Carrollwood Cultural Center

Intermediate & Advanced Hand Building
2026-05-27 18:00 - 20:30, 2026-05-22 10:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Ceramics / Pottery Studio, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States
Intermediate and advanced pottery students have already learned and practiced a variety of hand-building techniques and are ready to kick their skills up a notch!
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Summer Camp Orientation
2026-05-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Art Room I, 4537 Lowell Road, FL

"Direct/Indirect" by William Talenti
2026-05-27, 2026-05-26, 2026-05-23 | Atrium Art Gallery, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, 33618, United States
“At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman, and these hills, the softness of the sky, the outline of these trees at this very minute lose the illusory meaning with which we had clothed them.”
-Albert Camus
These six paintings (in the exhibit) concern pigment application and idea combination. I began each piece with a deliberate modality—Realistic, Abstract, or Non-Objective—pairing each with a “sister” painting on an opposing wall to serve as a formal counterpoint. Eventually, the rules dissolved, and I stopped following the recipe. An overlapping of my emotional state and the evolving surface of the paint occurred, allowing the content to find its own voice beyond the initial structure.
Direct/Indirect represents a deliberate unlearning of over thirty years of visual literacy. As both an educator and a painter, I am fascinated by how a personal artistic voice is constructed, refined, and—eventually—dismantled. By isolating the core elements of color, shape, value, and pattern, I converge figurative representation with the intuitive faculty of abstraction. These works seek the tension between what we see and how we think, emptying the familiar to discover what remains.
-William Talenti

"Give Thanks, Give Back" by Hanna Rachocka (Online Exhibit & Auction)
2026-05-27, 2026-05-26, 2026-05-25, 2026-05-24, 2026-05-23 | Gallery at Carrollwood Cultural Center, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618
Give Thanks, Give Back by Hanna Rachocka is an entirely online exhibit and charity auction benefiting the Carrollwood Cultural Center. The exhibit and auction will close on December 31, 2026.
The collection is a series of ten impasto acrylic paintings by Hanna Rachocka that transform the traditional still life into an elemental exploration of emotion, weather, and inner fire. Each vessel becomes a metaphor for the human spirit—resilient in rain, tangled in thought, radiant in bloom, or aflame with creative force. Together, the works weave a narrative of resilience, paradox, celebration, and transformation, inviting viewers to reflect on the seasons and storms of the soul.
Each original painting is valued at $700 but available for a $375 donation. You can purchase each painting by donating directly to the Carrollwood Cultural Center. Paintings are available for immediate pick up once the donation is made. 100% of the proceeds will directly support the Center.
Visit hrartstudio.com to view other works by Hanna Rachocka,

Rehearsal: Carrollwood Winds
2026-05-26 19:00 - 21:00 | The Studio, 13345 Casey Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States
The Carrollwood Winds is a concert band comprised of local community members who are committed to performance. The band performs a wide range of literature at the high school and college level. Members of the band are not beginners or novices, rather members of the community with band experience who are looking for a venue to continue their craft. The Carrollwood Winds performs at the Carrollwood Cultural Center four to five times throughout the year and is branching out to other community and educational venues as well.

Avista & Phase II
2026-05-26 18:00 - 21:00 | Carrollwood Village Room, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, FL 33618, FL
Carrollwood Village Avista & Phase II HOA

Musical Theatre for Youth (13-17)
2026-05-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Meeting Room II, 4537 Lowell Road Tampa, Fl 33618
This class is for ages 13 to 17 who are passionate about the arts and want to have fun in this acting and musical theatre class.
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Rehearsal: Carrollwood Community Chorus
2026-05-25 19:00 - 21:00 | The Studio, 13345 Casey Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States
The Carrollwood Community Chorus is open to anyone, regardless of experience, as long as you have a song in your heart. From the campfire to the Red Carpet, members from all walks of life come together to share their gift and love of song. The chorus performs regularly at the Center, local events and has even been known to “pop up” in crowds around the holidays. The group meets weekly to rehearse; however, this group of friendly folks are known to keep in touch outside of rehearsals, too! Now that’s something to sing about!
Community Chorus

CENTER CLOSED
2026-05-25 | Carrollwood Cultural Center, 4537 Lowell Road Tampa, Fl 33618
The Center will be closed in observation of Memorial Day Weekend.

Rehearsal: TMI
2026-05-24 17:45 - 21:00 | The Studio, 13345 Casey Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States

