ART WEEK TAMPA — AT A GLANCE

Art Week Tampa returns February 18–21, 2026, as a celebration of visual art, public art, performance, and cultural exchange across Downtown Tampa, the University of Tampa, the University of South Florida, and historic Ybor City. The week opens on Wednesday with curator-led tours and programming at the Tampa Museum of Art, alongside exhibitions and campus-based arts activity at the University of Tampa. On Thursday, the Ybor Arts Tour invites the public to explore galleries and creative spaces throughout Ybor City, including Hillsborough College Art Galleries, Marcolina’s Gallery, and Tempus Projects, Art Noire, Fringe Theatre, and private artist studios at Kress Contemporary, and more. Friday highlights exhibitions across the USF arts corridor, while Saturday brings a lively convergence of public art and community celebration in Ybor City with the Now On View public art festival and artists' participation in Fiesta Day. Together, Art Week Tampa connects institutions, artist-run spaces, and neighborhoods into a shared experience that reflects the depth and diversity of Tampa’s creative ecosystem.

These are just some highlights as things unfold. We love our city, and are starting small with the expectation that Art Week Tampa can grow annually to highlight the many ways we all engage with the visual, performing, and literary arts in Tampa.

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 — DOWNTOWN TAMPA KICKOFF

Art Week Tampa 2026 officially kicks off downtown on Wednesday, February 18, with a morning welcome at the Tampa Museum of Art beginning at 10:00 AM.

To open the week, curators Joanna Robotham and Branko van Oppen will lead concurrent gallery tours, offering visitors two distinct paths through the Museum’s exhibitions:

Jun Kaneko: Silence Before Sound

Led by Joanna Robotham

This major exhibition presents the first comprehensive survey of Jun Kaneko’s work in Florida and celebrates the Tampa Museum of Art’s recent acquisition of the artist’s monumental ceramic sculpture Untitled (Dango). Spanning six decades of practice, the exhibition traces Kaneko’s evolution from his early involvement in the California Clay Movement to large-scale works that blur the boundaries between ceramics, painting, and sculpture. Nearly fifty works place monumental ceramic forms in dialogue with paintings and drawings, emphasizing the Japanese concept of Ma—the pause, space, and stillness between gestures—as a guiding principle in Kaneko’s use of pattern, color, scale, and form.

Joseph Veach Noble: Through the Eye of a Collector

Led by Branko van Oppen

This tour offers visitors a final opportunity to experience an exhibition drawn from the Joseph Veach Noble Collection, one of the foundational holdings of the Tampa Museum of Art. Focusing on ancient Greek and Roman works—particularly painted pottery—the exhibition highlights Noble’s discerning eye as a collector and scholar, and explores how these objects illuminate daily life, belief systems, and artistic innovation in the ancient world.

The afternoon unfolds with highlights from the University of Tampa’s College of Arts and Letters, showcasing current programming across the University’s visual arts department. Visitors are invited to explore exhibitions at the Scarfone / Hartley Gallery, along with other notable projects and initiatives that reflect the breadth of artistic practice, scholarship, and creative production taking place on campus.

Details to follow.

Thursday, February 19, 2026

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 — YBOR ART TOUR (4:00–9:00 PM)

Thursday features the Ybor Art Tour as part of Art Week Tampa, taking place from 4:00 to 9:00 PM across historic Ybor City. During the tour, galleries, performance spaces, and creative organizations are open to the public, offering exhibitions, open studios, and special programming throughout the neighborhood.

The tour includes Hillsborough College Art Galleries, Marcolina’s Gallery, and Tropical Home Fine Art Gallery, followed by a concentration of activity at Kress Contemporary. At Kress Contemporary, visitors can experience programming and exhibitions at Tempus Projects, Art Noire, Fringe Theatre, Parallelogram Gallery, Reverb Art Gallery, and Pop Yarn, along with access to private artist studios by Kim Radatz, Mary-Helen Horne, Marilyn Silverman, Keith Robertson, and Lisa Ramudo.

Together, these locations present a range of visual art, performance, and studio-based practices across Ybor City during Art Week Tampa.

More to follow. We’re workin’ on…