Arts & Cultural Affairs

Lights on Tampa 2015: “Uplit” words by Silivia Curbelo

Leaders Row at Perry Harvey, Sr. Park by Michael Parker

Visual Welcome by Yaacov Agam

Gateway Sculptures at Perry Harvey, Sr. Park by James Simon

West Tampa Water Tank by the Goetzinger Brothers

Wave by Mary Ann Unger

Stay Curious by Tes One and Bask

Perry Harvey, Sr Statue by Joel Randell

HEARD TPA Performance by Nick Cave for Lights on Tampa 2015 Photo Credit Matt May

Lights on Tampa 2015: “HEARD TPA” by Nick Cave

Cenotaph and Ceremonial Space - Photo Credit George Cott

Cenotaph and Ceremonial Space by Bob Haozous

The City of Tampa’s Division of Arts and Cultural Affairs plays a key role in telling the story of our city; it also humanizes the built environment and invigorates public spaces. Artwork commissioned through any of the programs under the division may provide an intersection between past, present and future, between disciplines, and between ideas.

Tell it, Tampa! Wordsmith Project

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Fearless Four

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...

Fearless Four

Lights on Tampa

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

Lights on Tampa

Perry Harvey, Sr. Park

The art installations at Perry Harvey, Sr. Park in East downtown work together in an attempt to tell the story of the abundant contributions of the African American community and Historic Central Avenue. This artwork was made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Perry Harvey, Sr. Park

Julian B Lane Park

One of Tampa’s premier downtown parks, Julian B. Lane Riverfront park features Public Art that is engaging, thoughtful and recognizes the foundations of the past, folklore and history of West Tampa. Winner of the American Architecture Award, artists worked alongside planners on placement and content of their artwork.

Julian B Lane Park

Cenotaph

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.

Cenotaph

Saga of St. Benedict

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

9-11 memorial

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.

911 Memorial

Coloring Book

Grab your crayons! Download pages of Color Me Tampa! for a colorful way to learn about our city.

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Story of Tampa Mural

Artist Lynn Ash to create a large painting that would weave together many of the notable aspects of Tampa's unique character and identity.

Story of Tampa Mural