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2/21/2023 - The Rich History of Poor People’s Art - By Tony Palms, Creative Pinellas
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1/17/2023 - Contemporary Art Museum’s new exhibit shares generational stories of poverty - By Julia Saad, The Oracle
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1/8/2023 - Martin Luther King Jr.’s Overlooked Crusade And ‘Poor People’s Art’ - By Chadd Scott, Forbes
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1/5/2023 - ‘Poor People’s Art’ exhibition coming to USF - The Weekly Challenger
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1/3/2023 - January Arts Roundup: Tempus Projects, USF CAM exhibits and much more start the new year - By Michele Smith, 83degrees
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12/9/2022 - Veterans Sharing Their Voices Through Art - By Sheila Cowley, Creative Pinellas
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12/8/2022 - Military vets star in new photography show at USF Tampa's Contemporary Art Museum - By Sean Daly, ABC Action News, WFTS-Tampa
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12/6/2022 - USFCAM exhibition to showcase art of U.S. veterans - Tampa Bay Newspapers
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11/29/2022 - December Arts Roundup: Diverse exhibits and holiday events - By Michele Smith, 83degrees
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11/22/2022 - Art Museum Announces Grant Award As Part Of Major Climate Initiative - By D'Ann Lawrence White, Patch
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11/1/2022 - November arts roundup: So much to do across Tampa Bay - By Michele Smith, 83degrees
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9/9/2022 - USF Contemporary Art Museum features famous works all year long - By Jillian Ramos, ABC Action News, WFTS-Tampa
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8/30/2022 - September Arts Roundup: USFCAM, Bloom on Franklin, Jobsite, Stageworks, Florida Orchestra and more - By Michele Smith, 83degrees
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7/11/2022 - Celebrated American artist Helen Frankenthaler is focus of exhibit at USF Contemporary Art Museum - By Cathy Carter, WUSF Public Media
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7/8/2022 - Frankenthaler and Martin – A Delicious Pairing - By Tony Wong Palms, Creative Pinellas
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7/5/2022 - A Lyrical Collaboration - By Kurt Loft, Creative Pinellas
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6/17/2022 - Heather Gwen Martin and Christian Viveros-Fauné on Art in Your Ear - By JoEllen Schilke, WMNF Radio
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5/31/2022 - Breaking Barriers 2022 - By Sarykarmen Rivera, ABC Action News Morning Blend, WFTS-Tampa
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4/22/2022 - Community Arts Impact Grant Supports Free Photography Workshops for Veterans - By Eileen Blake, Arts Council of Hillsborough County
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3/02/2022 - Bosco Sodi: A Return to Reality - By Alexander Rivera, Creative Pinellas
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2/21/2022 - Art Museum Expanding to St. Pete.
- WFLA News Channel 8 (NBC)
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2/21/2022 - USF offers first look at new creative space with Contemporary Art Museum expansion into St. Petersburg
- USF News
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2/18/2022 - Robert Mapplethorpe And Patti Smith Together Again At Marie Selby Botanical Gardens In Sarasota, Florida - By Chadd Scott, Forbes
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2/18/2022 - USF Contemporary Art Museum expands to St. Petersburg - By Maggie Duffy, Tampa Bay Times
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2/16/2022 - USF's Contemporary Art Museum to expand into St. Pete - By Bill DeYoung, The St. Pete Catalyst
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1/28/2022 - Bosco Sodi & Sarah Howard from USFCAM with Básico on Art in Your Ear - By JoEllen Schilke, WMNF Radio
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1/26/2022 - USF Art Exhibit Gives Residents Chance To Make Clay Seedpods - By D'Ann Lawrence White, Patch
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12/14/2021 - Shaping the local art scene: Sarah Howard of USF CAM in Tampa - By Caitlin Albritton, 83degrees
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12/4/2021 - Artistic Responses To Hurricane Maria On Exhibit Through Dec. 4 - By D'Ann Lawrence White, Patch
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11/26/2021 - A look at the outdoor art coming to Water Street Tampa in coming months - By Jay Cridlin, Tampa Bay Times
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11/21/2021 - Public art goes digital in Tampa's new Water Street development - By Lloyd Sowers, Fox 13 News
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11/16/2021 - Close Look: Marco A. Castillo's Generacion (2019) at USF Contemporary Art Museum
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11/16/2021 - Editor's Pick: Generacion Screening and Discussion - By Sarah Cascone, Artnet News
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11/15/2021 - USF To Host Screening Of Film On Suppression Of Cuban Artists - By D'Ann Lawrence White, Patch
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11/12/2021 - Illuminated art installations announced for Water Street Tampa - By Andrew Harlan, That's So Tampa
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10/18/2021 - TORMENTA CONSTANTE: ARTE DE PUERTO RICO Y LA DIASPORA - Artishock
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10/2/2021 - Printmaker shares love of collaborative work at USF Graphicstudio - By Virginia Johnson, Spectrum Bay News 9
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9/2/2021 - Placemaking for a Better Tomorrow - USF Foundation
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8/23/2021 - In New Local Exhibits, Three Artists Uncover Layers of Meaning in the Everyday - By David Warner, Sarasota Magazine
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8/21/2021 - Explore Rauschenberg in China: The Lotus Series Virtual Exhibtion Featuring Robert Rauschenberg Artworks on Loan from the USFCAM Collection
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8/21/2021 - Commercial Forms II: What Should Art Fairs Look Like During a Crisis? - By Christian Viveros-Fauné, CHART Journal
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8/5/2021 - ‘Skyway 20/21’ exhibit spans four Tampa Bay museums - By Maggie Duffy, Tampa Bay Times
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7/13/2021 - Skyway 20/21 @ CAM - By Tony Wong Palms, Arts Coast Journal
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6/18/2021 - Exploring Skyway 20/21: A Contemporary Collaboration - Inside USF Podcast
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5/19/2021 - Memorialized: Veterans through the Lens - By Abby Baker, The Gabber
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5/29/2021 - Sarasota area museums join together for Skyway 20/21 exhibition - By Marty Fugate, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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5/18/2021 - Tampa’s newest developments put public art on display for all - By Caitlin Albritton, 83degrees
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5/13/2021 - The Last Art Fair?
