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The Ringling 2017-2018 Annual Review 2017–2018 ANNUAL REVIEW Kotler-Coville Glass Pavilion THANK YOU! GOVERNOR The Honorable Rick Scott The 2017–2018 year was unusual and extraordinary. It is my FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY John E. Thrasher pleasure to share with our valued supporters this publication President which highlights the many activities of the John and Mable Dr. Sally E. McRorie Ringling Museum of Art from July 2, 2017 to June 30, 2018. Provost On March 2nd, nearly 200 supporters of The Ringling gathered EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Steven High for a special evening at Ca’ d’Zan as we announced publicly the details of The Ringling Inspires: Honoring the Legacy and Building BOARD OF DIRECTORS Nancy J. Parrish, Chair for the Future campaign. This historic $100 million comprehensive Judith F. Shank, Vice Chair campaign ensures the legacy of John and Mable Ringling remains Jeffrey R. Hotchkiss, Treasurer Sarah H. Pappas, Secretary preserved for future generations of the Sarasota community. As such, our 10,000 member households and foundation partners Ellen S. Berman Thomas J. Charters made record contributions to The Ringling this year to support Warren R. Colbert, Sr. a diverse selection of exhibitions, incredible performances, and Daniel J. Denton Rebecca Donelson educational opportunities which I am proud to highlight for you in Kenneth J. Feld Frances D. Fergusson this publication. Your support also helped us weather the challenge Darrel E. Flanel of Hurricane Irma, whose impact forced us to close to the public Margaret Dunwoody Hausberg Robert D. Hunter for nine days while we cleared our grounds and reestablished Thomas F. Icard, Jr. electrical power. This was the longest closure since the 1960s Dorothy C. Jenkins Thomas W. Jennings, Jr. but luckily, the impact of the storm was less than expected and James A. Joseph recovery efforts by our dedicated staff enabled us to be ready to Michael A. Kalman Nancy Kotler open once power was restored. Despite the storm, The Ringling’s Patricia R. Lombard attendance once again exceeded 400,000 visitors and our Lisa A. Merritt Tina Shao Napoli financial position is stronger than ever in our history. I hope you Michael R. Pender Margaret A. Rolando enjoy reviewing our accomplishments over the past year. Javi Suarez Edward M. Swan, Jr. Howard C. Tibbals Thank you, dear members, for your support and belief in Larry A. Wickless The Ringling and, as always, I hope to see you at The Ringling EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS many times this season. David Schuler, Chair, Volunteer Services Advisory Council Leslie Young, Chair, Docent Advisory Council Elizabeth Dimmitt, Steven High Community Representative to the Board Executive Director 5401 Bay Shore Road The Ringling’s attendance once again Sarasota, FL 34243 941.359.5700 exceeded 400,000 visitors and our financial ringling.org position is stronger than ever in our history. Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums Left: Curvae in Curvae (2012) by Beverly Pepper newly installed in front of the Museum of Art. Promised gift of Keith D. and Linda L. Monda. 2 ringling.org 3 FINANCES The Ringling consistently demonstrates fiscal diligence by ending every year with a surplus. Between 2011 to 2018 our budgets grew from $12.75 million to $20 million. With the 2017–2018 fiscal year, our operating funds ended the year at $20.6 million in revenue, exceeding our budget by 4%, $20 million in expenses, 1% increase over budgeted. With fund transfers for Acquisitions ($152,250), we ended the fiscal year with a surplus of $536,421. ATTENDANCE 403,119 38% Earned Revenue VISITORS TOTAL REVENUE 37% Appropriated Funds $20,697,619 17% Endowment & Donations 8% Membership IN TOTAL $20.6 M REVENUE $20.1 M EXPENSES TOTAL 70% Program Expenses EXPENSE $536 K $20,161,198 28% Administrative Expenses SURPLUS 2% Fundraising Expenses $1.5 M DRAW FROM ENDOWMENTS ENDOWMENTS The Ringling’s combined endowments (The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation and the Florida State University Foundation) at year-end totaled $38.9 million with the annual draw from the endowments this fiscal year of $1.5 million. 4 ringling.org 5 PERFORMANCE The world premiere of Circus: Wandering City by the esteemed string quartet, 2017–2018 held the Grand Finale ETHEL was received with great acclaim while Chucho Valdés, the Grammy of The Ringling International Arts award winning Cuban pianist did not fail to please as he drew cheers from audiences that included many from the Latin community. In Bird’s Eye View, Festival. It was a year of dynamic the two-time Grammy winning Turtle Island Quartet, paid homage to the encounters and an exploration of visionary brilliance of jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. The series concluded with I 25 Giri, a brilliantly talented middle-school choral ensemble from world music through the innovative Montebelluna, Treviso—just minutes from the village of Asolo, Italy. programming of New Stages. A final tabulation: more than 50 guest artists from eight nations were presented in thirteen genre-defying productions. Additionally, performances