All City Legends is offering their wall at 155th & Frederick Douglass Blvd. NO FILLINS! Pieces or murals ONLY. To join the list, send pics of your work and dm them for a date to paint. (1) You will run ONE week (2) Yellow buff paint is supplied, bring your own stick, sponge & paint roller. (You buff the wall before painting it). (3) First available date is March 25th. DM us any Saturday or Sunday you want to paint. You can also paint during the week but understand that someone will paint the wall that weekend, just less time for you to be up on the wall.
Deadline: Rolling
COAHEC MURALS - THE PLIGHT OF MIGRANT CHILDREN
Colorado Area Health Education Centers (COAHEC) with its Medicina y Urban Rural Art Lessons en Salud (MURALS) Project and the CU Center for Bioethics and Humanities (CBH) are partnering to seek qualified artists who wish to be considered to create an outdoor wall mural at the Fulginiti Pavilion for Bioethics and Humanities building on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC) located in Aurora, CO. The overall theme for this mural is The Plight of Children in Migration. This theme is informed by the work of Prof. Warren Binford, author, recognized children’s rights scholar and advocate for children, including those in migration. This mural will complement two exhibits on display in the Fulginiti Pavilion, as well as a commissioned music and dance performance.
Deadline: Feb 3rd
The AFH Artists Fellowship, led by acclaimed Boston artist and AFH co-founder Rob Gibbs. The Fellowship seeks to amplify the voices and advance the careers of AFH alums, and other local and national artists, on the public stage. Under the umbrella of the AFH mission, the Fellowship offers artists an opportunity to contribute to a growing and thriving intergenerational artistic community. AFH will host two back-to-back, six-month Fellowships, annually, that will serve as a catalyst for advancing artists’ goals, building long-term creative connections, and bringing a richer diversity of perspectives to the AFH community and beyond
Deadline: Feb 3rd
Exhibition for Black History Month at Fulton Center.
Art on the Aveuses vacant storefronts in high visibility locations to create interactive art exhibitions for all to enjoy. Our next exhibition will be located at the Fulton Center Subway Station in lower Manhattan. Through its collaboration with Westfield, Art on the Ave NYC will transform vacant retail spaces in this transit hub into a showcase for local artists and a celebration of Black History. We want to highlight aspects of African Americans’ journeys and responses in creating strong and hopeful communities.
Deadline: Feb 6th
2023 submission process is intended to solicit portfolios and qualifications from artists who will be chosen for various types of BUMP Festival projects. We are seeking artists and muralists with varied experience who can execute murals large and small and who want to contribute to the betterment of the community through art. Local Calgary based artists, artists from across Canada and International artists can apply to BUMP Festival.
Deadline: Feb 6th
DIRECTOR OF DESIGN AND CREATIVE PLACEMAKING
In this position, you will serve as the National Endowment of Arts' nationally recognized expert and authority for the fields of Design and Creative Placemaking, managing grant programs, national leadership initiatives, and partnerships that advance the integration of arts, culture, and design into efforts that strengthen communities. The incumbent reports to the Senior Advisor for Partnerships, Expansion, and Innovation.
Deadline: Deadline Feb 8th
The W.O.W. Project is a women, queer, and trans-led community initiative using art and activism to grow and protect NYC Chinatown’s creative culture in a time of rapid change. The Deputy Director will work closely with the Executive Director and Board of Directors to develop a comprehensive organizational fundraising strategy with clearly defined milestones and targets. In concert with the Executive Director and the Program Director, the Deputy Director will define the organizational strategy and initiatives necessary to shape W.O.W.’s growth in a period of expansion. The Deputy Director will ensure that the vision and work of W.O.W. programs are accurately and enthusiastically communicated to the public as well as to donors and funders. They will work in collaboration with the Development Associate and the Youth Marketing Coordinator to achieve these goals. Start date: April 2023
PS 122 GALLERY 2023 EXHIBITION OPEN CALL
PS122 Gallery’s 2023 Exhibition Open Call marks the revival of the program—held annually since the 1986-87 season—that helped to define PS122 Gallery’s long history. For our Spring 2023 season, a three-person jury of arts professionals will select for the 2023 Exhibition Open Call:four (4) curator/artist-led exhibition proposals with a minimum of two (min. 2) artists to be hosted in each of our approximately 500-square-foot galleries (East + West).
Deadline: Feb 10th
CALL FOR POETS & VISUAL ARTISTS
Arts Mid-Hudson seeks poetry and visual art submissions for inclusion in the upcoming exhibition, Poets Respond to Art, which will be on view in Arts Mid-Hudson’s vgallery opening on March 21, 2023. Selected visual art submissions will be compiled, and made available to the selected poets; poets will then choose one of the art pieces to respond to through their work. The poems and artwork will be displayed together in the final exhibit. Artists and Poets must primarily reside in Dutchess, Orange, Ulster, Columbia, Greene, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, or Westchester Counties in New York State.
