My family and I stopped by the Greetings from Tampa postcard mural and it instantly felt like one…read moreof those must see spots in the city. The colors are bold and vibrant, and each letter tells its own little story about Tampa which makes it fun to stand there and take it all in. You can tell a lot of thought went into the details, and it really captures the personality of the area. It is also a perfect photo spot. Whether you are just passing through or exploring the city, it is one of those places that makes you glad you stopped. Super easy to find and definitely worth a visit if you are in Tampa. Good spot for sure

Ahh! It's just a cute little mural that is a neat attraction!! I found it and wanted to stop and…read moresee it!! If you're thinking about going and seeing it, GO!! Totally worth it, and there's free public parking as well!! 10/10

I am not a native Floridian so I don't know much about this mural. What I think I can gather is…read morethat this mural that takes up almost the entire side of the building is beautiful. It seems to entail much of the local flora and fauna of Florida as well as local fauna like the roosters/hens of Ybor city. It also has hints of Tampa history with regards to the Gasparilla festival and also touches on outdoor/active life hobbies of the area. It's really well kept and actually looks quite new but I'm not sure since I'm not from here. I love local art, street art, murals, sculpture, and almost everything else artistic. I'm thankful that someone took the time to paint this super large mural that apparently has a lot of meaning to the people of Tampa and Florida. This mural is about a block away from the City of Tampa Mural at 1102 N. Florida Ave, so if you like murals, just walk over and check the other one out. The All For Love mural appears to be by the husband/wife team studio of Michelle Sawyer and Tony Krol.

Along the Lemon Street Promenade you can find the 24th annual Florida Outdoor Sculpture…read moreCompetition. Out of 60 sculptures submitted for review, 11 were chosen for display by a committee of community members and Polk Museum of Art staff. The Lemon Street Sculpture project is a part of the Parks & Recreation budget. Each artist chosen receives a $1,500 honorarium which they use to get their pieces to Lakeland and for the installation costs. A crane is made available through Lakeland Electric for installing larger pieces. The app Otocast will give you mor information on the art as each artist describes their piece. All of the art pieces will be on display until the end of 2024. Lakeland residents are able to vote on a People's Choice Award and this year the winner selected was Live Large by local Lakeland resident Keith Williams. The sculpture is based on a smaller piece the artist made in 2017. Keith welds and fabricates his art pieces out of recycled metal. His art studio is called 4th Dimension Art & Fab which offers public art and custom fabrication and welding services for the public. As soon as I saw this delightful piece I had no trouble understanding why it won because it was my favorite sculpture too. The piece features a hiker with his faithful dog at his side. The dog has so much personality I couldn't help but fall in love with him. Live Large will be on display in Lemon Street Promenade until the end of this year. Hopefully Lakeland finds a permanent home for him nearby.

This unique patchwork sculpture used to be in front of the downtown Safety Harbor Fire Department…read morebuilding. Now, it's saved in a nearby residential neighborhood for all to see! Life is good with unique art in Safety Harbor!

We were in tampa exploring the parks and public art and came across this mural. I am a big fan of…read morepublic art and landmarks so I had to add it to Yelp for others to see. When I got back home I looked up what the story was about this mural. According to the tampa website for public art. In their initial concept, artists Edgar Sanchez Cumbas and Guillermo Portieles wanted to represent the hard working individuals in West Tampa "who embraced a thriving a social and cultural community through its broad mix of nationalities and religions." From this concept and through much input from community leaders and historians, the mural "Kaleidoscope: a Heritage of Color" was created. " Cool piece of public art to check out

Loved spotting this mural on Davis Island across from the 7-11. It screams tropical FL with a…read moredolphin swimming in the waves, two love flamingos and hibiscus flowers. It's definitely a great spot for a cute pic and it will make any day sunny and bright. The best part about this is right before it we did see a dolphin swimming around and the day was just so cloudy so this mural made it bright and happy!

