USF Contemporary Art Museum is hosting a conversation and reception for "Skyway 2024: 12 Ways of Looking at a Landscape" on October 4, 2024. The event features six exhibiting artists—John Gurbacs, Karen Tucker Kuykendall, Caui Lofgren, Eric Ondina, Andrés Ramírez, and Erin Titus—in a discussion moderated by CAM Curator-at-Large Christian Viveros-Fauné, followed by a coffee and dessert reception. The exhibition is part of Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration, a multi-venue showcase of new art from the Tampa Bay region, also presented at the Ringling Museum, Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, Sarasota Art Museum, and Tampa Museum of Art.
This event matters because it highlights the growing collaborative energy among Tampa Bay's major art institutions, bringing together diverse regional artists around a broad, contemporary interpretation of landscape. By offering a free public program that includes direct artist engagement, USF Contemporary Art Museum strengthens community ties and underscores the importance of accessible, place-based contemporary art in Florida's cultural landscape.