WEEK OF NOV 17TH

November 17, 2021 Ayana Hosten

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PROGRAMMING MANAGER

Abrons Arts Center is the interdisciplinary arts center of Henry Street Settlement that supports
the presentation of innovative artistic practices on the Lower East Side. The Programming Manager reports to the Artistic Director and is responsible for a range of administrative and managerial duties related to Abrons Arts Center’s exhibitions, live performances, events, and AIRspace Residency programs.

BRONX COMMUNAL SPACES

ArtBridge is collaborating with affordable housing developer, CAMBA Housing Ventures, to create an art exhibition on the construction sheds of their upcoming development that addresses the theme: communal spaces. Artists are asked to submit existing work that respond to question, where are the spaces that bring residents together that create value for your local Bronx community?

Eligibility: Bronx based or with a strong connection to the Bronx

Deadline: Nov 18th @ 11:59p EST

533 EATON STREET RFP

The Studios of Key West is seeking proposals for public art at its primary facility at 533 Eaton Street, a three story, 16000sf art center with galleries, classrooms, a theater, roof terrace and bookstore

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Nov 21st

A.I.R. FELLOWSHIP

The A.I.R. Fellowship Program supports underrepresented and emerging women and non-binary artists in New York City. Each year, six artists are awarded a year-long fellowship to develop and exhibit a project at A.I.R. Gallery.

Eligibility: NYC based woman or non-binary artist

Deadline: Nov 22nd @ 11:59p

NY COMMUNITY TRUST VAN LIER FELLOWSHIP

The fellowship provides 2 emerging artists from historically underrepresented communities with mentorship opportunities with the curatorial staff, artists and arts professionals to prepare and promote their projects and to define career paths over the course of the program. Fellows will be given a studio space during the Winter Workspace Program and a solo show in the Sunroom Project Space.

Eligibility: NYC based artists, who are age 30 or younger and not currently enrolled in a degree-granting programs

Deadline: Nov 23rd

ENGAGING ARTISTS

EA is More Art’s 2-tiered, Fellowship and Residency program for artists seeking to both develop and sustain their public art and socially-engaged practice. The program curriculum encompasses a professional development series, public art commission opportunities, mentorship, and peer networking.

Deadline: Nov 24th

NARS STUDIO RELIEF PROGRAM

NARS offers a program for artists who are in need of a temporary studio space and unable to afford it. The subsidized studio space is available for 3 months, and is a work-space only.

Deadline: Nov 28th

NEW JERSEY PATH COLUMNS RFP

Jersey City Mural Arts Program in collaboration with the Port Authority to design and execute murals on a total of eight (8) columns throughout the concourse level of the JSQ PATH Station.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: Nov 29th@ 5p EST

BRIGHTVIEW INNOVATION CENTER RFP

Brightview Senior Living Center is looking for artist & artist collective to paint a mural he on the building’s front facade. This art will serve to welcome residents and their guests to Brightview Innovation Center, while also being prominently viewed by pedestrian and vehicular community members and visitors.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Nov 30th

ECOSYSTEM X FUTURE ART AWARD

MOZAIK Philanthropy is hosting their 3rd annual Future Art awards. Ecosystem X is an open call to artists across the country looking to express an aspirational vision of life on planet Earth. They are interested in artists who want to answer how can they help us vision the future by illustrating the principles, processes, or practices of a just world, where the complexities between living organisms, their physical environment, and all their interrelationships represent harmony, sustainability, justice and freedom? What are the key elements of these new ecosystems for people and planet, markets and movements? What would such a world look like from the perspective of 21st Century artists as catalysts for new futurities and planetary change?

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Dec 1st

WEST VALLEY CONNECTION BUS SHELTERS RFP

The San Bernardino County Transportation Authority is requesting RFP from artists to create artwork for bus shelter throughout Pomona, Montclair, Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga, California.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Dec 3rd @ 5p PST

UP MAGAZINE

UP Magazine is looking for all New York writers! ⁠They are currently recruiting new contributors with a passion for art journalism.

Eligibility: New York based & Prior Writing Experience

Deadline: Dec 6th

WE THE CULTURE CREATOR PROGRAM

Facebook is excited to announce the We The Culture Creator Program is back for a second year. The program is part of their $200M investment to continuing to support the next generation of Black storytellers on Facebook and Instagram. The program is designed to provide creators with an opportunity to scale their creativity through access to funding and resources, to grow their community and build a business across our technologies.

