We’ve gathered a list of some of the ways Tampa Bay celebrates Black History Month, from art exhibits to festivals and some nifty stuff in between. Want more info? Click on the event name and you’ll get it in a new tab.
Family Pictures and Steven Locke at HCC in Tampa
Throughout February
Steve Locke, Untitled (Remember this day, blue), from the series Family Pictures, 2016. Image courtesy of the artist and Samsøn.Dreams Deferred at the MIZE Gallery in St. Petersburg
Feb. 8
Artwork by Valincy-Jean PatelleCora Marshall’s work on exhibit in Gulfport
Throughout February
Photo via Cora MarshallExamine our perceptions of black female culture at Princess Smith’s The Evolution of Self at the Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg
Through Feb. 22.
Photo via Princess SmithSelect Stories in American History with Rick Rhodes focuses on Harriet Tubman — in Palm Harbor and St. Petersburg
Palm Harbor: Feb. 28, Mar. 7 and Mar. 14; St. Petersburg: Mar. 1, Mar. 8 and Mar. 15
Photo via The New England Magazine [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsSalute to African Americans in Films at the Sulphur Springs Museum in Tampa
Feb. 9
Photo via Federal Theatre Project [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsFlorida Conversations: Caribbean Slavery and the Rise of American Music at the Tampa Bay History Center
Feb. 20
Photo via Johann Moritz Rugendas [Public domain]Learn about the American Gullah at this St. Petersburg exhibit at the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum
Throughout February; artist reception Feb. 15
Photo attributed to John Rose [Public domain]Visit the Dr. Carter G. Woodson Museum in St. Petersburg during the Second Saturday ArtWalk
Tues.-Fri., 12-5 p.m. or by appointment
Photo via Rossie Newson via Woodson MuseumBlack Heritage Expo at USF Tampa
Feb. 23
Photo via unknown member of the Cuzco School [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Feb. 18-22
Photo via Public domainLearn about Arthur Ashe at the Mirror Lake Library in St. Petersburg
Feb. 11
Photo via Rob Bogaerts / Anefo [CC0], via Wikimedia CommonsOthello at Jobsite in Tampa
Through Feb. 9
Photo via Pritchard Photography ? Jobsite TheaterVoices of a Dream at St. Petersburg-based Creative Clay
Feb. 9
Photo via Facebook/Creative ClayMeet cookbook author and cultural historian Sallie Ann Robinson (aka “the Gullah Diva”) at the second annual Collard Green Festival at Carter Woodson Museum in St. Petersburg
Feb. 16
Photo via Sallie Ann RobinsonLessons from Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming at USF Tampa
Feb. 28
Photo via EJ Hersom/U.S. Department of DefenseWalk Tampa: Central Avenue Black History Tour
Feb. 23
Photo via City of Tampa