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Seven delegates from Cuba’s Ministry of Culture visited Kress Contemporary in Ybor City to learn about Tampa’s emerging art scene and how Cuban culture ties into it.

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Tempus Projects: Grand Reopening Tracy Midulla (above, right), facilitator of the Kress Collective and founder of the art gallery Tempus Projects, was born and raised in Tampa. She’s the fourth generation of women in her family to work in Ybor City (her grandfather was also born just blocks from the collective). On Thursday, Jan. 26, she hosts a grand re-opening for Tempus, from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. where there’ll be four exhibitions, plus DJs and live music.

Tracy Midulla of Tempus Projects, an artists collective in Ybor City, and Michele Smith of the Tampa Arts Alliance, give their take on Tampa's arts scene, which is seeing an infusion of support from the business community.

Off 7th avenue in the heart of Ybor, three friends have formed Tampa’s first official microcinema with a simple yet potent vision: to show an eclectic range of films that are hard to find anywhere else in the city.

It all kicks off at HCC Ybor.