Current Grounds4Art Projects

Scope of Artwork

Through the creation of a large-scale mural on the exterior of the Social Sciences building and a series of robust public programs, the Grounds4Art Health and Wellness mural project will be focused on addressing issues related to food insecurity, mental and emotional health, and social and cultural inclusion.

About the Artist

Argentine-American artist Cecilia Lueza has worked on a variety of site-specific and public art projects in cities throughout the United States since 2000. Lueza has proven experience in design concept, fabrication and installation of large scale exterior artworks, as well as the demonstrated ability to successfully collaborate with community stakeholders, government agencies, design teams, architects, art consultants, engineers and fabricators. Her work has been exhibited at Art Miami, Arteamericas, and Scope Miami Beach, and in the last year, she completed public art pieces in Washington D.C., Jacksonville, FL, West Palm Beach, and St. Petersburg, FL, among others. Lueza’s artwork can be found in public and private collections throughout the United States, Europe and Latin America.

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Community Dialogue with artist Cecilia Lueza

Wednesday, January 29, 2020
12:30 – 1:45 p.m.

HCC Dale Mabry Campus
Student Services Building (DSTU), Rooms 108 – 112

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Make your voice heard. Issues such as food insecurity, mental health and emotional health, and social and cultural inclusion have a substantial impact on overall wellness for both the HCC community and the Tampa Bay area at large. Join Grounds4Art in a participant-driven event that will discuss how the upcoming mural by Cecilia Lueza might reflect upon these important topics. The artist will use the feedback from this session to inform her designs for the large-scale mural that will be created for the exterior of the Social Sciences building at the HCC Dale Mabry Campus during the spring 2020 semester.

A pre-reception will be held beginning at 12:00 p.m. for those who would like to learn more information and provide feedback but are unable to attend the entire event.

Mural Unveiling Party

Thursday, April 9, 2020
Time and location TBA

The HCC Dale Mabry Campus invites students, faculty and staff, as well as the greater Tampa Bay community, to a Mural Unveiling Party. Festivities will take place in the outdoor courtyard near the Social Sciences building where the mural is located. This event celebrates the completion of a mural created by Argentine-American artist Cecilia Lueza in collaboration with the Tampa Bay community and HCC students. There will be free food, drinks, music and activities related to the mural’s focus on health and wellness.

Oxfam Hunger Banquet

Thursday, April 16
Time and location TBA

Oxfam Hunger Banquet is an interactive community event designed to bring hunger and poverty issues to life, acting as a metaphor for how food and other resources are inequitably distributed in the world. Guests will be assigned at random to a high, middle or low income group and then eat a corresponding meal, from nutritious to sparse. During the event, a master of ceremonies will share facts and stories about real-life inequality and invite guests to discuss their experiences. This ticketed event is open to the public with all proceeds to directly benefit the Dale Mabry Campus food pantry, FED @ DM—part of the HCC food insecurity initiative Food 2 Finish.

Contributors

This project was made possible with the support of:

The Arts Council of Hillsborough County
The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners
HCC Dale Mabry Campus Student Government Association
Bay Art Files
Anonymous donor, in memory of Mary F. and Herbert O. Brennan

Project Partners

On behalf of the HCC Dale Mabry Public Art Committee, Grounds4Art also recognizes our project partners:

Bay Art Files
City of Tampa, Arts & Cultural Affairs
Feeding Tampa Bay
HCC Food Education Depot (FED)

Get Involved

HCC depends on your support to help make our community better. Please consider getting involved today.

To contribute to the Grounds4Art program through volunteering or other in-kind services, please contact Amanda Poss.

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Past Projects