Tampa was filled with many cool murals all over the place. We saw so many murals and thought it was…read moresuper awesome seeing all of them. I love looking for murals and this is another cool spot for them

If I'm being honest, Tampa is not one of my favorite places to view street art. It seems the city…read morejust isn't into it like their neighbor St. Petersburg... but there are some worth finding. My current favorite is on the Tampa Street side of the Muay Thai building in the Tampa Heights District. There you will find a mural of Kobe Bryant and his daughter with a golden basketball hoop behind them acting as a halo. In the corner it says "Daddy's Girl" and I must admit I got a little choked up looking at this beautiful tribute: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/murals-of-tampa-florida-tampa?select=IS0P_Qus875FnNCE9PQ-TQ Also in this same area is a cluster of other murals, one of which is of Lady Gaga where online I found an Instagram Dance Team doing a routine for a video: https://www.instagram.com/p/BeeWEigHLxT/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=e569abf8-2cec-4bc5-8f06-3a7ff32bc8e0 The south facing side of the Muay Thai build also has a collage of murals as well as the wall outside Café Hey on the corner of East Kay and North Franklin Street. FINAL THOUGHTS Tampa is practically a second home for me, so I will update with more murals as I find them. My sincere hope is that some of the awesome Tampa Yelpers who also appreciate street art will add more photos to this page as they become available. 2021 / 94

Imagine all the statues, livin' life in peace…read more John Lennon never made it here as far as I know but this statue of the man was sculpted in October 2014 by artist Jose Villa Soberon who also sculpted another John Lennon statue that is in Havana. It was acquired at auction by the owner of the Barrymore Hotel and installed here. Soberon called it "Lennon Walking to the Future" and it resembles Lennon walking on the back cover of the Abbey Road album. It is life-sized and easy to miss as it's in the greenery in front of the hotel's entrance. The hotel is valet parking so you'll want to look for a spot on the street nearby. [Review 332 of 2025 - 1987 in Florida - 23894 overall]

I found this cool piece of public art right before you enter the pier in St. Petersburg, Florida…read more This large free flowing net sculpture is very eye catching. The piece was made by internationally known, Tampa Bay native Janet Echelman. The title of the piece, Bending Arc is taken from Dr. Martin Luther King's words "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice." Echelman decided to honor the civil rights movement because the site where the sculpture hangs was a location where local citizens protested segregation in the 1950's. The protests led to the 1957 US Supreme Court ruling that allowed people of all races to use the city beach and pool. According to the artist the new pier was designed to be welcoming to everyone. She has said "When I look at the piece moving in the wind you see these arcs move across as the wind blows through. It's a moment to contemplate the interconnectedness of the entire human race. And it's a reminder for us to be grateful for and celebrate the courage of the people who came before us. Who brought us to where we are and the job that we have to do bring ourselves forward again." The art installation was created to coincide with the open of the new 26 acre St. Petersburg Pier. Echelman has created several other net sculptures that are located all around the world. She took inspiration for this piece from historical postcards that had blue and white striped beach parasols and combined the colors with the geometric forms made by colonies of barnacles growing on the underside of the pier. When the wind blows it changes the shape of the soft sculpture. Bending arc is made of 1,662,528 light weight fiber knots and 180 miles of twine. It is made of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), an engineered fiber which has been turned into a thread like textile. The strands are braided together and wrapped around sewing bobbins to form the mesh netting that is knotted by hand. The sculpture is 424 feet long and it is 72 feet at its tallest point. It covers 47,500 square feet and weighs a total of 5,330 pounds. The sculpture was paid for by private donors and its infrastructure was part of the new Pier District project. Echelman's contract for the piece with St. Petersburg was for $1.47 million dollars. During the day Bending Arc is blue and white. At night it is illuminated with LED lights so that it appears purple and magenta. You can see it across the water from the parks lining the bay. There are some chairs set up under the sculpture so you can sit and watch the wind blow the netting overhead. I love public art and this is just one of many interesting elements that have been added to the new pier.