The University of South Florida’s Institute for Research in Art is the umbrella organization that runs the university’s art programs, including the Contemporary Art Museum (USFCAM). Part of the University of South Florida College of The Arts, the IRA is dedicated to an international artists’ residency program that brings to the University and Tampa Bay community today’s most accomplished and influential artists working in the international art arena. Exhibitions, collection development, publication of limited edition graphics and sculpture multiples, commissioned public art works, interdisciplinary arts research, lectures, symposia, workshops and special events are designed to foster awareness about the role of contemporary artists in shaping our culture and society. Participating artists represent the full and diverse spectrum of contemporary art practice including, but not limited to, painting, sculpture, photography, electronic media, and performance.
Institute for Research in Art, University of Southern Florida, Contemporary Art Museum
1. Luftwerk & Normal, SOS Color Code, 2020. Installation view at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.
Luftwerk & Normal, SOS Color Code, 2020. Installation view at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch.
Life During Wartime, 2020. Online exhibition
The Neighbors: Slide Shows for America, 2020. Installation view at USF Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Will Lytch
Anastasia Samoylova, Pink Sidewalk, 2017, from the FloodZone series. Photo: Don Fuller; Courtesy USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa
Anastasia Samoylova, The Tea Room, Vizcaya, 2017, from the FloodZone series. Photo: Don Fuller; Courtesy USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa
Coastorama Cooperative, Coastorama, 2019-2020. The Coastorama Cooperative is Hope Ginsburg, John Byrd, Maxwell Parker and the students of the Fall 2019 USF Class Sponge Exchange. Installation view. Photo: Don Fuller; Courtesy USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa
Hope Ginsburg, Matt Flowers, Joshua Quarles, Swirling, 2019. Installation view. Photo: Don Fuller; Courtesy USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa
“The Foundation’s commitment to supporting artists by funding the institutions that incubate, encourage, exhibit and critically engage their work is unwavering. Non-profit arts organizations face profound challenges due to the political, economic, social and cultural upheavals of our current moment. At the same time, and more than ever, artists need the supportive community and creative encouragement that these organizations provide.”
Joel Wachs, President