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
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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…
The Winter 2025 Season at Rollins Museum of Art Has Something for Everyone and Admission is Free
Join us January 18-May 11, 2025 for the Rollins Museum of Art Winter 2025 Season. Enjoy FREE ADMISSION all season long to engage with EIGHT intriguing exhibitions including an interactive exhibition co-curated by children! Experience thought-provoking lectures and artist panels…
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…
Fall Fling: Free Family Day at Rollins Museum of Art
Enjoy Fall Fling, a FREE day of family fun at Rollins Museum of Art! With indoor and outdoor arts activities, story time, tours, performances and more Fall Fling is the perfect way to spend your Saturday. All events are open…
Rollins Museum of Art Takes Next Big Step to Becoming a Bilingual Museum/ Museo de Arte Rollins da el siguiente gran paso para convertirse en un museo bilingüe
A few months ago, I read this comment from a visitor who experienced our Spanish language program Arte y Café Con la Curadora (Art and Coffee with the Curator): “Thank you for offering this in Spanish. Today I was able…
Artist Samuel Aye-Gboyin, Pathways 2024: Carlos Malamud Prize Finalist
Samuel Aye-Gboyin is one of only six finalists chosen to have works on view in both the UCF Art Gallery and Rollins Museum of Art as part of the Pathways 2024: Carlos Malamud Prize exhibition. The prize offers a pathway…
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.
Join Rollins Museum of Art for FREE family fun at Spring Fling
Enjoy Spring Fling, a FREE day of family fun at Rollins Museum of Art! With indoor and outdoor arts activities, story time, tours, performances and more Spring Fling is the perfect way to spend your Saturday. All events are open…
Seven Questions with Elena Vaamonde Work-Study Student at Rollins Museum of Art
As an academic museum, we know how essential hands-on experience is for developing the skills necessary for a successful career. Rollins Museum of Art is proud to offer work-study positions to Rollins College students like Art History and Classical Studies…
Beyond Our Walls: 8 Ways to Engage With Rollins Museum of Art Even When the Museum is Closed
In person and online offerings beyond the walls of The Rollins Museum of Art
Works by American Photographer Carrie Mae Weems in the Rollins Museum of Art Collection
Gain insights into the works of American Photographer Carrie Mae Weems that are featured in the permanent collection at The Rollins Museum of Art.
Carrie Mae Weems (American, b. 1963) Untitled (Woman with Daughter), From the Kitchen Table Series, 1990 Silver prints, triptych 28 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches each. The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art, Rollins Museum of Art. Gift of Barbara ’68 and Theodore ’68 Alfond, 2014.1.26. © Carrie Mae Weems. Image courtesy of the artist and Jack Shaiman Gallery, New York.
Carmen Herrera’s quest for formal simplicity
Carmen Herrera has been described as a “quiet warrior of her art” in her uncompromising commitment to abstraction over decades of scant recognition.(1) Born in Havana in 1915, she later moved to New York and then, in 1948, to Paris,…
Work of the Week: Elihu Vedder’s “Superest Invictus Amor”
Elihu Vedder (American, 1836-1923), Superest Invictus Amor (Love Ever Present), 1887, Oil on canvas, 34 ¾ x 12 ¼ inches As I write this in mid-June, it has been just about thirteen months since my last entry in this blog.…
Work of the Week: William Williams’ “The (William) Denning Family” | In the Spirit of Conversation, a Confession by Dr. Grant Hamming
William Williams (American, 1727-1791) The (William) Denning Family, 1772, Oil on canvas, 35 ½ x 52 inches Benjamin West (American, 1738-1820), Mrs. Thomas Keyes and Her Daughter, c. 1806, Oil on panel, 33 x 23 ¼ inches A term one sometimes…