TEMPUS PROJECTS

Our next speaker for CREATE is Tracy Midulla (@tullamidulla ), founder of @tempus_projects in Tampa. 🎨 She is a curator, educator, and arts advocate who has spent years cultivating spaces for artists and creative community in Tampa Bay. As the driving force behind Tempus Projects, she has grown the nonprofit contemporary art space into a hub for experimental exhibitions, artist residencies, and collaborative programming. With a background in printmaking and sculpture and years teaching across local colleges and universities, Tracy’s work is grounded in supporting artists, sparking dialogue, and making contemporary art feel accessible, engaging, and deeply connected to community. Join us: 📅 May 22 | 8:30 AM 📍 @hotelhaya , Ybor City, Tampa Tell your friends, see you soon ✨ #tampabay #tampafl #tampa #tampaflorida

Tempus Projects will be closed for the remainder of today (Thurs, May 7) as our staff prepares to receive the Arts Organization IMPACT Award from TBBCA this evening. We are honored to be recognized by @tampabaybca alongside recipients Darryl Shaw and Ya La’Ford, and look forward to celebrating with our incredible Bay area creative community! Visit Tempus Projects again this weekend starting at 10am, or contact us for an appointment.

@tempus_projects is the cultural nexus Tampa Bay needs, bridging the gap between emerging talent and established pros. From residency programs to the Ybor Arts Tour, Tracy Midulla is building a foundation that lets our local art scene truly shine. ✨ 👨🏼‍🎨 Tap the link in bio to see how this creative engine is pushing boundaries for us all 👉 wedu.org/artsplus

Tempus Projects: Call to Artists Ybor City is a living archive shaped by migration, labor, resistance, and reinvention. Artists are uniquely positioned to reflect on and reinterpret these histories. Submit your work and contribute to this evolving love letter to Ybor City in Oh, Cuore Mia. Oh, Cuore Mia, is a juried exhibition exploring the past, present, and future of a historic district in constant transformation. Tempus Projects invites artists to submit work for this group exhibition, curated by Tempus with guest juror Jenn Ryann Miller. Oh, Cuore Mia—“my heart”—embraces the idea that the only constant in Ybor is change. This open call seeks works that engage the layered histories, identities, and lived experiences that continue to shape historic Ybor City neighborhoods. Rather than focusing on familiar imagery, we encourage artists to move beyond surface representations. This is not an exhibition about cigars, lamp posts, Cuban sandwiches, chickens, or flamenco dancers as tropes—unless they are approached through deeper, personal, or critical frameworks. We seek work that engages the forces, stories, and lived experiences that produced those icons.
 Eligibility & Media All media are eligible, including painting, photography, video, installation, performance, sound, text-based work, and interdisciplinary practices. Collaborative submissions are also welcome. Detail to Follow

Registration link in bio. Sunday, April 19 from 12:00–3:00 Join artist William Downs for a hands-on monotype printmaking workshop at the Kress Press Printmaking Lab at Kress Contemporary. In this workshop, participants will learn basic monotype techniques, including inking, mark-making, layering, and image transfer, while experimenting with texture, spontaneity, and chance in a collaborative studio setting.
 The workshop is presented by Kress Contemporary in partnership with Tempus Projects, and is sponsored by the University of South Florida’s College of Art, Design and Performance with support from Bank of America.
 Space is limited to 12 participants.This is an all-ages workshop (ages 12 and up). Artists under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or chaperone. About the Artist:
 Downs received a BFA in Painting and Printmaking from the Atlanta College of Art and Design and an MFA from the Mount Royal School of Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art. His work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Sandler Hudson Gallery, Band of Vices Gallery, Derek Eller Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, and the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. About our Partners:
 The University of South Florida’s College of Art, Design and Performance supports innovative teaching, research, and community engagement across the arts. Through public programs and partnerships, the college works to expand access to arts education and connect academic resources with the broader community.

I had such a fantastic experience visiting the exhibitions at @kress_contemporary and @tempus_projects . The shows featuring local artists @ljloiselle , @leah.peaslee and Wallace Wilson were thoughtful, dynamic, and deeply engaging. One of the standout elements was the collaboration between Lisa McCarthy and Wallace Wilson. Their “visual call-and-response” is absolutely magnetic, creating photographs that hover intriguingly between documentation and fabrication. The work pulls you in and keeps you looking, questioning, and discovering. Leah Peaslee’s installation, with her beautifully crafted porcelain brushes, brought a distinct sense of awareness, texture, and style to the second exhibition. It added another layer of depth and balance to the overall experience. Her @utampaartdept shall be so proud of her! It was also a real highlight to meet the artists in person and hear about their inspirations firsthand, that connection made the work feel even more meaningful. Thank you, Tempus Projects, for such a memorable and inspiring exhibition experience. I’m already looking forward to what’s next! #tampaart #artexhibit #tampaevents #yborcity

