Discussion: Pride with Chad Mize
June 5 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm
In celebration of Pride Month, join us for a special discussion with Chad Mize, a featured artist in our exhibition Outside In: New Murals Inspired by Dalí. Mize will share his personal journey as an artist, curator and advocate, offering insight into his creative process and his efforts to build spaces that uplift and celebrate LGBTQ+ expression.
Following the discussion on Jun 5, 2025 we invite you to attend the opening of MAZE: A Beautiful & Complex Journey on Fri Jun 6, 2025, at the FloridaRAMA Gallery. This exhibition presents a powerful timeline of monumental moments in LGBTQ+ history.
Location: The Dalí Museum’s Will Raymund Theater
This event is free with limited capacity. An event ticket is required for entry.
Gallery admission is not included with this registration.
Chad Mize is a multimedia artist, designer and muralist residing in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1974, and then moved to Tampa Bay Florida, where he spent most of his childhood. An early interest in art resulted in his earning a BFA in Visual Communications at the University of Mississippi. With a love for past and contemporary culture, he takes a humorous, tongue-in-cheek approach to his designs, which include playful doodles, colorful patterns, political art and graphics with text.
MIZE moved to St. Petersburg, FL in 2003 and has been championing theTampa Bay art scene over the past two decades. In 2018, Mize opened the gallery MIZE in the Historic Uptown neighborhood of St Petersburg. Following the closing of MIZE in 2022 he set his sights on a larger gallery project entitled SPACE. Currently he is curating exhibits throughout Tampa Bay at various venues. Mize’s client list has included Disney, Facebook, COACH, NUTRL, Tampa Bay Lightning, Tampa Bay Rays, Sprouts, Kahwa, Busch Gardens, The Vinoy Hotel, and JW Marriott.
http://chadmize.com/
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a beautiful & complex journey
A 𝗠𝗔𝗭𝗘 represents life’s journey, with its twists, turns, and dead ends. It can symbolize hope and opportunity, as it has multiple potential starting paths and endpoints.
This exhibit will explore a timeline 𝗠𝗔𝗭𝗘 of monumental moments in LGBTQ+ history.
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