Category: Centennial Campaign

TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Museum of Art takes the first visible steps toward its Centennial Expansion project, initiating site changes to prepare for the expanded TMA campus. This August, crews will begin relocating the Tampa Dog Run at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park to make room for the museum’s new footprint, with full construction on the museum’s expansion to start in the fall. A formal ground-breaking celebration is planned for early 2026.

“This marks an important milestone in our Centennial Expansion,” said Michael Tomor, the Penny and Jeff Vinik Executive Director at the Tampa Museum of Art. “It opens the way for the physical groundwork to begin for inviting spaces that reflect our city’s interest in the arts and support meaningful cultural experiences.”

Construction of the new dog parks will take approximately four to five months and is expected to conclude in late 2025. The new parks will feature separate spaces for small dogs and large dogs, and no closure of the existing dog park is anticipated until the new, dual dog parks between Curtis Hixon Park and Kiley Gardens open. The new location and larger square footage will make the dog parks a more accessible amenity to the growing number of downtown residents. The New York-based design team of WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, which is designing the Museum’s expansion, was also responsible for the design of another urban dog park, Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park in New York City.

The Tampa Museum of Art’s expansion was announced in November 2021 and is managed by The Beck Group. The Museum is funding the ambitious 77,904-square-foot expansion project through its ongoing Centennial Campaign, a comprehensive construction and endowment effort anchored by a $28 million lead gift from Dick Corbett, a Tampa real estate developer and philanthropist who has been a Museum patron for decades. His lead gift is the single largest private donation ever made to a public art museum in Florida.

To date, more than $100 million in generous support has been provided by individuals, families and corporations, as well as the City of Tampa, Hillsborough County, and the State of Florida. The campaign’s fundraising efforts will continue during construction, including naming opportunities for the relocated dog park.

“I have been involved for many years with the Tampa Museum of Art, and it is amazingly rewarding to take this step toward breaking ground on the expansion,” said Cornelia Corbett, Campaign Chairwoman. “Our Centennial Campaign has focused solely on the future of the Museum in service to the Tampa Bay community.  The construction of the dog park is the first step to bringing the dream of a world-class Museum to Tampa.”

The expansion will transform the Museum into a vibrant hub of art and culture. Designed as a crystalline pier extending the museum to the edge of the river, the new expansion will create a series of interconnected multifunctional spaces. The new addition will include a 150-seat auditorium, an art lounge, food services and dining space, a large event space, and a proposed rooftop space, all of which will provide flexible settings for a wide range of art and cultural programming. The expansion will also feature new outdoor sculpture areas, bringing art to the redeveloped public spaces along Curtis Hixon Park and the Tampa Riverwalk.

The new Dog Park construction will not affect access to the Riverwalk or the City of Tampa Parks office, and public restrooms will remain available.

About WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism

WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism is a multidisciplinary design practice based in New York City. Founded by Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, the firm is known for the dynamic integration of architecture, art, infrastructure, and landscape design. The firm is well known for the Seattle Art Museum’s celebrated Olympic Sculpture Park, the Women’s Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center and Overlook, and Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park. Current projects include the United States Embassy in New Delhi, India, the La Brea Tar Pits and museum in Los Angeles, and Lincoln Center’s new outdoor theater in New York City. Most recently, the firm won the international competition for the addition and renovation to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, which attracted submissions from over 180 firms from thirty countries on six continents.

Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi are recipients of the 2024 Louis I. Kahn Award in Architecture, the 2020 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Architecture, and the Architectural League of New York’s “Emerging Voices” award. The firm has also been honored with the New York AIA Gold Medal and the Tau Sigma Delta Gold Medal, awarded to one individual or firm in the world each year. The firm’s projects have been featured in exhibitions at the Venice Architectural Biennale, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the São Paulo Biennale of International Architecture and Design, the Shanghai Biennale, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Museum, the National Building Museum, Harvard University, the Landscape Architecture Biennale in Barcelona, the Design Centre in Essen, Germany, and the Guggenheim Museum. Weiss and Manfredi’s work is in the permanent collection of MoMA, the Seattle Art Museum, the Library of Congress, and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Museum. Princeton Architectural Press has published three monographs on their work including their most recent book, PUBLIC NATURES. Park Books published their fifth monograph DRIFTING SYMMETRIES in winter 2025.

