WEEK OF FEB 23RD

Artwork & Photo Credit: Kobra

ALL IN NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT

CitizensNYC makes direct cash grants for neighborhood-led projects, and neighborhood businesses that improve the quality of life in New York City. We are providing $1 million in grants to New Yorkers on the front lines of rebuilding our city.

Eligibility: New York City

Deadline: Rolling

SCHOOLS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MANAGER

Reporting to the Deputy Director for Percent for Art, the School Construction Projects Manager is responsible for facilitating all the steps associated with commissioning new permanent artworks in schools, in collaboration with the School Construction Authority and the Department of Education through the Public Art for Public Schools program. A key component of this work is extensive interagency coordination and outreach to artists, community members, and civic organizations, which the Projects Manager facilitates. Additionally, the Projects Manager maintains project files and image registry, and occasionally conducts research about public and visual art-related topics. When needed, the Projects Manager represents the program to the field at public meetings or panel convenings.

STOCHASTIC LABS SUMMER RESIDENCY

The Stochastic Labs offers fully-sponsored residencies to engineers, artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs from around the world. Residencies include a private apartment at the mansion, co-working and/or dedicated work space, shop access, a $1,000 monthly stipend and a budget for materials.

Deadline: Rolling

ADOBE CREATIVE RESIDENCY COMMUNITY FUND

The Adobe Creative Residency program supports creators of visual digital work, offering grants of $500–$5,000 for either a portfolio project or a paid Adobe project commission.

Deadline: Rolling

OPEN CALL FOR PUBLIC ART

Culture Lab LIC is hosting a Call For Indoors Public Art. They are looking for artists to display work in several lobbies around LIC. Only 2D wall art. This call is open ended but the first show goes up in two weeks.

Deadline: Rolling

FELLOWSHIP LEADER

This role will act as the lead educator and coordinator of More Art’s Engaging Artists Fellowship program for emerging socially-engaged artists. This position will require some after hours and weekend work, in addition to regular business hours for an average of 16 hours per week. The weekly time commitment varies month-to-month, averaging out to approximately 16 hours/2 days per week. Engaging Artists (EA) is More Art’s core program geared towards early career/emerging artists working in public art and social engagement. The program is two-tiered to include an annual artist-in-residence for 1 artist (which carries a commission of $8,000+) and a year-long workshop-based professional development Fellowship for 8 artists. Specifically, the Fellowship Leader will guide the latter, developing and leading a robust curriculum tailored for the EA Fellowship cohort, and facilitating a collaborative, productive, and safe environment for the group.

Date Posted: Jan 20th

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Abrons Arts Center is the interdisciplinary arts center of Henry Street Settlement. Abrons supports the presentation of innovative artistic practices on the Lower East Side; cultivates artists in all stages of their creative development through educational programs, commissions, and residencies; and serves as an intersection of cultural engagement for local, national, and international audiences and arts-workers.  The Associate Producer reports to the Artistic Director and is responsible for a range of administrative and producorial duties related to Abrons Arts Center’s exhibitions, live performances, events, and AIRspace Residency programs. 

Date Posted: Feb 9th

FABRICATOR/ STUDIO TECHNICAN

Artist, Jordan Casteel's studio is currently looking for a short term deadline centric contract with potential for semi-consistent work. Hours and dates are flexible in collaboration with Studio Manager but MUST be prepared to work long hours over a short period of time to meet specific deadlines. IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY REQUIRED.

Date posted: Feb 14th

ASSOCIATE FOR ADMINISTRATION - ASIAN ART

The Department of Asian Art is one of The Met’s most active curatorial departments with a large curatorial and conservation staff responsible for studying, displaying, and creating access to the over 36,000 objects in its collection. The Associate for Administration plays an integral role in executing and coordinating the daily tasks necessary for the smooth operations of the Department. S/he is responsible for performing a range of clerical and administrative tasks, including general office and departmental administration, external communications, supporting the department’s purchases, and coordinating staff travel.

Date Posted: Feb 14th

SPRING/SUMMER PROGRAM INTERNS

Are you Interested in public art? Passionate about social change? Join More Art’s team and get hands-on experience organizing, promoting, and producing dynamic public art projects across New York City.

Date Posted: Feb 15th

PROGRAM MANAGER

As Program Manager, at City Labs, you will work on a team that includes a Program Designer and the current Program Manager, who manages and schedules field staff, and is often on the street supervising and ensuring the quality of Street Lab's pop-ups across the city. The Program Manager will be responsible for overall planning and production of all 250+ events during the season, serving as “mission control,” with a special focus on frequent, high-quality communication with partners involved in each location. Street Lab is a nonprofit that creates and shares programs for public space across New York City. Using custom-designed installations, they pop up in parks, plazas, and other public spaces to offer places to gather around reading, drawing, and creative experiences for all ages.

