{"id":160133,"date":"2026-02-18T18:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160133\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T18:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:32:12","slug":"art-week-tampa-offers-a-deep-dive-into-the-citys-creative-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160133\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Week Tampa offers a deep dive into the city&#8217;s creative scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"257309\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/abstract-expressionism-at-the-tampa-museum-of-art-12267663\/attachment\/abex_feat_web-5cb4154ea02bc\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/abex_feat_web.5cb4154ea02bc.png?fit=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"abex_feat_web.5cb4154ea02bc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Women viewing Joan Mitchell\u2019s \u201cAires pour Marion\u201d at the Tampa Museum of Art (a photographic tribute to Norman Rockwell \u2013 see Rockwell\u2019s \u201cThe Connoisseur\u201d).&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/abex_feat_web.5cb4154ea02bc.png?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/abex_feat_web.5cb4154ea02bc.png?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/abex_feat_web.5cb4154ea02bc.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257309\"  \/>Women viewing Joan Mitchell\u2019s \u201cAires pour Marion\u201d at the Tampa Museum of Art (a photographic tribute to Norman Rockwell \u2013 see Rockwell\u2019s \u201cThe Connoisseur\u201d). Credit: Jennifer Ring<\/p>\n<p>Art Week Tampa celebrates the city\u2019s colorful community with five days of events across Ybor City, downtown, Seminole Heights and university neighborhoods. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the second annual event led by Tracy Midulla of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/seven-emerging-tampa-bay-artists-to-watch-in-2026-and-beyond\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tempus Projects<\/a> in collaboration with several city-wide venues. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a good way to start the year,\u201d Midulla <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/first-ever-tampa-art-week-kicks-off-february-19-19383267\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously<\/a> told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. \u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful way for participating venues to say, \u2018This is what we do. Here are the things coming up this year. We invite you back.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The party starts downtown on Wednesday with programs at Tampa Museum of Art and University of Tampa. The rest of the week includes an Ybor arts tour on Thursday, a full Friday of USF and Seminole Heights tours, a Saturday Ybor City walkable fiesta and a Kress Contemporary printmaking workshop on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>There is no cover for Art Week Tampa, happening Wednesday-Sunday, Feb. 18-22. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/artweektampa.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">artweektampa.com<\/a> for updates and more info.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recent Stories<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/art-week-tampa-offers-a-deep-dive-into-the-citys-creative-scene\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771439532_591_abex_feat_web.5cb4154ea02bc.png\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Art Week Tampa offers a deep dive into the city\u2019s creative scene\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"257309\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/abstract-expressionism-at-the-tampa-museum-of-art-12267663\/attachment\/abex_feat_web-5cb4154ea02bc\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/abex_feat_web.5cb4154ea02bc.png?fit=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"abex_feat_web.5cb4154ea02bc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Women viewing Joan Mitchell\u2019s \u201cAires pour Marion\u201d at the Tampa Museum of Art (a photographic tribute to Norman Rockwell \u2013 see Rockwell\u2019s \u201cThe Connoisseur\u201d).&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/abex_feat_web.5cb4154ea02bc.png?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/abex_feat_web.5cb4154ea02bc.png?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCelebrations started downtown today and go through Sunday.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/eckerd-college-festival-brings-five-nights-of-environmental-films-to-st-petersburg\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771439532_750_Robert-Frashure-Yellowstone-Wolf-shutterstock_2581716473-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Eckerd College festival brings five nights of environmental films to St. Petersburg\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"352594\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/eckerd-college-festival-brings-five-nights-of-environmental-films-to-st-petersburg\/attachment\/wildwolfinyellowstonenationalpark\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Robert-Frashure-Yellowstone-Wolf-shutterstock_2581716473-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1973&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1973\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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No use without permission.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Wild,Wolf,In,Yellowstone,National,Park&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wild,Wolf,In,Yellowstone,National,Park\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Wild Wolf in Yellowstone National Par&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Robert-Frashure-Yellowstone-Wolf-shutterstock_2581716473-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Robert-Frashure-Yellowstone-Wolf-shutterstock_2581716473-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C601&amp;ssl=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Lost Wolves of Yellowstone\u2019 and \u2018Flow\u2019 are highlights of the free event.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/news\/florida-gov-desantis-will-be-asked-to-designate-22-acres-of-hcc-campus-for-new-rays-stadium\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771439532_351_Tampa-Bay-Rays.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Florida Gov. DeSantis will be asked to add 22-acres of HCC campus for new Rays stadium\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"352583\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/news\/florida-gov-desantis-will-be-asked-to-designate-22-acres-of-hcc-campus-for-new-rays-stadium\/attachment\/tampa-bay-rays\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tampa-Bay-Rays.jpg?fit=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,864\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tampa Bay Rays\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Architectural rendering of the new Tampa Bay Rays stadium in Tampa Florida.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tampa-Bay-Rays.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tampa-Bay-Rays.jpg?fit=780%2C439&amp;ssl=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/feb-19-25-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Feb. 19 \u2013 25, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSelene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis,&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/selene\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Selene San Felice\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Women viewing Joan Mitchell\u2019s \u201cAires pour Marion\u201d at the Tampa Museum of Art (a photographic tribute to Norman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,76716,137,136,76717,33276,76718],"class_list":["post-160133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-art-week","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-tempus-project","tag-tempus-projects","tag-tracy-midulla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}