Eligibility: Black content creators

Deadline: Dec 6th @ 8am PST

PUBLIC ART CONSULTANT RFQ

The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), in collaboration with the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) and the Department of Transportation (CDOT), seeks professional artists, arts consultants, urban designers and planners with public art and infrastructure experience to serve as consultants who will lead a community engagement process to scope and identify priorities for new public art and infrastructure investments, prioritizing INVEST South/West (ISW) neighborhood corridors.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Dec 12th @ 11:59p CST

CONNECTING COMMUNITIES DIGITAL INITIATIVE ARTIST/SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE

The (CCDI) Artist or Scholar in Residence program will fund an Artist in Residence or a Scholar in Residence at the Library of Congress. Individuals selected will be either artists or scholars whose artistic or scholarly work connects with the intersections of technology and cultural heritage, and engages with the legacies of racial division in the United States. Proposed projects will help the Library and the American people imagine new ways of preserving, accessing, and sharing the stories of underserved communities, connecting the nation’s past to its future.

Eligibility: US citizens

Deadline: December 21st

DAVID PRIZE
Open to any individual working in the five boroughs, the Prize welcomes those with the grit and vision to change our communities, our culture and our future for good. 5 New Yorkers will be awarded $200,000 in unrestricted funds.

Eligibility: New Yorkers

Deadline: Dec 21st

ARTIST STUDIOS OPEN CALL

Smack Mellon Artist Studio program provides six eligible artists working in all visual arts media a free private studio space in Dumbo, BK.

Eligibility: Emerging & early career NYC based artists

Deadline: Dec 29th @ 11:59p EST

WEEK OF JULY 14TH

July 12, 2021 Ayana Hosten

Artwork by Tiffany Alfonseca @TiffanyAlfonseca

COLLECTIONS MANAGER

The Collections Manager is responsible for the physical and intellectual aspects of the Weeksville Heritage Center collection of artifacts, documents, photographs, textiles, and other objects. The Collections Manager ensures that objects are properly cared for, often managing storage, conservation and record-keeping associated with objects. They will also be involved in developing policies and standards for acquiring and disposing of objects. These set out what objects the museum wants to collect, how it intends to collect them and why and how it might dispose of objects.

CURATOR

The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum seeks a creative, highly motivated individual with strong organizational skills, professional demeanor, and great attention to detail for the endowed curatorship position dedicated to the textile arts of the Americas.

PUBLIC PROGRAM MANAGER

The Museum of the City of New York is seeking a Public Programs Manager. The Manager plays a central role in realizing the departments’ ambitious slate of public programs for adults. The Public Programs Manager is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations and administration of the department. The Public Programs Manager will provide essential support working with other Museum departments and contributing to the planning and production of individual programs and ongoing series—including liaising with program speakers and performers, ensuring the highest quality of program experience for Museum visitors (both virtual and in-person), and working on marketing strategies for public programs.

ACCESSIBILITY & INCLUSION MANAGER

Cooper Hewitt seeks an Accessibility and Inclusion Manager. The manager will provide guidance and counsel on accessibility and inclusion issues and participate in developing and implementing programs for relevant audiences ensuring that access is fully integrated across all museum activities.

ELIZA MOORE FELLOWSHIP FOR ARTISTS EXCELLENCE

The Oak Spring Garden Foundation will award the annual Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence to one outstanding, early-career artist who is developing new works that address plants, gardens, or landscapes in the broad sense. This award is open to visual artists, literary artists, dancers, and musicians. The award includes a $10,000 individual grant and requires a two-to-eight-week stay at Oak Spring.

Deadline: July 15@ 11:59p EST

EMORY UNIVERSITY COVID MEMORIAL

Emory University Hospital Midtown (EUHM) is accepting proposals for a public art piece to memorialize the COVID-19 pandemic. We wish for this piece to honor those who have survived COVID-19, remember those who we have lost and to celebrate care teams and the community who worked together during this pandemic.

Deadline: July 15th @5p EST

CITY ARTIST CORPTS GRANT

City Artist Corps Grants are intended to support NYC-based working artists who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. The program will distribute one-time $5,000 grants to over 3000 artists to help sustain their practice and engage the public across New York City’s five boroughs this summer beginning July. Artists working in any discipline are eligible to apply.

