The Executive Director directs the Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, in building a world-class collection of temporary and permanent public art, which reflects and enhances the multicultural, diverse character of its citizens and engages with the larger world. This position will be the lead resource and public presence for advancing the vision and mission for public art and public art education. The role is physically and organizationally based in Des Moines, Iowa. The job search began in March and is ongoing until position is filled.
Artolution is focused on developing and working with local leaders in the arts to use collaborative art-making as a tool for communities to explain their experiences to the world. They are looking for a visual artist who is interested in using their artistic gifts and leadership qualities to assist on an upcoming community mural project with Artolution!
Job Posted: May 9th
The New York Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) is seeking a Capital Projects Manager for its Capital Projects unit. The Capital Projects unit oversees the administration of a multi-million-dollar capital program supporting the expenditure of City capital dollars funding design and construction projects and major equipment purchases at cultural facilities located throughout the City. Projects range from the creation of new performing arts facilities to basic infrastructure improvements, and new equipment system. The position entails extensive interagency coordination and outreach to the field, project analysis for capital eligibility and project management of design, execution of capital improvements and development and maintenance of information database applications.
Job posted June 22nd.
The Black Women in Visual Art (BWVA) Program Manager assists the Co-Founders to oversee and coordinate programming and special projects. The Program Manager supports short and long term organizational initiatives and develops programs to support the BWVA strategic direction. The Program Manager also initiates and maintains important relationships with BWVA collaborators and audiences.
Deadline: Jun 30th
In 1998, WomensNet founded the Amber Grant. One of the very first online organizations to give women-owned business grants, the Amber Grant was set up to honor the memory of Amber Wigdahl. Every month Amber Grant awards $10,000 to a woman entrepreneur… And gives an additional annual $25,000 Amber Grant to one of the preceding 12 monthly Amber Grant winners.
Deadline: June 30th
Street art festival in San Pablo del Lago, Ecuador. Open to artists across the globe.
Deadline: Jun 30th
FISCAL SPONSORSHIP FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE ARTS PRACTITIONERS
The Field’s Pilot Fiscal Sponsorship for Social Justice Arts Practitioners Program is a subsidized fiscal sponsorship membership with special benefits for individual artists and art collectives or organizations who identify as members of a historically underrepresented or marginalized group and whose creative work puts into practice and furthers values of social justice, equity, and inclusion in their communities. This is an opportunity for creatives and cultural workers of all disciplines and experience levels
Deadline: Jun 30th
Street Art Festival taking place in Bacau Romania. This year's theme is Utopia.
Deadline: July 1st
Street Wise Arts is excited to announce the fourth year of the Street Wise Boulder Mural Festival taking place September 29 through October 2, 2022. Over the past three years, the annual ARTivism festival has installed more than 85 murals throughout the city of Boulder with the mission to unite communities through art and activism, facilitate equitable representation of diverse humans and encourage discussions about social justice and community resilience.
Deadline: July 1st
Street Art festival taking place in Sardinia, Italy. Open to artists of regional, national and foreign origin, residing within Europe.
Deadline: July 1st
ART AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FELLOWS 2022
VisArts has created a new Arts and Social Justice Fellowship Program for visual activists whose current research, curatorial or visual activist practice, and passion centers on social, racial, economic, and/or environmental justice. The year-long fellowship is an opportunity to explore how thoughtfully curated art, dialogue, communication, and collaborations between artists and communities can productively navigate political flashpoints, chronic systemic inequities, and entrenched perspectives to inspire change towards a more equitable, just, and inclusive society.
The Duluth Street Art Initiative requests qualifications for artists for a mural project in the alley of the West 0-100 block of Superior St. in downtown Duluth, MN. Between 1 and 4 artists will be selected to create individual murals.
