Kickstarter, Creative Capital, and Skoll Foundation have partnered to launch a $500,000 Creative Capital x Skoll Foundation Fund that backs projects by Asian, Black, Indigenous, and Latinx creators on the crowdfunding platform. Effective immediately, funds will be awarded on an ongoing basis to creators with active projects across all of Kickstarter’s categories: Arts, Comics & Illustration, Design & Tech, Film, Food & Craft, Games, Music, and Publishing.
After a very successful year of producing 11 fine art and literature Zines responding to environmental, political and social issues, ARTISTS RESPONDING TO ... will be launching a magazine in January 2022! The magazine will showcases global artists, creatives and writers who use their unique voice to tackle issues that have emotionally or physically impacted them. Is your artistic practice politically engaged? Are you a writer looking for an opportunity to get published? Do you have an upcoming exhibition or opportunity you want to share?
CUE Art Foundation is dedicated to creating opportunities for emerging and under-recognized artists, curators, and writers through exhibitions, public programming, and arts education. CUE seeks an experienced, motivated individual to lead the programs team administering our programs. The Programs Manager will oversee exhibitions, arts education, and event planning, and contribute to the development of new CUE programs.
The Wendy’s Subway Residency Program supports a variety of projects at the intersection of literature, the arts, and publishing. This stipended residency provides artists, writers, independent publishers, and small-scale arts organizations with focused time to research, experiment, and develop creative projects, public programs, and publications over three months.
Deadline: Dec 3rd @ 11:59p EST
Next Level is 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. They are seeking 6 aerosol artists who are passionate about promoting cultural exchange, conflict transformation, and entrepreneurship through art for 3 short-term residencies in the Middle East with none other than David CHINO Villorente (@chinobyi).
Deadline: Dec 5th @ 11:59p EST
INCUBATOR FOR ARTS AND CULTURE
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)’s The Incubator for Arts and Culture Leaders of Color is a free program that will provide leadership training and community support for up to 18 arts administrators from January 2022 to June 2022.
Eligibility: Self-identify as a leader of Color based at an arts organization in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York State (outside of NYC).
Deadline:: Dec 6th @ 11:59p EST
The Maryland State Arts Council’s Public Art Across Maryland program and Bowie State University invite artists (or artist teams) to develop concept proposals for a new and original public artwork to be featured prominently at the new Martin Luther King Jr. Communication Arts & Humanities building (CAH).
Eligibility: National
Deadline: Dec 8th @ 3:00p EST
HISTORY AND CULTURE TRAIL CALL FOR PUBLIC ART
In partnership with the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency, Tallahassee’s COCA presents this opportunity to share and celebrate the rich history and culture of the neighborhoods, businesses, and people living in the areas surrounding the Capital Cascades Trail and FAMU Way Extension projects. The proposed artworks should highlight the history of the Tallahassee African-American community who has historically called the Project area home, as well as the significant history of FAMU and the local civil rights movement.
Eligibility: National
Deadline: Dec 10th @ 11:59p EST
HOT SPRINGS NEXT MURAL PROJECT
Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance in partnership with the property owner is pleased to extend this invitation and request for proposals for a mural project to be executed on a wall adjacent to the Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. Artists submitting project ideas are encouraged to draw inspiration from the many attributes that have consistently made Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas a unique and popular destination including, but not limited to, nature, hospitality, thermal springs, landmarks, and history and can be abstract.
Eligibility: National
Deadline: Dec 17th
2022 TIPS: TECHNOLOGY IMMERSION PROGRAM
Harvestworks is pleased to offer the Technology Immersion Program (TIP) for Artists who have a passion for learning the tools of digital media but do not have the research, training and equipment necessary to produce artworks in this medium
Deadline: Dec 18th
CABARRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE RFQ
Cabarrus County, North Carolina is seeking artists or artist collaborations to create innovative, original, and site-specific artwork for the Cabarrus County Courthouse Expansion that is currently under construction in downtown Concord, NC
Eligibility: National
Deadline: Dec 20th @ 3p EST
AiR 351 is an independent international visual arts residency program located in Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal for US artists and curators. The program includes access to an individual studio and to communal spaces at AiR 351´s headquarters. AiR 351 involves residents its general activities program: integration in the local artistic community, technical and curatorial assistance, possibility of working within AiR 351 partners network, studio visits, open studios and public presentations, when possible.