Eligibility: NYC based artists

Deadline: July 20th @ 10am EST

TOLEDO GLASS CITY CONVENTION CENTER PUBLIC ART PROJECT

The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo’s Art in Public Places Program looks to commission new public art for the soon to be renovated Glass City Convention Center. A Design Review Board (DRB) plans to select three artists to design public art installations to be integrated into 3 designated areas with a budget ranging from $55,000 tp $190,000. Artists that work in a variety of 2D and 3D media will be considered.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: July 26th

SUNRISE TRAFFIC CONTROL BOX ART

The City of Sunrise is seeking applications from artists for artwork/designs that can be reproduced as vinyl wraps and applied to up to 16 traffic control boxes in the Sunrise Business and Entertainment District.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: July 26th

NC STATE UNIVERSITY WOLFPACK ART CALL

NC State University is seeking proposals from artists/teams to create a themed Wolfpack art installation for the newly completed Wellness and Recreation Center at Carmichael Gym, located in the Central Campus precinct.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: July 30th

NEW ANTIOCH BRANCH LIBRARY

The Johnson County Public Art Commission in Kansas is seeking Artists or Artist Teams to closely collaborate with the Architect and Contractor to develop innovative, original art for a new library to replace the Antioch Branch Library. Library is under construction so there are no preconceptions on what the artwork should be, or where it should be located within the Library. The Public Art Commission is open to artwork that brings joy, sparks curiosity, sparks a sense of wonder, makes one think, engages one with the place…all the things that great art can do.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: July 30th

MONUMENT LAB

Monument Lab is excited to announce Re:Generation – an open call for locally-grounded, grassroots art and justice projects in 2022. They invite applications from collaborative teams rooted within a neighborhood, city, or region in the United States inclusive of Indigenous nations and communities, U.S. territories, and cross-border collectives. Each Re:Generation team will receive a total of $100,000 toward their local commemorative campaign or project. Proposed projects might include: reimagining a city’s arts commission; developing a reparations-driven policy for public parks and places; redesigning public spaces with new proposed monuments through the lenses of racial and gender justice; visualizing narratives and networks of diaspora and migration; developing a public curriculum that tells a region’s story of urban renewal, land dispossession, or rural exploitation; creating a digital resource and archive that incorporates oral histories and a virtual interface or public exhibition; devising new art and history installations at sites of legacy monuments; or pursuing a variety of other approaches to creative campaigns.

CREATE CHANGE FELLOWSHIP & RESIDENCY

The Laundromat Project invites all NYC-based artists, activists, neighbors, designers, organizers, healers, storytellers, and cultural producers to apply for the 2022 Create Change program as we explore social practices through a community engagement lens. The program will consist of a series of hybrid (virtual and in-person) convenings to engage The LP’s community-based art pedagogy and practices, which center collaborative, cooperative, and co-created art projects.

Deadline: August 1st @ 11:59p EST

HIDDEN TURTLE RESIDENCY

Hidden Turtle Residency is an immersion opportunity in a very unique, exquisitely gorgeous and delicate ecosystem along the Southeastern coast of Mexico in the jungle adjoining the Caribbean coastline. We invite a global range of individuals working across a range of disciplines including visual/media/literary/performing arts, natural and social sciences, scholars, makers, designers.

Deadline: August 1st

SUNROOM PROJECT SPACE

The Sunroom Project Space is a venue for New York-area emerging artists to develop a site-specific project as a solo exhibition at Wave Hill. The two exhibition spaces for 2022 are the windowed Sunroom and Sun Porch in Glyndor Gallery. We are seeking artist projects that engage with the site, Wave Hill’s history, other aspects of the grounds, or surrounding communities. Projects in any media will be considered. Four artists will be selected for solo exhibitions indoors. Selected artists will receive an honorarium of $2000, exhibition support, and professional development.

Eligibility: Eligible artists must not be represented by a commercial gallery, not be a student, and not have previously shown at Wave Hill. Artists should live within a 50-mile radius of the Bronx

Deadline: August 1st

NEWARK ARTS FESTIVAL OPEN CALL

Newark Arts Festival now in its 20th year, will celebrate “Creative Resilience,” as it returns to in-person programming. NAF amplifies the voices of established and emerging Newark artists, gallerists, creative entrepreneurs. In it’s call, NAF are looking for Artists, Curators, Gallerists and Creative Organizers who are interested in participating in the 2021 festival and are seeking temporary wall space for their work or a temporary venue to host an exhibit, show or creative event.