Deadline: Feb 10th
Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) is happy to announce the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Artists Fund, a new fund designed in partnership with WESTAF’s Leaders of Color Network that provides resources to and for BIPOC artists living and working in the 16 states and jurisdictions in the WESTAF region in order to advance their own artistic practice and goals. The Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) is dedicated to the creative advancement and preservation of the arts. The organization serves the largest constituent territory of the six U.S. regional arts organizations that includes the state arts agencies, artists, and arts organizations of Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, Hawai’i, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Deadline: Feb 12th
Curated by Andrea Arroyo . The 14th annual Women in the Heights exhibition will be installed in NoMAA’s gallery space, on the ground floor in the historic United Palace. In celebration of Women’s History Month (March), we invite artists to submit works that are inspired on the lives and impact of women, real, imagined, past, present and future. Open to self-identified women artists working or residing in El Barrio, Inwood, Washington Heights or Harlem. Above 110th Street on the West Side (west of 5th Ave) and above 96th Street on the East Side (east of 5th Ave).
Deadline: Feb 13th
Café Royal Cultural Foundation NYC will award an exhibition/project grant to artists creating paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs.
Deadline: Feb 13th
The application phase for ibug 2023 has started. From now on you have the opportunity to apply for this year's festival edition in the area of Leipzig, Germany.
Deadline: Feb 14th
Tulsa Artist Fellowship supports artists and arts workers in the heart of Oklahoma’s Green Country. Socially invested artistic practitioners live and work here, intentionally engaging with our city. Tulsa Artist Fellowship is a George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF) cultural initiative.
Deadline: Feb 18th
CALIFORNIA CREATIVE CORPS
18th Street Arts Center is seeking 40 California artists and culture bearers (collectively known as ‘artists’) to develop impactful arts and culture projects that foster community wellbeing in regions throughout the state that are located in California Healthy Places Index (HPI) Quartile 1 ZIP codes. If you are an artist or culture bearer already working to strengthen community wellbeing in California, or if you would like to become an artist doing this kind of work, we strongly encourage you to pitch your idea.
Deadline: Feb 20th
New York City runs on billions of dollars. How public funds are distributed affects our city's operations, services, construction, and so much more.
Deadline: Feb 21st
WOMEN, ARTS & PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL CHANGE
Asian Women Giving Circle (AWGC) believes culture is an essential part of any strategy for social change. We support organizations led by Asian American women or gender-expansive people and individual artists in NYC who are using arts and culture to: (1)Bring about progressive social transformation, (2) Raise awareness and catalyze action around critical issues that affect Asian American women, girls, gender-expansive people, and families, and (3) Highlight and promote their central role as leaders, creators, developers and managers of these projects. In this grants cycle, we anticipate that 6-8 project grants will be awarded, contingent on available funding. The maximum grant amount is $8,000.
Deadline: Feb 24th
2023 COLAB ARTS RESIDENT ARTISTS
coLAB Arts is looking to hire a trained and experienced socially-engaged artist for a nine-month residency in Edison, NJ with partner agency, Mission First Housing Group (MFHG). This individual should have a passion for community and civic engagement and in telling local, relevant, and resonant stories. This is not a discipline-specific position. Artists of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply including but not limited to performances artists, visual artists, social practice artists, musicians and composers, art therapists, writers, and storytellers.
Deadline: Feb 24th
INDIVIDUAL GIVING & CULTIVATION MANAGER
More Art is a New York City based public art organization. We provide commissioning opportunities, strategic project support, mentorship, educational programs and artistic development resources for artists at all stages of their career. The Individual Giving and Cultivation Manager works closely with staff to develop, implement, and manage fundraising and cultivation initiatives including online campaigns, annual fundraising events (eg. gala, dinners), and special events. The position reports directly to the Executive Director and works closely with all staff, providing administrative, strategic, and logistical support for Development-based activities, focusing on individual giving and fundraising events.
Deadline: Feb 25th
NEWELL FLATHER AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC ART
Founded in 2020, the Newell Flather Award for Leadership in Public Art annually honors two Massachusetts artists/curators/arts administrators in public art who embody different aspects of leadership and are contributing to more just, vibrant, and welcoming public spaces and public life through the evolving field of public art. Each recipient is awarded $5,000 of unrestricted funds in celebration of their leadership and impact in the field.
