The Skin! art show at South University in Tampa, Florida on July 19, 2022. Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Bart Simpson won’t be there, but one of the Bay area’s best-attended, head-turning art festivals returns for its “Naughty Number Nine” edition.

Attendees to the adults-only affair can expect their senses to be on high alert as organizers stage live painting, shows and sales complete with food and drinks. VIP tickets come with free drinks, early entry and first chance to buy art.

Tickets for the Skin! Art Show happening Friday-Saturday, July 18-19 at South University in Tampa are still available and start at $30.


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This article appears in Jul 10-16, 2025.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...