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TAMPA, FL. – The Tampa Museum of Art announced today they have selected The Beck Group to manage the construction of the Museum’s Centennial Expansion project. 

An architecture and construction firm with offices in the U.S. and Mexico, Beck has managed the construction of many prominent cultural institutions. These include the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, and the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg. Beck has been in Tampa for more than 30 years. Its deep portfolio includes The James Museum and multiple projects at the Universities of Tampa and South Florida.

The Museum is funding the ambitious 77,904-square-foot expansion project through its ongoing Centennial Campaign, a comprehensive construction and endowment effort anchored by a $25 million lead gift from Dick Corbett. The Museum intends to reach its $110 million fundraising goal by late 2024 or early 2025, after which the institution will break ground. To date, generous support has been provided by individuals, families and corporations, as well as the City of Tampa, Hillsborough County, and the State of Florida.

“Our commitment to the Tampa Bay area extends beyond construction; it’s about enriching communities. We take pride in shaping Tampa’s downtown waterfront, exemplified by our collaboration on the Tampa Museum of Art’s Centennial Expansion,” said Ryan Toth, regional director for Beck’s Florida office.

“Tampa Bay is growing by leaps and bounds, and we want the Museum’s offerings to keep pace with the demands of our region well into the future,” said Dr. Jamie Winderbaum Fernandez, board chair of the Tampa Museum of Art. “It is a privilege to lead the Tampa Museum of Art board through this transformational project so our neighbors and visitors have access to a world-class cultural landmark.”

“After completing the Centennial Renovation last year, we are making full use of the increased gallery and education space for the benefit of our visitors, students, and the wider community,” said Michael Tomor, Ph.D., the Jeff and Penny Vinik Executive Director at the Tampa Museum of Art. “The Expansion project we are embarking upon will allow us to offer amenities that will drive sustainability for the Museum and ensure a lasting cultural legacy.”

The Tampa Museum of Art announced in November 2021 that the New York-based design team of WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism would design the expansion. C. Samuel Ellison of Ellison Advisors, LLC will be the owner’s representative during the construction of the Museum’s expansion project.

Site Redevelopment

During the expansion project, the Museum’s surrounding site will be redefined to create new riverfront public terraces, sculpture parks, redesigned entrance plazas, outdoor dining and improved dog parks. As a continuation of Tampa’s Riverwalk, a sloped walk will bring pedestrians down to the river edge from the ground floor level. An outdoor amphitheater adjacent to the Museum’s indoor auditorium will serve as a shaded gathering place. With new native planting and shade trees, the Museum’s ground floor terrace will be accessible from the Riverwalk, creating a seamless and integrated public experience around the Museum and the park.

Grand Lobby

The new lobby will be accessible from both Curtis Hixon Park and Gasparilla Plaza. It will enhance the visitor experience with almost 12,000 square feet dedicated to a newly covered entrance, lobby, store, and restaurant. With an 18-foot ceiling height, this new first-floor space will provide ample space for exhibiting art within view of a new full-service restaurant with indoor and outdoor dining.

Auditorium

With exterior glazing along its West façade, the 150-seat auditorium will overlook the Hillsborough River, providing an inside-outside visual connection that defines the space. Equipped with a green room, sprung floor, projectors, AV system, and theatrical lighting, a range of events can be accommodated here: lectures, recitals, film screenings and multimedia performances. The space will be lined with acoustic wood panels and acoustically isolated from the event space above. A pre-function foyer space will serve as a flexible space on the mezzanine level before and after events.