Deadline: July 5th
NEWARK ARTS FESTIVAL OPEN CALL
The Newark Arts Festival (“NAF”) theme for 2022 is Artful Healing. Art is medicine. The arts provide some of the most powerful outlets for spreading healing in our world. In acknowledgement of the challenges of our times, NAF 2022 aims to create a collective restorative experience through thoughtfully curated artwork, performances and programming meant to help our artist community and Festival attendees heal holistically. The Festival will feature a lineup of national and local artists of all disciplines that have been challenged to demonstrate what healing means or looks like to them, and to inspire messages of hope, comfort and encouragement.Visual Artists and Artist Collectives that would like to be considered for inclusion in the 2022 Newark Arts Festival's group exhibit, "Artful Healing," at the Newark Museum of Art.
Deadline: July 6th
NORWALK SENIOR WELLNESS CENTER RFP
Norman Arts Council, on behalf of The City of Norman and Norman Forward Percent for Art for the Senior Wellness Center, is seeking an artist (or team of artists) to create a significant work of art for the Senior Wellness Center to be located in Norman, Oklahoma.
Deadline: July 7th
DIRECTOR OF CENTER FOR FOLKLIFE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is a research, collection, and public education unit of the Smithsonian dedicated to the understanding, preservation, and sustainability of diverse cultural traditions. The Director oversees the Center’s programs including the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, the Cultural Sustainability Program and other activities as well as its administrative and financial affairs.
Deadline: July 8th
SUZANNE FOIL CURATORIAL FELLOWSHIP
ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce an Open Call for applications for the 2023 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 2023 season. Interested applicants are asked to write to curatorial@issueprojectroom.org to receive the application form.
Deadline: July 8th
RESIDENCY FOR EXPERIMENTAL ARTS EDUCATION
The Children’s Museum of the Arts (CMA), NYC invites artists to apply for this opportunity to design and implement arts education programs. Residents will receive an annual salary of $50,000 plus benefits, and is expected to fulfill a 40-hour per week schedule, inclusive of independent studio time.
Deadline: July 8th
VIRTUAL ASK AN ART LAWYER LEGAL CLINIC
Join Project Row House for their virtual "Ask an Art Lawyer" monthly series in partnership with Goodson Law on select Monday afternoons. Register below for a free 15 minute consultation to discuss contracts, copyrights, trademarks, legal structures, or anything else relating to creative practices. The virtual clinic is being held until August 15th.
Sign up for sessions on April 11th, May 9th, June 13th, July 11th, August 15th
LARMIER BRIDGE -CONNECTING AURARIA
The City of Denver’s Public Art Program seeks to commission an artist or team of artists to create an original public artwork, or series of artworks, for the Larimer Bridge – Connecting Auraria project located on Larimer Street between 14th Street and the Auraria Campus, in Downtown Denver, CO 80202. The selection panel members have set forth specific goals and parameters for this public art project with the hope of creating unique and inspiring works of art for students on the AHEC campus, and downtown residents, employees and visitors. The panel is invested in creating connections between the Auraria Campus and Downtown Denver. Currently the campus feels separated and isolated from the downtown core; successful artwork will help to bridge the two neighborhoods.
Deadline: July 12th
EMPOWER HOUR: CHANGE/WE ALL WE GOT
Starting April 12th until October, NBAF will provide workshops to invest, educate and engage artists of African descent by supporting their paths to sustainable art careers. This partnership is dedicated to building upon legacies of stellar artistic and educational programs in music, dance, film, visual arts, theater, and the literary arts. On July 12th - Change/ We All We Got: Aligning support for your Creative Business and how to manage it all (Virtual)
EAST LAS VEGAS COMMUNITY CENTER INTERIOR MURAL
The City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Operations and Maintenance and the Office of Ward 3 invites Artists to submit design proposals for a mural on a 28’ long x 14’ high wall prominently featured within the newly renovated East Las Vegas Community Center. The mural imagery should enliven the center and reflect the history of the community and Artists are encouraged to submit designs for consideration which directly represents the neighborhood, facility patrons and inspires community pride.
Deadline: July 14th
ERIE CANAL BICENTENNIAL PUBLIC ART
The Erie Canal Bicentennial Public Art Installation at Canalside (the “Project”) in the City of Buffalo, NY. ECHDC seeks artists who can demonstrate the ability to design and implement heritage-focused public art commissions.
Deadline: July 14th
The Arts and Culture Department of Northampton is assembling a pool of artists interested in creating a large-scale, painted decorative mural important to the growth and culture of Northampton, Massachusetts.
