2026 Cycle 1 Microgrant Recipients

Congratulations to the 2026 Cycle 1 Microgrant Recipients!

Jesi Cason

Alt Tampa

April 29 – June 14th, 2026

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
1630 E. 7th Avenue, Ybor City
Tampa, Florida 33605

Beneath Tampa Bay’s polished, tourist-friendly image lies a vibrant underground shaped by decades of alternative culture. Through bold, expressive portraits, the 2025 Photo Laureate of the Saint Petersburg Month of Photography, Jesi Cason, captures the people who define this hidden world, celebrating identity, creativity, and the courage to live outside the mainstream as these communities face growing pressure from a rapidly changing city.

Kali Rabaut

Flower Lady

June 12, 2026

4 – 9 pm

Tampa Fringe Festival
Kress Contemporary
1624 E. 7th Avenue, Ybor City
Tampa, Florida 33605

“Flower Lady” is a cabaret premiering at Tampa Fringe Festival that explores art, productivity and identity through the intersection of botanical and performing arts.

Deb Slowey

The Exquisite Fable: A Community Surrealist Workshop

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The Exquisite Fable” is an interactive workshop where the community co-creates a large-scale, transparent vinyl mural inspired by Surrealist art history.

Treasure Tampa

Treasure Tampa (T²) facilitates creative placemaking – the utilization of creative talent to elevate a community through cross-sector and community partnerships – in Tampa. Through education, collaboration, and funding, Treasure Tampa will increase the quantity of placemaking projects within Tampa. Ultimately projects funded through this initiative will be fun and bring new reasons to why the community treasures Tampa.

Microgrants

The goal of the Gobioff Foundation microgrant program is to enhance the cultural landscape of the Tampa Bay area (Hillsborough and Pinellas counties) through small grants that encourage and make possible publicly accessible art projects and events.

Featured Grantees

Tempus Projects

Ground4Art @ HCC

The Spring