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Gallery Guide
ART GALLERIES
 

Arnold Martinez Art Gallery

1909 N. 19th Street

Tampa, FL  33605

813-248-9572

Originals and Prints of Tampa and Ybor City.  Mediums – Acrylic, innovative mediums - Coffee, Tea, Extract of Tobacco, Wine, Beer, etc.

 

Baisden Gallery

442 Grand Central Avenue #100

Tampa, FL  33606

813-250-1511

Baisden Gallery features work of some of the most influential contemporary glass artists along with the finest in paintings and photography. 

  
Bleu Acier Gallery

109 W. Columbus Drive

Tampa, FL  33602

813-272-9746

Exhibits works of art in all media.  Specializes in mid-career European artists and emerging American artists.  Incorporates performance arts using scheduled exhibition as part of the environment of the performance. 
 

Brad Cooper Gallery
Elle LeSavette Designer Jewelry

1714 E.  7th Avenue

Tampa, FL   33605

813-248-6098

Web Site: www.bradcoopergallery.com.

The gallery exhibits contemporary art in a variety of media, representing established and emerging artists, and promotes legitimate motives in collecting fine art.  Provides services to individual collectors, museums and corporations, including acquisition planning, proper archival framing, placement/installation, and collection documentation.  Open Seasonally, November - April. 
 
Casa de ART - Singing Stone
1903 N 19th St. Tampa, FL 33605
(813) 247-ARTS (2787)
Web site: www.singingstoneonline.com
Offers eclectic contemporary craft, fine art and designer jewelry.
 
Casa LaLa Gallery
1901 E. 5th Avenue,
Tampa, FL  33605
813-468-9650
Eduardo Benitez, curator and artist, offers paintings, ceramics and sculpture.  Call for an appointment.
 

Centre Gallery

University of South Florida

Phyllis P. Marshall Center, 1st floor, room 102

4202 E. Fowler Avenue

Tampa, FL  33620

813-974-5464

Web Site: http://www.ctr.usf.edu/gallery

A student-run University of South Florida art gallery exhibiting faculty, student, and alumni work. 

 
Clayton Galleries

4105 S.  MacDill Avenue

Tampa, FL  33611

813-831-3753

Art gallery exhibiting works by contemporary Florida and regional artists.  Paintings by emerging and mid-career artists are featured in shows lasting six weeks from October to May.  Rotating group shows of gallery artists take place throughout the summer, June through September.
 
Creative Native Gallery (The)
5307 N. Falkenburg Road
Tampa, FL  33610
813-841-3038
The Creative Native Gallery exclusively features the original work of 17 local and native Florida Artists. 

  

Florida Musem of Photographic Arts 
200 North Tampa Street

Tampa, FL   33602

813-221-2222

Web Site: www.fmopa.org
The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (FMOPA) is museum dedicated to celebrating the medium of photography, presenting the photographer’s vision as vital and central to life and the culture of the times.  With its outstanding exhibitions and community programs, the museum is a member of the American Association of Museums and is only one of a handful of museums in the United States dedicated entirely to photography.

 

Gallery AIA

200 N. Tampa Street, Suite 100

Tampa, FL  33602

813-229-3411

Web Site: http://www.aiatampabay.com/

Exhibits work by local and regional architect/artists including photography, paintings, sculpture and furniture.  Gallery is open Monday-Friday 9:00-5:00 pm.  AIA Tampa Bay is the regional chapter of The American Institute of Architects. 
 

Gallery 501
Blake High School

1701 N. Boulevard

Tampa, FL 33607

813-272-3422

Gallery 501 is an arts magnet high school teaching gallery exhibiting art as an extension of the classroom in all media.  The gallery provides students and the community a means for studying and viewing original work by national, international and regional artists, including faculty and students. 
 

Gallery 1707

1707 E.  5th Avenue

Tampa, FL  33605

813-247-1777

A working studio and gallery featuring the work of photographer Nels Johnson and pastel painter Ellen Marshall.  Open November thru May annually.
 
