The Department of Arts and Culture’s Civic Art Division (Civic Art) is inviting emerging and established professional artists residing or working within Southern California to submit qualifications for a Health Departments Artist Roster. Artists selected for the Health Departments Artist Roster will be considered for upcoming projects for the LA County Departments of Mental Health, Health Services, and Public Health (Health Departments), including both purchases of existing artworks and site-specific commissioned artwork. New art opportunities will be made available to artists on the roster for art purchases and project commissions through subsequent selection processes.
Deadline: Mar 9th
RESEDA RISING MURAL FESTIVAL ARTIST OPEN CALL
At the foundation of all 11:11's projects is the belief that environments activated by the arts help to inspire and empower people. We believe that the Arts are an integral part of healthy people and communities. 11:11's projects center around creating socially-minded public art which promotes dialogue, connectivity, equity, environmental stewardship, and honors cultural legacies. We believe that equipping artists with tools to create in public space with sensitivity and reflection of the community is the path towards a healthier and happier society.
Deadline: Mar 9th
VARIOUS POSITIONS AT DENVER WALLS
"Denver Walls, part of the Worldwide Wall family, is building behind the scenes to bring a full launch in the coming weeks. In the meantime, they are seeking to expand the team! Open Positions: Sponsorship/Fundraising Advisor, Logistics Lead, Treasurer.
Date Posted: Feb 26th
DREAMVILLE FEST 2022 MURALIST CALL
Artsplosure has partnered with Dreamville Fest once more this year and their team is searching for muralists to create original large-scale (8x12) art for attendees to enjoy. This is a paid opportunity but selected artists are required to arrange transportation of selected artwork to Raleigh, NC.
Deadline: Mar 9th
The Black Artists Grant (BAG) offered by Creative Debuts as a no-strings attached financial support to help black artists. They can spend the grant on whatever they want – be that make new work, buy equipment or materials, travel, research, visit exhibitions or conferences, or to even just cover some life expenses. There is no deadline as this is a monthly rolling grant, no age limit, and the grant does not expect any outcomes or reporting.
Deadline: Rolling
Public Art Fund (PAF), New York’s leading presenter of contemporary art projects in public spaces, seeks a Communications Manager with a specialization in visual arts public relations to join its Communications Department.
Date Posted: Mar 2nd
Yashua Klos Studio seeks highly motivated production assistant. The production assistant will work directly with the artist and their Studio Director preparing artworks for several upcoming exhibitions. Projects will include tracing, collaging, gluing, woodblock carving and printing, and material sourcing.
Date Posted: Mar 7th
Artist Layqa Nuna Yawar is looking for painters to join their small team starting early March! LGBTQIA+, people of color, black and indigenous people are encouraged to apply - specially if they are interested in the practice of mural making and are based around Newark, NJ.
Date Posted: Feb 28th
TEENS CURATE TEENS ARTIST CALL
Hosted by Artsconnection Teens Curate Teens (TCT) is a free out-of-school program that brings together NYC high school artists and curators to produce an art exhibition based on a subject selected by teens.
Deadline: Mar 21st
Reporting to the Executive and Artistic Director, the Programs Manager (based in Chicago) is responsible for a program of public events and professional development opportunities for curators and arts practitioners in Chicago and the Midwest, advancing ICI’s mission and core values of: inclusive access to contemporary art; international engagement; and the sharing of knowledge and resources. The Programs Manager delivers all aspects of ICI’s public and educational programs in Chicago and the Midwest under the supervision of the Executive and Artistic Director, including, among others: The Curatorial Forum, in partnership with EXPO CHICAGO; ICI’s Curatorial Seminar in Chicago and Detroit and other mentorship programs; public talks and conferences in Chicago and online. The Programs Manager also maintains and develops relationships with partners in Chicago and the Midwest, including curators, artists, partners, and funders. This is a new position that further formalizes ICI’s presence in the region.
