Integrating the Rollins Museum of Art Collection into the Classroom: New Approaches for Social Emotional Learning in Art Education
Dr. Anne C. Grey helps students Ayelin and Aliviah, Grade K with their art technique. Photo: John P. Burke
The Collection at Rollins Museum of Art
Rollins Museum of Art’s Free Digital Guide is Now on Bloomberg Connects
You can now explore Rollins Museum of Art on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app! Download our free digital guide on your phone or tablet for access to audio guides, tours and more! Our digital guide features: Prepare…
360 Degree Virtual Views of Rollins Museum of Art Exhibitions Now Available in one Place
As a teaching museum, our goal is to educate by engaging people with works of art. In Fall 2020, Rollins Museum of Art began working with jkthree.com to expand our reach by providing 360 degree virtual views of all museum…
Rollins Museum of Art Acquires a Significant Early 20th century painting by Artist Roger Fry
The Rollins Museum of Art owns a collection of superb examples of works by members of the Bloomsbury Group, a group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers, and artists in the early 20th century, most based in London. Among them…
Bronwyn Bayne: My Summer at Rollins Museum of Art
Bronwyn Bayne describes her Summer Internship at Rollins Museum of Art Looking back on my summer as an Education Intern at the Rollins Museum of Art (RMA), I cannot believe how quickly the time has passed. Over these past few…
I Need You, by Artist Rose B. Simpson
On view in Rollins Museum of Art’s What’s New? Recent Acquisitions exhibition through September 1, 2024 I Need You by Rose B. Simpson is an intriguing addition to the Rollins Museum of Art Collection. Cast in bronze, this sculpture was…
Artist Steve Locke Examines Class, Race, and Identity in Works at The Alfond Inn
Artist Steve Locke probes perceptions of race, memory and male identity through his multi-disciplinary practice. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Detroit, Michigan Locke settled in Boston in 1980, spending more than a decade as a professor at the…
Photographer Jess T. Dugan Explores the Identity, Desire, and Connection of Their Subjects
Jess T. Dugan is a photographer whose work largely focuses on members of the LGBTQ+ community. Dugan makes photographic portraits that explore issues of gender, sexuality, identity, and community from a highly individual and humanistic point of view. Dugan combines…
Photographer An-My Lê Documents The Experiences And Landscapes Of War
An-My Lê is a contemporary photographer who primarily focuses on documenting the experiences and landscapes of war. Unlike the photojournalist, who instantly captures the combat and action of war, Lê uses a large format camera to take richly detailed and…
Artist Maya Lin’s Silver Thames Inspires Action, Restoration, and Hope
Maya Lin If we had a God’s-eye view of our world, would it affect our actions? Would we make different choices if we could see the interconnectedness of our waterways and oceans? Would we reconsider our wasteful habits? Maya Lin’s…
Visit Untitled by Artist Jun Kaneko, a Pioneer of Monumental Ceramics, at Rollins Museum of Art
Jun Kaneko (Japanese, b. 1942)Untitled, 2003Glazed ceramicGift of Alan Ginsburg. 2017.17 Jun Kaneko Jun Kaneko was born in Nagoya, Japan in 1942, and he currently maintains a studio in Omaha, Nebraska. Kaneko is a pioneer in the realm of monumental ceramics,…
The Secret, Alachua, FL by Photographer Michael Bühler-Rose
How The Secret, Alachua, FL by photographer Michael Bühler-Rose helps expand our sense of what cultural exchange might mean.
The Intersections of Art and Business Education
I recently gave the following address to a group of alumni from the Crummer Graduate School of Business. As Rollins Museum of Art and Crummer prepare to build a new connected space, how might we strive to develop curricular connections…
Lorna Simpson: Artist and Pioneer of Conceptual Photography
A pioneer of conceptual photography, Lorna Simpson is best known for her large-scale works combining images and text. Simpson’s photography often questions and challenges conventional views on gender, sexuality, race, identity, and culture in the United States. Many of her pieces created between 1985 and 1995 incorporate text to complicate the meaning of the image and provide commentary on a variety of issues. Explore Simpson’s works from the Rollins Museum of Art collection
Melvin Edwards: Weapon of Freedom at Rollins Museum of Art
Melvin Edwards (American, b. 1937)Weapon of Freedom, 1986Welded steel11 x 9 x 6 in.The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art, Gift of Barbara ’68 and Theodore ’68 Alfond, 2014.1.58. © 2015 Melvin Edwards/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Born in Houston, Texas,…