The Festival Forum: Saturday, Oct 16 at 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

The New Looking Glass: Seeing Ourselves in the Art of Our Time
Wednesday & Thursday, October 12 & 13, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Johnson-Blalock Education Center / Ringling Museum of Art

Free of charge for Museum Members and with non-member admission; ticket reservations required. Contact Box Office: 941.360.7399.

The Ringling Museum's new Executive Director, Steven High moderates panels of arts professionals as they examine and explore the risks and rewards of creating, producing, and presenting contemporary visual and performance art.

Panelists for Wednesday
Joseph Caulkins, Artistic Director for Key Chorale of Sarasota
Colin Dunne, RIAF 2011 Guest Artist
Michael Donald Edwards, Producing Artistic Director for the Asolo Repertory Theatre
Matthew McLendon, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art for Ringling Museum of Art
René Morales, Associate Curator for the Miami Art Museum
Susan Rife, Arts & Books Editor, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Panelists for Thursday
Stefanie Batten Bland, RIAF 2011 Guest Artist
Susan Danis, Executive Director for the Sarasota Opera
Barbara Karger and Michael Preston of Doug Elkins and Friends, RIAF 2011 Guest Artists
Meklit Hadero, RIAF 2011 Guest Artist
Jay Handelman, Theater and TV Critic, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Matthew McLendon, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art for Ringling Museum of Art
René Morales, Associate Curator for the Miami Art Museum

For only $5 for children (6-17) and $10 for adults,
you can have access to everything before, during, and all around RIAF 2011.