Deadline: August 1st

OUR TOWN GRANT

Our Town is the National Endowment for the Arts’ creative placemaking grants program. These grants support projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities by advancing local economic, physical, and/or social outcomes.

Deadline: Part 1 - August 5th @ 11:59p EST

KANSAS CITY GRAND AVE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

The City of Kansas City, Missouri One Percent for Art program seeks to commission a professional visual artist, or artist team, to design art for the protective fencing area on the new Grand Avenue Pedestrian and Bike Bridge.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: August 6th @11:59p MST

CRITICAL MASS CALL FOR SUBMISSION

Critical Mass has chosen “Where do we go from here?” for its 2021-2022 programming theme. They are looking for multiple artists to lead them in generating conversations and safe community engagement art activities. They are seeking 4 Artists in Residence, 2 Sound Artists, 2 Community Artist Leaders and 2 Artist Innovators who want the opportunity to examine these important issues with Critical Mass and the Port Hope community over the next year.

Deadline: August 8th

This residency is dedicated to artists who were born outside of the United States and now live and work within its borders. At the core of Fountainhead’s mission is the belief that artists and their work can shift hearts and minds toward a more hopeful and equitable future. Three artists will be selected to take part in this residency from October 2-31, 2022.

Eligibility: Visual artists over the age of 23 who were born outside of the U.S.

Deadline: August 15th

CREATIVE FUTURES GRANT

Through the Creative Futures Grant, Black Artists and Designers Guild is providing opportunities to four selected undergraduate and graduate Black students in Architecture, Design and Fine Art to receive the $5000 award, a chance to join the cannon of Black Art & Design and bring their art and design dreams closer to becoming reality.

Eligibility: Black-identifying third and fourth-year undergraduate students & graduate students currently enrolled at US-based institutions. US citizenship is not a requirement for eligibility but you must have a US-based bank account for award disbursement.

Deadline: August 16th

SHADE SCREENS FOR PHOENIX TRANSIT SHELTERS

The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture’s Public Art Program is requesting qualifications from artists to design perforated steel shade screens for multiple City of Phoenix bus shelters to increase shade coverage for transit users. The new bus shelters will promote a distinctive identity for communities and expand the Public Art Program’s award-winning series of artist-designed shade structures. This is an excellent opportunity for 2D artists (painters, printmakers, muralists, graphic designers, weavers, fabric artists, etc.) with little to no public art experience to step outside their studio practice to work with the community to enhance bus shelters with original artwork and provide additional shade for commuters.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: August 26th

FIVE POINT ARCHWAY PUBLIC ART PROJECT

Greenville, NC’s Pitt County Arts Council invites visual and graphic artists to create an original design for the Five Points Archway Public Art Project in this call for proposal. The design should have an emphasis on community, innovation, and/or culture. The selected design that will be reproduced on large vinyl banners measuring 120 x 204 inches and installed in five archways.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: August 28th

WEEK OF JUNE 23RD

June 25, 2021 Ayana Hosten

Artwork by Jasmin Nicole Williams @negress.supreme

FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNERS

Amplifier Arts is currently looking for freelance graphic designers to help with some work over the coming months. Head over to their instagram and leave your professional ig handle or a portfolio of someone they should check out.

GROUNDSWELL OPEN CALL FOR ARTIST

Groundswell is looking to expand their artist roster for upcoming programing. Open roles include Teaching Artist, Lead Artist, Fabrication Artist, Workshop Facilitator, Mural Operations Support, and Artist in Training (AIT).

FESTIVAL DE ARTES AKUMAL 2022

Akumal Arts Festival & Residency is a community based, global initiative in Akumal, Mexico. The vision is to bring a fiesta of art to Akumal Pueblo through an international consortium of artists making art, engaging community, enhancing and beautifying the town for locals and our many worldwide visitors. Artist Open call is live now.

OPERATIONS MANAGER

RxART, the nonprofit organization with the mission of helping children heal through the extraordinary power of visual art, seeks to fill the position of Operations Manager based in our New York office. RxART commissions exceptional contemporary artists to transform children’s healthcare facilities into engaging and inspiring environments full of beauty, humor, and comfort through projects in the US and Canada.

