Parts of the world’s largest collection of Florida art are now on display in Tampa

Nine pieces of the Vickers Collection are at HCC's Dale Mabry campus.

click to enlarge Salon style installation of modern and contemporary Florida art at Gallery221@HCC Dale Mabry. - Uploaded by HCCArtGalleries
Uploaded by HCCArtGalleries
Salon style installation of modern and contemporary Florida art at Gallery221@HCC Dale Mabry.
A piece of the world’s largest collection of Florida art is now on display at Hillsborough Community College’s Dale Mabry campus.

Flourishing Dichotomies presents artwork from the Vickers Collection, on loan from the Harn Museum of Art in Gainesville. Samuel H. and Roberta T. Vickers’ collection includes more than a thousand Florida artworks, made during the early-1800s through the mid-1900s. The collection is too large for even the Harn to show all at once, so it slowly started loaning these artworks out to galleries throughout Florida.

Flourishing Dichotomies—up through Oct. 17—presents nine works of modern Florida art from the Vickers collection alongside works by contemporary Florida artists Jenny Carey, Miguel Fleitas, Bruce Marsh, Selina Román, and Alex Torres. Together, they span 100 years of Florida art.

Flourishing Dichotomies: Florida Art, Past & Present opens with a no-cover artist talk on Thursday, Sept. 5 inside Gallery 221 at Hillsborough Community College's Dale Mabry in Tampa.

And while you’re at HCC, check out “Common Grounds,” an exhibition that includes selections from the college’s permanent collection.

Readers are invited to submit their own events to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s things to do calendar.

Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

Follow us: Google News | NewsBreak | Reddit | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter

WE LOVE OUR READERS!

Since 1988, CL Tampa Bay has served as the free, independent voice of Tampa Bay, and we want to keep it that way.

Becoming a CL Tampa Bay Supporter for as little as $5 a month allows us to continue offering readers access to our coverage of local news, food, nightlife, events, and culture with no paywalls.

Join today because you love us, too.

Jennifer Ring

Jen began her storytelling journey in 2017, writing and taking photographs for Creative Loafing Tampa. Since then, she’s told the story of art in Tampa Bay through more than 200 art reviews, artist profiles, and art features. She believes that everyone can and should make art, whether they’re good at it or not...
Scroll to read more Events & Film articles

Join Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Newsletters

Subscribe now to get the latest news delivered right to your inbox.