UPCOMING EVENTS
Kress Kringle
Join us Dec 12 from 6-9pm for a memorable evening of art, treats, and celebration — all for a great cause. Kress Kringle is a collaborative fundraiser benefiting Kress Contemporary, Fringe Theatre, FMoPA, Tempus Projects, and TampaRep. A $12 suggested donation at the door is your ticket to making merry! Check in at FMoPA and stroll through the Kress to enjoy a Winter Wonderland photo booth, popup art market, Krampus Karaoke, festive carolling, sinful hot chocolate, and more! Limited VIP areas are available for booking. Email mitzi@kresscontemporary.com for details!
Tempus Projects 12 x 12
Join Tempus Projects for a special Art Auction Fundraiser this holiday season.
Bid on artwork sized 12-by-12 inches and give the gift of art to your loved ones! Tempus members and sponsors are welcomed from 5-6pm, followed by the general public.
Stick around for our Kress Contemporary Kress Kringle celebration, and tap into holiday cheer!
Art Noire's Tuesdays Are Made For Art #TAM4A Experience
Every second Tuesday, Art Noire Gallery presents their Signature - Tuesdays Are Made 4 Art (TAM4A) Night Market + Open Gallery—a curated evening celebrating art, culture, and community.
Bazar A La Carte
Bazar A La Carte brings their artful night market to Kress Contemporary! Featuring 30 vendors selling clothing, jewelry, art, and sweets, alongside workshops on pottery, screenprinting, and sewing. PLUS a music lounge inside Fringe Theatre, open studios, zines, DJ booths, and much more!
Tickets cost $5 and are available at at www.thehowbazar.com.
Heard Em Say's Monthly Youth Open Mic
Join Heard Em Say’s monthly youth open mic every LAST Friday of the month. Open to ALL ARTISTS under the age of 19. Sign up is at the door!
Artist Reception for Lynn Manos' Parkinson's: The Unraveling of a Life
In this exhibition by Lynn Manos, on view in the 3rd floor galleries, personal objects are combined to represent the disappearance and loss of the artist's life partner to Parkinson’s, a neurodegenerative disease. The artworks use a range of media to explore the experience of her husband’s deterioration, including the deconstruction and reconstruction of pieces of their clothing.
Third Thursday at Kress Contemporary
Every third Thursday, Kress Contemporary stays open late with extended gallery hours until 8 p.m.
Ybor Ad Hoc Arts Group Monthly Meeting
The "Ybor Ad Hoc Arts Group" is a small group of arts enthusiasts/leaders who like to meet once a month to compare notes on arts issues, discuss creative ideas and to brainstorm ideas that should be produced to activate creativity in our community.
Tampa Arts Alliance's Artist Salon Series: Emerging Artists Part 2
Join the Tampa Arts Alliance at Tempus Projects for a salon-style discussion around emerging artist programs, grant opportunities, grant writing strategies, and more. This salon is the second part of a 4-part series designed to inspire and support emerging artists.
Art Noire's Tuesdays Are Made For Art #TAM4A Experience
Every second Tuesday, Art Noire Gallery presents their Signature - Tuesdays Are Made 4 Art (TAM4A) Night Market + Open Gallery—a curated evening celebrating art, culture, and community.
Tempus Projects' 2nd Annual Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser
Join us for a casual evening at Tempus Projects' Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser! Indulge in a delicious pasta dinner while supporting Tempus Projects’ mission to foster creativity & community through the arts.
Heard Em Say Open Mic Night
Start your Halloween night with UpperCutt at Tampa’s only youth open mic. Ages 19 and under only!
"Heritage in Motion" Artist Panel
Join the Coalition of Hispanic Artists for an evening of dialogue and reflection with the five exhibiting artists of Heritage in Motion.
Ybor Ad Hoc Arts Group Monthly Meeting
The "Ybor Ad Hoc Arts Group" is a small group of arts enthusiasts/leaders who like to meet once a month to compare notes on arts issues, discuss creative ideas and to brainstorm ideas that should be produced to activate creativity in our community.
CHA's Encuentro de Autores
Encuentro de Autores / Author Encounter - Hispanic authors will host a pop-up table sale.
An afternoon of books, culture, and community featuring:
☕ Specialty coffee by Barista Zeke@tampacoffeecompany
🥐 Fresh baked goods from La Casa del Pan de Yuca
🎤 A curated Author Panel highlighting Hispanic voices in literature
Possessed: Curse of the Kress Halloween Party
This Halloween season, Kress Contemporary becomes haunted ground for an unforgettable night of art, performance, frights, and delights. Possessed: Curse of the Kress is a collaborative fundraiser benefiting Kress Contemporary, Fringe Theatre, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (FMoPA), and Tempus Projects.