Flexible Event Space and Digital Exhibition Wall

The large event space features a panoramic view of downtown Tampa, the University of Tampa, the Hillsborough River, and the Straz Center. With a 30-foot-tall ceiling equipped with a flexible AV and lighting system, it can host a myriad of exhibition and event configurations, transforming from a flexible digital gallery space to a private event space that can accommodate a seated dinner for 500 people and a dance floor. The adjacent catering kitchen will service the space when used for private events.

Sculpture Terrace

The new sculpture terrace will connect the existing Sullivan Terrace and the expansion’s second floor. The design will allow sculptures on display to be visible day and night from the Riverwalk and provide a connecting bridge to the new exhibition and event spaces.

Rooftop Spaces

On the fourth-floor rooftop, the interior space will house a flexible bar and accommodate a 100-person gathering, while the adjacent sculpture terrace provides a canopy with a circular oculus for various programming. A demonstration/test kitchen will be incorporated into the interior rooftop space where the Museum will add culinary arts classes to its educational programs.

Sustainability

The new building footprint significantly increases the Museum’s ability to go beyond its strategic plan of offering more exhibition and education programming to the community. All the new additional programable spaces add many more opportunities for income-generation activities into the institution’s business model through an increase in services and retail offerings to additional yearly visitors. With the new business model for the reconfigured space, the Museum will meet, and in some cases exceed, national averages of support and revenue, establishing Tampa’s cultural legacy for generations to come.

About The Beck Group

The Beck Group is a collaborative team of architects, builders, and technology experts transforming how its clients’ design and build. The century-old firm is the largest design-build firm in the United States, with 1000 employees in ten offices across the U.S. and Mexico. To learn more about Beck and how it designs and builds better communities, visit beckgroup.com.

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TAMPA, Fla. (July 9, 2024) — The Tampa Museum of Art today announced Cornelia Corbett has been named chair of its ambitious Centennial Capital Campaign. Corbett steps into the leadership role following the recent passing of the campaign’s former chairman, A. G. “Jerry” Divers, who died after a brief illness in mid-May.

Corbett has been a steadfast supporter of the museum for over a quarter of a century. She has previously served as chair of the museum’s Board of Trustees and is a current member of the Tampa Museum Foundation Board. Her deep involvement in the ongoing Centennial Campaign as a member of the Centennial Campaign Cabinet positions her well to steer the campaign toward its transformative goals.

Reflecting on the legacy of her predecessor, Corbett remarked, “Jerry Divers spent decades as a champion of the Tampa Museum of Art, and I have been honored to work with him on not one but two capital campaigns over the past two decades to ensure that Tampa has a world-class art museum.”

“Jerry never missed an opportunity to share his excitement and enthusiasm about what the museum could accomplish with the bold expansion of the facilities this capital campaign will underwrite.” The Centennial Campaign will allow the museum facilities to grow from 69,000 square feet to 120,000 square feet and to expand the exhibition and collection spaces from 14,800 square feet to 43,000 square feet. Once the expansion is complete, the new facilities will allow the Museum to serve 24,000 Hillsborough County school students annually.

Corbett’s vision for the future is clear: “I am honored and humbled to take on this role and to continue working with the Tampa Museum Foundation Board and the Museum Board of Trustees to accomplish the mission that Jerry Divers’ dedicated leadership has provided since the campaign was launched in 2019.”

Michael Tomor, Ph.D., the Penny and Jeff Vinik Executive Director of the Tampa Museum of Art, expressed his confidence in Corbett’s leadership: “Cornie Corbett is a deeply committed, no-nonsense advocate of the missions she undertakes. By becoming the leader of the Centennial Capital Campaign at this crucial time, the museum is confident that her perseverance will ensure that Jerry Divers’ vision of a stunning expansion will be achieved at the Tampa Museum of Art.”

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Dear Museum Supporters and Friends,  

It is with profound sadness that we share the news of the passing of A. G. “Jerry” Divers, a steadfast champion of our Tampa Museum of Art. Jerry’s unwavering dedication and visionary leadership have left an indelible mark on this Museum, and his absence will be deeply felt by all who had the privilege of working alongside him.  

