The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation Incorporated

The 2021-2022 fiscal year featured 12 exhibitions in The searing wing, tibbals learning center, The renovated circus Museum, The keith d. and linda l. monda gallery for contemporary Art, The pavilion gallery, and The community gallery. Exhibitions of special note were:the 2021-2022 fiscal year featured 12 exhibitions in The searing wing, tibbals learning center, The renovated circus Museum, The keith d. and linda l. monda gallery for contemporary Art, The pavilion gallery, and The community gallery. Exhibitions of special note were:metadata: rethinking photography from The 21st century: this exhibition emphasizes an expanded concept of photographic practice that includes research-based projects, installation, conceptual work, and activism as well as analog and digital photographs. Artists featured are mohsen azar, viktoria binschtok, mladen bizumic, joy buolamwini, ali feser, jason lazarus, rafael lozano-hemmer, lilly lulay, trevor paglen, and penelope umbrico.hard bodies: contemporary japanese lacquer sculpture: 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. Since The late 1980s, a small circle of lacquer artists have pushed The medium in entirely new and dynamic directions. Organized by The minneapolis institute of Art, The thirty-three works by sixteen artists comprise The first-ever comprehensive exhibition of contemporary japanese lacquer sculpture.

Learning opportunities are offered to The general public, educators, and students from elementary to university level. Programs include lectures on The arts and history of The circus, family exploration activities in The galleries, lesson plans for educators about The Ringling collections, university-level seminars on a spectrum of cultural topics, and university intern programs in which students obtain an overview of The business of museums. In addition, The Ringling hosts school group tours from across The state of Florida.

Maintaining, interpreting, and conserving The permanent collection of over 40,000 objects, an archives collection and an Art research library of 85,000 holdings that serves The general public. The Museum had nearly 350,000 visitors and over 7,000 members.