The Ringling Museum of Art was worth the trip to visit. Prior to going to the museum, I assumed it was just a circus museum, but to my surprise, the Ringling Museum was much more to explore. It has a Museum of Art, Circus Museum, a historic home, an 18th-Century Theater and Bayfront gardens. I started my day going to the Museum of Art in the Searing Wing to see a special exhibit called “A Kaleidoscope of Color: The Costume Designs of Miles White.” The Ringling museum knew how to put a show together, but White knew how to convey it to the level of an artistic display using a pencil, a sketchbook, and his creativity.

First of all, the first step was what pieces would go in the exhibit and what was the most significant thing to describe Mile White. According to the curator of this exhibit, it took her a couple of months to narrow down the checklist to arrange 48 drawing fit into two galleries. Along with the 48 …show more content…
I feel that most of White’s playful character costume designs are clear that his ways of disguising both human and animal bodies and allow viewers to perceive them in an entirely new way. For example, one of the artworks in watercolor and ink paper sketch was a costume for Pinito del Oro in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus show “A Mid Summer Night’s Dream” in 1950. According to the curator of this exhibit, this design is known as one of his productions of transforming a circus performer into animals or an object whiles in this change is a butterfly fashion style. Besides, the exhibition includes drawings side-by-side of his designs, products and the historic photograph of the attire worn by the performers for whom they were designed. This illustrates White's understands the needs of the performer's body; style, function, and movement. From the basic understanding, White could leap into imaginary creations that undermined our