Deadline: Feb 27th
NYC AUDUBON GOVERNORS ISLAND ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM 2023
NYC Audubon is currently accepting applications for our 2023 cohort of Artists in Residence on Governors Island. This unique and innovative Artist in Residence (AiR) program will offer three local artists space, resources, and transdisciplinary exchange opportunities to investigate birds and wildlife conservation in the context of urban natural space and public engagement. Three artists will be selected to participate in the 2023 NYC Audubon Artist in Residence program based on compelling online applications and work samples.
Deadline: Feb 28th
TIDAL SHIFT AWARD: A PRIZE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS
Are you an artist between the ages 14-22 who wants to inspire Social Change? Does your perspective shine a light on their climate crisis in new ways? If yes, then Apply for Tidal Shift Award.
Deadline: Feb 28th
APEXART: 2023-24 INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL
Five proposals for an idea-based exhibition will be selected by 1,600 jurors to receive up to $11,000. Artists, curators, writers, and academics are encouraged to apply. Past exhibitions have taken place in Tanzania, Korea, Brazil, Mali, Puerto Rico, Georgia, Denmark.
Deadline: Mar 1st
As new art initiatives come up, City Council member Carmen La Rosa wants to ensure that we are bringing in local voices to the table. This form serves as a way to build our network of artists Uptown and hopefully create spaces where artists feel supported!
Deadline: Mar 1st
Public Art for Public Schools is the only public art program in the country dedicated to schools. The collection consists of over 2,000 artworks, with the oldest dating to the late 1800s. Calling artists! Are you interested in creating a permanent public artwork for a NYC public school? To be considered for upcoming projects, please submit your application to the Public Art for Public Schools artist registry. We commission artists for numerous projects annually. Budgets range from $50,000-$150,000. Applications are accepted year-round.
Deadline: Mar 1st
The BLKOUT Walls Mural Festival 2023 artist submission opens on January 10, 2023 and closes March 1st at 5pm pst . Please return to this page on these dates as our online application will be accessible during that time period. At this time BLOUT Walls will only be accepting applications from artists in the Metro Detroit area due to our commitment to National and International artists that were selected for the 2022 festival which was unfortunately cancelled. They will be opening up submissions for 2024 to all artists again in the fall of 2023.
Deadline: Mar 1st
Colfax Canvas call for muralists for its mural festival in Aurora, CO is live. All are welcome to apply but preference will be given to those with a connection to Aurora.
DEADLINE: Mar 1st
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CALL FOR ARTWORK
The Albany International Airport’s Art & Culture Program seeks to facilitate the installation of three new, temporary site-responsive installations in 2023 through an initial call for artists’ portfolios, from which finalists will be selected by a review committee to offer proposals. Commissions will be awarded by the Airport for development and installation in 2023. Application fee is $10.00
Deadline: Mar 3rd
BEYOND THE BARS SEEDING JUSTICE POSTER
Columbia University's Center for Justice is looking for artwork for this year's conference. This is an open call for digital posters which interact with and or illustrate this year's conference theme Seeding Justice. OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS: Beyond the Bars 2023 Poster Exhibition
This year we are organizing a poster exhibition at the conference that will create a platform for artists to showcase visual representations of how we can seed justice. SUBMISSION EMAIL: btbart2023@gmail.com
Deadline: Mar 3rd
VIBRANT CITIES ART GRANTS 2023
The Vibrant Cities Arts Grant 2023 is designed to support the creative community and artists still recovering from the economic impacts of COVID-19 within the City of Los Angeles. Hudson Pacific Properties and Blackstone, co-owners of Sunset Studios, allocated the Art Development Fee funds from their Sunset Glenoaks Studios project towards this non-project-specific fund for artists. Sunset Glenoaks is the first large-scale, purpose-built studio development in the Los Angeles area in over 20 years and is set to open in the second half of 2023. Artists must reside within Los Angeles County.
Deadline: Mar 3rd
2023 JERSEY CITY ARTS AND CULTURE TRUST FUND PROGRAM GRANT
Must be based in Jersey City and Serve the residents of Jersey City. Open to 501c3 nonprofits, arts businesses registered in the State of New Jersey that are based in Jersey City and individual artists who are residents of Jersey City
Deadline: Mar 3rd
BLACK ROCK SENEGAL ARTIST RESIDENCY
Black Rock Senegal is now accepting applications for the next cycle of our multidisciplinary artist-in-residency program located in Dakar, Senegal.
Black Rock is an artist residency founded in 2019 by renowned artist Kehinde Wiley. We are located on the coast of Dakar and our program provides a platform for multidisciplinary artists to come together to learn and share techniques and provoke new creative energy in West Africa. We are open to artists of all mediums and all nationalities.
