Current Exhibitions

HC Art Galleries’ 3rd Annual Juried Members Show brings together a vibrant cross-section of Tampa’s creative community. Nearly 70 artists submitted work for consideration, with about 40 selected by juror Ry McCullough, Chair of the Art & Design Department at the University of Tampa. Featuring HC students, faculty, staff, and local artists, the exhibition is a unique opportunity to see Tampa’s emerging talent alongside more established names. 

Artists included: Batool Almadi, Abigail Araniego, Court Borges, Alexandra Bosch, Josh Corson, Dylan Frier, Tony Garufi, Samuel Aye-Gboyin, Victor Giangreco, Madie Gotshall, Piper Harrow, Tim Hirneisen, Mary-Helen Horne, Emiliano Infante, Aneka Ingold, Michael Knapp, Ashley Lopez, Zhannay McBride, Cortney McNamara, Eric Ondina, Trinidad Oribio, Angela Palacios, Anthony Palms, Mario Perez, Linda Mora Plaza, Sar Powell, Diane V. Radel, Omar Richardson, Annaly Romero, Lavinia Schenberg Scharlack, Kaitlynn Shields, Tamya Simms, Tanner Simon, Dafne J Suarez Del Toro, Kim Tanzer, Benjamin Upcavage, Georgia K Vahue, Christopher Weeks, Zaniya Worlds, Alex Zak, Valerie Zuniga.

Not yet a member? Membership isn’t just for HC students, faculty and staff. It’s open to anyone in the Tampa Bay area arts community. 

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Tatiana Mesa Paján, Best in Show winner of HC Art Galleries' 2nd Annual Juried Members Show, blends two bodies of work in her solo exhibition, “Archaeology of the Present”. 

Displayed on the exterior lobby wall of Gallery 114, the exhibition centers on collected and preserved objects, from 2005 to present, that reveal intimate glimpses into the human spirit. Gathered from both the United States and Cuba, these everyday items are presented like precious fossils: intentional relics of time that speak to both the artist's personal history and the traces of life that strangers leave behind. 

Born and raised in Havana, Cuba, Tatiana Mesa Paján has exhibited her work internationally. She earned her MFA from the University of South Florida and currently serves at HC as an adjunct professor of visual arts. Mesa Paján is a process-based artist with a particular emphasis on poetic gestures.

HC Art Galleries is proud to bring selections from the 52nd Annual HC Student Juried Showto Hotel Haya’s La Galeria.

The exhibition features artworks by 12 student artists, selected from more than 50 pieces presented in HC Art Galleries' annual juried student exhibition. Showcasing a range of media, perspectives and creative approaches, the exhibition highlights the talent and artistic achievement of Hillsborough College students.

Featured artists include Tawiana Monserrate, Natasha Thevening, Teagan Salb, Camille Denmark, Nayatee Wilson, Rose Lara, Annaly Romero, Effia Bailey, Danielle Villari, Abigail Araniego, Dylan Frier and David Consuegra.

HC Art Galleries extends its sincere gratitude to Hotel Haya for its continued partnership and commitment to supporting emerging artists. By providing this professional exhibition opportunity, Hotel Haya helps connect student artists with new audiences and celebrates the vibrant creative community of Tampa Bay.

As a private event space, La Galeria is generally open by appointment. Visitors who are unable to attend the opening reception are encouraged to contact Hotel Haya to schedule a viewing.

In Healing Properties, Kendra Frorup explores memory, healing and identity through prints and sculptures created around her 2024–2025 Fulbright Fellowship in the Bahamas. Inspired by her family’s bush farm—land first cultivated by her mother through a government lease-to-own program—Frorup documents the plants and traditions of bush medicine, a practice rooted in resilience and care. Bordering the Bonefish Pond National Park, the farm becomes a site of remembrance and renewal, reflecting her family’s history with cancer and her own journey of recovery. Transforming collected and natural materials, Frorup turns the act of making into an act of healing.

Kendra Frorup is an Assistant Professor of Art and Design at the University of Tampa. She received her MFA in Sculpture from Syracuse University in 1996 and has widely exhibited both nationally and internationally.