Date Posted: Feb 15th

EXHIBITION COORDINATOR

The Exhibitions Coordinator is responsible for the planning, design, budgeting, preparation, coordination, installation, maintenance, and de-installation of artworks in relation to El Museo del Barrio’s upcoming Spring/Fall 2022 exhibitions. This includes all artworks presented in El Museo del Barrio’s galleries and exhibition spaces, as well as special projects presented in other spaces, including performances in El Teatro and all off-site presentations. Working hours may vary over the course of the project, and may be performed remotely and/or on-site, depending on needs and in accordance with the development of the exhibition.

Posted: Feb 16th

EDUCATION PROGRAM ASSOCIATE

El Museo del Barrio, founded by a coalition of Puerto Rican educators, artists, and activists, is the nation’s leading Latino and Latin American cultural institution. The Museum welcomes visitors of all backgrounds to discover the artistic landscape of these communities through its extensive Permanent Collection, varied exhibitions and publications, bilingual public programs, educational activities, festivals, and special events. The Education Programs Assistant is responsible for all aspects of booking and scheduling virtual and on-site group visits to the museum for schools, youth groups, colleges, universities, adult, and senior groups; and promoting virtual and on-site group visit programs to current and new audiences. The Education Programs Assistant will work closely with the Manager of Education and the Coordinator of School Programs to coordinate on-site education programs including virtual and on-site guided visits, hands-on art making workshops, storytelling workshops, cultural celebrations, and other education programs.

Date Posted: Feb 16th

PUBLIC ART ASSOCIATE

The Times Square Alliance seeks a Public Art Associate to support all aspects of its high-profile public art program, Times Square Arts. Times Square Arts, the public art program of the Times Square Alliance, invites contemporary artists to experiment and engage with one of the world's most iconic urban places - commissioning, producing, and presenting public art throughout Times Square’s plazas, vacant spaces, and digital billboards.

Date Posted: Feb 21st

PRODUCER OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS

Pioneer Works seeks a Producer of Public Programs to join our growing Production team. The Producer of Public Programs is responsible for overseeing the seamless production and execution of public programs and events–both live and digital– at Pioneer Works, including: concerts, author talks, panels, performances, and exhibition openings.

Date Posted: Feb 21st

DIGITAL CURATOR

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture seeks an experienced and driven digital curator who will be dedicated to developing, implementing, and coordinating processes around the Schomburg Center’s rich digital holdings and lay the foundation of the Center’s grant funded digital curation initiative.

Date Posted: Feb 21st

NYC ART LEAGUE

Interested in becoming involved with the NYC Art League? Contact UP Magazine.

Date Posted: Feb 21st

ART CALL: WELL BEHAVED AN EXHIBITION OF REBEL WOMEN

"How do you define your womanhood?This exhibition seeks art of all mediums focusing on the struggles and successes of women's empowerment and the constant threat of going back. This is not a call for still lifes or traditional landscapes. This is a call for art bringing robust energy and an unforgiving point of view."

Deadline: Feb 23rd

BRIDGE THE GAP: SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY FOR ARTISTS

"Bridge the Gap: Social Media Strategy for Artists led by Breana Vazquez from BCA offers an interactive three-week workshop series, that will focus on developing a plan to increase exposure on social media. By identifying the WHO, WHERE and HOW, BCA will bridge the gap between you and your audience. This workshop will run virtually on Thursdays starting next week on 2/24 until 3/10 (5:30pm EST)"

Class Held: Feb 24th

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR

The Latinx Project is looking for a talented Program Administrator to join their team. The Program Administrator will help direct and improve the efficiency of the Latinx Project daily operations. This person will be responsible for overall budget management; arts programs management, including preparation and execution of programs; data and content management; events management; and managing faculty and student relations and communications.

Deadline: Feb 25th

SAGE INVEST IN PROGRESS

Sage, in partnership with the BOSS Network, has announced the launch of the Sage Invest in Progress grant, which will award up to $10K to 25 Black women entrepreneurs in support of helping them successfully grow their business.

Deadline: Feb 25th

WOODSTOCK, IL PUBLIC MURAL

Woodstock is the arts and culture focal point of McHenry County, Illinois. The Historic Woodstock Square is home to the Woodstock Opera House, Stage Left Café, and numerous other arts and entertainment venues. In its most recent downtown development plan, the City identified the creation of public art in the Woodstock Square Historic District as a goal. The commissioning of a new mural in the historic district is part of the City’s ongoing efforts to give residents and visitors opportunities to engage with the arts.

Deadline: Feb 25th

JRUE & LAUREN SOCIAL IMPACT FUND

The Jrue and Lauren Holiday Social Impact Fund (JLH Fund) is offering a third round of funding to underserved Black-owned businesses and nonprofits. The focus of the grants will be in the Greater Milwaukee, New Orleans, Indianapolis, and Los Angeles areas with priority given to organizations focused on social impact and creating a more equitable future for underserved communities.