Deadline: Mar 12th
THE INCUBATOR FOR EXECUTIVE LEADERS OF COLORS
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is pleased to announce the third edition of The Incubator for Executive Leaders of Color, a free program that will provide leadership training and community support for up to 16-18 arts administrators from April 2023 to September 2023. 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 13th
LIFT- EARLY CAREER SUPPORT FOR NATIVE ARTISTS PROGRAM
LIFT provides one-year awards for early-career Native artists to develop and realize new projects. The program’s focus is to provide financial support and professional development to artists whose work aims to uplift communities and advance positive social change. LIFT is a monetary award of $10,000 for a proposed project with $3,000 earmarked for the artist’s benefit and wellbeing.
Native artists working in dance/choreography, fiction/poetry writing, film/video, multi-disciplinary arts, music, performance art, theater and screenplay writing, traditional arts, or 2D + 3D visual arts are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: Mar 14th
SHIFT - TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE AND INDIGENOUS ARTS PROGRAM
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation is now accepting applications for The SHIFT – Transformative Change and Indigenous Art program. SHIFT awards support artist and community-driven projects responding to social, environmental or economic justice issues through a Native lens. SHIFT is a monetary award totaling $100,000 for two years, with $50,000 of the award earmarked for the lead artist or artist collective.
Deadline: Mar 14th
The studio manager is responsible for monitoring the operations of four studio spaces currently used by individual artists, arts organizations, and NoMAA fellows/artists-in-residence of various disciplines. The manager ensures that the studio operations maintain maximum productivity and efficiency; processes client accounts; maintains studio resources and assists in creating marketing campaigns/materials to promote the organization’s programs and rentals. A studio manager must have excellent communication and leadership skills to effectively respond to inquiries and concerns and develop and maintain contracts with the clients.
Deadline: Mar 16th
EXTERNAL RELATIONS COORDINATOR/MEMBERSHIP MANAGER
Under the supervision of the Executive Director, the External Relations Coordinator/Membership Manager will support all communication, membership activities and individual giving; assist with fundraising and public events, grants management and other Development duties as assigned.
Deadline: Mar 15th
EMERGING BRONX VOICES: CURATORIAL CALL
BAS seeks thematic group exhibition proposals from applicants who have a strong affiliation with the Bronx. Curators will receive a $500 honorarium plus a $1,000 budget to split between the artists."
Deadline: Mar 19th
FREE ROOM AND BOARD RESIDENCY FOR BIPOC ARTISTS
BIPOC artists that have developed a project that focuses on ending racism or addresses an intersectional issue and have a need for room and board in New York City are invited to apply for the 2023-2024 Bayard Rustin Residency. This residency provides room and board to one artist or activist for up to one year at the Penington Friends House, a collaborative living community founded by the Society of Friends (Quakers) in 1897. Their initial board included abolitionists and over the years the house has served as a meeting place for activists and artists. Applicants for this residency should be interested and willing to experience communal living. Residents in the house make communal decisions based on Quaker process ( similar to restorative justice) and participate in maintaining the house. Residents are diverse and multigenerational, mostly non-Quaker, and are mostly artists and activists. The Penington Friends House is in a historic 5 story walk up Brownstone in the Lower East Side of Manhattan near Union Square. The house is not overtly religious but we all seek to live by the Quaker values of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship.
Deadline: Apr 1st
UPTOWN ARTS STROLL POSTER CONTEST
The 21st Uptown Arts Stroll/Paseo de las Artes is a hybrid of in-person & virtual programming in June 2023 from West 135th to West 220th Street in West Harlem, Washington Heights & Inwood. The Uptown Arts Stroll started as a volunteer organized one-day event the Sunday before Thanksgiving 2003 and grew into a month-long festival celebrating northern Manhattan’s visual and performing artists. The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) has produced the Uptown Arts Stroll since 2008.
Deadline: Apr 2nd
Artist Grant provides a $500 USD grant to one visual artist each grant cycle. Once an artist wins a grant, they may not apply again. We also award 2nd and 3rd place runners-up with $100 USD each. Runners-up may apply again in a future grant cycle. There are four grant cycles per year – January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15. The deadline for the current grant cycle is January 15, 2023. There is a $25 application fee.
Deadline: Apr 15th
Newark Arts' ArtStart Mini Grant Program provides a funding boost to organizations and individuals that create and/or manage music, dance, theatre, film, visual and literary art programs that benefit Newark residents and communities. Winning applications can receive up to $3,000!
Deadline: Apr 24th
JOSEPH ROBERT FOUNDATION GRANT
The Joseph Robert Foundation, a small Pennsylvania private foundation, provides financial support for the arts, animal welfare, and the environment. While they are supportive of all forms of creative expression, the interests of the Foundation are primarily in the visual arts. They will also look favorably upon interdisciplinary projects/programs with a visual arts component, or a visual arts program/project that would further the goals of either of the other of the Foundation’s areas of interest. Letters of interests are accepted on October 30th and April 30th.
Deadline: Apr 30th