M*A*S*H
2026-05-24 14:00 - 16:00, 2026-05-23 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-05-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Main Theatre, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618, FL
M*A*S*H
Adapted by Tim Kelly
Based on the book by Richard Hooker
Directed by Chris Holcom
M*A*S*H stands for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, and joining it are two unpredictable madcaps, Hawkeye (Michael Neary) and Duke (Mackley Fogarty). They can’t be dealt with casually, however, because they are also two of the best chest surgeons in South Korea.
Hawkeye and Duke decide to wage a campaign to get a young Korean (Max Rodriguez) to the United States and entered in a good school. The thread of this effort helps to tie together the pileup of comic adventures that pyramid right before your eyes! Hawkeye has a scene with a woman psychiatrist (Janice Nepon-Sixt) who believes he’s been trying to lobster-trap mermaids in a rice paddy! There’s a jolly encounter with the baby-talking Bonwit sisters (Janice Nepon-Sixt, Mary Kay Cyrus, Carol Sheldon), the worst tap-dancing act the U.S.O. ever sent overseas, and a sergeant (Mike Lowe) is selling dumb GIs fishing rights in the Bay of Phum. Radar O’Reilly (Joshua Eberhart), a soldier with exceptional hearing, anticipates events before they occur. The proprietor of a painless dental clinic is cured of dark moods by the recreation of an old monster movie—and a monster! It’s all here, including a little romance mixed in with dramatic moments and a genuine love of life.
M*A*S*H is presented through a special arrangement with the Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, NY.
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Admission: $30 for members / $35 for general admission Group Rate (10+): $32 (This event will have reserved seating.)

*An ASL interpreter will be available for the performance on May 22. Please inquire at the time of purchase.
(This is a ticketed event. Some online processing fees may apply. Visit the Box Office or call (813) 922-8167 to avoid processing fees.)

Intermediate/Advanced Wheel Throwing
2026-05-23 09:00 - 12:00 | Ceramics / Pottery Studio, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States
This class is for returning intermediate and advanced students who have already learned and practiced basic wheel-throwing techniques.
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Rehearsal: Carrollwood Jukebox Big Band
2026-05-23 09:00 - 12:00 | The Studio, 13345 Casey Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States

"The Magic World of Joel Santana" by Joel Santana
2026-05-23, 2026-05-22 | Art Corner Art Gallery, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, F, 33618, United States
After twenty years illustrating for advertising and major gaming studios, I kept returning to the same question: what does it mean to make something that simply is, that doesn’t sell a product or tell someone else’s story?
This show is my answer. The work varies between overlooked moments, light cutting through ordinary scenes, and whimsical narratives that carry more than they first appear. I paint from faith and from light. Two things that, for me, have always been the same thing.

"Black Art Matters" presented by the BAM Tampa Bay Collective
2026-05-23 | Gallery at Carrollwood Cultural Center, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa FL 33618
The Black Art Matters Tampa Bay Collective (BAM Tampa Bay) presents Black Art Matters, celebrating the full spectrum of Black life, creativity, and imagination. The exhibits include portraits, landscapes, still life, abstraction, storytelling, fantasy, pop culture, memory, family, community, spirituality, love, play, or experimentation with materials and form.

"On the Edge of a Broken Sky" by Tim Price
2026-05-23 | Lobby Art Gallery, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, 33618, United States
“On the Edge of a Broken Sky explores the emotional, psychological, and social spaces that exist between us—zones shaped by connection and care, but also by fear, judgment, misunderstanding, and conflict.
The works in this exhibition reflect a way of seeing that’s been developed over three decades of visual journalism across print, web, and broadcast. “Broken Sky” functions as both metaphor and condition: a shared emotional landscape fractured by experience, yet still capable of illumination.”
– Tim Price

"The Human Expression" by Sal Patalano
2026-05-23 | Corridor Art Gallery, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States
“My work begins with an encounter. These photographs are not taken from a distance or in anonymity. Each image begins with a conversation — an introduction, a shared moment, and permission granted between two people who were unknown to one another minutes before.
I am drawn to faces that carry experience rather than performance. Working primarily on the street, I seek moments where vulnerability, dignity, and individuality reveal themselves outside controlled environments. The resulting portraits exist between street photography and formal portraiture: spontaneous yet deliberate, candid yet collaborative.”
– Sal Patalano

"Here and There" by Willow Wright
2026-05-23 | Alcove Art Gallery, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, 33618, United States
Here and There displays a variety of landscapes that have intrigued me in the past several years in my travels up the coast of the U.S., along the coast of Portugal, near Tavira, and in and around the Tampa Bay area. The land and the light have captured my wonder, wherever I’ve travelled, and I endeavor to document the rich and varied environment we live in. If we don’t take care of it, it could be gone in under 100 years.
Pictured: “Alone on the Beach”

Hand Building
2026-05-22 13:00 - 15:30 | Ceramics / Pottery Studio, 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States
Students will be introduced to the hand building of pinch, coil, and slab and basic design techniques to create functional and non-functional clay objects.
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Rehearsal: New Horizons Band
2026-05-22 09:00 - 12:00 | The Studio, 13345 Casey Road, Tampa, FL, 33618, United States
The New Horizons International Music Association (NHIMA) is a worldwide organization comprised of more than 250 New Horizons groups with 10,000 members. Some played music during their school years and stashed their instrument in a closet, or attic while the demands of work and raising children took center stage. Others dreamt of being a musician but never had the opportunity, or the money to pay for lessons and instruments when they were school age. Both groups find themselves now at or near retirement with children grown and gone, fewer responsibilities, but just as much desire.
The NHIMA provides opportunities for adults to be involved in a band – whether it’s for the first time, or the first time in a long time. Together we learn and perform in a friendly and positive atmosphere.
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