Deadline: Feb 25th

CALL FOR ARTIST: TRAIL OF OF TEARS ART SHOW

The Trail of Tears Art Show (TOTAS) began in 1972 to foster the development of painting as a form of expressing Native American heritage in the Cherokee Nation and neighboring areas. The first few shows were held in a rain shelter at the Tsa La Gi Amphitheater, in the area we know now as the Cherokee Heritage Center. In 1975, TOTAS was the first major temporary exhibition of the Cherokee National Museum. In 2021, TOTAS celebrated its 50th annual event, which for the first time was held virtually and in person. The show has expanded its categories and prizes for artists over the years, becoming the longest-running juried Native American art show in Oklahoma.TOTAS is open to all citizens 18 and over of a federally recognized Native American tribe

Deadline: Feb 25th

CREATIVE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

Creative Community Leadership Institute (CCLI) is an intensive, cohort-based training program with the real-world practice for artists, culture bearers, community organizers, community development practitioners, and other leaders seeking to deepen their impact in creative community building. Participants must reside in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota

Deadline: Feb 27th

PROGRAM AND OPERATIONS MANAGER

CALL // City as Living Laboratory works with artists, scientists, and residents of urban communities to create sustainable solutions for urgent environmental issues including climate, equity and health. We help people connect environmental challenges to personal experience and take action. The Programs and Operations Manager will advance CALL’s mission by overseeing New York City programmatic initiatives, virtual events, fundraising events, and pilot programs, with an eye on the complete schedule of CALL’s total programmatic calendar and the general operations of the studio. If you believe that artist-led projects can make a difference in the world, have a track record of contributing to impactful events or public programs, and excel at distilling big visions to measurable actions, you’re the kind of person we’re looking for to join our team.

Posted: Feb 16th

Deadline: Feb 28th

PILOT FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FOR SOCIAL JUST ART PRACTITIONERS PROGRAM

The Field’s Pilot Fiscal Sponsorship for Social Justice Arts Practitioners Program is a subsidized fiscal sponsorship membership with special benefits for individual artists and art collectives or organizations who identify as members of a historically underrepresented or marginalized group and whose creative work puts into practice and furthers values of social justice, equity, and inclusion in their communities. This is an opportunity for creatives and cultural workers of all disciplines and experience levels.

Deadline: Feb 28th

2022 COLOR THE CURB

The District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH), in partnership with the District of Department of Transportation (DDOT), seeks District-based artists experienced in large-scale exterior murals, youth engagement, and community-based projects to design and install ground murals in the intersections near three schools in Ward 7 of Washington, DC. Selected artists will be awarded grant funds to be used for design, materials, fabrication, installation, personnel, and project management.

Deadline: Feb 28th

HARLEM ARTCRAWL ON GOVERNORS ISLAND

The ArtCrawl Harlem Boundaries & Connections residency house is located on the scenic setting of Governors Island, NYC. The program is ideal for artist who do not have access to functional studio space in which to work, exhibit and safely engage the community. Here, artists and curators in residence meet with ArtCrawl Harlem staff, conduct research, and produce work.

Deadline: Feb 28th

MUSEUM EDUCATOR

The Bronx Museum’s Education Department focuses on arts programs which empower students to express themselves, develop deep and career-enhancing skills, and see themselves as agents of change in their immediate communities and the world. The Bronx Museum envision and work toward the museum as a more equitable space where marginalized voices, particularly those of youth, can be heard. Reporting directly to the Education Programs Manager but also receiving assignments from and communicating with other Education staff, the primary responsibility of the Museum Educator is to lead comprehensive arts education programs, including school partnerships, teen programs, family programs and group visits.

Deadline: Mar 1st

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT

Dia Art Foundation seeks a Development Assistant based in its office in New York City. This is a full-time, entry-level role providing administrative support across various operations of the development department. Reporting to the Director of Development and under the general oversight of the Deputy Director of Advancement, the position provides key support to a small and busy development team. The role will offer opportunities for skills development and experience with a full range of development activities in arts nonprofits, including membership, patron group management, and fundraising events.

Deadline: Mar 1st

MOS INDONESIA

MOS is always in motion on the quest for new opportunities, new cities, new adventures to add more and more colours to this crazy world! MOS is growing and welcomes Indonesia on the map!

Deadline: Mar 1st

CURATORIAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

Proposals are accepted from 501c3 arts organizations on behalf of curators at any stage of their careers, with or without institutional affiliation, working towards projects that will manifest at least two years after a grant is made. A letter of support from the director of the sponsoring organization must accompany the proposal. Grants are up to $50,000 and are intended to cover expenses incurred during the research and development stage of an exhibition, public-facing project, or other visual arts-based initiative that contributes in an original way to contemporary visual arts discourse.

Deadline: Mar 1st

EXHIBITION SUPPORT

Proposals are accepted for solo or two person shows and thematic group exhibitions taking place between 6 months and 2 years after the grant notification date (July 1st and January 1st). We are interested in supporting artists whose work has been less celebrated than that of their peers, whose commitment to their practice has been under recognized yet has had a significant impact on the current (and upcoming) generation of artists.