As we mourn Jerry’s passing, we also reflect on his legacy and the profound impact he has made on our Museum community.  Jerry’s involvement with the Tampa Museum of Art over a 40-year stretch has been characterized by a remarkable dedication to growth and his ability to unite visionaries from our community to shape Tampa Bay’s cultural future.   

Jerry exemplified excellence in every role he undertook, serving as Tampa Museum of Art Board Chair from 1990–1992 and Campaign Committee Chair from 2003–2006; then again for the Centennial Campaign from 2018–2024. Until his passing, Jerry held prominent positions as Tampa Museum of Art Foundation Board President and a member of the Board of Trustees and its Executive Committee, as well as a seat on the Foundation’s Legacy and Investment Committees. His leadership has been pivotal in guiding the Tampa Museum of Art Centennial Campaign Cabinet, overseeing the transformative project resulting in our newly renovated campus and our upcoming 51,000 square foot, $100+ million expansion, for which he was one of our greatest champions. We are so thankful we were able to honor him at our most recent Pavilion gala. 

Jerry played a vital role in the Tampa Museum of Art’s development for more than four decades, and it is difficult to imagine our Museum’s life without him. His vision and advocacy for the Museum will be remembered forever. 

We extend our gratitude to the Divers family for sharing Jerry with us all these years, and we express our sincerest condolences to them.  

With heartfelt thanks and respect for a true luminary in our Tampa Museum of Art family,   

Michael A. Tomor  

Penny and Jeff Vinik Executive Director, Tampa Museum of Art  

TAMPA, Fla. – The Tampa Museum of Art has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Bank of America for the conservation of its recent acquisition of Haitian art. The collection consists of paintings, sculptures, and framed maps bequeathed to the Tampa Museum of Art by the Arthur R. Albrecht Revocable Trust last August. Albrecht was a devoted collector of Haitian art and was also active in philanthropy on behalf of the country.

“This grant by Bank of America is an example of how businesses can collaborate with the arts to preserve rich cultural heritage,” said Michael Tomor, Ph.D., the Penny and Jeff Vinik Executive Director at the Tampa Museum of Art. “We are always in pursuit of opportunities to work with private institutions to ensure these works can be enjoyed for generations to come.”

At the time of the acquisition, the Museum also received a $1 million endowment gift from the Albrecht Trust in support of the collection and programming. The new $100,000 grant from Bank of America will go toward preservation projects and allow for a larger portion of the Albrecht Trust to be used for educational programming related to the newly acquired artwork.

“The private sector has a role to play in keeping the arts thriving in our communities, which is why we partnered with the Tampa Museum of Art to help preserve the historical and cultural impact of this art,” says Bill Goede, president, Bank of America Tampa Bay. “We believe that investments in arts and culture help to build our Tampa Bay community and have a positive impact on the lives of our clients and employees. We are committed to preserving these pieces that celebrate Tampa’s strong Haitian population.”

This support is part of Bank of America’s Art Conservation Project (ACP), a unique program through which the bank provides grant funding to nonprofit museums and cultural institutions around the world to help conserve historically or culturally significant works of art that are in danger of deterioration. Since it began in 2010, Bank of America has funded the conservation of individual pieces of art through more than 237 projects in 40 countries across six continents, conserving paintings, sculptures, and archaeological and architectural pieces that are critically important to cultural heritage and the history of art.

The combined gifts and grants accompanying the collection complement ongoing fundraising efforts by the Museum’s Centennial Campaign for Renovation and Expansion. The Museum completed renovations of the Vinik Family Education Center last summer, growing the education space from 1,400 to 8,000 square feet, including four classrooms, a lobby, orientation spaces, and a secure entrance. With these improvements in place, the Museum anticipates quadrupling the number of students it serves per year, and the school tour program alone can grow from 6,000 students to 24,000 each year.  

In 2021, the Museum announced it was embarking on its $100 million+ Centennial Renovation and Expansion to expand the Museum’s gross area from 69,000 to 125,000 sq. ft. On April 26, the Museum celebrated the completion of its renovations, with all exhibitions in new gallery spaces open to the public.

