Black-and-white portrait of a man with short dark hair, a mustache, and a pointed beard. He wears a simple shirt and looks directly at the camera with a calm, serious expression. The background is a brick wall in soft focus. — Theo Wujcik Credit: Photo via ccfl_arts / Flickr

Hillsborough College recently took the word “community” out of its name, and Theo Wujcik might’ve had something to say about that.

The prolific, late master printer, artist, and dancer died at 78 years old back in 2014, but not before mentoring hundreds, if not thousands of students at the University of South Florida where he put Graphicstudio on the map.

“Tempo, Tampa” a new show featuring Wujcik work on loan from local collections, opens this week with five-person panel discussion at Gallery 221 that includes his widow and estate manager Susan Johhnson along with local art icons representing Tempus Projects (Tracy Midulla), Tampa Museum of Art (Joanna Robotham), USF (Wallace Wilson) and HCC (Amanda Poss).

The show—which is up throughout the fall semester—includes works from USF’s Contemporary Art Museum, the TMA and others.

“Given our gallery’s emphasis on supporting the regional arts community, the idea was to show an intimate selection of artworks from both private and public collections in the area to highlight a small portion of Theo’s much bigger impact on the Tampa Bay community—particularly since this is where he spent the majority of his artistic career,” Hillsborough College Arts Director Amanda Poss, wrote in a press release.

There’s no cover for the opening reception and panel discussion for Theo Wujcik “Tempo, Tampa” happening Thursday, Sept. 18 inside Gallery 221 at Hillsborough College’s Tampa campus.

CORRECTION 09/16/25 12:27 p.m. The name of the show is “Tempo, Tampa,” not “Tempo.”