Deadline: Mar 1st

MULTI YEAR PROGRAM SUPPORT

Proposals are accepted for two years of visual arts programming. This can include exhibitions, residencies, public art works, screenings, performances, lectures, publications, mentorships and other professional development opportunities for artists.

Deadline: Mar 1st

CURATORIAL COORDINATOR

A leader of traveling exhibitions, the American Federation of Arts (AFA) seeks a Curatorial Coordinator. Founded in 1909, the AFA is dedicated to enriching the public’s experience and understanding of the visual arts through traveling exhibitions presented at museums around the world.

Deadline: Mar 4th

BK50 NOMINATIONS

Coming this May, Brooklyn Magazine will be be announcing their second annual list of “Brooklyn’s 50 Most Fascinating People” … They are looking for submissions, suggestions, tips and admonitions. Who are the most fascinating (not necessarily young, famous, powerful, nice or sexy) people in Brooklyn right now?

Deadline: Mar 4th

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION COORDINATOR

The Queens Museum is looking for a Finance & Administration Coordinator. The ideal candidate is an experienced, detail-oriented administrator with strong computing, accounting and interpersonal skills who brings a customer-service approach to Finance and HR functions. Reporting to the Director of Administration, the Coordinator supports the Director of Finance in the overall smooth running of Financial and Accounting functions, including AR/AP processes, payment processing, vendor account management, monthly reconciliation and year-end reports and audits.

Deadline: Mar 6th

EL MATADERO CURATORIAL RESIDENCY

Matadero’s Centre for Artists in Residence, and LOOP, through an agreement with Fabra i Coats and Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica offer this joint call, which has the specific goals of providing work space, economic resources, institutional support and international visibility to a curator from any background. The residency is divided into two periods: an initial stay in Barcelona in May -supported and managed by LOOP in partnership with Fabra i Coats: Fábrica de Creación and Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica-, and a second stay in Madrid in June, managed by the Matadero Centre for Artists in Residence. As a result of the residency, the curator will take part in an exhibition around the idea of ‘Home’ as the central axis, to be held at Centre d’Arts Santa Mònica in September 2022.

Deadline: Mar 7th

DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

The Laundromat Project is seeking a Development Coordinator. The individual in this new position will play an integral role within the Development Team, providing critical administrative support to a busy and fast-paced development department. The Coordinator will assist in the administration and implementation of fundraising strategies which generate resources for the organization, furthering our ability to build lasting power within our communities.

Deadline: Mar 7th

MAKER’S MARK VERRE EGLOMISE COMMISSION

LexArts Inc. in association Maker’s Mark Distillery seeks artists to create a Verre Eglomise commissioned work that celebrates the history of handmade craftsmanship in Maker’s Mark bourbon and the importance of water and nature in the distilling process. This artwork will be a focal point in a new bar area of the Victorian Homeplace where guests begin their distillery tour experience. Our goal is to commission proposals by three experienced Verre Eglomise artists for the site with the expectation of realizing one of the proposals by Fall 2022.

Deadline: Mar 10th

CURATORIAL FELLOW FOR ASIAN AMERICAN ART

This position is located in the Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), Curatorial Office. The employee provides research and administrative support that serve the Curatorial Departments' research, exhibits, development & management of collections and public service to initiate and propose related projects.

Deadline: Mar 10th

ASIAN WOMEN GIVING CIRCLE

Asian Women Giving Circle (AWGC) believes culture is an essential part of any strategy for social change. We support Asian American women-led organizations and individual artists in NYC who are using arts and culture to bring about progressive social transformation and raise awareness and catalyze action around critical issues that affect Asian American women, girls and families

Deadline: Mar 11th

WELLNESS FLIER COMPETITION

BAC Wellness Studio is going to be popping up all over Brooklyn. QR codes will be installed at partner sites to bring BAC Wellness Studio programs off the screen and into Brooklyn neighborhoods. Brooklyn Arts Council invites visual artists to submit images of how Brooklynites are embodying, nurturing, and fighting for wellness. Three winners will receive $500 each and their images will be incorporated on QR code posters that will make up BAC Wellness Studio QR Code Healing Installations.

Deadline: Mar 13th

EMERGING BRONX VOICES

BronxArtSpace (BAS) invited applicants with a strong affiliation with the Bronx to submit proposals for a thematic group exhibition to be presented at BAS. The exhibition will be on view Apr-May 2022. Applicants should be from or currently live or work in the Bronx.

Deadline: Mar 13th

2022 INCUBATOR FOR EXECUTIVE LEADERS OF COLOR

The Incubator for Executive Leaders of Color, a free program that will provide leadership training and community support for up to 16 arts administrators from April – September 2022. NYFA is implementing the learnings from the inaugural session to enhance program outcomes for this second session, which will be held both in-person and online. By fostering the professional development of leaders of Color, we aim to encourage the sustainability and success of their organizations, and the equitability and diversity of the arts industry.

