President of Ringling College of Art + Design Invites You to a Campus Tour, Talk & Taste
Dr. Larry Thompson presents his College Vision. Enjoy Guided Tour + Hors d'Oeuvres + Wine + Talk. See future Academy Award winners in the Computer Animation labs. Watch Spielberg High Tech blending with Michelangelo Low Tech into new masterpieces.
A Guided Tour Into The Future
with Larry Thompson, President
Ringling College Academic Center (Near 23rd Street N & US 41—MUST USE MAP)
Your Event Ticket Includes
Required Valet Parking is prepaid • President’s Strategic Plan Presentation
Guided Walking Campus Tour (1 hour) + All points are wheelchair accessible.
Hot & Cold Hors d’Oeurve Reception with Q&A + Beer, Wine, Soft Drinks Included.
DRESS: Business Casual + Comfortable Shoes + Sweater/Jacket
YOUR TOUR INCLUDES
Computer Animation/Game Art Labs • Selby & New Christ-Janer Galleries
Ad Design, Motion Design, Business of Art and Design
Graphic and Interactive Communication • Kimbrough Library
The Center for Career Services
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:
Dr. Larry R. Thompson is celebrating his 12th anniversary year as President of Ringling College of Art and Design. He has worked tirelessly to infuse his spirit of inclusion throughout campus by celebrating diversity, encouraging freedom of expression, supporting new ways of teaching and learning, and encouraging risk-taking to enhance the overall academic experience.
Prior to joining Ringling College, Thompson was President and CEO for 6 years of the Flint Cultural Center in Michigan--a 30-acre campus encompassing the nine leading cultural institutions of the Greater Flint Area. Before that, he was founding Director and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, where he served for four years. In his earlier career, Thompson served for seven years as Special Assistant to the President of The Ohio State University.
ABOUT THE COLLEGE:
Ringling College of Art and Design is a private, not-for-profit, fully accredited college offering the Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in 13 disciplines: Advertising Design, Computer Animation, Digital Filmmaking, Fine Arts, Game Art & Design, Graphic & Interactive Communication, Illustration, Interior Design, Motion Design, Painting, Photography & Digital Imaging, Printmaking and Sculpture, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Business of Art & Design. The 47-acre campus now includes more than 100 buildings, and enrolls 1,320 students from 46 states and 46 countries. It is recognized as being among the best and most innovative visual arts colleges in the United States as well as a leader in the use of technology in the arts. THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER has ranked Ringling College as being one of the ’25 Best Film Schools’ in the world.
Ringling alumni worked on Academy Award winning 3-D film Avatar, which features motion capture technology for body movements and facial expressions. In addition, Ringling graduates also helped bring to life these Academy Award winners for Best Animated Feature: Toy Story 3 (2010), Up (2009), Wall E (2008), Ratatouille (2007), Happy Feet (2006), Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), The Incredibles (2004), Finding Nemo (2003) and Shrek (2001).
DIRECTIONS: Follow special event parking signs + Red Arrows ON THE MAP. Valet Parking is required & prepaid in your ticket. The Academic Center is the 5 story green glass building marked as #34 below. Download THE MAP here.