NOW ON VIEW | An Ephemeral Public Art Festival | Art & History Tour #1

Six Tampa-based artists converge on three Ybor City venues for HCC Art Galleries’ 2nd Annual Now on View February 22. Their purpose: to create a series of temporary public artworks that invite the public to consider Tampa’s past, present, and future.

Tours are organized by Tampa Bay Tours and will begin at the HCC Ybor City Campus, Performing Arts building (1411 E. 11th Ave., Tampa). Maps, light refreshments, and parking passes will be provided.

Participating NOW ON VIEW artists:

Victoria Alvarez presents a temperature-sensitive poster print you must touch to see. Bring your friends and work together to reveal the underlying images, exposed by your hands’ warmth, in this personal tribute to Tampa’s LGBTQIA+ history.

Tyler Gillespie and the FAX 727 collective invite Tampa residents to find the words to describe images from Tampa’s historical archives in this Tampa history-themed poetry alley.

Jehoshaphat Jacinto celebrates Ybor City’s rich and diverse history with a street dance battle. How-to demos teach participants how to pop, lock, break and vogue.

Erin Lekovic encourages Tampa audiences to participate in a new 7-10 minute site-specific play inspired by Ybor City.

Working in collaboration with Amanda Gabaldon, Emma Quintana invites Now on View participants to dance with disaster in a new art installation inspired by Tampa’s recent hurricanes and recovery efforts.

Florist Kali Rabaut welcomes guests to step into her infinity mirror and explore how botanicals connect us to our past, present and future.

Now on View is organized by Grounds4Art@HCC and is made possible with the support of the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners. Additional support comes from our project partners, including the Arts Council of Hillsborough County, HCC Foundation, HCC Student Government Association, Hotel Haya, and Tempus Projects.

Host or Publisher HCC Art Galleries