Deadline: Mar 11th
The Here & There Collective (THAT Co.) is committed to uplifting and connecting contemporary artists from the Asian diaspora by providing direct support to artists and opportunities for a deeper connection with our community. Starting in 2022, THAT Co. is launching a studio grant that will provide artists the opportunity to create work in a private studio located in Brooklyn, NY for a 3 or 6-month period.Deadline: Mar 14th
DOUGLASS WOMEN CALL FOR MURAL ARTISTS
540WMain is seeking to install a mural in Rochester, NY to pay homage to Anna Murray Douglass and Rosetta Douglass Sprague. This project aims to highlight the story and voices of the Black women who make significant, but historically overlooked, contributions to the world. Through the creation of this public artwork, we hope to shift our collective memory while inspiring future narratives that center the essential work of Black women.
Deadline: Mar 15th
The BLKOUT Walls Mural Festival is a curated event by invitation only. If you'd like to submit your portfolio for consideration please submit your information below, the curation team will be happy to review it.We will contact you if your work is a great fit for our upcoming event.
Deadline: Mar 18th
VARIOUS POSITIONS AT THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL POWER
The Center for Cultural Power is currently seeking a Chief Campaigns Officer, A Chief Operating Officer, and a Chief Field Building Officer. The Center for Cultural Power (Cultural Power) is a women of color, artist-led organization, inspiring artists and culture makers to imagine a world where power is distributed equitably and where we live in harmony with nature. Cultural Powers support artists through fellowships, training, and opportunities for activation. They create intersectional stories and content addressing issues of immigration, climate, gender and racial justice. They engage movement groups in cultural strategy and organize artists around issues that inspire them. Together with allies, they are co-creating a field of cultural strategy with organizations and practitioners through convenings, design teams, and strategy tables.
Deadline: Mar 18th
PROJECT MANAGER, ARTS & CULTURE
DVDL is an agency of innovators and strategists working at the intersection of cultural analysis and human behavior. They use their expertise to develop strategies, models, and concepts that bring the future of communities, cities, corporations, or cultural institutions into focus. They are currently looking for a Project Manager, Arts & Culture: a resourceful multitasker leading their strategy, concept development and U.S. based consultancy projects on art, people, and human impact. This role will work in close collaboration with David van der Leer, our Managing Director, and a freelance network. The position requires excellent strategic and concept development skills, a deep interest in arts and culture of the future, communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to interact professionally and clearly with the rest of team as well as clients and people in their network.
Deadline: Mar 20th
Recess seeks an experienced, creative individual to manage and further develop the Assembly program. The Assembly Program Manager will serve as a key member of the Recess ecosystem, contributing to overall institutional development with a specific focus on Assembly, the artist-led diversion program and creative pathway for system-impacted young people aged 18-26.
Deadline: Mar 22nd
TEMPE PUBLIC ART: CLARK PARK REC FACILITY
The City of Tempe invites artists to submit qualifications to create artwork for a newly designed recreation and pool facility within the Clark Park Neighborhood.
Deadline: Mar 24th
"Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP), in collaboration with the New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT), is seeking a professional artist or designer to design and install temporary asphalt art in the pedestrian spaces of the Shared Streets along the Fulton Mall between Willoughby Street and Schermerhorn Street."
Deadline: Mar 25th
The fellowship is a paid, year-long, full-time program designed to promote and support emerging designers from historically marginalized communities in gaining the skills, contacts, and experience to help them excel in their design careers. The Fellow works at CUP full-time, from July 2022 to June 2023, collaborating on our community-engaged design projects as part of the CUP team, working as an in-house designer, and participating in mentorship opportunities.
Deadline: Mar 28th
The Uptown Mural Project is a public art initiative proudly presented by URBA @uptownrutland in collaboration with @fresh.west.official and @cityofkelowna . Bring your magic to the heart of the Okanagan Valley, Canada this summer!! Due to Covid 19 restrictions, Uptown Mural Project 2022 submissions are limited to artists currently residing/ practicing in Canada.
Deadline: Mar 25th
The Eureka Street Art Festival is seeking muralists, sculptors and installation artists for the 2022 festival.
Deadline: Mar 31st
Queens Arts Fund (QAF) is seeking artists, cultural workers, educators, and community leaders to serve on our grant panels this Spring! Prospective QAF panelists should be passionate about supporting artists and small organizations and invested in seeing Queens communities thrive. Panelists receive a small honorarium for their time and service. Prospective panelists are not required to have prior experience serving on grant panels; QAF staff will provide training and support to selected panelists before panels meet this Spring.