Deadline: July 15th
The West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority (DDA), with the support from the West Palm Beach Arts & Entertainment District (A&E), 501C3 is requesting proposals from qualified vendors for public space activations and installations for an exciting opportunity in Downtown West Palm Beach. We are searching for placemakers, artists, innovators, creatives, curators, improv experts, entrepreneurs, or any multidisciplinary team, that can create a large-scale urban experience, be it an installation, performance, a hybrid, or anything else in your imagination that you may dream of that reflects the “Next Big Thing” for Downtown West Palm Beach. Your urban experience should be interactive, unique, artistic, must happen in a public space inside the downtown boundaries, and include a creative message, full of visual impact that complements the surrounding area and ignites the community’s imagination. To be completed in Winter 2022/Spring 2023.
Deadline: July 15th
The University of Houston Katherine G. McGovern College of the Arts and Project Row Houses (PRH) have developed a fellowship program supported by Suzanne Deal Booth that builds on leadership, community-engaged art, and social practice projects. The fellowship program brings artists, cultural practitioners, urban planners, educators, and policy makers to engage with the PRH process, a community of scholars in the McGovern College, and the greater Houston community. For one-year, two fellows are selected to become active cultural practitioners and can focus their research on community engaged creative practices.
Deadline: July 15th
Image Equity Fellowship is a 6-month, application-based Fellowship awarded to 20 early-career image-based creators of color in the US. Selected Fellows will receive $20,000 in unrestricted funds to create an image-based project that explores and uplifts community(ies) of color with care and nuance. Fellows will receive support from Google and three industry-celebrated nonprofit partners—Aperture, For Freedoms & FREE THE WORK—in the form of dedicated mentorship, workshops, funding and publication of and press for their completed projects. Fellow must self-identify as a person of color (Black, Middle Eastern, Indigenous, Asian, and/or Latinx)
Deadline: July 15th
MTA Arts & Design seeks images of artists’ previous work to review in consideration for a new permanent Percent for Art project, in conjunction with renovation of the 14 St and 6 & 7 Ave stations in Manhattan, to be fabricated in durable materials, such as mosaic. An approved fabricator will be translating the final artwork designs into the identified media, therefore an artist’s prior experience, or lack thereof, with these materials will not be taken into consideration when reviewing images.
Deadline: July 18th
ZION NATIONAL PARKS ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
The Artist-in-Residence Program at Zion National Park offers professional artists the opportunity to pursue their artistic discipline while being surrounded by the park's inspiring landscape. The selected artists will be given rent-free use of a furnished park house in the main canyon for 4 weeks. Artists must be self-sufficient and provide all of their necessary supplies. Selected artists will receive a $500 reimbursement to assist with travel and supply expenses when their donated piece of work has been received by the park. This call applies to all sessions offered in 2023 with up to 3 sessions available. All submissions will be reviewed by our panel during the first round. Artists moving on to the final round will be contacted for interviews that will be recorded in August-September and final selections will be made by the end of October. There is a $40 fee to apply.
Deadline: July 18th
BronxArtSpace invites Bronx-based artists to apply for its Artist Residency program. The program responds to a crucial need for studio space and professional development opportunities for emerging Bronx artists. The chosen artists will be expected to open their studios to the public for at least one weekend and will be required to put up an exhibition.
Deadline: July 19th
MTA NYC TRANSIT - 181ST ST STATION
MTA Arts & Design seeks images of artists’ previous work to review in consideration for a new permanent Percent for Art project, in conjunction with renovation of the 14 St and 6 & 7 Ave stations in Manhattan, to be fabricated in durable materials, such as mosaic. An approved fabricator will be translating the final artwork designs into the identified media, therefore an artist’s prior experience, or lack thereof, with these materials will not be taken into consideration when reviewing images.
Deadline: July 20th
The Circ Artist Grants are open to emerging, mid-career, and professional artists in an international open call, several times throughout the year. The Circ Artist Grant provides unrestricted funding to artists with a demonstrated commitment to their art. Two artists per grant cycle are awarded $550 each to enhance and further their creative practice. The application is $25.