See some of the artwork that recently underwent conservation in the exhibition Reframing Haitian Art: Masterworks from the Arthur Albrecht Collection on view now through May 2024.

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Tampa, FL – The Tampa Museum of Art is thrilled to announce the official opening of seven new exhibition spaces. Last evening, during the Museum’s Renovation Celebration, Tampa Bay’s leaders, Museum benefactors and members gathered to mark the conclusion of the Museum’s Centennial Renovation project phase, which began construction in mid-2021. The new spaces include the transformation of underused storage rooms into the Vinik Family Education Center and seven new exhibition galleries. The spaces are designed by New York-based WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, the firm also responsible for the expansion of the existing museum building.

With the completion of the renovation phase of the Centennial Renovation and Expansion, the museum’s exhibition and collection space has grown from 14,800 square feet to more than 43,000 square feet, including a renovated sculpture gallery on the first floor, and a flexible multimedia gallery space on the second floor. The lobby of the existing building has been remodeled into a sculpture atrium, making art the focus of the visitor experience immediately upon entering the building.

The education spaces, now known as the new Vinik Family Education Center, have also grown from 1,400 square feet to more than 8,000 square feet. The Vinik Family Education Center began offering classes in May 2022 and includes four classrooms, a lobby, orientation space, and a ceramics kiln. To date, the Vinik Family Education Center has served over 12,000 adults, children and teens through camps, studio classes, tours, art therapy-informed programs and more. 

“The Renovation Celebration marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the Tampa Museum of Art,” said Michael Tomor, the Tampa Museum of Art’s Penny and Jeff Vinik Executive Director. “With our expanded exhibition and education spaces, we are thrilled to be able to showcase the diverse work of so many talented artists and offer more programming to our visitors. We look forward to continuing to represent the vibrant community that we serve.”

As part of the realignment of space, WEISS/MANFREDI designed a new transparent façade surrounding the first floor of the Museum, allowing the community to experience the Museum’s mission 365 days a year. This new façade, along with the expanded museum store, atrium galleries and new west lobby, align with an important initiative of the Centennial Campaign to increase both visibility and accessibility to the Tampa Museum of Art.

The Renovation Celebration event marked the completion of the renovation phase of the Centennial Renovation and Expansion at the Tampa Museum of Art, and the Museum will continue its Centennial Campaign for the expansion phase. 

The next phase will be the construction of a stunning 55,000-square-foot expansion, which will transform the museum into a vibrant hub of art and culture. Designed as a crystalline pier extending the museum to the edge of the river, the new expansion will create a series of interconnected multi-functional spaces that triple the event space from 7,200 square feet to 25,600 square feet. The new addition will include a 150-seat auditorium, an art lounge, a large event space, and a rooftop event venue, all of which will provide flexible settings for a wide range of art and cultural programming. The expansion will also feature new outdoor sculpture areas bringing art to the redeveloped public spaces along Curtis Hixon Park and the Tampa Riverwalk. With the new expansion, the Tampa Museum of Art aims to offer a seamless and integrated public experience around the museum and the park.

About WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism

WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism is a multidisciplinary design practice based in New York City. Founded by Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, the firm is known for the dynamic integration of architecture, art, infrastructure, and landscape design. Their work is noted for the strategic engagement of architecture and site and recognizes the critical dialogue between enclosed and open spaces, between new and existing structures, and between building and city.

Notable projects include the Seattle Art Museum: Olympic Sculpture Park, the Baker Museum addition in Naples, Florida, the Women’s Memorial at Arlington Cemetery, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center. They are currently designing the US Embassy in New Delhi, India, and the addition and renovation of the La Brea Tar Pits Page Museum in Los Angeles.

The firm has won numerous awards, including the AIA President’s Award, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, the Academy Award for Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the International VR Green Prize for Urban Design. They have also been named one of North America’s “Emerging Voices” by the Architectural League of New York and received the New York City AIA Gold Medal of Honor. Michael Manfredi is a Senior Critic at Harvard University and Marion Weiss is the Graham Chair Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.

