KRESS CONTEMPORARY
Cultivating A Robust Arts Community
KRESS CONTEMPORARY is dedicated to cultivating a robust arts community centrally located in the heart of Ybor City. Our purpose is to provide local, emerging, early-career, and mid-career artists with access to studio space, exhibition opportunities, and engaging events that highlight the visual, performing, and literary arts.
Our programs support artists and arts organizations of diverse backgrounds. We serve our community by providing spaces for their creative pursuits, and we engage the community through public events, including film screenings, performances, exhibitions, artist talks, poetry readings, and workshops. We welcome groups for tours, field trips, meetings, and private or public events.
At KRESS CONTEMPORARY, we promote and celebrate all forms of art.
THE CITRUS FACTORY
OPENING in 2025/2026
Kress Contemporary South, THE CITRUS FACTORY, located at E 1728 2nd Ave, is a nonprofit studio and exhibition complex that focuses on the development of local artists and provides innovative curatorial opportunities as well as artistic and cultural programming for the community. This space was established in 2023 by a group of artists, philanthropists, and art advocates to launch affordable studio spaces for local artists working in the community.
THE CITRUS FACTORY makes its home in what was once the Dave Gordon & Company facility that supplied Florida's citrus industry with supplies and equipment for processing oranges and grapefruit. Now, the building has been transformed into a community art space in South Ybor in Tampa, FL. The venue will house approximately 50 art studios, the Jerry Meatyard Gallery, and a cultural event space.
The Jerry Meatyard Gallery will host contemporary art exhibitions featuring local, regional, and national artists and is dedicated to amplifying the voices of artists from an inclusive range of backgrounds and life experiences. By highlighting underrepresented artists alongside early to mid-career artists, THE CITRUS FACTORY introduces a fresh perspective to our city.
Resident artists will have the unique opportunity to be part of an environment that fosters collaboration between multidisciplinary artists and will be invited to participate in annual members’ exhibitions. In addition to in-house curation, resident artists will also be invited to propose exhibitions to be reviewed by local art professionals for selection. THE CITRUS FACTORY will actively encourage collaborations with independent curators and artist-run spaces via resident artist connections as well as solicited open calls for proposals.
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