Arts & Cultural Affairs

Call to Artists! Soul Walk is a new initiative created by the City of Tampa and includes multiple community partners, among them are Related Urban and the Tampa Housing Authority.  Artwork that is commissioned or purchased for Soul Walk will form part of a visual narrative that celebrates the contributions, spirit and soul of Tampa’s African American Community.  

Post your poetry here! The Poetry Post is a mobile public art project that encourages people from across the city to jot down a poem, short story or haiku then post it in the box. As par to of the Art on the Block program, the Poetry Post will be on display at Tampa City Hall through November and then will be temporarily installed at various city locations. Learn more…

In the 1970s, Tampa Police Officers Frank Gray, Rufus Lewis, Clarence Nathan, and James Dukes played pivotal roles in the City's implementation of fairer practices and policies to ensure all minority officers (and employees city-wide) had access to the same opportunities as their White counterparts. Learn more...

Lights on Tampa returns with critically acclaimed art in the downtown core.

American Indians throughout the Western Hemisphere have a unique and rightful connection to place The Cenotaph and Ceremonial Space in Cotanchobee / Fort Brooke, marks such a place. Apache artist, Bob Haozous, designed the large canopy sculpture and text panels were added by historians that recount aspects of  the site’s complex history’s including the Seminole Song of Removal, maps, and a muster roll. Read more Cenotaph information or watch the video.

This site pays tribute to the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine who, in the era of segregation, taught the children of Afro-Cuban workers of the Ybor City cigar industry. In an effort to recognize the integrity, the history of the site, a poem by James E. Tokley, Sr., is engraved in the sidewalk at the original location of the school, north of I-4, at Columbus Drive and 20th Street.  This project also involves a complex historic preservation project spearheaded by the Florida Department of Transportation.  Saga of St. Benedict video

Designed by Wilder Architecture, this memorial on Bayshore Blvd at Bay to Bay is a one-one hundredth the scale of the actual site of the World Trade Center and is an artifact recovered from the World Trade Center after the attacks on September 11, 2001 and is displayed in memory of the nearly 3,000 victims including over 400 first responders.