Ӱ�� Galleries and Exhibition Director and Chief Curator Tim Jaeger invited the club to mount a proper exhibition.

The opening reception for Ligature X in 2020.

“In 2020, Ligature X marked a turning point, establishing the show as a fully supported and professionally curated exhibition within the Ringling Galleries,” Jaeger shared. “Since then, each year has built upon that foundation, raising the bar for creativity, craftsmanship, and the celebration of typography.”

As the exhibition constantly evolves and redefines itself within the spirit of the ligature concept, the organizers this year chose the theme of the misprint to embrace the humanity of type. The misprint is type behaving badly. It celebrates the intentional and the unintentional.

Co-director Avery Frost expanded on the theme and how it all came together, “Misprint celebrates the process of creating with type by hand, which Dave and I are extremely passionate about. Our juror this year, Cymone Wilder, is also passionate about creating type by hand and focuses on creating beautiful hand-painted artworks using typography.”

As a champion of the exhibition, Jaeger shared, “This year’s Ligature XV continues the tradition of innovation and excellence in typography and design. It’s incredible to see the dedication of the Type Club directors and the creative energy they bring to this exhibition. We’re proud to support their vision and look forward to another inspiring show.”

Ligature XV: Misprint, will be on view in the Willis Smith Gallery until March 21, 2025, and will be open for �Ļ�Ӱ�� Galleries and Exhibitions’ Art Walk event on Feb. 21, from 5-8 pm. The event is free and open to the public, with eight exhibitions on view, open studios across campus, and four food trucks.

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Brizdle-Schoenberg Special Collections Center hosts Sketchbook Library exhibit

Office of Marketing and Communications — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000

On January 17, the Brizdle-Schoenberg Special Collections Center in the Alfred R. Goldstein Library opened the Sketchbook Library exhibition. Featuring 60 sketchbooks by �Ļ�Ӱ�� students, Sketchbook Library invites viewers to flip through artists’ raw thoughts, as transcribed onto paper. The sketchbooks encompass a variety of mediums, styles, and subject matters by students across all majors.

�Ļ�Ӱ�� of Art and Design students Muling Tzai ’26, Computer Animation, and Kiu Cheung 1’26, Motion Design, organized the show in collaboration with Special Collections Librarian and Archivist Cheri Marks. The exhibition was inspired by the two students’ shared passion for sketchbooks—a place for messy doodles and initial concepts that precede a finished work.

As objects taken on their own, the books tell non-linear stories about the places the students have been, the families they surround themselves with, and the mundane events and activities that are so relatable, like eating and washing hands. They monumentalize those small moments through their documentation.

Librarian Cheri Marks described the unique nature of the exhibit, “While our traditional setup involves works from the vault displayed in glass cases, the sketchbooks in this exhibit are laid out across tables in the Reading Room, inviting a more hands-on approach. This setup offers visitors an intimate experience, allowing them to explore each artist’s unfiltered thoughts, subjects, and personal stories as they turn the pages.”

The Sketchbook Library exhibition will be on view through February 14, 2025, in the Brizdle-Schoenberg Special Collections Center on the 2nd floor of the Alfred R. Goldstein Library.

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Archives of Affection highlights sweet moments from queer history

Office of Marketing and Communications — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Each year, �Ļ�Ӱ�� Galleries and Exhibitions Director and Chief Curator Tim Jaeger teaches a Business of Art and Design class on exhibition design and management that explores the complexity of curating exhibitions and programming. The class organizes a public exhibition in one of the campus galleries. Students are divided into different teams to tackle different areas of the larger project of mounting an exhibition—a design team, an event team, curators, and marketing. The students work collaboratively and they work hard.

This year, the ambitious students of the Business class organized two exhibitions simultaneously: Jack Davis: Legacy of Laughter, a retrospective of drawings and ephemera featuring the widely recognizable, if not infamous, works by the Mad magazine cartoonist, and Nothing New: Archives of Affection, a historic collection of daguerreotypes of male couples from the early and mid-19th century.

Located in the Willis Smith Gallery, Archives of Affection presents 300 tiny portraits of queer love in a dimly lit, soft pink, painted gallery full of cozy furniture and offering an intimate atmosphere. The museological setting situates the portraits not in a cozy, intimate space of the era of their making but in a contemporary home, as if they were cherished portraits of family members or queer ancestors who paved the way for future gay and trans folks to experience loving relationships. Visitors to the exhibition can literally put themselves in the shoes of the portrayed couples via an AI projection that transforms participants into tin-type characters.

Peter Enrico and Terry Stache generously shared their collection with the College for the exhibition. The collection started when Enrico stumbled upon a photograph in a bin at an antique shop in the 1980s and then continued collecting them for 20 years until it had grown to 400 or 500 photos. The portraits lived in a suitcase in his closet for decades before being brought into the light for Archives of Affection.

