Tempus Projects

AWKWARD TRANSACTIONS: Art by Lisa McCarthy & Wallace Wilson
April 2 - May 28, 2026

Tampa, FL — Tempus Projects gallery in Ybor City is pleased to announce the April 2 opening of Awkward Transactions, an exhibition by Lisa McCarthy and Wallace Wilson. Their joint project begins with a premise both theoretical and theatrical: What happens if a painter and a photographer stage their collaboration as a visual call-and-response? The structure promises dialogue, tension, and improvisation. 

The opening reception is Thurs., April 2, 2026, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Tempus, 1624 E 7th Avenue. This exhibition remains on display through May 28.

In Awkward Transactions, a creative exchange unfolds between photographer Wilson and painter McCarthy, with Wilson’s photos serving as the “call,” and McCarthy’s interventions in paint as the “response.”

Wilson’s

Wallace Wilson received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and is Director Emeritus of the USF School of Art & Art History. Featuring diffused subjects resisting conceptual clarity, his photographs have been collected by public and private institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Lisa McCarthy is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily as a painter. She builds up layers of material to produce a body of work, allowing chance to guide narrative compositions. McCarthy holds an MFA from the University of South Florida and a BFA from School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Tempus Projects is dedicated to nurturing established and emerging local, national, and international artists through exhibitions, collaborations, residencies, and events. Currently in the midst of a Spring Fundraising Campaign, our nonprofit promotes artists working in all media, and we originate, organize, and host exhibitions that engage the Tampa Bay community through the arts. Our vision is to foster a vibrant, critical nexus that connects grassroots efforts to an international arts dialogue through innovative, equitable programming.

FROM ALL SIDES OF THE PAGE AT ONCE
a group exhibition of traditional (and not so traditional) printmaking
Jan 15 - Mar 19, 2026
Artist Reception, Friday, Jan 16
Tempus Projects is pleased to present From All Sides of the Page at Once, a group exhibition on view from January 15 through March 19, 2026, in the Tempus Projects Flash Gallery.
This exhibition brings together artists whose practices engage both traditional and experimental approaches to printmaking, featuring a wide range of techniques, including monotypes, cyanotypes, woodcuts, etchings, and other mixed-method printed works. Together, these works center printing as a practice of physical labor, repetition, reversal, and layered meaning—where process is as present as image.
A happy hour for Tempus Members and Sponsors will take place on Friday, January 16 from 6–7 p.m., followed by a public artist reception from 7–9 p.m.
Participating artists include Neil Bender, Will Douglas, William Downs, Carissa Heinrichs, Mary-Helen Horne, Ezra Johnson, Damien LaRue, Lynn Manos, Patrick Michael Carew, Tom Rosenow, Noelle Mason, Lisa McCarthy, Jenn Ryann Miller, Dominique Labauvie, Gary Schmitt, Ryann Slauson, Willow Wells, Matthew Drennan Wicks, and Theo Wujcik. .studio .larue .garyschmitt

All we want for XMAS is … well we want a lot of things, let’s be honest, but we could start with YOU -attending our 12x12 silent auction on 12/12 and staying to celebrate at KRESS KRINGLE a building wide party. We could all use a little holiday cheer, no?