Graphicstudio

University of South Florida

3702 Spectrum Boulevard, Suite 100

Tampa, FL  33612

813-974-5871

Web Site: www.graphicstudio.usf.edu

Atelier collaborating with artists to produce fine art print editions and sculpture multiples by internationally renowned artists such as Chuck Close, Los Carpinteros, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Kiki Smith, Richard Tuttle and others.
 
Great Art & Frame Gallery
9906 W. Linebaugh Avenue
Tampa, FL  33626
813-792-8960
Brings to the greater Westchase area artists doing contemporary, abstracts, sculptures, and Florida landscapes.  Events include art shows, informative lectures and demonstrations.  Located in the quaint West Park Village, the gallery is stocked with a wide selection of framing options and offers the services of its professional staff.
 
Heart Gallery
1002 E. Palm Avenue
Tampa, 33605
813-204-1794
The Heart Gallery is a collaborative effort between the Children's Board of Hillsborough County, the Children's Home and Hillsborough Kids, Inc., offering audio messages from waiting children and photo cards with biographies for every child that visitors may take home with them.  Both professional and student photographers exhibited in the Gallery volunteer their time to make this project a reality. 
 

Hillsborough Community College Dale Mabry Campus Art Gallery

4001 Tampa Bay Boulevard

Tampa, FL  33614

813-253-7386

Web Site: www.hcc.cc.fl.us

A college art gallery exhibiting art in all media by recognized international and local artists.  Exhibits are selected on their educational or cultural value to the college community and reflect a diversity of subject interests.

 

Hillsborough Community College Ybor Campus Art Gallery

Mailing: 2115 N. 15th Street

Tampa, FL  33605
Located in the HCC Performing Arts Building at Palm Avenue and 15th Street.

813-253-7674

A visual arts gallery presenting high-quality changing exhibitions, and related educational programs to the Tampa Bay community, promoting local, regional, national and international artists.  Located at Palm Avenue and 15th Street.

 

Hoffman-Porges Gallery

1907 E. 7th Avenue

Tampa, FL  33605

813-247-2000

Established in 1989, Hoffman-Porges Gallery exhibits fine art and offers museum-quality archival framing.  Contemporary abstract as well as traditional paintings, and vintage prints may be viewed in the gallery’s bohemian warehouse showroom, amidst open catwalks and steel cable railings.  Design services are available for loft and urban residential and commercial clientle.
 

JJ Watts Studio Gallery

5103 S.  MacDill Avenue

Tampa, FL  33611

813-902-9554

JJ Watts Studio and sculpture garden is a working artist studio.  The studio and sculpture garden are open by appointment.
 
Kotler Art Gallery

John F. Germany Public Library

900 N.  Ashley Drive

Tampa, FL  33602

813-273-3652, Ext. 2

Web Site: www.hcplc.org

The Kotler Art Gallery, located at the downtown John F. Germany Public Library, features local and regional artists of renown, who exhibit on a monthly basis.  The Gallery’s After Hours Art Program is held the second Thursday of every month from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. in which the public is invited to meet the artist. 
  

Linden Galleries

12926 N.  Dale Mabry

Tampa, FL  33618

813-265-8913

Web Site: www.lindengalleries.com

Exhibits internationally celebrated artists displaying their current work alongside talented newcomers.  Works range from avant-garde, surrealistic, and contemporary abstraction to impressionism to traditional still life.
 
Michael Murphey Gallery M  
2722 S. MacDill Avenue
Tampa, FL 33629
813-902-1414
Located in south Tampa, Gallery M represents the finest artists of the Bay Area and beyond, and specializes in archival framing to preserve life's treasures.
 

Nuance Gallery

804 S. Dale Mabry Highway

Tampa, FL  33629

813-875-0511

This large gallery handles a wide selection of artists working in oil, watercolor, and limited edition prints.  You will find local gem Taylor Ikin’s watercolors, realistic artist Keith Martin John’s oils and famed Catalan Master Alvar and the beautiful women and children of Pino here.

 

Old Hyde Park Art Center

705 Swann Avenue

Tampa, FL  33606

813-251-3780

Not-for-profit membership owned and operated, displays works in oil, watercolor, pastel, etc.
 