The Fall 2024 Exhibition Design and Management team.

The Business of Art and Design course offers an opportunity for students to experience real work while still in school. They can put the exhibition on their resume, plus they have worked through issues and complications that come up while in the supportive company of their peers and faculty. Throughout the semester, professionals working in each of the four roles performed by the students give talks and answer pointed questions that range from blue sky and philosophical to advice for minute and detailed situations.

This course offered more than its usual practical support. Putting on this exhibition meant a lot to a group of queer and ‘othered’ students. Kelsey Knight ’24, Visual Studies, was part of the design team that organized the exhibition. Knight described the relief they found in arriving at �Ļ�Ӱ�� and how much this exhibition meant to them.

“This exhibit and the story, I think people need to hear about this and see it. I’m a part of the LGBTQ+ community, and it means a lot to see my brothers and sisters from the past and see that we’ve been here all along. I grew up in a small-minded community in Georgia. From childhood people let me know I was different. It was rough not being understood. Coming to �Ļ�Ӱ��—it’s been really nice being understood and feeling safe.”

See the exhibition at the next Art Walk event on Friday, January 17, from 5-8 pm.

The event is free and open to the public. In-person viewings are free and open to the public Tuesday-Saturday, 10 am-4 pm, and by appointment.

This exhibition is sponsored by The Community Foundation of Sarasota County, The Exchange, and WUSF. Special thanks to Pamela and Richard Mones for generously supporting the �Ļ�Ӱ�� Exhibition Design and Management Class and this exhibition.

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Best of Ringling 2024 celebrates outstanding student work

Office of Marketing and Communications — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000

�Ļ�Ӱ�� of Art and Design’s annual juried exhibition, Best of Ringling opened Wednesday night, April 17, with an awards ceremony in Scott Plaza, preceded by the exhibition opening in the Diane Roskamp Exhibition Hall and the David and Lois Stulberg Gallery. The exhibition and reception are part of a 90-year tradition at the College, where juried exhibitions have taken place from its inception.

A great turnout, almost 450 people—students, faculty, staff, alumni, family members, and friends—attended the awards ceremony and reception for the juried exhibition this year. Hosted by Ringling Film senior Will Mauricette, who made a memorable entrance to the event on his mini bike, each department’s awards were individually announced culminating with �Ļ�Ӱ�� President Dr. Larry R. Thompson presenting the prestigious President’s Awards.

Divided into quadrants, the Exhibition Hall hosted a huge range of mediums, with work from 12 of the 13 majors. There were printed displays depicting graphic designs, designs for entertainment spaces, illustrations, game design overviews, and cover pages of written works. The Fine Arts wall had a mix of paintings, mixed media works, and video. Display screens throughout the Hall featured moving image works like films and interactive virtual reality displays, with a massive screen to project motion designs. Printed and screened works were frequently also supported by ephemera. Computer Animation films were screened for one night only in the Stulberg Gallery.

You can still view all of the award-winning work online at .

Next week marks the opening of the Senior Thesis Exhibitions. A reception on campus will be held on Friday, April 26, from 5-8 pm to celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of our graduating seniors. Exhibitions for each major are held at different locations across campus, with the exception of Film and Computer Animation, which will each have off-campus screenings at different times.

The Sarasota Opera House will host a screening and reception of works from the Film seniors on Sunday, April 21, with the screening from 2-5 pm and reception to follow. Work from Computer Animation majors will screen at the SCF Neel Performing Arts Center on Saturday, April 27, at 7 pm. A is available from �Ļ�Ӱ�� Galleries and Exhibitions.

Best of Ringling Recap

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College Galleries presents 11 exhibitions at Art Walk event

Office of Marketing and Communications — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Friday, Jan. 12, �Ļ�Ӱ�� Galleries and Exhibitions present their third Art Walk of the academic year, and the first of 2024, with 11 exhibitions. Among the exhibitions will be a new show from the Basch glass collection featuring vibrantly colored glassworks, artworks from Illustration faculty George Pratt’s two-month sabbatical in Morocco, and student work from Seoul, South Korea. All of the exhibitions are free and will be open to the public from 5-8 pm. There will also be live music and three food trucks.

From the Richard and Barbara Basch Art Glass Collection, features a selection of colored glass that transcends the medium’s transparent nature and transforms the sculptures into a kaleidoscope of hues in the Basch Gallery.

An exhibition of paintings by �Ļ�Ӱ�� alumni Omar Chacon ’02, Fine Art, will be on view in the Patrica Thompson Alumni Gallery. Chacon (b. Bogota, Colombia, 1979) brings the immersive and candy-colored mosaic pattern work that he is known for to the exhibition, . Chacon is also an Alumni Wall Honoree this year. He lives and works in Queens, N.Y.

