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Robert Rauschenberg working at USF Graphicstudio

The Global Influence of Bob Rauschenberg

10/19/2025 - WGCU News

William Villalongo and Shraddha Ramani, Black Migration to the U.S. (1/2), 2025. Screenprint and chine collé, 22 x 28 in. Edition 20. © Villalongo Studio, Shraddha Ramani, and Graphicstudio, University of South Florida, Tampa. Image courtesy Graphicstudio. Photo: Argenis Apolinario.

Where Art and Printmaking Meet: USF's Graphicstudio Collaboration Featured in Artists "Data Consciousness" Exhibition

10/16/2025 - Mark Fredricks, USF College of Design, Art & Performance | Graphicstudio

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The Propaganda Dilemma - Inspired by W. E. B. Du Bois's infographics about the lives of Black people after Emancipation, an exhibition at New York's Print Center complicates our reading of data.

10/14/2025 - Seph Rodney, Hyperallergic

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Irish artist/activist Brian Maguire at USF Contemporary Art Museum

9/3/2025 - Chad Scott, See Great Art

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August arts: Countdown Improv, "Sacred Pilgrimage," much more

8/5/2025 - Christopher Curry, 83degrees

John Leduc, A Mother's Gift, 2024

USF's Breaking Barriers Returns with a Poetic Look at the Power of Objects

5/19/2025 | Jesus Gogo, USF College of Design, Art & Performance News

This Is Not a Final Project: Inside the 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition at USF

4/16/2025 | Jesus Gogo, USF College of Design, Art & Performance News

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Meet the Next Generation of Artists: "Thank You in Advance," the 2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition

4/4/2025 | Jesus Gogo, USF College of Design, Art & Performance News; Photography by Bryce Womeldurf

Karlo Andrei Ibarra stands next to his star, or estrella, made from wooden police protest barricades at the USF Contemporary Art Museum. - Jessica Meszaros / WUSF

La estrella de un artista puertorriqueño es un símbolo de las luchas latinoamericanas

A Puerto Rican artist's star is a symbol of Latin American struggles

2/28/25 - Jessica Meszaros, WUSF NPR

Six of fifteen artists with works on display at USF CAM spoke on a recent panel discussion with the exhibit curator. They'e standing in front of a piece by Angel Otero called "Look out your Window." From left to right: Miguel Luciano, Karlo Andrei Ibarra, Angel Otero, Gisela Colón, Christian Viveros-Fauné, José Lerma, Eddy Lopez. - Jessica Meszaros / WUSF

Artistas redefinen el significado de Latinx a través de expresiones de la vida cotidiana en el museo de USF

An art exhibit in Tampa centers around the term "Latinx." The pieces attempt to redefine “Latinity,” or what it means to be Latin American.

2/28/25 - Jessica Meszaros, WUSF NPR

Teachers from the Hillsborough County Public Schools attended the free InsideART Teachers Workshop.

InsideART at 15: A Legacy of Learning Through Contemporary Art

2/6/2025 | Jesus Gogo, USF College of Design, Art & Performance News

Sebastiaan Bremer working in residence at Graphicstudio. Photography by Will Lytch.

National Gallery of Art acquires limited edition prints from USF's Graphicstudio

1/30/2025 | Jesus Gogo, USF College of Design, Art & Performance News


About the USF Institute for Research in Art

The USF Institute for Research in Art (IRA) is the umbrella organization for the Contemporary Art Museum, Graphicstudio, and Public Art. Part of the University of South Florida College of Design, Art & Performance, the IRA is dedicated to an international artists' residency program that brings to the University and Tampa Bay community today's most accomplished and influential artists working in the international art arena. Exhibitions, collection development, publication of limited edition graphics and sculpture multiples, commissioned public art works, interdisciplinary arts research, lectures, symposia, workshops and special events are designed to foster awareness about the role of contemporary artists in shaping our culture and society. Participating artists represent the full spectrum of contemporary art practice including, but not limited to, painting, sculpture, photography, electronic media, and performance.

About the College of Design, Art & Performance

As the creative center of the University of South Florida, the College of Design, Art & Performance provides an enriched, creative, and professional environment for tomorrow's leaders in architecture, design, art, art history, dance, music, and theatre. The college embraces opportunities to embed new and existing arts programming in the rapidly growing regional communities and serves as an integral engine for socioeconomic progress through its research, advocacy, and engagement.

 

Museum Sponsors

National Endowment for the Arts  //  Florida Department of State, Florida Arts & Cultur  //  H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute  //  Knox Family Foundation  //  Lee & Victor Leavengood Endowment  //  Raymond James Financial  //  The Tampa Tribune  //  Time Warner Communications  //  Time Customer Service, Inc.  //  The Brabson Family  //  Genevieve Lykes Dimmitt   //  The Feil Organization  //  The Wilson Company  //  Bajo | Cuva | Cohen | Turkel  //  Carlton Fields  //  Stanton Storer Embrace the Arts Foundation  //  Gobioff Foundation  //  Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation P/ARTS Program  //  The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation  //  Dr. Allen Root / In Memory of Janet G. Root  //  Arts Council of Hillsborough County, Board of County Commissioners  //  The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts  //  Aparium Hotel Group's Hotel Haya  //  Strategic Property Partners and Water Street Tampa // Environment and Cultural Partners

Art for Community Engagement (ACE) Fund Patrons

Allison and Robby Adams  //  Frank E. Duckwall Foundation  //  Francesca and Richard Forsyth  //  Gobioff Foundation  //  Courtney and Jason Kuhn  //  Linda Saul-Sena and Mark Sena  //  Sharmila and Vivek Seth  //  Stanton Storer Embrace the Arts Foundation  //  Michael Paonessa and Robert Iles