Events

Visit Tampa Bay and Mergeculture Launch Local Legacy

Local Legacy at Visit Tampa Bay A city’s identity is shaped by those who contribute to the culture. We have partnered with our city’s gift shop and visitors center to showcase local artists and creators. Each month, Mergeculture Gallery will curate or co-curate works from local artists to be featured in the Unlock Tampa Bay […]

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Tampa Walls! InWalls! Exhibit at Kawha Coffee at Element

Buy Artwork in Tampa: As part of Tampa Walls! Mural Festival, Mergeculture has teamed up with Tampa bay area artists and Tampa Walls! to feature artwork at different locations around the bay area. This exhibit at Kawha Coffee features 8 local artists with work available for sale. Artists in this exhibit: Volta Vita – Vitaliya […]

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Internship and Art Opportunities in Tampa

Here is a quick list of art opportunities for the months of April and May. Noah Deledda Studio – Crush Metric Launch Contact: Noah Deledda Help Tampa based artist fulfill orders for Crush Metric, a new product from a kickstarter that was launched a few months ago. This is an opportunity to work alongside a […]

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Lucy Sparrow is coming to Tampa – with an entire felt grocery store.

It’s not weird at all, because that’s her thing. Lucy Sparrow is a UK-based felt artist – she’s created pop-up stores that sell nothing but felt goods for music festivals, art festivals, Art Basel, and so many other locations. Her stores sell everything from fetish shops and gun shops – (not the one in Tampa). […]

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Closing Exhibit: 1.28 – Beyond Words – Nneka Jones, Christopher Clark, Detour

Closing Exhibition 1.28 7pm-11pm “Beyond Words” portrays the unconditional love and beauty that exists in silence, with an understanding that silence also is not an option. An exhibit of pioneering artists inspiring change in their communities, and the global Art World. Artists Detour (Denver, CO), Nneka Jones (Tampa, FL), Christopher “Cooli Ras” Clark (Jacksonville, FL) […]

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Marcel P Black – “The Non-Traditional Conscious Emcee” Plays at Mergeculture

Marcel P Black “The Non-Traditional Conscious Emcee” performs at Mergeculture Gallery. Saturday 11.13 “From the pulpits and street corners of Ardmore, OK comes Bryan Marcel Williams I aka Marcel P. Black (the emcee). Once a member of an underground hip hop collective, Black ventured out into solo territories and has been on a steady mission […]

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Bloom Art Walk – Gold Friday – Friday November 26th

Bloom Art Walk returns on November 26th. Community is stronger when we celebrate inspiration, it’s like polished gold, each particle shining bright. We are celebrating Gold Friday on the South Block of North Franklin because as we really examine the previous traditions of the day after what some people refer to as “Thanksgiving” we can […]

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For Immediate Release: Culture Connections : A monthly celebration of interwoven inspiration.

Culture Connections is a monthly celebration and moderated lecture series about the web of cultural contributions that exist in the Tampa Bay Arts Community. WHY Art changes the world around us because it is generated from the human imagination. Whether we are using a pencil, designing a building, or building something with a hammer. Forming […]

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Ame Art Consulting & Mergeculture Gallery team up with Hotel Haya and Giroux Projects

Ame Art Consulting and Mergeculture Gallery at Hotel Haya We kick off our partnership with Hotel Haya in Ybor City with global art consulting firm Ame Art Consulting in September with a survey of work by artist Jay Giroux. The collection of Jay’s work comes full circle, as a prominent artist who studied under Tampa […]

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Camp Conversation and Mergeculture Gallery Team up for Bloom on Franklin Art Walk

Camp Conversation x Mergeculture Gallery It’s great when two ideas collide – Camp Conversation, operated by Jacob Hales of Tampa, Florida is all about bringing community together and providing a space for creative minds to flourish, connect and grow. Our concept for Bloom on Franklin Art Walk was conceptualized along those same ideas. It’s incredible […]

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