Deadline: Mar 31st
"Since 2019, artist Ludo ( @lud.artwork) has organized an unique event. Every year, he provides paint, a place to camp, food, and a train wholecar. The theme is fully free, but we love to see some original concept. This year, the festival will be mid-July... people who'll be selected will have the exact schedule 3month before. It will be in France, between Pontarlier and the Swiss border!"
Deadline: Apr 1st
ICI 2022 CURATORIAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
Independent Curators International (ICI) supports the work of curators to help create stronger art communities through experimentation, collaboration, and international engagement. As part of ICI’s commitment to curatorial research and the development of new knowledge and practices, ICI has conceived an annual program of Curatorial Research Fellowships. In 2022, ICI will accept Fellows as a part of four Fellowship opportunities.
Deadline: Apr 5th
MARKETING YOUR ART BUSINESS ONLINE WEBINAR SERIES
Join Center for Cultural Innovation for a series of virtual workshops to help artists, arts workers, and creative entrepreneurs present your work online and connect with the audiences that resonate with what you do. Attend as many workshops as you want: register for one or two, OR join us for the whole series April 5- May 10th.
Deadline: Apr 5th
Run The Jewels is teaming up with Brooklyn Brewery on 36" Chain, a righteous beer collab coming in August but to get the party started, they're announcing a design contest to hook up the label. So calling all you style-flexing creative types - come art the jewels with and win some prizes.
Deadline: Apr 6th
BOARD OF DIRECTORS NOMINATIONS
The Grantmakers in the Arts’ call for board of directors is open. Board members attend meetings three times per year, in addition to the annual conference, and are active in developing policies and guiding programs, recruiting members, and when appropriate, raising funds that support GIA’s service to the field. This year, two to four new members will be recommended to the GIA membership for election. New board members will serve a three-year term beginning January 1, 2023 and can serve two terms.
Deadline: Apr 7th
OPEN CALLL FOR CIVIC ART: INTL TERMINAL AT GEORGE BUSH AIRPORT
The Houston Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (MOCA), through the City of Houston’s Civic Art Program and on behalf of the Houston Airport System (HAS), is requesting submissions of qualifications from artists and artist teams to design, fabricate and install five major permanent works of public art for the new international terminal at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Five separate Requests for Qualifications to commission artworks for the following key architectural spaces in the new international terminal are below.
Deadline: Apr 11th
For the majority of late-career artists, professional opportunities diminish as the artists continue to age. The Tree of Life seeks to provide support for senior visual artists through the Individual Artist Grant. This grant can be for new work or special projects, studio space, website creation, cataloging art and artist’s history, archiving and storage of art, exhibitions, and catalog publication. Tree of Life welcomes applications from artists of recognizable artistic merit, age 60 and over.
Deadline: Apr 13th
EAGLE RIVER ELEMENTARY OPEN CALL
The Art Selection Jury intends to commission three separate art installations totaling $67,000 to be permanently installed throughout Eagle River Elementary School in Eagle River Alaska.
Deadline: Apr 15th
The Art Seen Festival is a creative movement celebrating the public arts and mural making in an effort to bring more vibrancy to the community. Public art gives the community a collective voice and a way to express values while it brings awareness of and beauty to both the physical and cultural landscape of the city. The festival committee is seeking family friendly mural designs in any artistic style. They are looking for captivating designs that are visually appealing and represent the community we foster. The goal is to encourage a sense of wellness, strive for a better tomorrow, and share images that foster hope and connection. We are dedicated to furthering the emerging arts scene in our increasingly diverse population, in Midland, Michigan.
Deadline: Apr 15th
NATIVE ARTS & CULTURES FOUNDATION’S PROPOSAL CALL
"Native Arts and Cultures Foundation’s (NACF) The Constellations That Guide Us conference committee invites session proposals for the 2022 National Native Arts Gathering to be held in Portland, Oregon, September 14-17, 2022. NACF is accepting proposals for sessions that support the conference theme and uplift Native artists’ voices as leaders in social justice efforts. Priority will be given to submissions that center the voices of Native artists and cultural bearers, and are solution-focused around issues in Native communities."
