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

HI ARTS: THE ONE WALL MOVEMENT

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ONE WALL MOVEMENT

Hi Arts’s open call for qualifications to create artwork on El Barrio 109 Art Space. In selecting artists with experience and interest in community-engaged art, we will offer them a canvas to work freely and create an organic reflection of their lived experiences rather than set restrictions and expectations on their voice.

Eligibility: Graffiti writers, Muralists, Street Artist who self identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), People of the Global Majority (PGM), womxn, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming

Deadline: Rolling

WEEK OF JUN 12TH

BLACK LOVE BLOOMS! JUNETEENTH

Black Love Blooms is planning a Juneteenth BLB with groups in Louisville, Kentucky to honor the life of Breonna Taylor and black life as a constant source of beauty, resilience, dignity, and magic. To pull this off they are asking black artists to donate a work that can be printed and handed out with love notes and flowers. You will be tagged and credited for your work as we amplify Blackness!  To be involved, message on Instagram.

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VELOCITY FUND

The Velocity Fund, administered by Temple Contemporary at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, directly supports visual artists living in the city of Philadelphia to organize new collaborative projects by awarding project grants up to $5000

ELIGIBILITY: PHILADELPHIA ARTISTS

DEADLINE: JUNE 14, 2020

LYNSTALLATION LYNN MA PUBLIC ART RFP

The City of Lynn, the Downtown Lynn Cultural District (DTLCD), the Lynn Office of Community Development and the Lynn Public Arts Commission (LPAC) are seeking an artistic concept for a signature work of art at Lynn’s Mt. Vernon and Exchange Street Plaza. The goal of this project is to install artwork that reflects the spirit of Lynn, enlivens the gateway to the DTLCD as a destination, and increases use of the Plaza as a gathering space

Eligibility: National

Deadline: June 19,2020

2SWIM NEW COMMUNITY BUILDERS

2SWIM is a social messaging app with an emphasis on close connections and private communities at the moment for Black, Indigenous & POC-, LGBTQIA+-, and/or womxn-centric communities (and allies!). New Community Builders is a 7 week program for 15-20 year olds in the United States and Canada interested in community building, culture, and collaboration, and who want to spend the summer honing their skills to build online communities.

Eligibility: 15-20 yrs olds in United States & Canada

Deadline: June 26, 2020

NORTH EAST CHARLOTTE RFQ

The Arts & Science Council is accepting qualifications from artists/artist teams for a public art opportunity at the new Mecklenburg County North East Community Resource Center (NE CRC). The selected artist/ artist team will work with the ASC, Mecklenburg County Asset and Facilities Management, Gensler, and the communities of North East Charlotte, NC to create an impactful, integrated artwork that responds to the parameters of the site, the aesthetics of the architecture, and assists in creating a safe, welcoming, and inclusive space. Multiple potential sites and opportunities for the artwork have been identified. The selected artist or artist team will be involved in the site selection of the artwork and coordinate with the project team regarding art integration.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: June 26, 2020

NYC CORO LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

Leadership New York (LNY) is a 9-month leadership program which hones the skills needed to get things done in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.  They provide participants with the knowledge of how New York City functions across the public, private and non-profit sectors through exploring multiple sides of key issues alongside a diverse group of cohort members. This is a paid program that can be sponsored by your employer and there are also scholarships.

Deadline: June 30, 2020


The focus of the program this year will be helping the city recover and to do so in a more equitable way. 

SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC ART RFQ

The city of Brookings, South Dakota in partnership with the City of Brookings, SD, seeks an artist to develop, fabricate and install permanent outdoor artwork within the  Bob Sheldon Baseball Field and surrounding complex scheduled. To begin the process, they are requesting interested artists respond to their call for qualifications.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: June 30, 2020

INDIANA PUBLIC ART RFP

The town of Batesville, Indiana is seeking qualified artists or artist teams to create outdoor permanent art projects for multiple locations in downtown Batesville. BAAC OUR TOWN - HeART and Sole of Downtown Batesville serves as an arts‐based civic engagement process that promotes downtown Batesville and is intended to engage audiences of all ages. The HeART and Sole initiative seeks to build upon the successes of recently completed public art and placemaking  projects. For the RFP, artists are asked to submit portfolio information and proposal description ONLY.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: July 1, 2020

FLORIDA PUBLIC ART RFQ

The City of Ocala, Florida is looking to build a Public Artist Roster. The Public Artist Roster is a pre-qualified list of professional visual artists that serves as a resource for public art selection and commission at the City and as a reference for external organizations and private entities.  The Roster may be used in combination with an open call, invitational or as the sole resource for identifying appropriate artists/teams for select projects based on; an expedited selection process, need for a specific skillset, or a curated opportunity. 