Deadline: Mar 14th

DESIGN RESEARCH INTERNS

Public Policy Lab is a nonprofit innovation lab for government working with government agencies—and the communities they serve—to design better public services. Summer 2022 Interns expected project activities include working on research plans, designing stimuli for research activities, synthesizing and generating visual representations of research findings, filming and photographing research activities, developing preliminary service and tool prototypes, collaboratively designing and testing prototypes with stakeholders, refining prototypes for real-world piloting, training project partners, evaluating program outcomes and impact, and documenting all of these activities in print and digital formats.

Date Posted: Feb 16th

Deadline: Mar 14th

DESIGN FELLOW

Public Policy Lab is a nonprofit innovation lab for government working with government agencies—and the communities they serve—to design better public services. Fellows will contribute to PPL organizational activities, from project development to communications and events, and to all phases of PPL project work, from ethnographic research to evaluation.

Date Posted: Feb 16th

Deadline: March 14th

MANHATTAN AVE WALL MURAL

The Town of Greenburgh (Westchester County), through the Office of the Department of Community Development and Conservation, seeks letters of interest from artists with demonstrated exceptional experience in mural development, and particularly artists with an ability to authentically depict African American images through realistic renderings. The selected artist will work directly with the Town of Greenburgh through a subcommittee of the Town’s Black Lives Matter Committee, an existing Mural Committee, that has planned and envisioned the exhibit as described below. The Town seeks an artist to bring the Town's and Mural Committee’s vision to fruition.

Deadline: March 15th

SUNNY DAYZ MURAL FESTIVAL OPEN CALL

Sunny Dayz Mural Festival has launched their open call looking for 2-5 female identifying and non binary artists (National & Global) to paint in Oklahoma this year.

Deadline: Mar 16th

ARTISTS OLD TOWN PLAZA MURAL

The City of Pompano Beach will commission an artist for a work for hire mural to be installed on the back-exterior wall located at 60 & 50 NE 1st Ave. The approximate size of the wall is 130’ long by 17’ high. The wall is located in the Innovation and Creative Arts District adjacent to the historic core of the City. The mural will be a significant gateway to downtown.

Deadline: Mar 17th

FIS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TOWER PUBLIC ART

Three-dimensional (3D) object of art situated at FIS’ new corporate headquarters tower and adjacent to Alfred duPont Place with a focus on specified mediums: digital art projected onto stone substrate.

Deadline: Mar 18th

RFQ SOUTH HAVEN, MI

South Haven VanBuren County Convention and Visitors Bureau, working together with the South Haven Center for the Arts, is seeking qualifications for an artist or artist teams to create proposals for a site-specific sculpture and public artwork in South Haven, Michigan.

Deadline: Mar 19th

VAN LIER FELLOWSHIP IN VISUAL ARTS

The Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) is pleased to administer, with support from the New York Community Trust, the 2022 Van Lier Fellowship. This year, the fellowship will be awarded to a NYC based Asian American visual artist who seeks to make an impact on the Asian American community to help develop new or existing work.

Deadline: Mar 20th

NEW CITY CRITICS

Urban Design Forum and The Architectural League are launching a fellowship program to empower new, fearless, and diverse voices to challenge the ways we understand, design, and develop our cities. The fellowship will support the development of five critics from underrepresented backgrounds through guest lectures and workshops, research guidance, mentorship opportunities, networking, and production of new critical projects in Urban Omnibus and other leading publications. Through public programs and other channels, the fellowship will encourage a more expansive conversation on the future of cities.

Deadline: Mar 23th

TANGELO PARK COMMUNITY CENTER

Deadline: The Orange County Public Art Review Board seeks one or more artists or artist team(s) to develop artwork for the Tangelo Park Community Center to be constructed in Orlando Florida. Tangelo Park is a historically Black community with a proud heritage.

Deadline: Mar 27th

JERSEY CITY INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP

The goal of the Individual Artist Fellowship program is to provide residents of Jersey City who are exploring a career in the arts with an unrestricted grant to support and supplement their creative output over the year. Awards recognize exceptional creative work and the impact and engagement of the artist within the local community.

Deadline: Mar 28th

CREATING CHANGE FROM THE BOTTOM UP MURAL EXHIBITION

The “Creating Change From the Bottom Up” Project presents an opportunity for selected artists or artist teams to design and create in an innovative, urban style painted mural for The Diaper Bank of Connecticut Volunteer Center located in North Haven, CT.

Deadline: Mar 31st

SIX FOOT PLATFORM

The Six Foot Platform is an experimental are & performance program, inviting Brooklyn-based artists in all mediums to activate a 6x6 platform at the intersection of Washington and Water St, Dumbo’s most inconic Block, for a single summer Saturday from 1-8pm.