Deadline: Apr 18th
The Circ Artist Grants are open to emerging, mid-career, and professional artists in an international open call, several times throughout the year. There is a $25 nonrefundable fee.
Deadline: Apr 20th
The Grants for Visual Artist award provides direct support to under-recognized artists 21 years or older. There is a $15 application fee.
Deadline: Apr 29th
Pompei Street Art Festival 2022 is hosting an open call. The call is aimed to identify Street Artists of different nationalities who will be invited to the City of Pompei on 23 – 24 – 25 of September. The theme of the event is dedicated to the origins and history of antiquity, "The rediscovery, as a form of rebirth and projection of an ancient civilization.
Deadline: Apr 30th
The NOT REAL ART Grant for Artists is a $12,000 annual award designed to empower the practice of 6 contemporary artists, each of whom receive $2,000. Each recipient gets to share their story and promote with exclusive, in-depth featured interviews on the NOT REAL ART podcast and blog. And, whether or not you receive our grant, every applicant automatically qualifies to be included in future blog stories, newsletters and our artist marketing database.
Deadline: May 1st
THE CENTER FOR BLACK, BROWN AND QUEER STUDIES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
The Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies (BBQ+) is an independent Center dedicated to interdisciplinary research, pedagogy, and mentorship in critical race, Indigenous, postcolonial, and queer studies. Our fellowship brings together a diverse group of scholars from undergraduates to postgraduates working across these fields in a collaborative and supportive environment.
Deadline: May 1st
2022 ENHANCING THE DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT
The mission of the Dallas Arts District is to enhance the value of the city’s creative and economic life by engaging artistic, educational and commercial neighbors through excellent design, practices and programs. We aspire to transform the Dallas Arts District into a dynamic destination for Dallasites and tourists, powered by the imagination of regional and international artists, with integrated and exemplary artistic, residential, cultural and commercial life.To fulfill this mission and complement the programs of resident arts organizations, the Dallas Arts District Foundation sponsors a broad range of activities that bring public engagement to the District through diverse and accessible cultural programming."
Deadline: May 2nd
Jerome Hill Artist Fellowships support Minnesota and New York City-based artists across 8 artistic fields who generate new work that takes creative risks in expanding, questioning, experimenting with or re-imagining conventional artistic forms. This Fellowship supports artists who embrace their roles as part of a larger community of artists and citizens, and consciously work with a sense of service, whether aesthetic, social or both. Support is directed to artists who are at an early point in their careers in creating such work, generally in their 2nd–10th year as a generative artist.
Deadline: May 4th
The Leeway Transformation Award (LTA) provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women and trans* artists and cultural producers living in greater Philadelphia who create art for social change and have done so for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change work. The award is unrestricted (it is not project-based) and open to artists and cultural producers working in any medium, including traditional and nontraditional as well as multimedia and experimental forms.
Deadline: May 15th
Café Royal Cultural Foundation NYC will award an exhibition/project grant to artists creating paintings, drawings, sculptures and photographs.
Deadline: May 17th
The Hopper Prize awards 12 individual artist grants annually. The grants are dispersed twice annually via an open call. They award 6 individual artist grants in the Spring and 6 in the Fall. During each open call, 2 artists will receive $3,500 and 4 artists will receive $1,000."
Deadline: May 17th
NARS’ mission is geared towards creating community while fostering expansion and exchange of artistic and cultural practices. With this in mind NARS has decided to dedicate part of the NARS Studios to 2-3 individual NY based artists. and creative health of the artists at urgent times like these. The subsidized studio space is available for 3 months, and is a work-space only. Throughout this time, artists will have 24/7 access to their spaces and will be able to liaise with a diverse artistic community. The selection of artists works through a Rolling Application System, and is juried by NARS Staff and other arts professionals.
Deadline: May 29th
Big Screen Plaza have started #CreateBecauseWeCare, a public art contest to broadcast all-day messages of support, thanks, and hope on our 30-foot digital billboard in the heart of New York City! Big Screen Plaza is a 10,000 sq. ft. public plaza located in Manhattan between the Empire State Building and Madison Square Garden that features a 30 ft. HD digital screen.
Deadline: May 31st