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Michele Smith

Michele Smith

Michele Smith is a writer based in Tampa since the ’90s. She has a degree in International Business & Fine Art from the University of Tampa and has contributed to numerous start-up ventures in the Tampa Bay area. Her writing is influenced by a local and global perspective. Topics of interest include arts leadership, business development, creativity and innovation and wellness. Michele is also the Executive Director of the nonprofit Tampa Arts Alliance.

Michele Smith's Latest Articles

June arts roundup: Pride events, Juneteenth celebration and more

A busy June on the Tampa Bay arts scene includes Pride Month events, a three-day Juneteenth celebration and celebrated artist Rico Gatson at the USF Contemporary Art Museum.

May arts roundup: concerts, fringe fest, shrimp-themed immersive art…and so much more

The May arts scene in Tampa Bay has concerts, exhibitions spotlighting emerging artists, the Fringe Festival, a new shrimp-themed immersive art installation and much more.

Tampa rapper and Afrobeats artist Pusha Preme plays the Gasparilla Music Festival on Saturday, April 29th.
Tampa’s Pusha Preme brings success story home to Gasparilla Music Festival

Tampa rapper and Afrobeats artist Pusha Preme's success story comes home when he takes the stage at the Gasparilla Music Festival on April 29th. 

"inStyler" by Libbi Ponce
April arts roundup in Tampa Bay

The Bricks Ybor, the graduate student exhibition at the USF Contemporary Art Museum and the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance's Second Saturday ArtWAlk are just a few of the things to do in April in the arts scene around Tampa Bay. 

The Gasparilla Festival of the Arts is March 4th and 5th at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park in downtown Tampa.
March arts roundup: Gasparilla Festival of the Arts kicks off a busy month in Tampa Bay

The Gasparilla Festival of the Arts leads off a busy March for the arts around Tampa Bay.

Vic's Mix by the Rubberband Dance Company is at the Hillsborough Community College Ybor City Campus Mainstage Theatre on February 10th and 11th.
Tampa Bay February Arts roundup: Painter Stephanie Ong, The James Museum and more

Tampa Bay's February arts scene includes painter Stephanie Ong's exhibit  "Scaffolding" in Tampa, "The Stories They Tell: Indigenous Art and the Photography of Edward S. Curtis" at The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art, an exhibit of the work of contemporary Black artists at the St. Petersburg Warehouse Arts District and much more.  

"Audre #2" by Rico Gatson is part of the exhibit "Poor People's Art: A (Short) Visual History of Poverty in the United States"  at the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum.
January Arts: Woodson Museum, HEIRESS, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Creative Pinellas, Tempus Projects

The January arts scene in Tampa Bay has exhibits at Tempus Projects' new location in the Ybor City Kress Building, a photography exhibit on the history of poverty in the U.S. at the USF Contemporary Art Museum, a new theater company debuting in Bradenton and much more.

“Green Wedding” by Iranian-born artist Leila Mesdaghi, is the basis of the exhibtion One and Only · يكتا at Parachute Gallery in the Ybor Kress Building.
December Arts Roundup: Diverse exhibits and holiday events

Diverse exhibits and holiday-themed events are all part of a busy December for the arts in Tampa Bay.

Artist Ya La'ford's "Boulevard Flow" in Tampa's West River development demonstrate how public art can build a sense of place and community.
“Boulevard Flow:” Public art takes center stage in Tampa’s West River

With artist Ya La'ford's "Boulevard Flow," the Tampa Housing Authority and Related Group have put public art center stage in the West River development.

Tampa's Moving Current Dance Collective celebrates its 25th anniversary on November 5th and 6th.
November arts roundup: So much to do across Tampa Bay

A busy November on Tampa Bay's art scene includes the 25th anniversary of the Moving Current Dance Collective, the first-ever SoHo Artwalk, Creative Pinellas' Arts Annual and so much more.

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