Tampa Museum of Art

Figure Drawing Study
2025-10-13 10:15 - 13:15, 2025-11-10 10:15 - 13:15 (America/New_York) | FL
Select Mondays | 10:15 AM – 1:15 PM
Classes Available | Sep 15, Oct 13, Nov 10, Dec 8
Ages 18+ | Beginner-Intermediate
This class located at the Tampa Museum of Art in Tampa, FL | Get Directions
Work in your drawing and painting media of choice or explore new ones. In these three-hour instructor-guided single-session classes, students will learn the fundamentals and expand their 2D knowledge while creating images from life. Learn the basics and grow your techniques with tailored instruction and live model sessions.
*Drawing materials provided. These classes do have live Nude Models.
Our Cancellation and Refund Policy
Need-Based Scholarships are Available!
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Studio 55 | Ceramics Continued Study
2025-10-15 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-22 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-05 13:00 - 16:00 | FL
Select Wednesdays | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Classes Available | Sep 10, 17, 24 Oct 1, 8, 15, 22 Nov 5, 12, 19, Dec 17
Ages 55+ | All Level
This class located at the Tampa Museum of Art in Tampa, FL | Get Directions
Ceramics Continued Study is a space for students to enhance their learning experience with instructor assistance and guiding knowledge. Sign up for a single class to continue working and add the finishing touches on projects you’ve started in one of our other classes. Sign up for multiple classes to choose your own adventure in hand-building or wheel thrown ceramics. Work with your instructor to plan out your projects and make them a reality. Some experience with clay is recommended.
*Firing costs, essential tools, and glazes included. Clay available for purchase separately in studio.
Our Cancellation and Refund Policy
Need-Based Scholarships are Available!
By Registering for a class, all students are agreeing to our Student Guidelines Policy.
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Art on the House
2025-10-16 16:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-23 16:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-30 16:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-06 16:00 - 20:00 | Tampa Museum of Art, 120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL, 33602, United States
Every Thursday from 4 to 8 pm, the Tampa Museum of Art offers Art on the House where admission prices change to pay-as-you-will, and visitors choose whatever admission price they want to pay. Bring the family and celebrate 100 years of art in Tampa with exhibitions that emphasize ancient, modern, and contemporary art.
Beginning at 4 pm every Thursday, walk up to the Welcome Desk and tell the Visitor Experience and Engagement Representatives the admission price you chose to pay for your visit to the museum. Any donation amount is welcome.

