Artwork by: Paulo Villegas
EUREKA CHINATOWN PROJECT/ EUREKA STREET ART FESTIVAL
The Eureka Chinatown Project is looking for a muralist to commemorate Eureka's lost Chinatown and current Chinese community here in Eureka. This mural will be part of the 2021 Eureka Street Art Festival. The mural will be in Old Town where the former Chinatown once stood before the Expulsion of 1885. Email eurekachinatownproject@gmail.com for more information.
Eligibility: National but must be available to install August 6-16th.
NEVAL THOMAS ELEMENTARY BEAUTIFICATION
#GoodArtFam is looking for muralists to participate in the beautification of Neval Thomas Elementary in Washington D.C. Artwork should be inspirational for young elementary students that elevates their sense of self-worth or their ability to become whatever they dream. Artists are encouraged to demonstrate different styles of art: typography, abstract, graffiti/street art, etc. in their mural renderings. This will give a chance for the students to see the very wide range of artistic expression that the world has to offer. This is a 100% volunteer artist opportunity and is not compensated. Each artist is responsible for providing their own supplies for their mural. We recognize that in a perfect world we could compensate all artists for their time, so please know we are beyond thankful that you volunteered for this project.
Children Museum of Art is looking for Remote Artist Instructors to provide engaging learning opportunities through the arts for students enrolled in online Summer Studio programs. Camps take place via Zoom and run weekly from July 5 to August 27 (Monday through Friday from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM). CMA anticipates each camp providing 22 hours of work per week, but camps will only run if our minimum enrollment is met. The Remote Artist Instructor will report to the Associate Director of Museum Programming.
Hester Street is seeking an experienced urban planner, designer and/or community development professional to plan, manage and implement community-driven planning, design and development projects in New York City and nationwide. We are looking for someone with at least five years of work experience to join a growing, dynamic team that holds social justice as a core value.
Deadline: The position will be open until filled.
PALO ALTO PUBLIC ART CALL FOR QUALIFICATIONS
Palo Alto Public Art Program invites artists and artist teams to submit qualifications for inclusion in a Prequalified Artist Pool for upcoming public art opportunities. A list of eligible artists selected for the Prequalified Artist Pool will be used by the Palo Alto Public Art Program staff to recommend appropriate applicants for a range of permanent and temporary public art opportunities during the years 2021 - 2023.
Eligibility: Global
Deadline: May 9th @ 11:59p PST
The Prince Claus Fund will annually recognize 100 emerging artists and cultural practitioners within the first five years of their careers. With the Prince Claus Seed Awards we aim to contribute to flourishing arts scenes globally, where emerging artists can develop their practice on their own terms. For the Prince Claus Seed Awards, we are looking for emerging artists and cultural practitioners whose innovative work addresses pressing social and/or political issues within their own context. Recipients are free to invest the Award of €5.000 in the development of their artistic practice. Through the Prince Claus Seed Awards we will be supporting the career development, creativity and experimentation of emerging artists and cultural practitioners around the globe.
Eligibility: Visit website to see eligible countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe
Deadline: May 11th @ 11:59p Amsterdam Time
Africatown Community Land Trust is seeking to commission an immersive, site-specific artwork integrated into the new courtyard and public walkway in front of the new Africatown Plaza. Africatown Plaza is envisioned to hold a contemporary African aesthetic and will be a space for healing, restoring, and celebrating Black and Pan-African communities in the Central District of Seattle. The selected artist(s) will help design and fabricate an integrated public artwork that will work in collaboration with the plaza design. The selected artist(s) will be expected to collaborate with DREAM Collaborative and Site Workshop, to realize the artwork.
Eligibility: Global but Artist(s)with a connection to the Central District in Seattle are strongly encouraged to apply.
Deadline: May 15th
PARENT ARTIST AIRSPACE RESIDENCY
Abrons Arts Center is pleased to announce the re-launch of its Parent Artist AIRspace Residency, which provides support for 1 parent artist working in the visual arts, music, curatorial practice, and/or literary arts. This residency will provide studio space, free tuition to Abrons Arts Camp for 1 child, a $1,000 stipend, and opportunities for intergenerational engagement for 1 parent artist during summer of 2021
Eligibility: New York City
Deadline: May 16th@ 11:59p EST
ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION ART WRITERS GRANT
The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant supports emerging and established writers who write about contemporary visual art. Ranging from $15,000 to $50,000 in three categories—articles, books, and short-form writing—the grants support projects addressing both general and specialized art audiences, from short reviews for magazines and newspapers to in-depth scholarly studies. We also support art writing that engages criticism through interdisciplinary methods and experiments with literary styles.
Eligibility: US citizen, permanent resident of the United States, or a holder of an O-1 visa (if your application advances to the final round, you
Deadline: May 19th @ 11:59p EST
O+ Festival Kingston is now accepting submissions from artists of all mediums to transform the city into a public art experience. Following a year of placing most events on hold as our communities have grappled with crisis, O+ Festival will return to Kingston, NY October 8-10, 2021 with a celebration of life, through the exchange of art, music and wellness while holding space for the complexity that comes with the collective, and personal, trauma of the past year. Joy and connection is what we have to offer through the festival and they are, like oxygen, are essential to our ability to thrive as a community. The theme of the 2021 O+ Festival is O+YGEN.
Deadline: May 19th @ 11:59p EST
The City of Denver's Public Art Program seeks to commission an artist or team of artists to create an original public artwork for the Colorado Convention Center Expansion. The selection panel has identified the Exhibit Level South for a suspended artwork. The project budget is approximately $900,000.00 USD. The new artwork will be part of the Colorado Convention Center's current collection of 31 public artworks by local, national, and international artists.
Eligibility: Global
Deadline: May 24th @ 11:59p MST
Art on the Atlanta BeltLine (“AoAB”) is seeking visual artists, performers, musicians, lecturers, and art historians (“Art Professional(s)”) at every stage of their careers to apply for our 2021-2022 exhibition season. Historic, environmental, cultural, functional, urban design, and/or aesthetic aspects of the Atlanta BeltLine are good starting points to consider for potential proposal submissions.
Deadline: May 28th @ 12p EST
Florida’s Palmetto Bay plans to transform Franjo Road, downtown’s future Main Street, into a pedestrian-friendly street to significantly improve the area’s physical conditions through infrastructure improvements. The project objective is to create an art piece that fosters a sense of place and enhances the traffic circle. The piece should be appropriate for a public space and should be a piece which resembles the beauty of Palmetto Bay and provides a focal point at our Main Street.
Eligibility: National
Deadline: June 7th @ 3p EST
The Maryland Department of Agriculture's (MDA) is hosting a call for qualifications open to artists and artist teams for their Salisbury Animal Health Lab. The Salisbury Animal Health Lab will play a critical role in regional efforts to safeguard the health of millions of birds on the Delmarva peninsula. The MDA seeks to commission either a two or three dimensional original and unique public artwork with an all inclusive total budget of $70,000.
Eligibility: National
Deadline: June 7th
The Maryland Department of General Services (DGS) has completed construction on a state-of-the-art District Court of Maryland facility located in Catonsville, MD. The Artist Selection Committee has identified three distinct locations for artwork to be incorporated into the most public accessible areas of the Courthouse property.
Eligibility: National
Deadline: June 7th @ 3p EST