PROGRAM MANAGER/TEACHING ARTIST

Artistic Noise is seeking applications for a Program Manager / Teaching Artist for the Art and Entrepreneurship Program. This position will run from August 2021 through June 2022. Candidates should have a deep interest in social justice and youth development. Prior teaching experience in community settings is required. Strong management skills and adept emotional intelligence are required. The ideal candidate believes deeply in the mission of Artistic Noise and that the voices of system-involved youth must be heard.

ARTIST MENTOR

YAI Arts seeks a Direct Service Professional to support a diverse group of artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities in expressing themselves creatively, exploring and developing new artistic skills, fulfilling unique personal goals, and seeking inspiration and creative connection in New York City.

COLLECTIONS AND PUBLIC ART MANAGER

MIT’s art collection is threefold: the Public Art Collection, the Student Lending Art Collection and the Campus Loan Collection. The Collections and Public Art Manager, under the supervision of the List’s Curator and Director, is the key administrator for all three aspects of MIT’s art collection, with a special emphasis on the Public Art commissioning process (Percent-for-Art). The position, in working with the Public Programs Manager, also implements public programs to complement the List’s collections.

COMMUNITY ARTS COORDINATOR

ArtsWestchester seeks a full-time professional to assist in the operation of its grassroots grants programs as the Community Arts Administrator. The successful candidate will report to the Director of Grant Programs, and assist the Director and the Program Manager with facilitating ArtsWestchester's competitive grants-making process while conducting outreach to local artists and cultural organizations.

CURATOR

Indiewalls is seeking a hard-working, creative individual to join their Curatorial team. Indiewalls works on commercial art projects in the country and focuses on bringing independent artist to those spaces. Their clients include boutique hotels, restaurant owners, high-end residential designers, and big brands. As an associate curator you will be responsible for discovering, purchasing, and commissioning contemporary artwork from independent artists.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN ASSOCIATE

KDI is currently seeking a Landscape Design Associate to add to our growing team of 15 in downtown Los Angeles, CA. This is a fantastic opportunity for a creative, hands-on self-starter to work directly with under-resourced communities throughout Southern California and the U.S.. The candidate will work in a highly collaborative interdisciplinary studio environment including landscape designers, urban planners, artists, community organizers, and program development specialists. The candidate should excel in design thinking with strong representation skills.

ASSOC. DIRECTOR OF ART & CULTURE

The Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños/Center for Puerto Rican Studies is a university-based research institute, housed at Hunter College. The Associate Director for Arts and Culture will play a key role in developing and fundraising for Arts & Culture Programming and launching the new Center for Cultural Research. Through its programmatic initiatives, the Center for Cultural Research seeks to historicize, contextualize, incentivize, and showcase the socio-cultural contributions of Puerto Rico and its diaspora, foster the research use of CENTRO’s arts and culture collections, and strengthen connections with the Puerto Rican artistic community.

PROGRAM MANAGER

The Program Manager will further the academic mission of the Institute for African American Affairs (IAAA) and the Center for Black Visual Culture (CBVC) at NYU with the implementation, supervision and administration of public programs and special events shaped by big ideas, African American and African diasporic Studies, black visual and performance culture, and deep research. The Program Manager will also manage budgets; develop marketing strategies to promote programs; and create policies and procedures concerning program and curriculum development.

MANAGER OF EXHIBITIONS

Dia Beacon is looking for a Manager of Exhibitions. The Manager is responsible for maintaining the schedule and coordination of collection rotations, commissions, exhibitions, performances, and other projects at all Dia sites and facilities. Additionally, the Manager of Exhibitions works with Dia staff across departments to coordinate the production and installation of long-term commissions, exhibitions, performance series, and publications designed to advance Dia’s mission.

CURATORIAL ASSISTANT

The Exhibits & Programs Department at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation is seeking a Curatorial Assistant. This position supports both historic and contemporary exhibitions and special projects including assisting with the research, development, production, and management of 5 – 7 rotating exhibitions/installations annually; and supporting programming staff on the development and execution of programs related to exhibitions and arts and cultural initiatives.

PRO BONO LEGAL CLINIC

This legal clinic offers one-on-one 30-minute legal sessions on various art-related issues. The attorneys will be available to advise about issues including intellectual property, licensing, collaboration, nonprofits, and contracts, among other art-related topics.

