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 DEC 8TH

SWOON STUDIO

Artist, Swoon, is currently seeking to hire a production assistant. Swoon Studio looking for someone with any kind of printmaking or process-heavy arts background, meticulous & detail oriented, comfortable with power tools & mixed media is ideal. A successful studio assistant should be able to learn new skills quickly & has an innate interest in problem solving.

Deadline: December 14th

BRONX RECOGNIZES ITS OWN

Bronx Recognizes Its Own (BRIO) grant provides direct support to individual Bronx artists who create works in the literary, media, visual, and performing arts. Bronx Council of Arts awards grants up to $5,000 to Bronx artists each year, based solely on artistic excellence.

Eligibility: Bronx based Artists

Deadline: December 30th

AUSTIN, TEXAS

The City of Austin Art in Public Places is looking for artists and artist collectives to respond to their call for qualifications. The City of Austin Art in Public Places (AIPP) program of the Cultural Arts Division, Economic Development Department (EDD) seeks artists and artist teams in all stages of their careers who desire to create public art and are working in a variety of visual media and artistic approaches for its 2021-2023 Pre-Qualified Artist Pool. Selected artists and artist teams from the Pool may be contracted to design and fabricate artwork for eligible Capital Improvement Program (CIP) projects of various scopes, timelines, and budgets throughout the City of Austin.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Jan 7 5p CST

EN FOCO FUND

The En Foco Media Arts Work in Progress (WIP) Fund is a new initiative designed to support artists of color who engage with Digital Media technologies within their art-making processes, in collaboration with BronxNet. The award will focus solely on works in progress that need support towards the completion. All innovative interpretations of Digital Media will be considered, requiring a critical digital aspect in both the process and product.

Eligibility: NYC residents of Latino, African, Asian American heritage, and Native Peoples of the Americas and the Pacific

Deadline: Jan 11 @ 11:59p

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA

The City of Durham's Cultural and Public Art Program commissions a variety of public artworks in collaboration with City departments and other organizations engaged in capital development projects across Durham, North Carolina. Project locations may include but are not limited to the City's parks, sidewalks, interior and exterior walls, vehicles, bus stops, and spaces that are visible from public streets and pedestrian walkways. The City of Durham's Pre-Qualified Artist Registry will be used to select artists when a project's requirements render it suitable. Selection will be based on the appropriateness of the artist's medium and experience relevant to specific project requirements. The City continuously seeks greater diversity and urges artists and artist teams of all backgrounds and any medium to become part of the pre-qualified registry.

Eligibility: National & International

Deadline: Rolling

LAKE COERY D'ALENE , IDAHO

Coeur d’Alene is a resort city in northern Idaho, located on picturesque Lake Coeur d’ Alene, where visitors from all over the world enjoy the region’s sparkling lakes, green forests, and bountiful rivers, along with mountain and water sports.  This Request for Qualifications is for art that will be located on the East exterior wall of a new public parking structure located at Fourth Street and Coeur d’Alene Avenue in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The goal for the piece is to significantly beautify one of the primary pedestrian and vehicle passageways of the downtown core.  The art will be installed vertically, anchored onto a wall made of concrete masonry blocks. Submissions of murals (painted directly onto the wall) will NOT be considered.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: February 21 @ 5p EST


WEEK OF NOV 12TH

BICENTENNIAL LEGENDS -

Calling all artists who specialize in portraits. Indianapolis Arts Council is seeking artists interested in creating large scale murals of Indianapolis legends. Kicking off with Marshall “Major” Taylor they plan to honor him and other individuals whose talent, courage, and humanity helped make Indianapolis/Indiana as the city celebrates its 200th especially highlighting those who made important contributions but were overlooked because of their race, gender, economic status, or social class.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Ongoing for Summer 2021- 2023

DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY

The City of Denver’s Public Art Program seeks to commission an artist or team of artists to create original public artworks for the Denver Art Museum and Denver Central Public Library Campus. The campus is located in the heart of Denver and the Golden Triangle Creative District. A selection panel of community representatives, arts professionals, and civic leaders has been assembled to identify art opportunities, and to select and recommend an artist or artist team for this project. The selection panel has identified at least three exterior sites for potential art opportunities and will select one artist or artist team for the allocated total budget of approximately $600,000 USD.

Eligibility: National & Global

Deadline: Nov 16

The Hunger Coalition

The Hunger Coalition seeks artists to design and paint murals on their new building headquarters located at 110 Honeysuckle Street, Bellevue, Idaho. Three separate artists will be selected to complete a mural, which will be placed on a feature wall of a high-profile project with thousands of visitors annually.

Eligibility: National & Global

Deadline: Nov 20th

ENGAGING ARTISTS (EA) -

More Art’s 2-tiered, Fellowship and Residency program for artists seeking to both develop and sustain their public art and socially-engaged practice. The program curriculum encompases a professional development series, public art commission opportunities, mentorship, and peer networking

Deadline: Nov 20 11:59pm

YMCA WORCESTER INDOOR MURAL -

The mural is to be a tribute to the outgoing executive director, Linda Cavioli’s, racial justice and gender equality legacy. Under her leadership, from the boardroom to the front lines, racial justice became the hallmark of YWCA of Central Massachusetts operations. The proposal selected will be one that best reflects the essence of her legacy.

Eligibility: New England / New York area. All applicants will be accepted but strongly encourages Women, Black artists (AA, Afro-Latina) of the African Diaspora, and other artists of color to apply.

Deadline: Dec 1

DAVID PRIZE -

The David Prize is a celebration of individuals and ideas to create a better, brighter New York City. Open to any individual working in the five boroughs, the Prize welcomes those with the grit and vision to change our communities, our culture and our future for good. As long as you have a clear idea of how your work improves our city, and what you need to get it done, we’ll consider it. Individuals that win The David Prize can be affiliated with organizations or companies, but the focus is on great people doing great things outside of established pathways and projects. 

Eligibility: New Yorkers

Deadline: Fri, Dec 4th

NEXT LEVEL

An initiative of the U.S. Department of State, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Meridian International Center. Its mission is to use hip hop music, dance, and art to foster cross-cultural creative exchange in diverse communities. Application is open to all self-defining dynamic break dancers, DJs, MCs, beatmaker, beatboxer or aerosol artist-educator.

Deadline: Dec 16 @ 11:59pm EST

STATEN ISLAND DCA PREMIER GRANT

One of many grants specifically for Staten Island artists, collaborative groups of individuals, and community arts and cultural organizations — who produce art or cultural programming. Grants range from $750 - $3,000

Eligibility: Staten Island residents

Deadline: Jan 31 2021