Eligibility: National

Deadline: July 3, 2020

PORT OF SAN DIEGO PUBLIC ART RFQ

The Port of San Diego invites professional artists and artist groups to submit their qualifications for the Harbor Park Call for Artists opportunity. As part of the Port’s Chula Vista Bayfront Park development, this is a unique opportunity for artists to create innovative and engaging permanent public artworks on Port tidelands.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: July 11, 2020

SUZANNE FIOL CURATORIAL FELLOWSHIP

ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce an Open Call for applications for the 2021 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship program, which supports an emerging, New York-based curator in the organization and presentation of challenging and innovative projects during the 2021 season.

Deadline: July 15, 2020

WYOMING ARTS COUNCIL PUBLIC ART RFQ

 The Wyoming Department of Health, along with the Veteran’s Commission and State Construction Department, are constructing the Veteran’s Home of Wyoming Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), located in Buffalo. Through the State of Wyoming’s Art in Public Buildings program, artwork will be commissioned for the exterior of the facility.  

Eligibility: National

Deadline: July 17, 2020

BILL BOARD PUBLIC ART RFP

The Untitled Space, SaveArtSpace, and Art4Equality have joined forces for an empowering public art series of billboards in New York City launching this September 2020, along with an exhibition of the artwork created for the series to be presented at The Untitled Space gallery this fall. Revolving around the theme of “Art4Equality x Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness” the public art series and exhibition is now open for artist submissions.

Deadline: August 10, 2020


WEEK OF MAY 11TH

Crafts Future Fund

A new grant supporting craft communities & their creative responses to COVID-19. The Center for Craft is offering $5,000 unrestricted fund to craft-based education projects that seed resiliences, foster community and amplify impact. The Fund will award up to 6 project grants or $30,000 each month from May-Oct 2020.

Bright Walls Artist Call

Bright Walls is a public art and mural festival founded and run by the Jackson Young Professionals. In just two years, the festival has hosted artists from across the globe and brought 36 murals to the downtown district — creating a new destination in our community. The 2020 will be the festival’s last year.

Abrons Arts Center Visual Artist AIRspace Residency

A 9 month program for four NYC based visual artists. The program includes a semi-private studio in LES, studio visits with curators & art workers, a $3,000 unrestricted stipend and a culminating group exhibition in Abrons’ galleries.

Deadline: May 22, 2020

LSU Request for Proposals

Louisiana State University in partnership with LA Percent for Art Program is requesting portfolios for murals to be installed across the LSA's Animal & Food Science building's twenty-six locations. The project is intended to be expressive of the mission of the colleges associated with the building, be positive and expressive of the research and advancements generated within the building.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: May 24, 2020

Durham's Call for Portfolios

The City of Durham's Cultural and Public Art Program invites artists and artist teams to submit portfolios to be selected to join the City of Durham Pre-Qualified Artist Registry. This registry will serve as a resource for the program's selection of artists and artist teams to create City cultural and public art projects. Access to a predetermined network of qualified professional artists saves our staff valuable time by making the process for responding to the numerous calls issued by the City more efficient. It also strengthens and streamlines the program by maintaining a database of artists in the community with particular skill sets.

Deadline June 28, 2020

Heart & Soul of Batesville Public Art

HeART and Sole of Downtown Batesville, Indiana serves as an arts‐based civic engagement process that promotes downtown Batesville and is intended to engage audiences of all ages. The HeART and Sole initiative seeks to build upon the successes of recently completed public art and placemaking projects. Batesville Public Art seeks qualified artists to design and create exterior art projects for a series of locations in downtown Batesville. The artwork will enhance the overall character and atmosphere of the downtown core and support a welcoming environment.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: July 1, 2020

WEEK OF APRIL 22ND

#BestNYShirt Competition

Presented by New York Nico & Alumni of NY an online competition to lift the spirit of New York City and to support those in need. Artists are challenged to spark New York pride with an original design. The 3 best designs will be produced on t-shirts to be sold for charity.