Deadline: June 28th @ 1p EST

HARLEM ENTRPRENUREIAL MICROGRANTS

The Apollo, in partnership with 125th Street Business Improvement District (BID) and the Harlem Commonwealth Council (HCC), is pleased to present the return of the Harlem Entrepreneurial Micro-Grant Initiative to support local businesses and arts organizations and arts collectives in financial need. Through the initiative, twenty $1,000 micro-grants will be distributed to local merchants and organizations that define the culture and the vitality of Harlem.

Eligibility: Located & operating in Harlem for at least 6 months.

Deadline: June 30th

WAKE FOREST ARTIST OF COLOR PLACEMAKING PROJECT

The Wake Forest Public Art Commission seeks an artist of color for a creative placemaking project located in the Northeast community in Wake Forest, North Carolina. NOTE: This is a reopened call; if you have already sent in your submission, there is no need to reapply.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: July 2nd

ICA FELLOWSHIP

CCCADI Innovative Cultural Advocacy (ICA) Fellowship trains mid-career professionals of historically marginalized communities of color for public leadership and management of cultural institutions and nonprofit arts organizations in New York City and across the nation.

Eligibility: 30 to 40-years-old, and have a minimum of 3 years of experience working in the arts and culture sector. Be an arts-based professional from a historically racially marginalized community.

Deadline: July 2nd @ 6p EST

CLIMATE WOKE

Culture Strike is looking to commission #ClimateWoke artists who make video friendly work. Are you ready to creatively explore the intersections between climate, immigration, Black liberation, land back, and post COVID climate recovery?! Our #ClimateWoke series centers the experience of frontline communities who are most impacted by climate change and environmental destruction.

Deadline: July 2nd @11:59p PST

BLACK ART FUND

Black Art Futures Fund provides general operating support for U.S. small and community-based Black-led and Black-benefitting arts and culture organizations, whose annual budgets are $500k or below. Organizations can be independent 501c3 organizations or entities with a fiscal sponsor in place for more than one calendar year.

Deadline: July 5th

CITY ARTS CORPS BRIDGING THE GAP

ArtBridge is one of several nonprofit organizations selected to implement City Artist Corps -- a Mayor's Office initiative that will fund hundreds of artists to culturally revitalize NYC as it emerges from the pandemic. ArtBridge's component of City Artists Corps will consist of a large-scale expansion of our ongoing program, Bridging the Divide -- artists fellowships at New York City housing Authority (NYCHA) developments throughout the city, in which artists design public artworks that reflect the lives, histories, cultures, talents, and aspirations of NYCHA residents.

Deadline: July 5th

PUBLIC ART MURAL GRANT

This Public Art Mural Grant is a four-week residency in which an artist will create an original work for WSW’s mural wall. The mural space at Women’s Studio Workshop faces the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail (WVRT), which is an active outdoor public trail used primarily for walking, running and cycling. The grant includes a stipend of $350/week, $500 for materials, $250 for travel, and free on-campus housing.

Deadline: July 6th @ 11:59p EST

STOCKTON BASKETBALL COURT MURALS

Stockton California City Council recently approved a City-wide Court Resurfacing Project which is scheduled to begin earlier this month. The project includes the resurfacing of 112 basketball, tennis, handball, and multi-use courts at 33 parks city-wide. In an effort to enhance the basketball court resurfacing taking place at Dentoni Park, the City is seeking proposals from qualified Artists or Art organizations with relevant experience designing and managing the installation of large-scale themed murals or abstract design to the playing surface of outdoor basketball courts and backboards or a surface similar in scale to the playing surface of a basketball court.

Eligibility: Preference tfor artists living and/or art organizations located in San Joaquin County and the City of Stockton.

Deadline: July 9th

BORDERLINE CURATORIAL FELLOWSHIP

The Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School (VLC) is pleased to announce the launch of the Borderlands Curatorial Fellowship, a part-time position based in New York City and reserved for an outstanding emerging curator of American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and/or Alaska Native background.

Eligibility: Curator with an American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and/or Alaska Native background

Deadline: July 10th

BLACK GIRLS GATHER PROGRAM

Black Girls Gather* is on a mission to foster entrepreneurship, business and personal financial literacy among Black women entrepreneurs in Atlantic Canada. This year’s theme “Launch It and Grow It!” aims to provide participants the tools, resources and networks they need to turn hide hustles into successful start-ups and small businesses the tools they need to attain sustainable , debt-free growth.

