Deb Slowey
The Exquisite Fable: A Community Surrealist Workshop
TBD
The Exquisite Fable" is an interactive workshop where the community co-creates a large-scale, transparent vinyl mural inspired by Surrealist art history.
Kali Rabaut (@blue_house_florals )
Flower Lady
June 12th, 2026
Tampa Fringe Festival (@tampafringe )
Kress Contemporary (@kress_contemporary )
1624 E. 7th Avenue, Ybor City
Tampa, Florida 33605
“Flower Lady” is a cabaret premiering at Tampa Fringe Festival that explores art, productivity and identity through the intersection of botanical and performing arts.
Jesi Cason (@jesicason.style )
Alt Tampa
April 29 - June 14th, 2026
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (@fmopa )
1630 E. 7th Avenue, Ybor City
Tampa, Florida 33605
Beneath Tampa Bay’s polished, tourist-friendly image lies a vibrant underground shaped by decades of alternative culture. Through bold, expressive portraits, the 2025 Photo Laureate of the Saint Petersburg Month of Photography, Jesi Cason, captures the people who define this hidden world, celebrating identity, creativity, and the courage to live outside the mainstream as these communities face growing pressure from a rapidly changing city.
Jeremiah Woody - @mynameis_jema
Galileo's Puberty
Date and Location: TBD
“Galileo’s Puberty” is a spoken-word film that challenges men to evolve—using Galileo Galilee’s legacy as a mirror for the mental, spiritual, and emotional growth modern manhood requires.
Taelynna Czech - @taelynnarowan
Vibrant Visions: A Colorful Community Celebration
March 21, 2026
2 PM - 10 PM
Unitarian Universalist Church of Clearwater - @uuclearwater
2470 Nursery Rd, Clearwater, FL 33764
Vibrant Visions: A Colorful Community Celebration is a free, one-day, multi-media arts experience that acts as a platform for local artists, featuring live aerial performance, dynamic projection mapping, and hands-on public creation spaces.
Society and Culture
Editorial shoot with Neil and Gianna Gobioff of the Gobioff Foundation whom through their philanthropy, stewardship and commitment helping local arts be sustainable have served to elevate the voices of creatives in Tampa - St. Petersburg.
“I call it the best job I never wanted,” said Neil Gobioff, musing on the challenges versus rewards of suddenly inheriting responsibility for the Gobioff Foundation in
March 2008. Just weeks before his death at age 36 from lymphoma, Howard Gobioff — Neil Gobioff’s brother and one of Google’s first engineers — told his family not only about his diagnosis but also about the philanthropic foundation he had quietly funded with $4 million earned during nearly a decade at Google. With little time to discuss his wishes, Howard Gobioff’s
sole guidance was to “make the world a better place.”
Since then, Neil Gobioff and his wife, Dr. Gianna Rendina-Gobioff, have distributed more than $5.2 million honoring Howard Gobioff’s love of the arts and commitment to human rights, not including Gobioff Foundation microgrants and other disbursements.
With an average grant of less than $10,000, the foundation seeds projects and stretches the resources of emerging artists and grassroots nonprofits. In fact, nearly half of the $3.6 million donated to Hillsborough and Pinellas arts organizations went to groups with budgets under $200,000.”
@amy_scherzer For Bay Magazine
Frame 1 & 4: Neil and Gianna Gobioff in the @tempus_projects main gallery.
Frame 3 & 5: Portraits made in my studio ‘Dave Decker Photography’ at the @kress_contemporary
All images made @kress_contemporary
Special thanks to @tullamidulla for main gallery access.
#editorial #gobiofffoundation #arts #davedeckerphoto
The Tampa Bay Urban Futures Festival is one event you don't want to miss ... Come out for our Glow In The Dark Fashion Show - THIS SATURDAY - from 4pm to 7pm‼️
Hosted by: @yeyesvillage / in collaboration with / @pinellasdap for the 2025 #TBUFF #TBUFFestival #Fashion #Food #Fun #Runway #Workshop #Resources #Community
save the date ! - link in bio
Join us for another great salon-style discussion Nov 12 @tempus_projects
This evening is the second of a 4-part collaborations with @gasparillaarts , focused on resources and opportunities for visual emerging artists. We will be joined by @gobiofffoundation and @artscouncilhc to discuss with attendees important insights on getting started as an artist! Limited space, reserve your seat.
Brought to you by @bankoftampa
📍1624 E. 7th Avenue inside @kress_contemporary
We’re excited to announce Celebrating Muslim Women: A Night of Movies, Music, and Monologues — a FREE community event presented by NY/LA Production at the historic Tampa Theatre!
Join us for an unforgettable evening spotlighting Muslim women’s voices through film, live performances, and heartfelt storytelling. From short films to spoken word, dance, and song — this is a night for the community, by the community.
✨ Date: November 13
📍 Location: Tampa Theatre (711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33602)
🎟️ Free admission: Register via our Eventbrite!
Let’s celebrate creativity, culture, and connection together.
#NYLAProduction #CelebratingMuslimWomen #CommunityEvent #TampaTheatre #MuslimWomenInFilm #WomenInEntertainment #Storytelling #NYLAProductions #TampaEvents #FreeEvent #EmpowerHer
We don't like being in the spotlight, but sometimes we accept in hopes that we can shine a light on the organizations we support and encourage others to think about their own philanthropy. Thank you, Amy Scherzer and Tampa Bay Times for the article. Link in bio. #philanthropist #tampa #art #tampaart #philanthropy #gobiofffoundation