Digital Portraiture
2025-10-18 13:30 - 15:30 | FL
Saturday and Sunday, August 18–19 | 1:30–3:30 PM (2 classes)
Ages 18+ | Beginner-Intermediate Level
This class located at the Tampa Museum of Art in Tampa, FL | Get Directions
This weekend workshop invites participants of all experience levels to explore portrait photography as a practice of attention and connection. Over two days, we’ll cover the fundamentals of digital image-making, including camera settings, lighting, composition, and editing, through a focus on portraiture. Together, we’ll explore how portraits can reveal identity, relationship, and presence in subtle and powerful ways. Whether you’re photographing friends, family, or strangers, this class will help you create images that feel honest, thoughtful, and alive.
Our Cancellation and Refund Policy
Need-Based Scholarships are Available!
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Plein Air Impressionism
2025-10-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Cypress Point Park, 5620 W Cypress St, Tampa, FL, 33607, United States
Select Sundays | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Classes Available | Sep 21, Oct 19, Nov 16, Dec 14
Ages 18+ | Beginner-Intermediate
This class located at various local parks, see below for locations.
Follow the footsteps of great impressionist painters and get outside to make some art in the landscape of Tampa Bay’s gorgeous scenery in this Plein Air watercolor and oil painting course. Soak in the beauty and inspiration of nature as you create art at scenic locales throughout Hillsborough.
This course will meet in a local park and will require moving about the park to find your spot to paint. Bringing a lightweight camping chair, blanket, or other items that make your time in the park more comfortable is encouraged.
*While some watercolors and paper materials will be provided, students are encouraged to bring their own supplies, hand towels, and water bottles for cleaning brushes.
Class Locations:
Sep 21 – Upper Tampa Bay Park
Oct 19 – Cypress Point Park
Nov 16 – Lowry Park
Dec 14 – Al Lopez Park
Our Cancellation and Refund Policy
Need-Based Scholarships are Available!
By Registering for a class, all students are agreeing to our Student Guidelines Policy.
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Glazing Party
2025-10-19 10:00 - 13:00 | FL
Select Sundays | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Classes Available | Oct 19, Dec 7
Ages 18+ | Beginner-Intermediate
This class located at the Tampa Museum of Art in Tampa, FL | Get Directions
For past and currently enrolled ceramics students. Sign up for glazing party to put those finishing touches on your ceramic work.
*Firing costs, essential tools, and glazes included.
Our Cancellation and Refund Policy
Need-Based Scholarships are Available!
By Registering for a class, all students are agreeing to our Student Guidelines Policy.
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Remix
2025-10-21 18:00 - 21:00 | FL
Select Mondays | 6:00–9:00 PM
Classes Available | Sep 23, Oct 21, Nov 18, Dec 16
Ages 18+ | Beginner-Intermediate Level
This class located at the Tampa Museum of Art in Tampa, FL | Get Directions
Remix is a series of make-and-take art workshops for adults inspired by the Museum’s current exhibitions with a new project every month. Workshops are designed to be enjoyed by participants of any skill level and all materials are provided.
Projects Inspired by these Exhibitions:
Sep 23 – The Art of Coptic Egypt
Oct 21 – Focal Point: The David Hall Photography Collections
Nov 18 – American Gaze: Impressionism
Dec 16 – C. Paul Jennewein
Our Cancellation and Refund Policy
Need-Based Scholarships are Available!
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Studio 55 | Community Hour
2025-10-22 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-11-05 12:00 - 13:00 | FL
Dates Available | Sep 10, Sep 24, Oct 8, Oct 22, Nov 5, Nov 19, Dec 3, Dec 17
Ages 55+ | Beginner Level
Join adults 55+ for a free, engaging art discussion twice monthly at Tampa Museum of Art. With studio educator lead conversations about featured exhibition artworks and studio classes during this one-hour program. Enjoy complimentary coffee and tea while connecting with fellow art lovers—feel free to bring your lunch! With limited seating available, registration is encouraged to secure your spot. Discover new perspectives and spark meaningful conversations at this welcoming museum experience.
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Mermaids, Ancestors & Saints: The Dynamism of Myrlande Constant’s Haitian Vodou Ritual Flags
2025-10-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Tampa Museum of Art, 120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL, 33602, United States
Lecture: Mermaids, Ancestors & Saints: The Dynamism of Myrlande Constant’s Haitian Vodou Ritual Flags
Haitian artist Myrlande Constant’s remarkable Vodou drapo (ritual flags) depict spirits socializing together as Milokan, when the totality of their powers are combined. In this lecture, we explore several pertinent themes of Constant’s drapo including mermaids and aquatic beings, ancestors and spirits of the dead, and Catholic saints reimagined as Haitian spirits. Special attention will be focused on the flags housed at the Tampa Museum of Art.
Sponsored by Muriel Brathwaite
Lectures are offered free with the cost of daily admission:

Art+ Museum Members: Free
Not-Yet-Members: $25
College Students: Free

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Click here to join the livestream on YouTube
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Dr. Kyrah Malika Daniels is Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Emory University. She completed her B.A. in Africana Studies at Stanford University and received her M.A. in Religion and her Ph.D. in African & African American Studies at Harvard University. Her research interests include Africana religions; sacred arts and material culture; and race, religion and visual culture. Her first book (Art of the Healing Gods, Duke University Press 2026) is a comparative religion project that examines religious artifacts used in Haitian and Congolese traditional healing ceremonies. In 2019, she was selected as a Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Art.
Between 2009-2010, Daniels served as Junior Curator at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Deeply invested in the digital humanities, she curates a student-led research platform called Africana Art Scholars and participates in initiatives like the UCLA Fowler Museum’s Vital Matters series. Her work has been published in the Journal of Africana Religions, the Journal of Haitian Studies, and the Journal for the American Academy of Religion. Daniels currently serves a Leadership Council Member for the African and Diasporic Religious Studies Association (ADRSA) and as Vice President for KOSANBA, a Scholarly Association for the Study of Haitian Vodou.
Image Caption: Myrlande Constant (Haitian, b. 1968), Ague Taroyo, 2007. Sequins and beads on cloth. 45 x 53 inches. Collection of Ed and Ann Gessen.