Deadline: April 29th 10 EST

Amplfier: Global Open Call for Art

In response to COVID-19, Amplifier and partners are launching an emergency campaign with top art curators and public-health advisors from around the world. They are looking for two kinds of work: The first are public health and safety messages that can help flatten the curve through education. The second are symbols that help promote mental health, well-being, and social change work during these stressful times.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: April 30th

Community Center Pool Mural

The Thornton Arts, Sciences & Humanities Council (TASHCO) , in collaboration with the city of Thornton, Colorado are seeking to commission large-scale, original public art. that will be installed at the Thornton Community Pool.  The project will produce public art work that speaks to the location, has a positive visual impact and welcomes visitors to the facility. The final work should push Thornton into a contemporary setting and help it become a destination-city; engaged in important conversations on art and culture.  

Eligibility: National

Deadline : May 3rd


Art in Public Places: Loveland Arts & Culture

The City of Loveland Art in Public Places is accepting Requests for Qualifications for artwork installations along 37th Street between North Lincoln Street and Monroe.  This project, called the 37th Street Connector, is a large-scale infrastructure project that will significantly improve connectivity and offer new options for east-west mobility in north Loveland. Two locations have been identified for public artwork installations.  Artists may apply to one or both of these projects through. Both projects are open to any professional artist (or artist team) with demonstrated experience in creating signature artwork of a large scale.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: May 6th

Creative Capital Arts Writers Grant Program

The Arts Writers Grant supports emerging and established writers who are writing about contemporary visual art. Ranging from $15,000 to $50,000, these grants support projects addressing both general and specialized art audiences, from short reviews for magazines and newspapers to in-depth scholarly studies.

Deadline: May 20th

WEEK OF MARCH 30TH

Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL): JCAL Mural Project
Requests proposals to design and execute a billboard-style institutional branding campaign, called the JCAL Mural Project, to be affixed to the fence of Jamaica Performing Arts Center. JCAL will review complete, qualified proposals from artists, graphic designers, architects, fabricators, copywriters and/or marketing firms, working singly or in combination.

Deadline: April 15, 2020

Smack Mellon: Bound Up Together - On the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment
Smack Mellon seeks submissions for works that acknowledge the achievements of the 19th Amendment, examine suffrage from a historical perspective and consider its complicated history. Artists are encouraged to submit work that engages with and interprets the theme of suffrage in an expansive way.

Deadline: April 15, 2020

DOT Art:  Community Commissions 2020
DOT Art partners with community-based, nonprofit organizations and professional artists to present temporary public artwork on DOT property throughout the five boroughs for up to 11 months. Artists transform streets with colorful murals, dynamic projections and eye-catching sculptures.

Deadline: April 24, 2020

NYC Department of Cultural Affairs: PAIR Program
The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) is seeking four artists to join its Public Artists in Residence (PAIR) program in 2020. An artist will be placed in residence with the following City agencies and offices: the Department of Sanitation, Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, the Civic Engagement Commission, and the Commission on Human Rights.

Deadline: April 26, 2020

Crush Walls: Request for Artists

CRUSH WALLS has grown to become Colorado’s largest urban art event. Showcasing local and international talent, it has been bringing art out of the galleries and into the streets from its very inception, reaching a pinnacle of 100+ public art murals last year.

Deadline: April 29, 2020

Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship
Jerome Hill Artist Fellowships support Minnesota/New York City-based artists, early in their careers, who generate and create bold, innovative and risk-taking new work that explores and/or challenges conventional artistic forms.  Fellows receive $50,000 to support self-determined activities for creation of new work, artistic development and/or professional artistic career development.

Deadline: May 6, 2020

Studio Museum: 2020-21 Artist-in-Residence Program

The Studio Museum in Harlem offers an eleven-month studio residency for three emerging artists working in any media. The program is designed to serve emerging artists of African and/or Afro-Latinx descent working locally, nationally, or internationally.

Deadline: May 1, 2020