About Ybor Art Association

One of Tampa’s longest established arts communities, Ybor City has been home to artist studios, galleries, theater groups and filmmakers for years.

Brad Cooper, Walter Romeo and Sara Romeo founded the nonprofit Ybor Art Association (YAA) in 2008 to bring together these creative venues and help them build business, gain momentum and attract other creative ventures to Ybor.

The association has more than 20 members, including independently owned art galleries, fine arts-related businesses and their sponsors. The alliance, in partnership with the Ybor City Development Corp., hosts the Ybor ArtWalk the first Saturday of every month from noon to 6 p.m.

Read about YAA in the South Tampa News.

The Ybor Arts Association is an organization whose mission is the cultural and historic preservation of Ybor City through promotion of venues that focus on the rich culture and history associated with this district.

It is the goal of this organization to promote and sponsor the galleries, working artist studios, performing art venues and other cultural establishments through advocacy for the support of art in our community.

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Market outside of Ybor City to attract more cultural venues to the area.

Sponsor 2- Annually held and Juried Art Shows. (Thanksgiving and Easter weeks). Prize money, sponsors, and quality art would bring prestige to the effort.

Research and write Grants for funding to support the ongoing mission of the organization.

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Hire Executive Director to run daily operations.

Locate a space to house the headquarters of the organization within the district.

Sponsor and market a major ART WALK in November. Recommendations would be the Saturday after Thanksgiving (last Saturday) as this is the traditional time to kick off the Holidays and would bring a buying and hopefully cultured audience to the District.