Connections: Open Virtual Session
2025-10-24 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom, FL, United States
Select Fridays | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Sessions Available | 8/15, 9/26, 10/24, 11/28
This event is held online via Zoom | Register to recieve the link!
Want a break from your day to de-stress and enjoy artwork? The Connections: Open Virtual Session is an art-viewing and discussion program focused on mental well-being and stress reduction. Join us on Zoom for an hour-long experience which includes:

A relaxation exercise

A question of the day

A facilitated discussion about select pieces of artwork that are currently on display at the Tampa Museum of Art

Space is limited and advanced registration is required. An email will be sent with the Zoom link once a ticket is ordered.
Tickets: Click Here to Register
Have questions? Please email Connections@tampamuseum.org.
*Disclaimer: This virtual program is intended for general well-being, self-expression, and community engagement through art viewing and guided discussion. While topics related to mental health may be explored, this program is not a substitute for professional mental health care, diagnosis, or treatment. Please visit our policies page for more details.

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Teaching with TMA | Studio Teacher Training
2025-10-25 11:00 - 14:00 | Tampa Museum of Art, 120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL, 33602, United States
Saturday, Oct 25 | 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Ages 18+ | Beginner-Intermediate Level
This class located at the Tampa Museum of Art in Tampa, FL | Get Directions

Plan out a professional and compelling Studio Art Class. This collaborative session will guide you through the TMA teaching standards, how to manage a class, incorporate museum exhibitions into your projects, and help get your class idea submission-ready! Don’t miss your chance to find out exactly what we’re looking for in a successful Studio class!
We encourage you to bring your business cards and other paper-promo material you have, as this can be a great networking opportunity!
*Please bring your lunch. Coffee and tea provided.

Art on the Spectrum
2025-10-26 09:00 - 11:00 | Tampa Museum of Art, 120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL, 33602, United States
Art on the Spectrum Hours:
Last Sunday of Each Month, 9am – 11am
Art on the Spectrum is a special monthly event designed to welcome individuals with sensory sensitivities, developmental differences, and their caregivers. Enjoy exploring the museum in a calm, low-crowd environment with sensory-friendly tools and supportive assistance available. You can borrow noise-canceling headphones or other sensory items from the front desk as well – just ask! This event offers children and their families a chance to connect with others who share similar experiences, while enjoying all the museum has to offer.
Free admission for Art on the Spectrum is made possible thanks to: The Autism License Plate Fund and The Autism Services Grants Council.
Art on the Spectrum is hosted by the Tampa Museum of Art in partnership with the Center for Autism & Related Disabilities (C.A.R.D.) at the University of South Florida.
Questions? Please contact hello@tampamuseum.org

Ceramics Continued Study
2025-10-26 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-11-09 10:00 - 13:00 | FL
Classes Available | Sep 7, Sep 14, Sep 21, Sep 28, Oct 5, Oct 12, Oct 26, Nov 9, Nov 16, Nov 23, Dec 14
Ages 18+ | Intermediate Level
Ceramics Continued Study is a space for students to enhance their learning experience with instructor assistance and guiding knowledge. Sign up for a single class to continue working and add the finishing touches on projects you’ve started in one of our other classes. Sign up for multiple classes to choose your own adventure in hand-building or wheel thrown ceramics. Work with your instructor to plan out your projects and make them a reality. Some experience with clay is recommended.
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Studio 55 | Digital Impressionism
2025-10-26 13:00 - 16:00 | Firehouse Cultural Center, 101 1st Ave NE, Ruskin, FL, 33570, United States
Sundays Oct 26 – Dec 14 | 1:00–4:00 PM (6 classes)
Ages 55+ | Beginner-Intermediate Level
This class located at the Firehouse Cultural Center in Ruskin, FL | Get Directions
Learn to become an impressionist painting pro without the mess or cleanup! This class provides students the skills on using digital illustration tools while learning impressionist style techniques. Discover the art of digital painting with inspiration from impressionist master artists from current impressionist exhibitions on view at the museum.
Which price should you pick? See our Sliding Scale Registration
Our Cancellation and Refund Policy
Need-Based Scholarships are Available!
Become an Art+ Member to enjoy a 20% discount on Studio Classes and More!”,
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Ceramics
2025-10-28 18:00 - 21:00 | FL
Tuesdays | 6:00–9:00 PM
Classes Available | Sep 9 – Oct 21 (7 classes), Oct 28 – Dec 16 (6 classes *no class 11/11 or 11/25)
Ages 18+ | Beginner-Intermediate Level
This class located at the Tampa Museum of Art | Get Directions
In this course, students will learn the fundamentals of creating ceramic artwork. Use clay to build, mold, and sculpt three-dimensional works using coil building, slab building, and other hand-building techniques. All experience levels are welcome; beginners and up.
*Firing costs, essential tools, and glazes included. Clay available for purchase separately in studio.
Our Cancellation and Refund Policy
Need-Based Scholarships are Available!
By Registering for a class, all students are agreeing to our Student Guidelines Policy.
Become an Art+ Member to enjoy a 20% discount on Studio Classes and More!