Commercial Forms, or How the Contemporary Art Fair Went Off the Rails But Could (Possibly) Be Fixed - By Christian Viveros-Fauné, CHART Journal
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3/11/2021 - The Experimental Catalogue - By Marc Pottier, Selections Arts - A version of the article appeared in print in SELECTIONS #54
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3/9/2021 - Gallery experiences go virtual at the USF Contemporary Art Museum - By Jessi Smith, 83degrees
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3/1/2021 - See Here, Works by Griffith J. Davis at the USF Contemporary Art Museum - By Bob Devin Jones, Creative Pinellas
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2/24/2021 - Sarasota artist John Sims demands change through art, writing - By Maggie Duffy, Tampa Bay Times
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2/2/2021 - Collaborative Skyway 20/21 art exhibition at 4 local museums moves forward - By Caitlin Albritton, 83degrees
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1/22/2021 - Art Diary, Marking Monuments - Apollo, The International Art Magazine
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11/17/2020 - Gulfport Photographer Brightens Familiar Scenes - By Lynn Taylor, The Gabber
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10/8/2020 - USF's Contemporary Art Museum presents The Neighbors: Slide Shows for America, a photography exhibition - Arts Plus, Season 9 Episode 19 - WEDU
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10/20/2020 - Form through Darkness: The Works on Paper of Jean-Jacques Lagrenée and William Villalongo - A Closer Look: Prints Then And Now is a part of Print Month 2020, hosted by the IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair.
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9/18/2020 - Christian Marclay in "London" - Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 10 - Art21
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9/15/2020 - International Day of Democracy at USF CAM - By David Warner, DuPont Registry Tampa Bay
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A University of South Florida research task force working to address racial issues and attitudes on a local, national and global scale has selected 23 projects exploring a wide range of issues in systemic inequality, economic and health disparities, Black history and contemporary challenges for funding.
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8/20/2020 - USF Contemporary Art Museum Exhibition "The Neighbors" - By Natalie Taylor, ABC Action News, WFTS-Tampa
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8/14/2020 - Painter Angel Otero on Solitude and What It Means When You Can’t Go Home - By Valentina Di Liscia, Hyperallergic
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7/14/2020 - USF Contemporary Art Museum lands $25K NEA grant - By Caitlin Albritton, 83degrees
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7/8/2020 - USF hosting free online photography workshop for veterans - By Aubrey Jackson - WTSP, Tampa Bay 10
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6/30/2020 - ‘Pressure leads to unity’: celebrating art in the time of coronavirus - By Nadja Sayej, The Guardian
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Hope Ginsburg and collaborator’s Coastarama from the exhibition Sponge Exchange has been included in the TBA21 Academy’s Ocean Archive digital platform. Created to stimulate action and policy change through collaboration and education, Ocean Archive fosters synergy among art, science and policy to make a range of perspectives visible, discoverable and understandable.
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6/19/2020 - Exposición virtual - By Alonso Castillo - Voice of America
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6/5/2020 - USF Contemporary Art Museum debuts first virtual exhibition: ‘Art in the Age of the Coronavirus’ - By Maggie Duffy, Tampa Bay Times
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6/5/2020 - Art in the age of the coronavirus - By Gene Yagle, WTSP Tampa Bay 10
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4/21/2020 - USF photography workshop giving valuable exposure to local veteran
- USF News
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3/26/2020 - USF Graphicstudio is Tampa’s Destination for Art World Superstars
- By Caitlin Albritton, Tampa Magazine
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1/20/2020 - 'FloodZone' Captures South Florida's 'Climate Anxiety' In Unexpected Ways
- By Daniel Rivero, WLRN Miami
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4/1/23
Opening Reception - Someday You’ll Have To Say It Out Loud: 2023 MFA Graduation Exhibition
4/1/23
Student-Led Public Art Walking Tour
4/13/23
ART Thursday: Saying It Out Loud, A Reading of Original Poetry
4/27/23
ART Thursday: Someday You’ll Have To Say It Out Loud Gallery Tour + MFA Panel Discussion
5/20/23
25th Annual Graphicstudio Benefit Sale
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Bajo | Cuva | Cohen | Turkel
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Dr. Allen Root / In Memory of Janet G. Root
Arts Council of Hillsborough County, Board of County Commissioners
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Aparium Hotel Group's Hotel Haya
Strategic Property Partners and Water Street Tampa
Art for Community Engagement (ACE) Fund Patrons
Allison and Robby Adams
Frank E. Duckwall Foundation
Francesca and Richard Forsyth
Gobioff Foundation
Courtney and Jason Kuhn
Linda Saul-Sena and Mark Sena
Sharmila and Vivek Seth
Stanton Storer Embrace the Arts Foundation
Michael Paonessa and Robert Iles