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USFCAM and Tampa Bay Museums Exhibit Art by 49 Local Artists in Skyway 2020

Thursday, March 26, 2020

This summer, the USF Contemporary Art Museum and three other art institutions in Tampa Bay present Skyway 2020: A Contemporary Collaboration, a group exhibition featuring local artists.

Over 300 artists from Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas and Sarasota counties submitted to the call for works.

In total, 49 selected artists will present their works across four locations, which include the USFCAM, Tampa Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, and The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.

Among the artists presenting their works are USF College of The Arts School of Art and Art History alumni: Gabriel Ramos (BFA 2011), Matthew Wicks (MFA 2016), Kalup Linzy (USF BFA '00, MFA '03), Eric Ondina (MFA 2019), Jake Troyli (MFA 2019), Kirk Ke Wang (MFA 1990), Jenn Miller (MFA '16), and Cynthia Mason (MFA 2012), and Heather Rosenbach (BFA '16).

Current USF students Jon Notwick (MFA 2020) and Libbi Ponce (BFA 2020) will also exhibit, in addition to USF art faculty Dolores Coe (USF Institute for Research in Art), Ezra Johnson, Noelle Mason, Wendy Babcox, Jason Lazarus, and Anat Pollack.

See below for a complete list of 2020 Skyway artists who will exhibit their works in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota.

Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
May 30 - August 16, 2020

Robert Aiosa – Hillsborough
Bassmi – Pinellas
Savannah Bonnette – Hillsborough
Dolores Coe – Hillsborough |USF Institute for Research in Art
Keith Crowley – Sarasota
Becky Flanders – Hillsborough
Dakota Gearhart – Pinellas
Morgan Janssen – Sarasota
Ezra Johnson – Hillsborough |USF Assistant Professor, Painting & Video
Karl Kelly – Hillsborough
Jon Notwick – Hillsborough | USF MFA (expected '20)
OK! Transmit
Gabriel Ramos – Pinellas | USF BFA '11
Lynne Railsback – Sarasota
Matthew Wicks – Hillsborough | USF MFA studio art 2016
Janelle Young – Hillsborough

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
June 21 - October 4, 2020

Carrie Boucher – Pinellas
Ya La’Ford – Hillsborough
Kalup Linzy – Hillsborough | USF BFA '00 & MFA '03
Noelle Mason – Hillsborough | USF associate professor of art
OK! Transmit – Pinellas
Eric Ondina – Hillsborough | USF MFA '19
Heather Rosenbach – Hillsborough | USF BFA '16
Jake Troyli – Pinellas USF MFA 2019

Tampa Museum of Art
June 25 - October 11, 2020

Jaime Alaventhura – Hillsborough
Kim Anderson – Sarasota
Wendy Babcox – Hillsborough | USF professor Associate Professor, Photography
Janet Folsom – Pinellas
Samson Huang – Hillsborough
Jason Lazarus – Hillsborough | USF Assistant Professor, Photography
Kirk Ke Wang – Hillsborough | USF MFA '90
Cassia Kite – Sarasota
Jenn Miller – Hillsborough | USF MFA '16
Sarah O’Donoghue – Sarasota
Herion Park – Sarasota
Anat Pollack – Hillsborough USF professor Associate Professor of Video
Libbi Ponce – Hillsborough |USF BFA '20
Selina Roman – Hillsborough | MFA '2013
John Sims – Sarasota
Mike Solomon – Sarasota
Jill Taffett – Sarasota

USF Contemporary Art Museum
June 22 - September 5, 2020

Rosemarie Chiarlone – Hillsborough
Danny Dobrow – Pinellas
Babette Herschberger – Pinellas
Akiko Kotani – Pinellas
Cynthia Mason – Pinellas | USF MFA '12
Ry McCollough – Hillsborough
Casey McDonough – Pinellas
Kodi Thompson – Pinellas