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TAMPA Fla. (May 24, 2022) –The Tampa Museum of Art has announced that its new education center will be named the Vinik Family Education Center, in honor of a $5 million gift made by Jeff and Penny Vinik to the Museum’s $100 million Centennial Campaign for Renovation and Expansion.

“The Tampa Museum of Art is renowned for the value of its educational programs and its exceptional support for Hillsborough County students and teachers. We are delighted to advance that good work with this gift, and to further contribute to the Museum’s mission to educate, engage, and inspire Tampa Bay residents and others around the world,” said Penny Vinik.

“The opening of our new education center is long-awaited for Museum members, volunteers, and other visitors. We are so thrilled to finally have a facility with a capacity to match the demand for our education programs, and we are grateful to the Viniks for their generous gift to help make this facility and the future growth possible,” said Michael Tomor, Ph.D., the Penny and Jeff Vinik Executive Director of the Tampa Museum of Art.

The education center opened on May 16 and will serve as the temporary entrance to the Museum while additional renovations are completed on the west side of the building. The first classes in the space will be the Museum’s Summer Art Camps for ages 6-17, beginning Monday, June 6. Over 200 children are already enrolled for the summer, with few available spots.

The most recent gift by the Viniks for the education center is made in addition to a previous $5 million gift made in October 2019 to endow the position of executive director, bringing the family’s total contributions to the Centennial Campaign to $10 million. To date, including the Vinik family’s gifts, the Centennial Campaign has raised $71 million toward the Museum’s $100 million goal.

With the Education Center renovations complete, the education space has grown from 1,400 to 8,000 square feet, including four classrooms, a lobby, orientation spaces, and a secure entrance. With these improvements in place, the Museum anticipates quadrupling the number of students it serves per year, and the school tour program alone can grow from 6,000 students to 24,000 each year.

In 2021, the Museum announced it was embarking on its $100 million Centennial Renovation and Expansion to expand the Museum’s gross area from 69,000 to 125,000 sq. ft. The renovation portion of the project is rolling out now, beginning with the new Vinik Family Education Center. New galleries are scheduled to open in the fall of 2022, and the groundbreaking for the expansion portion of the project is expected to take place early next year.

The design of the entire renovation and expansion project is led by New York-based WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism. Speaking about the accomplishment of this milestone, Principal Architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi said, “we’re inspired by the Tampa Museum of Art’s expansive commitment to arts education. We’re thrilled that the Vinik Family Education Center is the fitting and very visible first phase of the larger transformation and expansion of the Museum. These studios and education spaces will provide light-filled settings to connect all the arts to the larger community of Tampa.”

The future expansion project will add a 4,000-square-foot auditorium. Culinary Arts classes on the third-floor rooftop area of the expansion will also add to its future education program offerings.

“I am a longtime Tampa resident, and I cannot remember another time when our local arts and culture institutions have had so much wind at their back,” said Jerry Divers, chair of the Campaign Cabinet and president of the Tampa Museum of Art Foundation. “This generous gift from the Vinik family, in addition to the historic $25 million donation from Dick Corbett announced last month, is truly transformational for the Museum and the Tampa Bay community.”

“As we embarked on the Centennial Campaign, we made a commitment to Hillsborough County students and teachers that we would make it a priority to serve them and make the Museum’s resources accessible to them for field trips, extracurricular programming, and professional development. By giving so generously to the new Education Center, the Viniks have made a lasting impression on the next generation of Tampa Bay residents,” said Dianne Jacob, chair of the Tampa Museum of Art Board of Trustees. 

To learn more about the Tampa Museum of Art Centennial Renovation and Expansion, visit http://centennial.tampamuseum.org

About The Vinik Family Foundation
Vinik Family Foundation (VFF) is a private foundation created and managed by Jeff and Penny Vinik. Founded in 1997, VFF has donated over $100 million to nonprofits working in the areas of education, human services, healthcare, and the arts. VFF is especially dedicated to broadening the public’s understanding of art through inclusive, interactive exhibits and installations.