Deadline: Apr 1st

ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE MURAL

The City of Cedar Rapids and Advocates for Social Justice are partnering in an effort to install a mural that celebrates our diverse community and calls attention to social and racial justice on the Five Season Parking Ramp. We are seeking information on qualification from artists who are interested in creating an original mural at this site. We are open to a wide variety of artistic styles, but are seeking artwork with themes that align with the goals and mission of Advocates for Social Justice

Deadline: Apr 6th

CLIMATE CHANGE RESIDENCY

Santa Fe Art Institute’s thematic residency program is open to individual artists, Collaborations, and families of all artistic disciplines whose work addresses the global impact of climate change. Awards of $500 are also available to selected BIPOC artists residing in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Texas, or Oklahoma.

Deadline: Apr 10th

ABBEY MURAL PRIZE

The Abbey Mural Prize aims to broaden support and recognition of the vital role that murals play in making public space more open and accessible. Grants are awarded to create or restore public murals, especially those that promote accessibility, serve local audiences, and inspire community dialogue.

Deadline: Apr 24th

ARTSTART GRANT

ArtStart Grant Program has been a catalyst for cultural activity in the local Newark arts community. The program offers mini-grants to community members, schools, non-profits and individual artists with the aim of nurturing a broad spectrum of arts and cultural activities involving young people and/or taking place in our neighborhoods. By seeding these innovative programs, Newark Arts continues to fulfill its mission of powering the arts in locations that are often overlooked by traditional programs, and stimulating economic and cultural activity on a hyper-local level.

Deadline: Apr 25th

WEEK OF JAN 12TH

Artwork by: Erika Lee Sears @erikaleesears

BRONX ARTIST REGISTRY

The Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) is pleased to announce an exciting new resource launched in the summer of 2020 as part of our renewed Membership Program: the BCA Bronx Artist Registry (BAR). Functioning as a comprehensive directory of local artists, the Registry is accessible on BCA’s website and allows artists of all disciplines, particularly those with a minimal online presence, to gain visibility among BCA’s 4K monthly website visitors from The Bronx and beyond. Artists can create their own profiles and upload selected work samples (images, video, text), as well a bio, professional statement, contact information, and more!

Deadline: Rolling

#ARTONLINK

#ArtOnLink showcases local artists creating work that celebrates life in NYC. The scenes, people, icons, and sentiments showcased represent NYC and create an immediate connection between the art and the city for citygoers and visitors alike.

Eligibility: NYC, Philadelphia & Newark artists

Deadline: Rolling

SECRET WALLS BATTLE

Secret Walls has hosted unparalleled live illustration battles in more than fifty countries and has collaborated with some of the world's most iconic brands and built a global network of creatives. They are looking for new battle artists for 2022!

AVENUE CONCEPT ARTIST CALL

The Avenue Concept, the leading public art organization in RI is looking for artists. They are interested in meeting formally trained or self-taught artists with diverse artistic experience and backgrounds. They have a busy spring/summer season of public art planned for 2022 and seek to meet artists of all interests and have some specific opportunities for artists working to address socially-engaged themes. BIPOC, LGBTQ+, female/femme-identifying artists and other artists representing historically marginalized communities are encouraged to express their interest.

PROGRAM MANAGER

The Project Manager will provide support for the development of Museum Hue’s online platform centering Black, Indigenous, and all people of color arts and culture entities. This position recommends and implements procedures and communications, as well as maintains accurate records of organizational plans. This position will ensure the efficient management of data and content needed.

PROGRAM MANAGER

Community-Word Project is a New York City arts-in-education organization that facilitates culturally responsive, multidisciplinary art programs for students, teaching artists, and communities to develop and amplify their voices and creative skills. Job Description: The Program Manager works closely with the Community-Word Project (CWP) Programs team, including managing CWP Collaborative Arts Residencies, close collaboration with the CWP Programs Admin and Teaching Artist Staff, and liaising with and supporting the needs of school partners and other administrative staff.

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Urban Design Forum mobilizes civic leaders to confront the defining issues facing New York City. We work with our 750 members to investigate complex challenges in the built environment, study alternative approaches from cities around the world, and advance progressive strategies to build a more dynamic and democratic city. The part-time Program Coordinator to manage a new fellowship supporting emerging and underrepresented critics.

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

BRIC seeks an experienced Director of Operations who, as a member of our senior leadership team, will oversee, lead and strategize around the overall functions of BRIC’s day-to-day facilities operations and event management. Responsibilities include building/facilities management, rental events and event management, and visitor services. In providing these services to BRIC, the Director of Operations will liaise with other departments including but not limited to Production, Technology and various Programming departments.

GOTTLIEB FOUNDATION INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT GRANT

For painters, sculptors and printmakers who have been creating mature art for at least 20 years and who are in current financial need. The Foundation wishes to encourage artists who have dedicated their lives to developing their art, regardless of their level of commercial success.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: Jan 14th

NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIST FELLOWSHIP

The Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) offers three artist-in-residence fellowships annually to advance the work of established and emerging Native American artists. Each fellowship includes a monthly stipend, housing, studio space, a supplies allowance, full access to the IARC collections, and travel reimbursement to and from SAR. These fellowships provide time for artists to explore new avenues of creativity, grapple with new ideas to further advance their work, and strengthen existing talents.