In the Selby Foundation Illustration Gallery, shows works from Senior Illustration faculty member George Pratt’s two-month sabbatical in Morocco. During his time there, Pratt followed in the footsteps of renowned painters like the delicate late-19th-century paintings of John Singer Sargent, who documented the maze white architecture throughout Tangier, or the mid-19th-century Scottish watercolorist Arthur Melville, whose chose as his subject the landscapes of north Africa and western Asia, and the French Romantic Eugene Delacroix, who was forever changed by a visit to the country in 1832.

Picture This: The Inaugural Sketchbook Library Exhibition will be on view in the Brizdle-Schoenberg Special Collections Center on the second floor of the Alfred R. Goldstein Library. In the library’s first floor lobby, Lazarus Scholar Art Gallery exhibition is on view, featuring works that resulted from a summer of exploration with local non-profits by Lazerus Scholars.

In a follow-up to the President of �Ļ�Ӱ�� of Art and Design Dr. Larry R. Thompson’s visit to Seoul, South Korea, last summer, where he met with members of arts and higher education communities, Ringling is hosting an exhibit of student work, Seoul Institute of the Arts Exhibition: A Global Creative Exchange in the Diane Roskamp Exhibition Hall. Seoul Institute of the Arts is one of the leading and most prestigious art conservatories in Asia and in the creation of new forms of art.

The Cooley Photography Center will be showing Fashion in Frame, an exhibition of recent work by students in the Portraiture & Fashion class.

Illest of Ill: Dreamscape on view in the Willis Smith Gallery features works made by the student illustration club that celebrate the ethereal nature of dreams.

The aptly named ClusterF*#K!??!?, on view in the Crossley Gallery turns the sterile concept of the white cube on its head to reflect today’s fast-paced lifestyle of overconsumption and mass information.

If you haven’t seen it yet, will be on view in the Stulberg Gallery, featuring the expressive paintings by the late abstract painter Syd Solomon.

End your evening at Madeby Gallery, where you can purchase works by current students and alumni, and see recent jewelry works by Angelena Vargas ’27, Business of Art and Design.

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Veteran’s Club student president writes for Sarasota Scene

Office of Marketing and Communications — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0000

�Ļ�Ӱ�� of Art and Design Veteran’s Club student president Josh Thomas Bray ’24, Creative Writing, wrote an article for Sarasota Scene Magazine on the upcoming exhibition, War Paint: Profiles of Courage. In the article Bray shared the importance of the exhibition, “In a world that sometimes feels fragmented, this artistic endeavor unites the threads of the community, forging a connection between Veteran, artist, and admirer.”

features 100 portraits of local veterans painted by �Ļ�Ӱ�� students and faculty. Each year the exhibition includes a subtheme. In the past, the gallery has been painted in camouflage, stars and stripes, and red, white, and blue bands. This year, the theme is more conceptual, considering the six branches of the military.

The exhibition will be open for the campuswide art event, Art Walk, on Friday, Nov. 10, from 5-8 pm. The exhibition includes images that tell stories from WWll, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and current enlisted troops with the goal of humanizing distant conflicts. The annual exhibit is a collaboration of �Ļ�Ӱ�� Galleries and the College’s Veteran’s Club and is emblematic of the institution’s efforts to support veteran students.

In the spring of 2023, �Ļ�Ӱ�� had 15 veterans and military-affiliated students graduate. This fall, 28 new students who are veterans or dependents of veterans started at the College, moving our total from 69 enrolled military affiliates to 82.

Also celebrating Veterans Day, a memorial sculpture by Ringling alum Dawn Agnew-Mundell ’99, Illustration, will be dedicated at The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch, a retirement community here in Sarasota, today. The bronze Veterans & Visionaries Memorial Eagle has been a year in the making and was commissioned to honor the 355 veterans who have lived at The Glenridge since it opened.

�Ļ�Ӱ�� of Art and Design made the 2023 Military Times Best for Vets College List and was designated a Military Friendly® School for the 2023-2024 Military Friendly® Cycle.

These efforts are made possible by the Veterans and Military Affiliated Services Department, which provides information and services needed for students using, or looking to use, VA educational benefits. The department assists with charting the transition from military life and helps promote the student’s knowledge of resources, self-growth, and connections.

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Art Walk and upcoming Galleries programming

Office of Marketing and Communications — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Tonight, Friday, October 13, marks the opening of a number of exhibitions across campus. A gathering of food trucks plus live music will take place for the first ’ Art Walk event of the 2023-2024 academic year. The galleries will be open from 5-8 pm, with food from Killiks Kitchen, serving Hawaiian food, and shaved ice from Tropical Rush and Sweet Island Snow. The event is free and open to the public. Exhibitions will on view in each of the seven campus galleries.