Under the umbrellas of the Vinik Family Foundation and the Lightning Foundation, the Viniks have invested significantly in Tampa Bay area charities through a variety of initiatives – the most notable being the Lightning Community Heroes program, which honors grass-roots heroes with $50,000 each for their respective non-profits at every Lightning home game.

Vinik has ventured into development and over the last several years has moved forward with his vision to develop some 60 acres in downtown Tampa. Water Street Tampa includes donated land and financial support to house the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine & Heart Institute downtown. The walkable waterfront community will also feature corporate office buildings, a hotel, residences, retail, restaurants, and entertainment options. In Tampa, Penny Vinik is a board member of the Tampa Museum of Art and she chairs a community arts initiative that enables Tampa Bay-based artists to display their works throughout Amalie Arena and to bring exhibits such as The Beach and The Art of the Brick to Tampa Bay as free events that are open to the public. Penny is also at the forefront of organizing the annual Celebration of the Arts, a juried exhibition that displays the works of hundreds of local and regional artists.

About Penny and Jeff Vinik
Jeff & Penny Vinik moved to Tampa in 2012 after Jeff acquired the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team. After 20 plus years in Boston, the Viniks were thrilled to experience the warmth of Tampa Bay – both in the weather and in the people. They have been embraced by the Tampa Bay community in an exceptional manner and they are pleased to reciprocate this friendship whenever and wherever they can.

Jeff initially moved his company, Vinik Asset Management to Tampa but soon closed it to focus on the Lightning and the redevelopment of the district surrounding Amalie Arena. In partnership with Cascade Investment, the investment arm of the Gates Foundation, Jeff and his real estate development company, Strategic Property Partners are diligently working on the re-imagining of 50 acres in downtown Tampa. In addition to this “small” project, Jeff likes to travel with his family and, of course, cheer on the Bolts!

Penny currently serves on the Board of the Tampa Museum of Art and formerly served as an Ambassador for the non-profit, Dress for Success. In August 2016, she and Jeff were pleased to bring The Beach Tampa by Snarkitecture to Amalie Arena. Following the tremendous response to this installation, they presented The Art of the Brick Tampa in summer 2017, welcoming over 135,000 guests to experience the art of Nathan Sawaya free of charge.

About WEISS/MANFREDI

WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism is a multidisciplinary design practice based in New York City. Founded by Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, the firm is known for the dynamic integration of architecture, art, infrastructure, and landscape design. The firm is well known for the Seattle Art Museum’s celebrated Olympic Sculpture Park, named by TIME magazine as one of the top ten marvels in the world and by Architectural Record as one the “most significant works that defined architecture in our era.” Other notable projects include the Women’s Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center, and Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park. The firm’s current work includes the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India, the Artis—Naples Baker Museum and Cultural Campus, and the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale. Most recently, the firm was selected through an international competition to reimagine the La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum in Los Angeles. For more information visit weissmanfredi.com.

Learn more about the Tampa Museum of Art’s $100 Million Centennial Campaign for Expansion and Renovation.

News Coverage

• Tampa Bay Times: Tampa Museum of Art receives $5 million from the Vinik Family Foundation for its education center
• Tampa Bay Business Journal: Tampa Museum of Art receives $5M from Vinik family for new education center
• Tampa Bay Business & Wealth: Tampa Museum of Art receives $5 million gift from Vinik family for education center
• Business Observer: Tampa Bay Lightning owner donates $5 million to art museum
• Yahoo! Finance: Tampa Museum of Art Announces $5 Million Gift from Vinik Family to Support New Education Center
• That’s so Tampa: Tampa Museum of Art receives $5 million gift for new education center
• ArtNews: $5 M. for Tampa Museum
• WFMZ 69 News: Tampa Museum of Art Announces $5 Million Gift from Vinik Family to Support New Education Center
• St. Pete Catalyst: Viniks give Tampa Museum of Art $5M for education center
• Benzinga: Tampa Museum of Art Announces $5 Million Gift from Vinik Family to Support New Education Center