Ceramics Wheel
2025-10-30 18:00 - 21:00 | Tampa Museum of Art, 120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL, 33602, United States
Thursdays | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Classes Available | Sep 11-Oct 23 (7 classes), Oct 30-Dec 18 (7 classes *No class Nov 27)
Ages 18+ | Beginner-Intermediate
This class located at the Tampa Museum of Art in Tampa, FL | Get Directions
Work with clay on the potters’ wheel. Beginners start with a hand-building project to get acquainted with the clay and then jump into learning how to throw their next ceramic adventure. Intermediate students can dive right into getting dirty and take inspiration from instructor-led projects. All experience levels are welcome!
*Firing costs, essential tools, and glazes included. Clay available for purchase separately in studio.
Our Cancellation and Refund Policy
Need-Based Scholarships are Available!
By Registering for a class, all students are agreeing to our Student Guidelines Policy.
Become an Art+ Member to enjoy a 20% discount on Studio Classes and More!

Bank of America "Museums on Us" Weekend
2025-11-01 10:00 - 2025-11-02 16:00 | Tampa Museum of Art, 120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL, 33602, United States
We’ve partnered with Bank of America to bring you Museums on Us. For the first weekend of every month, active Bank of America, Merrill or Bank of America Private Bank credit or debit cardholders with a valid photo ID receive one free general admission to the Tampa Museum of Art.
This offer is exclusive to the cardholder and does not apply to ticketed and special exhibitions or fundraising events.
If you have any questions about visiting the Tampa Museum of Art, please call 813.274.8130.
Learn more about Bank of America’s Museums on Us program.

Pavilion XXXIX | Foundations: Building Connections
2025-11-01 19:00 | Tampa Museum of Art, 120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL, 33602, United States
Pavilion XXXIX | Foundations: Building Connections
In its 39th year, Tampa Museum of Art’s beloved annual gala celebrates our commitment to the Tampa Bay Region as we serve as the foundation of arts and culture and build connections for the future, fulfilling our mission to educate, engage, and inspire our residents and visitors.
This distinguished affair raises funds and awareness of Tampa Museum of Art’s commitment to make art more accessible to all, ensuring our reach extends to every corner of our community, particularly those in need. The proceeds will further fuel the Museum’s dedicated outreach initiatives, designed to ignite the spark of creativity in everyone, including 12,000 K-12 students who tour the museum each year as well as thousands who are able to participate in art camps, classes, and experiences because of this funding.
Join us for this grand tradition and celebration of the Tampa Museum of Art’s innovative art education endeavors that serve our diverse community.
This year’s Pavilion theme, Foundations: Building Connections, draws deep inspiration from the founding of our museum in 1920 and the European Bauhaus movement founded the year before on the belief that human connection and unity happens through art and design. At this junction, 105 years since the founding of the Tampa Museum of Art, Pavilion XXXIX: Foundations: Building Connections asks us to consider how our expansive and embracing architecture, art, and human relationships intersect with one another, just as the Bauhaus artist Josef Albers’ “Homage to the Square” series combines the simplest fields of colors, thoughtfully overlayed and profoundly creating lasting impacts. As stated by the artist, “Art is not an object, it is an experience.”
Let us together create the new building of the future, which will be everything in one form: architecture and sculpture and painting.