Deadline: July 20th
ARTWORK DESIGN SERVICE FOR TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION SITE VISUAL MITIGATION BANNERS
Metro Art invites visual artists and artist teams to submit their qualifications for an opportunity to design four (4) original, site-responsive artworks for large-scale temporary banners to be affixed to sound barrier walls surrounding the Westwood/VA Hospital Station construction site, as part of a visual mitigation measure for the Westside Purple (D Line) Extension Project. The construction phase of the project provides a unique opportunity for temporary artworks that respond to the project site and the communities served including the greater Westwood area and the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA)West Los Angeles campus. The banners will be prominently installed on the sound barrier wall directly facing the front entrance of the Main Hospital at the VA West Los Angeles Medical Center, as part of a mitigation measure to promote a sense of place, safety, and walkability by providing public art."
Deadline: July 20th
CREATIVE CROSSWALK CALL FOR ARTISTS
The City of Fairburn Georgia is seeking artists interested in transforming ordinary crosswalks into playful, vibrant, and energetic works of art that will bring a smile to all who see them and encourage motorists to stop for pedestrians using the crosswalk. This project will serve as a point of community pride and encourage thinking about simple public spaces as places to enjoy artwork.
Deadline: July 21st
Frederick Arts Council seeks proposals for a mural design to embellish the lobby of New Spire Sages,
Frederick’s state-of-the-art downtown black box performance venue.
Deadline: July 22nd
PUBLIC ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE (PAIR)
Public Artists in Residence (PAIR) is a municipal residency program that embeds artists in city government to propose and implement creative solutions to pressing civic challenges. The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) is seeking four artists to join its Public Artists in Residence (PAIR) program in 2022. An artist will be placed in residence with the following City agencies: the Department of Design and Construction, the Department of Homeless Services, the NYC Health + Hospitals, and the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes.
Deadline: July 22nd
SOUTHERN ARTISTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
Southern Artists for Social Change is part of the Surdna Foundation’s “Radical Imagination for Racial Justice” initiative, supporting civic practice projects that bring artists of color into collaboration and co-design with community partners and local residents of color around a community-defined vision. Artists and culture bearers with demonstrated practice in any discipline are encouraged to apply as long as they identify identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color (BIPOC) living, working, and engaging in social change in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Deadline: July 29th
The City of Norfolk Ohio has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town program to hire an artist to design and create artwork that will celebrate the Elizabeth River, the community, and the NDR Ohio Creek Watershed Project;
Deadline: July 31st
QM-JEROME FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP
The Queens Museum (QM) is pleased to relaunch its fifth QM-Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists in New York City. Two visual artists will receive $20,000 each, individual studio space at the Queens Museum, professional development consultations, and close mentorship from QM staff members working toward an artist’s project. Fellows will move into the studios in October 2022 and will have access to studio space through September 2023. These one-year fellowships will culminate with the opening of solo project exhibitions at QM in Fall 2023.
Deadline: July 31st
FEARLESS STRIVERS GRANT CONTEST
Black women-owned businesses are vital to our economy yet receive less than one percent of venture capital funding. Fearless Fund is deepening its commitment to this community with the launch of the contest. With Mastercard prizing, we’ll be awarding eleven lucky small businesses across the country $10,000 grants, digital tools to help them get and sustain their business online, and Priceless one-on-one mentorship so they can continue to bolster their business.
Deadline: July 31st
Murals at Mason is seeking artists in DC, MD, and VA to submit proposals for multiple sites inside the Manassas Regional Airport. Submissions should be vibrant, colorful, and a notable statement piece that makes the airport a landmark of Manassas/Prince William County. There should be an aviation or aerial theme, including the planes that are flown at Manassas Regional as well as drones, blimps, hot air balloons, helicopters, and other aircraft. Birds and insects could also be incorporated. Landmarks of Virginia may be included.
Deadline: Aug 1st
Awall mural festival will be going down for the first time ever in the state of ILLINOIS, and were taking submissions.
