Diversity

West Tampa signal box art reflects community’s history, culture, creativity

A West Tampa CRA project transformed eight traffic signal boxes into public art reflecting the community's culture and history.

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Masthead Gallery: New Tampa Performing Arts Center Annual Arts Festival

A photo gallery from the New Tampa Performing Arts Center's Annual Arts Festival, featuring the New Tampa Players and the festival debut of the St. Petersburg Opera in a closing performance featuring the Tampa City Ballet.

Artist Anthony Freese's street mural in the Carver City/Lincoln Gardens neighborhood, shown here in 2020, was going to be refurbished by the Westshore Alliance. Instead, it's been removed by the state.
Masthead gallery: Tampa Bay street murals gone by state mandate

A gallery of some street murals in Tampa and St. Pete that were removed under Gov. Ron DeSantis's order targeting street art.

Heard 'Em Say's monthly open mic, the only youth open mic in Tampa, is a cornerstone program for the nonprofit.
Heard ‘Em Say helps young people find their voice through poetry, performance

Heard 'Em Say Youth Arts Collective, the nonprofit behind Tampa’s only youth open mic event, uplifts adolescent and teen voices through poetry, storytelling, and the arts. 

Healthcare professionals and dedicated volunteer advocates are working to promote screening for cervical and breast cancer among minority women.
Promoting cervical, breast cancer screening among minority women

Healthcare professionals and cancer survivors educate and advocate for increased cervical and breast cancer screening among minority women.

University Area CDC CEO and Executive Director Sarah Combs and board member Ross Fabian look on during the ribbon-cutting celebration for the Harvest Hope Park splash pad in April 2024
Reflecting on a decade creating change in North Tampa’s University Area community

University Area Community Development Corporation CEO and Executive Director Sarah Combs and longtime board members reflect on a decade of creating community change under Combs' leadership.

University Area CDC Executive Director and CEO Sarah Combs and the community nonprofit's Board of Directors take part in art therapy during a team retreat at the Oxford Exchange in Tampa
University Area CDC board members reflect on Combs’ impact, look ahead to leadership transition

As long-time University Area Community Development Corporation Executive Director and CEO Sarah Combs departs for Metropolitan Ministries, board members reflect on her impact and discuss the nonprofit's upcoming leadership transition.

The exhibit “Dressed for Success: Fashioning Manhood at the Tampa Bay Hotel" at the Henry B. Plant Museum is part of Tampa's Archives Awareness Week
Get immersed in Tampa history with Archives Awareness Week

Archives Awareness Week, the annual deep dive into Tampa history, returns July 13th through 19th with a slew of events around town. 

Best in Competition winner in FMoPA's 2025 International Photography Competition, “pray Eid al-Fitr,” by Iranian photographer “Maho."
July arts: FMoPA International Photography Competition, Powerstories Theatre 25th season, much more

Our July arts roundup has the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts' 2025 International Photography Competition exhibition, Powerstories Theatre's "Witch Hunt," St. Pete's Second Saturday ArtWalk, and more. 

Harvest Hope Park is a successful community investment project developed on property the University Area CDC acquired through its land banking program
University Area CDC drives community change in North Tampa

The University Area Community Development Corporation uses investments, partnerships, and advocacy to deliver quality-of-life projects like affordable housing, neighborhood parks, and new sidewalks and street lights to the North Tampa community it serves. 

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