Deadline: Jan 15th

JEROME EMERGING ARTIST RESIDENCY

The Anderson Center’s Jerome Emerging Artist Residency Program offers month-long residency-fellowships at Tower View to a cohort of early-career artists from Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City for concentrated, uninterrupted creative time to advance their personal artistic goals and projects.

Eligibility: NYC or Minnesota artists

Deadline: Jan 15th @ 11:59p CST

ART IN THE EDUCATION LAB COMMISSION

The Zuckerman Institute is seeking an artist to produce commissioned work for their Art in the Education Lab program. Zuckerman particularly welcomes submissions from artists in Upper Manhattan and the South Bronx. There is no fee to apply.

Eligibility: NYC based artists

Deadline: Jan 17th @ 11:59p EST

ARTREPRENUER PUBLIC ART OPEN

Public art projects, graffiti, street art, large-scale public and private works, community engagement projects; the field of public arts is diverse, ever-changing, and continuously growing. We are excited to announce this open call geared toward this creative community that expresses itself through public engagement and experience whether it's on walls, inside and out, on the streets or sidewalks, in parks, and playgrounds.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: Jan 18th

HBURG UTILITY BOX SERIES

Hattiesburg Alliance for Public Art (Mississippi) is pleased to announce a Call for Artists for innovative and creative utility box designs along several of Hattiesburg’s streets and throughways. Artists are invited to submit up to three original artworks for consideration. 

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Jan 19th

BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY PUBLIC ART

Founded in 1865, Bowie State University is the oldest Historical Black College/University in Maryland. This public art project represents an opportunity for BSU’s history and heritage to be communicated visually through two and three dimensional site-specific artwork at the new MLK Jr. Communications Arts & Humanities building, being designed by Perkins & Will.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Jan 19th @ 5p EST

ANKHLAVE GARDEN PROJECT FELLOWSHIP

Six BIPOC Artist Fellows of will receive a stipend of $500, and will have access to Materials for the Arts to produce a work under the theme "Amplify". Each artist will create two works that are in conversation with each other. The first will be a public artwork presented summer 2022 on the grounds of the Queens Botanical Garden, and another exhibited in a traditional gallery setting following the public art installations.

Eligibility: Artists who are of Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and or POC background

Deadline: Jan 20th

FORGE PROJECT FELLOWSHIP

Forge Project is pleased to announce its open call for applications for its 2022 funded fellowship program for Indigenous artists, scholars, organizers, cultural workers, researchers, and educators.

Eligibility: Indigenous artists

Deadline: Jan 21st @ 11:59p EST

SU CASA GRANT

Bronx Council on the Arts is proud to be part of the SU-CASA program. SU-CASA is a community arts engagement program that places artists and organizations in residence at senior centers across the five boroughs of New York City. BCA will accept applications from individual artists seeking residencies at participating senior centers in the Bronx only.

Deadline: Jan 24th @ 11:59p EST

NYSCA/NYFA ARTIST FELLOWSHIP

The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant available to artists awarded in 15 different disciplines. The fellowship is not a project grant, but is intended to fund an artist’s vision or voice, at all levels of their artistic development.

Eligibility: New York State resident, and/or a resident of one of the Indian Nations located therein

Deadline: Jan 26th @ 5p EST

ARTWORKS PROJECT COORDINATOR

ARTWorks is a fellowship program at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL) focused on career sustainability for emerging, underrepresented visual artists in NYC and Long Island—and with Queens-based artists receiving priority. ARTWorks Fellows receive practical knowledge to navigate the aesthetic and socioeconomic complexities and substructures of the New York art world. Through fiscal and technical support, the five Seminar Fellows and two Resident Artists develop a creative vision and practice; expand their professional network through regular meetings and exploring diverse topics; and exhibit their work. (Resident Fellows also receive free studio space.)

Eligibility: NYC & Long Island based artists

Deadline: Jan 28th

HILL ST SKATEPARK MURAL

Frederick Arts Council (Maryland) seeks qualifications from artists or artist teams to design a mural for Hill Street Skatepark. The eventual mural will fill the skate pools and/or full street areas in the park with a unique and distinctive design that strengthens a sense of community and neighborhood unity, marks the neighborhood, provides a venue for community events, and/or reflects nature and the surrounding ecology.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Jan 28th

TEACHING ARTIST RESIDENCIES

The Bronx Council on the Arts is seeking two artists with teaching experience to lead 12-week residencies in collaboration with Bronx-based community organizations.

Deadline: Jan 31st@ 11:59p EST

FUTURE CULTURE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING

The Future Culture Creative Placemaking Grants are meant to support Staten Island artists creating new work in a community setting that connects places and people using arts and culture on Staten Island’s North Shore.

Eligibility: Staten Island based artists

Deadline: Jan 31st

DCA PREMIER GRANTS

DCA Premier Grants support first-time applicants — both individual Staten Island artists, collaborative groups of individuals, and community arts and cultural organizations — who produce art or cultural programming.

