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Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design (SAM) announces its 2026-2027 season, featuring a lineup of seven exhibitions including works by some of the most beloved and influential photographers of the 20th-century, award-winning glass artists, a father and son artistic lineage, multiple Ringling College of Art and Design talents and more.
Opportunities Sarasota Art Museum’s Museum guides are valued educators who lead adult tours and school tours, utilizing dialogue, inquiry, and visual thinking strategies. Become a Museum Guide! Looking for a way to involve yourself in the arts? We are looking for you! Are you: Enthusiastic? Passionate about Education? Love Contemporary Art? Willing to learn? … Read more
Sarasota Art Museum announces fourth annual Quotable Series SAM presents an inspiring lineup of authors, artists, and cultural thought leaders through four-event author series SARASOTA, FL. (October 21, 2025) – Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College (SAM) is pleased to announce the line-up for its 2025-2026 Quotable Series. Launched in 2021, Quotable is SAM’s annual … Read more
By Gabrielle Mizak SAM TAC 2022-23 1. Contemporary art can be just as good as classical art Before SAM TAC, I had an overall negative viewpoint of contemporary art because I dislike the works of a few artists, such as Banksy, Jeff Koons, and Damien Hirst, who see art as a business to be conquered, which … Read more
By Scarlett-Rose Austin SAM TAC 2022-23 As of June 2021, I’ve had incredible opportunities through the Sarasota Art Museum’s Teen Arts Council incentive to work with some of the very best that Florida’s art world has to offer. People like Dr. Larry R. Thompson, president of Ringling College of Art and Design, a textile artist, Kartina … Read more