Currents: New Work, an exhibition of documentary photography at the Cooley Photography Center
, a special photography exhibition of works from the Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Collection, demonstrating the visual evidence of the relationship between teacher and student as seen through their work. On view at the Patricia Thompson Alumni + Skylight Galleries
at the Lois and David Stulberg Gallery
at the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation Gallery
, work from the Fine Arts department that investigate intersectionalities of the self at the Crossley Gallery
, showing incredible work from the Freshman Illustration 3D design course, exploring costume designs, dynamic poses, and facial expressions. On view at the Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery
, featuring work from all 13 majors in the Willis Smith Construction Inc. Gallery

Ringling Galleries has a packed year of amazing programming lined up. Following this slew of exhibitions, each celebrating either opening or closing receptions this weekend, Galleries has an incredible line up of exhibitions to take their place. �Ļ�Ӱ�� Galleries along with the students enrolled in the Role of the Curator class within the Business of Art and Design Department, will present —an immersive collection featuring expressive, storytelling paintings from abstract impressionist, Syd Solomon, on November 6. Also opening that week, , and exhibition of colorful paintings at Patricia Thompson and Skylight Galleries; the second annual , featuring portraits of local veterans painted by �Ļ�Ӱ�� students and faculty at the Selby Foundation Gallery; , a group exhibition of three �Ļ�Ӱ�� students who have each had extraordinary experiences in the midst of global conflict, at the Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery; in the Willis Smith Construction Inc. Gallery. The exhibition for the Spring Semester is already underway, with two exhibitions slated to open January 6, 2024—Picture this: The Inaugural Sketchbook Library Exhibition and Omar Chacón: Chromatic Echoes.

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Photo Gallery: Class of 2023 Senior Thesis Show

Office of Marketing and Communications — Thu, 11 May 2023 16:41:48 +0000

On Friday, April 28, seniors from all 13 of �Ļ�Ӱ�� of Art and Design’s majors exhibited their thesis work for the world to see.

Film, Game Art, Motion Design, and Virtual Reality Development exhibits were presented during one-night-only events on campus. Computer Animation works were screened in the auditorium at the historic Manatee High School.

The culminating works demonstrate the students’ command of their craft — and the unique interests and concerns of a diverse group of ethical practitioners — as they embark on careers in their fields.

Images of the works and the opening receptions of Business of Art and Design, Creative Writing, Entertainment Design, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography and Imaging, and Visual Studies thesis shows can be viewed online.

Jesse Clark ’23, Photography and Imaging, posing with his large-scale photographic work depicting a procession magically enshrouded in clay-pink smoke, installed at the Selby Foundation Gallery.

Gallery visitors at the Selby Foundation Gallery opening reception for the Entertainment Design and Photography and Imaging Senior Thesis show.

Sophie Ruiz ’23, Entertainment Design, and her muilt-media project, Stardust Arcade and Diner, proposing a very glam-centric escape room, at Selby Foundation Gallery.

Installation view of the Senior Thesis show, featuring the work of Illustration students at the Richard and Barbara Basch Gallery and Willis Smith Construction Inc. Gallery.

Visitors engaged in the works at the 2023 Illustration Senior Thesis show.

Alyssa Osceola ’23, Illustration, posing with her book, ACHÉEB ALE TACHOOPOKNAACHOM, on the intertwined histories of Sarasota, �Ļ�Ӱ�� and Ringling Museum, the Seminole people, the Seminole Wars, and the author, a descendant of Seminole tribe members imprisoned after the wars.

Installation view of the Fine Art Senior Thesis Exhibition at the Crossley Gallery.

Fine Arts seniors exhibited work across several mediums at their thesis show.

Graphic Design and Business of Art and Design senior student work in the Patricia Thompson Alumni Gallery in Keating Center, including the work of Joel Reyes ’23, Graphic Design, Katey Stare ’23, Graphic Design, and Linda Liao ’23, Business of Art and Design, as seen here, from left to right.

Business of Art and Design and Graphic Design students displayed informative works that guided viewers to understand different cultural landscapes and phenomena, like the exhibition space and start-ups.

Nickela Winfield ’23, Graphic Design, included the results of a research project investigating the lack of Black designers working in the field for her senior thesis project.

Gabriela Williams ’23, Business of Art and Design, also presented research for the thesis show, which included graphs, maps, and a lit sculpture of a map comparing the walkability of three cities.

There were plenty of educational opportunities on view from Graphic Design and Business of Art and Design work in the Keating Center.

Posters for Creative Writing student thesis work were hung in the Lois and David Stulberg Gallery.

Students interact with multi-media installation of a proposal for an Egyptian-themed escape room, Journey to Duat, by Visual Studies senior Pootie.

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