Deadline: Aug 1st
BIG WALL DREAMS ARTIST OPEN CALL
The Artist Open Call for Big Walls Big Dreams Houston, TX 2022 is open, and will close on the 15th of August, 2022. Registrations received after this date will not be considered. The festival is taking place in November 2022. Artists invited to participate will be provided an artist stipend along with paint and painting materials. Artists traveling from out of town, a flight stipend and housing will also be provided.
Deadline: Aug 15th
The 2022 Open Call for Artist Banners is now open to artists ages 18 and older who self-identify as AAPI and reside in New York City’s five boroughs. To apply, artists must submit a digital file of their five designs for the three banners (each banner is double-sided, with one side devoted to the “noguchi” logo). Enclose a CV and a one-paragraph artist statement that describes how the design addresses the theme of peace. Designs that are created specifically for this proposal will be prioritized above designs that are appropriated from artists’ previous artwork. Designs should be completed and ready for printing.
Deadline: Aug 22nd
CALI Catalyst provides unrestricted grants of up to $5,000 to California changemakers who are shifting the arts and culture sector in ways that tangibly give underrepresented voices more power and influence.
Deadline: Aug 31st
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FINE ARTS CENTER RFQ
RISCA has announced a new public art commission for the University of Rhode Island’s Fine Arts Center. The budget for the artwork is $360,000.
Deadline: Sept 1st
48 BLOCKS ATLANTIC CITY MURALS
48 Blocks Atlantic City includes a summer long citywide mural program inviting artists from all backgrounds, locations, and levels of experience to create art across the 48 blocks of Atlantic City, NJ. Our program emphasizes focus on artistic freedom and expression, encouraging participating artists to bring their personal artistic vision to life leading to a diverse range of styles and content in the permanent public art in Atlantic City.
Deadline: Sept 1st
CURATORIAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Proposals are accepted from 501c3 arts organizations on behalf of curators at any stage of their careers, with or without institutional affiliation, working towards projects that will manifest at least two years after a grant is made. A letter of support from the director of the sponsoring organization must accompany the proposal. Grants are up to $50,000 and are intended to cover expenses incurred during the research and development stage of an exhibition, public-facing project, or other visual arts-based initiative that contributes in an original way to contemporary visual arts discourse
Deadline: Sept 1st
Proposals are accepted for solo or two person shows and thematic group exhibitions taking place between 6 months and 2 years after the grant notification date (July 1st and January 1st). We are interested in supporting artists whose work has been less celebrated than that of their peers, whose commitment to their practice has been under recognized yet has had a significant impact on the current (and upcoming) generation of artists.
Deadline: Sept 1st
Proposals are accepted for two years of visual arts programming. This can include exhibitions, residencies, public art works, screenings, performances, lectures, publications, mentorships and other professional development opportunities for artists.
Deadline: Sept 1st
THE BED-STUY CREATE & CONNECT FUND
The Bed-Stuy Create and Connect Fund is a community micro-grant fund that the LP launched in 2020. The Fund seeds and supports the creative ideas and civic actions of artists, cultural practitioners, community builders, organizers, and makers in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. During the 2022 cycle, we will provide $1000 grants towards each funded project, for a total of up to 25 proposals. We are looking for creative initiatives and projects that are rooted in community, foster connections, and ignite conversations and/or collaborations.
Deadline: Sept 1st
Based in Radcliffe Yard—a sanctuary in the heart of Harvard University—fellows join a uniquely interdisciplinary and creative community. A fellowship at Radcliffe is an opportunity to step away from usual routines and dive deeply into a project. With access to Harvard’s unparalleled resources, Radcliffe fellows develop new tools and methods, challenge artistic and scholarly conventions, and illuminate our past and our present.
Deadline: Sept 8th
DIGITAL MOTION ARTWORK FOR EXTERIOR BUILDING
Block Real Estate Services, LLC is seeking multiple digital motion artwork pieces for display for an a building in Kansas City, Missouri, and four others in Overland Park, Kansas.Applications will be reviewed at the END OF EACH MONTH through at least September 2022.
Deadline: Sept 30th
Secret Walls is currently looking for new battle artists. Physical or digital, paint or pixel.
Deadline: Sept 30th