Artist Liaison Natalya Swanson partners with Tempus Projects to coordinate the November 5 Ringling Underground art installations. Tempus Projects features local, contemporary artists Christina Humphries, Gigi Lage, Justin Myers, Noelle Mason, Santiago Echeverry, Kevin Brophy, Kurt Piazza and Daniela Mora in an exhibition of video-based installations in the courtyard. This collaboration is an exciting step for Ringling Underground and Tempus Projects, united under the common goal to provide opportunities to up-and-coming contemporary artists.

The exhibition explores perceptions of death, being, and the after-life through a visual narrative of abstract graphite paintings and drawings in a conceptualized, nontheistic next-world setting.

Where the Grass is Green and the Girls are Pretty is a group exhibition featuring new work from artists of the photography collective Fountain of Pythons, curated by Danny Olda. Where the Grass is Green... playfully draws its name from lyrics of the Guns N’ Roses song, “Paradise City,” in which an idealized but ambiguous home is longed for. Similarly, for this exhibition the artists explore a sense of place, not only as a simple location but as a psychological setting where life is performed and art is created.

The Kids Are Alright, is an exhibition curated by Vincent Kral who invited Tampa community members to collaborate with their children to create new artworks for recycled fine art frames. We encourage all families and individuals to attend a family friendly opening reception and closing reception for this special display of young, local talent.

Tempus Projects presents Things You Thought You Could Destroy as our 2015 juried summer exhibition. Selections were made by guest juror, Justin Bryan Nelson. This allmedia exhibition features works that loosely glean inspiration or fit themes related to intentional destruction. Artists include: Lauren Garber Lake, Roberto Márquez, Timothy McMillan, Brittany Metz, Sam Newton, Jake Northrup, Kale Roberts, Rion Sabean, Chase Sherman, John Steck Jr., Bethany Taylor, Katie Waugh, and Matthew Wicks.

Paul Reller talks about and previews the rootsy pop songs from his release pop americano. A composer, producer and performer, Reller is currently an Associate Professor of Music and serves as Director of USF's SYCOM (Systems Complex for the Recording and Performing Arts) Electronic Music Studio.

Janine Awai uses subtle combinations of imagery, texture, and materials, investigating the spaces between human perception and the natural environment. Awai draws inspiration from natural phenomena such as geometric repetitions, textural landscapes, and fractal imagery on both micro and macro scales. Beyond formal observations, she incorporates elements of time, distance, and memory to establish a connection between the sensory and rational experience.

Darkness Invisible, curated by Justin Bryan Nelson and Tracy Midulla, is an all-media exhibition featuring works that glean inspiration from the Hidden Mother imagery of Victorian photography, and include figurative-based subjects, either concrete or ethereal, that are either missing, unseen, cloaked, or transparent, and/or most importantly, invisible or hidden. Artists include Sarah Emerson, Amir H. Fallah, Langdon Graves, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Gigi Lage, and Noelle Mason.

Bewareness, a project created by Downs and Long for Tempus Projects, rehashes those moments from the 90s of automatic and shared drawings. The artists currently meet regularly at The Local, an Atlanta Bar. There, they work on small drawings made with a multitude of drawing utensils and media, sometimes inviting fellow artists to draw with them, further extending their collaboration. The work is installed as a cloud of scattered drawings, mounted on small panels.

SLACKTIDE features the work of Tampa-based artists Matthew Squires and Chris Kelly. Both artists have created new works for SLACKTIDE, focusing on multiple layers and methods of printmaking processes including chine-collé, engraving, and screen printing on paper and wood panel.