TESA exhibits fine artists from Tampa Bay in venues throughout the area.TESA is a member-driven professional nonprofit, 501 C3 organization whose purpose is to promote community awareness of and interest in all art forms. A membership in TESA provides individual artists opportunities to exhibit with other artists and helps them to gain the knowledge required to promote themselves in the arts community. Many of our members are also accomplished art educators in various mediums. Please visit our Artists Profiles for information on our artists and to view their work. Join us in encouraging emerging talent and celebrating our established and award-winning TESA artists.

Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla will celebrate their conquest of Tampa with a festive celebration that will include live music and merriment, as Tampa’s favorite pirates make ready to leave the city from Sparkman Wharf! Situated along Garrison Channel in downtown Tampa, Sparkman Wharf (615 Channelside Dr, Tampa, FL 33602) is Tampa’s new outdoor waterfront destination. It celebrates the best of Tampa – good weather, waterfront views, music, craft beer, and exceptional dining.

For half a century, artists and art lovers from all parts of the country migrated annually to the Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, where the country’s most accomplished artists and rising stars vie for nearly $100,000 in prize money and scholarships, including the $15,000 Raymond James Best of Show Award. The March 2025 Festival will showcase artists and their work to include ceramic, digital, drawing, fiber, glass, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, watercolor and wood. This event will also feature the works of local young artists and a weekend full of live entertainment.