Expect a gothic horror dance party, ghost story salons, Cursed Karaoke, horror film screenings, and more!
Opening Reception for Arts Council Honors
Hosted by the Arts Council of Hillsborough County (ACHC) and Kress Contemporary, Arts Council Honors is a group exhibition celebrating six award-winning artists—recipients of the ACHC 2025 Professional Development for Artists Grant, which provides support for projects advancing the careers of artists throughout the county. This year’s recipients purchased equipment and developed projects specifically for this special exhibition. Explore Arts Council Honors during the opening reception on Oct. 16, in conjunction with the Ybor Arts Tour, and discover new creations by a dynamic group of regional artists.
Opening Reception for Synesthetic Playground by Mike Cannata at REVERB
Artist Mike Cannata, a current MFA candidate at the University of South Florida, presents a solo exhibition at REVERB Gallery that unites painting and ceramics to explore the sensory interplay of color, texture, and perception. Through vibrant surfaces and tactile forms, Cannata’s work invites viewers into a world where the boundaries between seeing, touching, and feeling dissolve.
Opening Reception for CHA Art Gallery's Heritage in Motion
CHA’s Heritage in Motion highlights the top three CHA Art Contest winners alongside two featured artists—bringing herencia to life with color, energy, and movement. With art and music setting the vibe, the gallery becomes the spot for spontaneous baile/dance and community celebration.
Ybor Arts Tour
A biannual, self-guided experience, the Ybor Arts Tour brings together a diverse range of galleries, performance spaces, and commercial and hospitality venues that hold space dedicated to the arts year-round. The event highlights visual art, live performance, and literary expression throughout historic Ybor City and is free and open to the public—offering an immersive look into Tampa’s vibrant and growing creative community.
Everybody Draw Everybody Group Portrait Swap
Everybody Draw Everybody is coming to Tempus Projects October 11 for a special evening of speed portrait swaps. All skill levels are welcome, supplies provided, seats are limited, RSVP required.
Come draw alongside “Doodle Noodle” artist @upperhandart in this group activity and take a lap of the entire “Doodle Noodle” exhibition at Tempus Projects.
Reception for Parallelogram Gallery's How the West Was Won
Featuring artwork by Gregory Green, Ed Ruscha and Siebren Versteeg.
Reception for Tempus Projects’ “CADET recent works by Artist in Residence George Lewis Jr., aka Twin Shadow” and “DOODLE NOODLE”
Tempus Projects is proud to debut George Lewis Jr. aka Twin Shadow’s first painting exhibition, further expanding his creative practice into the visual arts.
Art Noire's TAM4A Wellness En Gallery in partnership with Smudged Life
Join Art Noire every fourth Tuesday for movement and sound therapy with a beginner-friendly yoga flow and community check-in.
Tampa Fringe's Anything Goes Open Mic
Welcoming comedy, music, spoken word, theatre and everything in between. Come watch or perform!
Third Thursday at Kress Contemporary
Every third Thursday, Kress Contemporary stays open late with extended gallery hours until 8 p.m.
Art Noire presents TAM4A Indie Intimates: Talk with Smoken Words
Join Art Noire every third Tuesday for Indie Intimates, an immersive fireside chat series where we sit down with artists across disciplines—music, fashion, culinary, visual arts, and more—for unfiltered conversations about the journey behind their work.
Opening Reception + Artist Talk for Untitled Space, the first solo exhibition of Mexican-American collage artist Brenda Segoviano
Join us at CHA Gallery for the opening reception of Untitled Space, the first solo exhibition of Mexican-American collage artist Brenda Segoviano. Drawing from her first-generation immigrant experience, Segoviano layers fragments of color and texture to reflect the complexities of navigating life between two cultures. Her collages become visual narratives of dual identity—deliberate expressions that capture personal moments, family, community, and the stories that shape her journey.
Reception for Tempus Projects’ SHIP OF FOOLS and ALL IN: George Anderton, Works from North A
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Art Noire's TAM4A En Gallery Workshop: Art Erotica
Unleash your inner artist at Art Noire’s EN Gallery Workshops—a series of elevated creative experiences designed to inspire, relax, and reconnect you with your creative self.