CAMPGround26 at Tempus Projects CONCERT 1: MONODRAMA /watch?v=QQKoNp-i3gk The festival launches with an unforgettable opening night in collaboration with the Iranian Female Composers Association (IFCA), featuring three newly commissioned monodramas written especially for soprano Jamie Jordan and the CAMP ensemble. Opening Night Highlights The program centers on three world premieres: The Dance of the Swallow by Parastoo Shafiei — an auto-opera exploring exile, memory, and identity, inspired by The House is Black. She Dances by Negar Soleymanifar — a reimagining of Kabuki traditions through a contemporary vocal lens. Carved into Scent: on trepidation, and what follows by Mojan Alaiyeh — a meditation on memory, mortality, and artistic legacy. All three works are performed by acclaimed soprano Jamie Jordan, joined by members of the CAMP ensemble. The evening begins with Membrane of Light, an installation by Zouning Liao that blends organic material, real-time video, and light into a living digital interface. Liao’s chamber work Rupturing Signals follows, transforming electromagnetic fields into dynamic sonic textures for trumpet, piano, percussion, and electronics. Across three days, CAMPGround26 will present 20–25 compositions, multiple world premieres, and immersive performances—offering a bold and engaging journey through contemporary music. From intimate vocal theatre to interactive installations, CAMPGround26 invites audiences into a one-of-a-kind musical experience in Tampa.

New exhibition “Nothing to See Here” opens at Tempus Projects April 2 Exhibition dates: April 2 – May 28, 2026 Opening reception: Thursday, April 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. Tempus Projects is pleased to present Nothing to See Here, a group exhibition exploring gestures and practices that often exist outside of recognition—things carried out quietly, habitually, and in plain sight without being fully seen. Featuring drawing, sculpture, video, painting and mixed-media practices, this exhibition reflects on the quiet persistence of these acts, and the ways artists make visible what is typically obscured. “Nothing to See Here” opens with a public reception on Thursday April 2 and remains on view through May 28. Participating artists include Anna Hemmerich, Jenn Ryann Miller, Kaylin Price, Jessi Sherbet, Erin Titus, Selena, Roman, and Leah Peaslee. Highlighting gestures hidden or minimized, these artists explore the psychological and mystical dimensions of what remains just outside of view. Exploring domestic spaces, private thoughts, and social negotiations, Nothing To See Here addresses the unseen labor structuring relationships and communities, such as acts of care, strategies of self-protection, and silent acts of resistance. A public artists reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on April 2 at Tempus Projects, inside Kress Contemporary, 1624 E. 7th Avenue in historic Ybor City. About Tempus Projects: Tempus Projects is dedicated to nurturing established and emerging local, national, and international artists through exhibitions, collaborations, residencies, and events. Currently in the midst of a Spring Fundraising Campaign, our nonprofit promotes artists working in all media, and we originate, organize, and host exhibitions that engage the Tampa Bay community through the arts. Our vision is to foster a vibrant, critical nexus that connects grassroots efforts to an international arts dialogue through innovative, equitable programming. Learn more at

AWKWARD TRANSACTIONS: Art by Lisa McCarthy & Wallace Wilson April 2 - May 28, 2026 Tampa, FL — Tempus Projects gallery in Ybor City is pleased to announce the April 2 opening of Awkward Transactions, an exhibition by Lisa McCarthy and Wallace Wilson. Their joint project begins with a premise both theoretical and theatrical: What happens if a painter and a photographer stage their collaboration as a visual call-and-response? The structure promises dialogue, tension, and improvisation.  The opening reception is Thurs., April 2, 2026, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Tempus, 1624 E 7th Avenue. This exhibition remains on display through May 28. In Awkward Transactions, a creative exchange unfolds between photographer Wilson and painter McCarthy, with Wilson’s photos serving as the “call,” and McCarthy’s interventions in paint as the “response.” Wilson’s Wallace Wilson received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and is Director Emeritus of the USF School of Art & Art History. Featuring diffused subjects resisting conceptual clarity, his photographs have been collected by public and private institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Lisa McCarthy is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily as a painter. She builds up layers of material to produce a body of work, allowing chance to guide narrative compositions. McCarthy holds an MFA from the University of South Florida and a BFA from School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Tempus Projects is dedicated to nurturing established and emerging local, national, and international artists through exhibitions, collaborations, residencies, and events. Currently in the midst of a Spring Fundraising Campaign, our nonprofit promotes artists working in all media, and we originate, organize, and host exhibitions that engage the Tampa Bay community through the arts. Our vision is to foster a vibrant, critical nexus that connects grassroots efforts to an international arts dialogue through innovative, equitable programming.

This Thursday from 7-9, NOTHING TO SEE HERE at Tempus (there will be some things to see there). A show about what’s hidden, quiet ritual, practices outside of common recognition. This show is full of lots of talented artists who also happen to be women. My piece is Part 1 of a 5 minute video that I’ve been collecting scenes for since last March, where I search for the perfect shade of yellow and, spoiler: probably can’t find it. Excited to share what I likely wouldn’t have If I wasn’t asked to! 🐥🥎🌻🍍🌝🧀🐝💛☀️🌞

Visit Tempus Projects this Thursday, April 2 and enjoy the opening of two exciting new contemporary art exhibitions: 🌟 Awkward Transactions A collaborative exhibition by painter Lisa McCarthy and photographer Wallace Wilson, who stage a visual call-and-response that reveals tension and improvisation. 🌟 Nothing to See Here A group exhibition exploring gestures and practices that exist outside of recognition—things carried out in plain sight without being fully seen. Participating artists include Anna Hemmerich, Jenn Ryann Miller, Leah Peaslee, Kaylin Price, Selina Román, Jessi Sherbet, and Erin Titus. 🌟 Artist Reception THURSDAY, APRIL 2 Corporate Sponsors & Members 6 - 7 pm General Public 7 - 9 pm Both shows remain on display through May 28. More information at .