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The museum's galleries are currently closed to the public for the installation of our next exhibition. We will reopen at 10am on Friday, May 22.
Breaking Barriers: Gathering Light
May 22 – July 25, 2026
USF Contemporary Art Museum, West Gallery
Breaking Barriers: Gathering Light presents a curated selection of photographs created through the 2025 Breaking Barriers online photography workshops. The workshops are offered free of charge to US military veterans and their families.
Gathering Light Opening Reception + Artists Panel
Friday, May 22, 7–9pm, USF Contemporary Art Museum
Image: John Leduc, Night Flight, 2025.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Uncelebrity: The Andy Warhol Foundation Photographic Legacy Project Reconsidered
June 8 – July 25, 2026
USF Contemporary Art Museum, Lee & Victor Leavengood Gallery
Uncelebrity explores an alternate side of the legacy of "the King of Pop Art," as captured by the gifts USF Contemporary Art Museum received from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
As part of our summer exhibitions visitors are invited to participate in 15 minutes later…. A collaborative photography activity that takes as its starting point Andy Warhol’s famous quip, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." The activity connects two distinct shows through shared acts of looking, making, and community.
Image: Andy Warhol, People on the Street, undated. Gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in. Gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., The Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Project, University of South Florida Collection.
PICTURE(SQUE): Ellen Harvey Works, 1999-2025
August 24, 2026 – March 6, 2027
USF Contemporary Art Museum
PICTURE(SQUE): Ellen Harvey Works, 1999-2025 presents four major bodies of work by the celebrated Anglo-American artist that honor and question ideas around travel, memory, monuments and history making. Harvey’s artworks memorialize lost places and interrogate existing ones; additionally, they turn a warm eye toward human beings’ relationships with their lived environment, while asking us to envision new ways of being in the future.
Image: Ellen Harvey, Twin Planet Protest, 2019. Oil on two wood panels on wood sticks. Each panel, 19-3/4 x 19-3/4 in. (50 x 50 cm), overall heights: 40 x 48 in. (1.02 x 1.22 m). Photograph: Ellen Harvey Studio.
2027 MFA Thesis Exhibition
April 2 – May 8, 2027
USF Contemporary Art Museum
This eagerly awaited annual exhibition features thesis projects in a variety of media by 3rd year Master of Fine Arts students from the USF School of Art & Art History.
Skyway 2027: A Contemporary Collaboration
June 7 – July 24, 2027
USF Contemporary Art Museum
Five leading art institutions across Tampa Bay are proud to announce the open call for Skyway 2027: A Contemporary Collaboration, a region-wide exhibition that will spotlight the work of local contemporary artists across five museums during the spring, summer, and fall of 2027.
The five art institutions will co-publish a fully illustrated catalogue, featuring the work of each exhibiting artist, to accompany the exhibition.
This collaborative exhibition brings together:
- Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
- The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
- Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design
- Tampa Museum of Art
- USF Contemporary Art Museum
Artists living in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Manatee, and Sarasota counties are invited to apply now through July 1, 2026. Find full details, application guidelines, and apply online at: www.skywaytampabay.com.
Past Exhibitions
View the complete archive of USF Contemporary Art Museum's past exhibitions back to 1988, or use the pop-down menu below to visit exhibitions as early as 1997.
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Museum Hours:
Monday–Friday: 10am–5pm
Thursday: 10am–8pm
Saturday: 1–4pm
Closed Sunday, all university holidays, and between exhibitions.
Admission: Exhibitions and events are free and open to all, unless noted.
Address: 3821 USF Holly Drive, Tampa, FL 33620.
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The University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum (USFCAM) is fully accessible to visitors with disabilities. There are disabled parking spaces outsde of the museum, an accessible entrance, good lighting and accessible restrooms.
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