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Julie,
It is a fine museum and would be worth the visit if it had no paintings at all.
When I first arrived I stayed in a motel a couple of blocks from the Ringling school of art. I took some time and walked through the campus and it seems to be flourishing today, many students scurrying around with portfolios under their arms. I asked at the registrars office if they had a course on portraiture, and they said that it was only part of a much broader curriculum. I did, however, see several examples of quality portraiture posted on the wall.
I've noticed in the local paper recently that the Sarasota high school, a historic building, will be renovated under the auspices of the Ringling foundation, and turned into a museum for modern art.
I caught these statues gathering in the back, trying to unionize no doubt (as you can see, I'm running out of images).
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Mike McCarty
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