OH CUORE MIA

July 16 - Sept 17, 2026
A Love Letter to Ybor City

Ybor City is a living archive shaped by migration, labor, resistance, and reinvention. Artists are uniquely positioned to reflect on and reinterpret these histories.

Oh, Cuore Mia, is a juried exhibition exploring the past, present, and future of a historic district in constant transformation. Tempus Projects invited artists to submit work for this group exhibition, curated by Tempus with guest juror Jenn Ryann Miller.

Oh, Cuore Mia—“my heart”—embraces the idea that the only constant in Ybor is change. The exhibition presents works engaging the layered histories, identities, and lived experiences that continue to shape historic Ybor City neighborhoods.

Rather than focusing on familiar imagery, we highlight art that moves beyond surface representations. If and when they appear, familiar Ybor City symbols (such as cigars, lamp posts, Cuban sandwiches, chickens, or flamenco dancers) are approached through deeper personal or critical frameworks. Oh Cuore Mia shares work that engages the forces, stories, and lived experiences that produced those icons.