Eligibility: US based artists and curators
Deadline: Dec 20th
Truckee River Pedestrian Pathway Reno, Nevada RFP
The City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission (RACC) invites artist(s) to submit their qualifications to be eligible for a $30,000 public art commission for the Truckee River Pedestrian Pathway in Reno, Nevada.
Eligibility: National
Deadline: Jan 3rd @ 9p PST
CITY HALL PARKING GARAGE RENO, NEVADA RFP
The Reno Arts & Culture Commission is looking for an artist/artist team to design and create a large-scale mural on the exterior of the City Hall Parking Garage. This project will revitalize the immediate area and add life to the City Hall Parking Garage, highlighting Reno’s arts and culture to visitors of downtown and local communities. The City Hall Parking Garage faces directly onto City Plaza, called the “Art Plaza,” where multiple events are held each year and in which numerous art pieces are installed, including the iconic BELIEVE sculpture by artists Laura Kimpton and Jeff Schomberg.
Eligibility: National
Deadline: Jan 3 @11:59p EST
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY PUBLIC ART RFQ
Utah Public Art & Southern Utah University is requesting letters of interest and qualifications are requested from artists interested in creating site specific art for a public area of the new Southern Utah University Academic Classroom Building in Cedar City, Utah.
Eligibility: National
Deadline: Jan 7th
COMMEMORATIVE SITE FOR ENSLAVED & EXPLOITED PEOPLE RFQ
Davidson College is accepting qualifications from creative individuals or teams that include professional artist(s) in partnership with landscape architects, architects, and/or engineers to create a commemorative project, integrating artwork and landscape. The selected finalist will be asked to create a permanent, interactive space and artwork sited at a highly visible and prominent location on the Davidson College campus,. The completed space and artwork will serve as a nexus for healing, reflection, recovery, and a reaffirmation of Davidson’s commitment to equality and justice.
Eligibility: National
Deadline: Jan 7@ 11:59p EST
2022 PUBLIC PROGRAMS FELLOWSHIP
CUE Foundation is currently accepting applications for our 2022 Public Programming Fellowship. Working closely with CUE staff, the fellow(s) will curate a series of events, talks, and/or workshops to be presented at CUE in 2022. Applicants are invited to submit proposals that address timely topics related to visual arts or cultural production. Proposals should further CUE’s mission of supporting emerging and under-recognized artists.
Deadline: Jan 10th @ 11:59p EST
BRONX RECOGNIZES ITS OWN GRANT
Bronx Recognizes Its Own (BRIO) 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: Jan 10th
Undercurrent is seeking proposals for a 4-5 week show in 2022 in their space located at 70 John Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY. This call is open to all mediums. There is a processing fee of $25 to submit.
Deadline: Jan 10th @ 11:59p EST
RIGHT OF RETURN USA FELLOWSHIP
The fellowship program will continue to invest in formerly incarcerated artists, supporting the creation of original works produced in partnership with advocates and organizers to further criminal justice reform efforts. In this fourth year, we will be awarding a diverse group of 6 artists a grant of $20,000 each to support a project aimed at reforming our criminal justice system.
Eligibility: Formerly incarcerated artists
Deadline: Jan 14th @ 11:59p EST
DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION LAKE CHARLES RFQ
The Louisiana Percent for Art program is seeking qualified artists or artist teams to submit qualifications to design and implement an exterior site-specific piece of artwork of original design for The Department of Transportation and Development’s new district headquarters building in Lake Charles,
Eligibility: National
Deadline: Jan 15th