Phoenix Glass Studio

811 E. Knollwood Avenue

Tampa, FL  33604

813-237-3473

Web Site: www.gottglass.com

Hot glass studio and showroom; featuring one-of-a-kind sculptural cast and blown glass by Susan Gott and other regional artists.  Phoenix Studio and Gallery are open to the public Monday-Friday by appointment.  Group tours and demonstrations available.
 
Project Return Gallery
304 W. Waters Avenue
Tampa, FL
813-748-4451 or 813-933-9020 (Michelle Barron)
Project Return is a non-profit day care center for people experiencing mental illness.  The art in the gallery is created by artists attending the day care center.  The artists receive half of the procced and the remainder is put back into the art program itself.  The gallery is open year-round, but they have tow shows each year, one in November and one in May.  Nature's Harvest Market and Barrow's Deli support Project Return by providing permanent exhibit space in their business locations.  The gallery is open from  10-4:30 Monday thru Friday.  Please call for more information or to make an appointment.

 

Pyramid Galleries

1508 W. Sligh Avenue

Tampa, FL  33604

813-931-3986

Provides art training to individuals with developmental disabilities, and serves as the showcase for Pyramid and community artists associated with the developmentally disabled.  Studios, gallery and gift shop on Sligh open to the public to view and purchase art.
 
Rustic Steel Creations

114 S. 12th Street

Tampa, FL  33602

813-222-0016

Web Site: www.rusticsteel.com

Rustic Steel Creations specializes in polished steel mesh, etched plate steel, and painted steel plates, recycled metals and found objects for residential and commercial projects
 

Scarfone / Hartley Gallery 

University of Tampa

310 N.  Boulevard

Tampa, FL  33606

813-253-6217

Web Site: www.utampa.edu

A university teaching gallery, exhibiting art as an extension of the classroom in all media.  The galleries provide an opportunity to meet artists and view and study original works created by contemporary national, international and regional artists including students and faculty. 

 

South Shore Gallery

P.O. Box 700

447 Apollo Beach Blvd
Apollo Beach, FL 33572

813-645-0483

Web Site: www.southshoregallery.com

South Shore Gallery proudly showcases home decor and gifts from over 150 North American artisans.  Our art is never mass-produced, and always of the highest quality. We also feature custom furniture using exotic woods to create truly unique, high quality pieces that will last generations.

 

Star Bevel Studio

6347 US Highway 301 S.

Riverview, FL 33568

813-672-3773

Web Site:  www.starbevel.com

Commissioned decorative glass windows, sculptures and restoration.
 

Tampa Artist Emporium

Startbucks Plaza

3415 Bay to Bay Blvd.

Tampa, FL 33629

813-835-0212

Web site: www.tampaartistemporium.com

Located in the Starbucks Plaza on Bay to Bay Blvd, the Tampa Artist Emporium show cases work by over 60 established and emerging Tampa Bay area Artists. Works include:
Photography, Acrylic, Oils, Mixed Media, Sculpture, fused glass, Blown Glass, Pottery and Jewelry.   Purchase something unique, meet the Artists and enjoy a complementary wine bar on the second Saturday of each month from 5-9. Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday 11:00-7:00, Sunday 12:00-5:00.
 
TECO Public Art Gallery

702 North Franklin Street

Tampa, FL  33602

813-767-1600
Exhibitions by Florida based artists in this high traffic public atrium of a corportation generous to the arts.  Individual and group shows.  No commissons taken.
 
West Tampa Center for the Arts
1906 N. Armenia Avenue
Tampa, FL  33607
813-453-4381
West Tampa Center for the Arts provides affordable artists studios / galleries and markets work of resident artsits to collectors, design firms, etc with no fee.  Exhibition space offering six juried shows per year.
 
Ybor Arts Studio
2702 E. 7th Avenue
Tampa, FL  33605
813-868-4879
Ybor Art Studio features art classes, paint your pottery, theatre, art exhibits, art gallery and has room rentals for all occasions.