on screen and on stage were held in conjunction with exhibitions, such as Toni Dove: Embodied Machines, National Theatre Live, The Royal Ballet and Artist Series of Sarasota throughout the year. Furthermore, in conjunction ART OF The final Ringling with Ringling Underground a series of performances were curated featuring PERFORMANCE International Arts Festival local spoken word artist Cedric Hammed who lead spontaneous poetry presented twenty-five performances. Makoto Hirano and Danielle Gatto presented their latest performances of seven Booth, Phone Booth, which allowed participants to “phone” anyone alive/ stage productions over dead/fictitious using an old phone receiver. College students interpreted 50 four days. Programming the theme of the visual art exhibition Dangerous Women through dance as GUEST ARTISTS expanded throughout an homage to the paintings and etchings of the daring women that traveled The Ringling campus Left: SOMI, photo by Robert Allen Mayer from our galleries to the Frost Museum of Art in Miami. In total, over 150 extending out beyond the Below: ETHEL, photo by Zach Gross performances of 25 productions were staged throughout the year. 8 traditional theater venues NATIONS and featuring artists that were both local and from around the globe. The 13 Ringling Circus Museum PRODUCTIONS hosted Monica Bill Barnes & Company performing Happy Hour and Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour’s White Rabbit Red Rabbit. Italy’s eVenti Verticali performed WANTED in the Asian Pavilion Courtyard, while the Turrell Skyspace and the Huntington Gallery of the Museum of Art were enlivened with contemporary IN TOTAL music performed by local ensemblenewSRQ. The Historic Asolo @ THE RINGLING Theater continued as the nucleus of the festival hosting a vibrant array of inventive artists such as Volker Gerling, who presented his intimate, yet broadly-revealing, “thumb cinema.” Sarasota native James McGinn presented the audience with Ing an Die an operatic 150 piece that confronted audiences with a restrained performativity PERFORMANCES of post-modernism, ballet and contemporary dance. From Zimbabwe came Nobuntu, the acclaimed a-cappella quintet with a program featuring Zimbabwean folksongs, Afro Jazz, and Gospel. 25 Nobuntu transcended racial, tribal, and religious boundaries and PRODUCTIONS brought Ringling audiences to their feet. After RIAF closed, our Art of Performance season continued with New Stages: A World of Music, a series of global music featuring ensembles from Europe, South America, and the US. Hailing from Sweden, Awake Love Orchestra made their US debut at The Ringling in November, presenting their unique fusion of music. Somi, a singer/songwriter, who calls Harlem’s vibrant immigrant community of “Little Africa” home, performed Petite Afrique a song cycle inspired by her experiences as a first generation American. 6 ringling.org 7 EXHIBITIONS Skyway: A Contemporary Collaboration JUN 24 – OCT 15, 2017 This exhibition was not only a celebration of artistic practice in the Tampa Bay area, but also an exercise in collaboration as it was shared among three institutions: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg; and the Tampa Museum of Art. Working together, curators from these institutions provided context for the diversity of art being made in Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, and Sarasota Counties. Works in the exhibition were selected from an open call by museum curators and a visiting juror. Extraordinary Animals SEP 22, 2017 – JAN 14, 2018 Although not as highly advertised as their exotic counterparts, domesticated animals including dogs, cats, and birds are popular Photos, top to bottom: performers in the circus ring. Horses, pigs, and goats also have been Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads Ai Weiwei, Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Bronze, trained to perform astonishing displays of intelligence and feats of JUN 9, 2017 – JUN 1, 2018 2010. Loaned courtesy of a Private Collection. Celestial Horse, China, Han dynasty (25-220 CE). skill. These animal acts rely on the combination of the familiar with Sculptor, photographer, installation artist, architect, and social Bronze with traces of polychrome, 44 ⅞ × 34 ½ × the unexpected to entertain. Posters celebrating the remarkable 14 ½ in. Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton, 2002.45. activist, Ai Weiwei is one of the most renowned artists working Photo: Minneapolis Institute of Art intelligence and highly developed skills of these four-legged today. This installation on the grounds of The Ringling featured 12 performers once covered walls and fences across America. bronze Zodiac Heads arranged in an arc at the western edge of the Museum of Art. Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads was inspired by Aftermath: The Fallout of War in the Middle East the fabled fountain-clock of the Yuanming Yuan, an 18th-century OCT 15, 2017 – JAN 21, 2018 imperial retreat just outside Beijing. In 1860, the Yuanming Yuan was ransacked by French and British troops, and the heads were Active in the US and Middle East, the artists in this exhibition depict pillaged.
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