Eligibility: Staten Island based artists

Deadline: Jan 31st

ARTS-IN-EDUCATION GRANTS

Staten Island Arts currently administers two types of arts education grants: ABC regrants for artist residencies in K-12 schools (funded by the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency); and SU-CASA grants for artist residencies in senior centers.

Deadline: Jan 31st

PROCESS-AS-PRACTICE

The Luminary residents will participate in a 10-month hybrid residency with equal focus on individual projects, collaborative work, and collective study. The residency will feature visiting guests from relevant artistic and cultural fields for conversations and workshops. Each applicant will select a methodological focus: Arts Administrator-In-Residence, Curator-in-Residence, Designer-in-Residence, or Educator-in-Residence.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Feb 2nd

BRENDAN GILL PRIZE

The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) invites the public to submit nominations for the 32nd annual Brendan Gill Prize. The Gill Prize is given each year to the creator of a specific work; a book, essay, musical composition, play, painting, sculpture, film, or choreographic piece, that best captures the spirit and energy of New York City. The 2022 Gill Prize will be awarded to two honorees, covering works produced between 2020 and 2021.

Eligibility: NYC based artists

Deadline: Feb 7th

NOMAA 2022 SMALL GRANTS FOR INDIVIDUALS ARTISTS

NoMAA will provide small grants, ranging from $2,500 to $5,000 to individual artists residing in the neighborhoods of Washington Heights, Inwood and West Harlem to support original work in the disciplines of the visual arts, playwriting/screenwriting, media, theater, musical composition and choreography.

Eligibility: Artists residing in Northern Manhattan

Deadline: Feb 7th

TEACHING ARTISTS

Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL) is building new relationships with inventive, adventurous Teaching Artists for in-person and remote-learning opportunities for individuals of all ages.

Deadline: Feb 9th

QUEENS ART FUND

New Work Grant supports emerging Queens-based individual artists, collaborations between artists, and unincorporated artist collectives of all artistic disciplines in their creation and public sharing of “new work” — work that has not been produced or work-in-progress that has not been presented to a public audience before.

Eligibility: Queens based artists

Deadline: Feb 14th

FOGARTY SCHOOL OF NURSING AT RI COLLEGE

The RI State Council on the Arts and Rhode Island College will commission artwork for the Zvart Onanian School of Nursing wing in the entrance lobby or exterior sites adjacent to the building.  The artwork could reinforce stated goals of the building to increase collaborative space and sense of community, or reflect the goals and values of RIC’s public art master plan. 

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Feb 15th

MOSQUITO CONTROL BUILDING PUBLIC ART PROJECT

The Orange County Public Art Review Board seeks one or more artists or artist team(s) to develop artwork for the Mosquito Control Building to be constructed in the Pine Hills Community.

Deadline: Feb 20th

DESIGNED BY COMMUNITY RFP

The Fellowship is designed to be a paid fellowship and project funding opportunity to support community leaders associated with non-profit community based organizations in designing and developing hyper-localized solutions in their community using Service Design* methodology. Service design is a discipline which develops solutions to complex problems that are rooted in insights about the lived experiences of those affected by public services. It considers people, processes, communications and technology as part of the solution.

Deadline: Feb 21st @11:59p EST

SUSTAINABLE ARTS FOUNDATION

The Sustainable Arts Foundation is inspired by anyone who is making creative work while raising a family. They will award 20 artists with children $5,000 The awards offer unrestricted cash, and recipients can use the funds as they see fit.

Eligibility: Artists with at least one child under the age of 18 and a strong portfolio of polished work are welcome to apply.

Deadline: Feb 25th @ 5p EST

CASS AVE BRIDGE

Public Art for the Cass Avenue Bridge is a project of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). The Cass Avenue Bridge is designated a “Community Connector” bridge because it connects commercial and cultural corridors where civic/neighborhood zones are present adjacent to the bridge. Community Connector bridges may have more intensive landscaping and feature public art that highlights the community in order to soften the transition between the freeway and residential and commercial areas.

Deadline: Feb 28th

UPTOWN ARTS STROLL POSTER CONTEST

The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) has produced the Uptown Arts Stroll since 2008. The Uptown Arts Stroll started as a volunteer driven one-day event the Sunday before Thanksgiving 2003 and has grown into a month-long festival celebrating Northern Manhattan’s performing and visual artists.

Eligibility: Artists must be West Harlem, Washington Heights or Inwood residents

Deadline: March 27th

NUYORICAN/DISAPORICAN ART CALL FOR PAPERS

While the Nuyorican movement is recognized for its tradition of socio–political activism, poetry, and music—to date, the visual arts remain under-examined in scholarly literature and the public imagination. This conference and edited print volume will address this invisibility by focusing on Nuyorican visual culture. Latinx Project seek contributors exploring the creative work and practices of Nuyorican artists from the 1960s onwards.  They welcome papers on all genres of visual art such as: street art, muralism, printmaking, painting, photography, performance art, conceptualism,  architecture, advertising, fashion and more.

Deadline: March 31st