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Location. Venice, Florida (1968–1993) Baraboo, Wisconsin (1993–1995) Sarasota, Florida (1995–1997) Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College was an American circus school which trained around 1,400 clowns in the "Ringling style" from its founding in 1968 until its closure in 1997.
- 1968–1997
- Irvin Feld
- Private vocational
- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Feb 17, 1988 · AND BARNUM & BAILEY CLOWN COLLEGE. By Dominique Jando. Clown College (1968-97) was created in 1968 by Irvin Feld, then co-owner of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, with help from former Ringling clown and author/illustrator Bill Ballantine, who became Clown College's second Dean.
Clown College was a unique institution that trained hundreds of clowns for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from 1968 to 1997. It was founded by Irvin Feld, the owner...
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Sep 24, 1993 · The famous Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey "Clown College" is making its own kind of history - moving its campus from Florida to the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Wis., hometown of the five Ringling brothers and the original site of their circus' winter quarters.
A special celebrating Barnum & Bailey's Clown College on its twentieth anniversary. The special, taped at the school's 23-acre site in Florida, provides a rare look at the rigid training each fledgling clown must undergo to receive a Clown College sheepskin. Also included is a tribute to Lou Jacobs.
In 1968, with the craft of clowning seemingly neglected and with many of the clowns in their 50s, he established the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College. Circus Williams, a circus in Europe was purchased for $2 million just to have its star animal trainer, Gunther Gebel-Williams, for the core of his revamped circus.