Walter Gropius, Founder, Bauhaus School

2025 Co-Chairs:
Sandra and Walt Chancey | Christine and John Phillips
2025 Honorees:
Marian and Hal Flowers

Pavilion XXXIX presented by:
THE GALA | November 1, 2025 | 7:00pm | One of the most time-honored black-tie traditions in Tampa Bay! Guests enjoy an evening of cocktails, dinner, philanthropy, dancing and entertainment!
**THE PATRON PARTY | February 11, 2026 | This special evening is an exclusive benefit for the Pavilion Patron and Presenting Sponsors, Premier and Table Sponsors as well as Patron level ticket holders, to come together in celebration. On this night, the museum thanks our donors for making it possible to fulfill our mission and service to Tampa Bay.
Purchase Pavilion Tickets Here
Questions? Contact:
Raelene Ohanesian Pullen | Director of Development | Raelene.Pullen@TampaMuseum.org or 813.421.8375
Stephanie Youst | Patron Giving Manager | Stephanie.Youst@TampaMuseum.org or 813.421.8370

Thank you to our sponsors!
PATRON PARTY SPONSORS

PREMIER TABLE SPONSORS

TABLE SPONSORS
The Bank of Tampa
Cadence Bank
Raymond James Financial, Inc
TECO
Wichman’s Construction / Schifino Enterprises

Virtual Lecture - Ta Megala Theria: Heavy Metal Music’s Reception of Mythological Adversaries
2025-11-04 18:00 - 19:00 | Tampa Museum of Art, 120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL, 33602, United States
Virtual Lecture – Ta Megala Theria: Heavy Metal Music’s Reception of Mythological Adversaries
Transgressive and oppositional figures have always exercised fascination and admiration in heavy metal music, from Ozzy the Prince of Darkness to the Devil himself. While the genre has traditionally signaled its rebellious ethos within a Christian paradigm through satanic themes and imagery, more and more bands have embraced analogous elements from pre-Christian mythologies of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. Primordial, chaotic, and chthonic antagonists such as Apophis, Tiamat, and Typhon resonate as embodiments of the metal underground and its antipathy to the latter-day sky gods, i.e. the established institutions of order, conformity, and control. Heavy metal not merely retells their myths, but even creates new versions where they ultimately triumph.
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Jeremy Swist is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Romance & Classical Studies at Michigan State University, having earned his PhD in Classics from the University of Iowa. He has published research on pagan prose authors under the later Roman Empire, including the emperor Julian in his new book Julian Augustus: Platonism, Myth, and the Refounding of Rome with Oxford University Press. He also studies, organizes conferences, and now teaches college courses on the prolific reception of ancient Greece, Rome, and Byzantium in heavy metal music.

Image Caption: Typhon (detail). Bronze applique; Etruria, Italy; Archaic period, ca. 500-480 BCE. TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART, BEQUEST FROM THE ESTATE OF DR. RICHARD E. AND MRS. MARY B. PERRY, 2022.006

CTRL+Art+Create: Student Exhibition Reception
2025-11-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Tampa Museum of Art, 120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL, 33602, United States
“Sculpted Stars” by Amber Yuan
Join us for the Youth Council CTRL+Art+Create: Student Exhibition Reception.
Enjoy refreshments and great art while we celebrate the talented teens of Tampa. First, Second, and Third Place prizes will be announced. Everyone attending will get a chance to vote for the winner of the People’s Choice Award.
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Studio 55 | Ceramics | November
2025-11-08 10:00 - 13:00 | FL
Saturdays, Nov 8 – Dec 20 | 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (6 classes *No class 11/29)
Ages 55+ | Beginner-Intermediate Level
This class located at the Tampa Museum of Art in Tampa, FL | Get Directions
Use clay to build, mold, and sculpt three-dimensional works using coil building, slab building, and other hand-building techniques. All experience levels are welcome; beginners and up.
*Firing costs, essential tools, and glazes included. Clay available for purchase separately in studio.
Which price should you pick? See our Sliding Scale Registration
Our Cancellation and Refund Policy
By Registering for a class, all students are agreeing to our Student Guidelines Policy.
Need-Based Scholarships are Available!
Become an Art+ Member to enjoy a 20% discount on Studio Classes and More!
This Class is taught by Calan Ree
Learn more about our Teaching Artists through our “Get Inspired” interview collection.

Next Level Workshop | Mythical Boxes with Pepe Mar
2025-11-08 10:00 - 16:00 | Tampa Museum of Art, 120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL, 33602, United States
Saturday, Nov 8 | 10:00 AM–4:00 PM
Ages 18+ | All Levels
This class located at the Tampa Museum of Art in Tampa, FL | Get Directions

Take inspiration from TMA’s past exhibition from renowned artist, Pepe Mar: Myth and Magic. Just as Pepe does with his assemblage boxes, participants will create a shadowbox filled with items of self-expression. Fill your box with unconventional materials to create a character mirroring yourself at the center of it all!
* All Supplies included.