Deadline: July 12th

NY PORT AUTHORITY ART OPEN CALL

The Garment District Alliance (GDA) is seeking artists interested in submitting their preliminary concepts, qualifications and examples of their previous work to be considered for a large-scale temporary wall mural on a publicly accessible exterior wall of the Port Authority Midtown Bus Terminal (PAMBT) in Manhattan’s Garment District.

Deadline: July 12th

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Black Reconstruction Collective is seeking a visionary Executive Director to guide the next phase of development and work collaboratively with the ten founding board members to transition from a founding board to governing board towards our mission to provide funding, design, and intellectual support to the ongoing and incomplete project of emancipation for the African Diaspora.

Deadline: July 15th

#BLACKDESIGNVISIONARIES GRANT

The inaugural #BlackDesignVisionaries grant program — presented by Instagram's @design in partnership with the Brooklyn Museum — is an effort to empower, center, and invest in the global Black design community. We will award three $10,000 grants to aspiring Black designers between the ages of 18 and 30, as well as one $100,000 grant to a small, Black-led design business no more than 10 years into its practice.

Eligibility: Black-identifying designer between the ages of 18 and 30, or a Black-identifying leader of a small design business no more than 10 years into its practice

Deadline: July 16 @ 11:59p EST

STUDIO MUSEUM FALL INTERNSHIP

The Studio Museum in Harlem's internship program provides college undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates with a wide range of experiences designed to provide insight into the workings of a professional museum environment. In addition to working on meaningful, engaging projects with museum staff, interns engage in a series of meetings and workshops around contemporary museology. There are 7 internship opportunities in the following departments: Chief of Staff, Communications, Curatorial, Curatorial Affairs, Development, Education, and Public Programs & Community Engagement.

Deadline: July 18th @ 11:59p EST

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Vancover Mural Festival is looking to fill a Director of Development role. This Director leads the organization in sponsor and partnership opportunities for the festival’s emerging and established programs like the VMF Winter Arts this February 2O22, and the 7th edition of their flagship summer festival in August 2O22. This leadership position will play an integral role in ensuring the necessary partners are engaged, and public funding and private sponsorships are in place for these major events.

Deadline: July 25th

RUTH AND HAROLD FOUNDATION GRANT

The Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation gives annual awards of $1500 to individual artists living and working in the United States in support of a visual art or fine craft project.

Deadline: July 31st

NEWARK ARTIST COLLABORATION

Audible is pleased to request proposals for the inaugural phase of the Newark Artist Collaboration. This initiative will provide ongoing opportunities to Newark-based artists and encourage local investment in our creative community. The program will commence this fall with twelve commissions for Audible’s newly renovated headquarters at 1 Washington Park and the surrounding downtown neighborhood. Opportunities and call for proposals include:
- Indoor and outdoor facade activations (murals, wall installations, etc.)
- Digital artwork and video
- Experimental and immersive media (light, sound, etc.)
- Interventions, functional sculpture and space design
- Design work in a collaborative framework (apparel, product design, etc.)

Eligibility: Newark-based artists and artist collectives who are currently living or working in Newark, NJ, or engaged in a current artistic practice in Newark, NJ.

Deadline: August 9th

WEEK OF APRIL 28TH

April 29, 2021 Ayana Hosten

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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.

TEACHING ARTIST

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.

PROJECT MANAGER

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

PRINCE CLAUS SEED AWARD

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 PLAZA

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

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

COLORADO COVENTION CENTER

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 BELT WAY

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

FRANJO RD ART CALL

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

MARYLAND DEPT OF AGRICULTURE

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

MARYLAND DISTRICT COURTHOUSE

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

WEEK OF APRIL 16TH

April 18, 2021 Ayana Hosten

Photo credit: Jenny Deluxe. Artwork: Jordan Casteel

PROGRAMS COORDINATOR

Brooklyn Arts Council is currently hiring a Programs Manager to join their team. The Programs Coordinator supports BAC’s cornerstone programs, Community Arts Grants and Brooklyn Innovation Institute, with a mission to enrich the cultural life of the borough by allocating public funds and resources to Brooklyn’s artists and arts organizations. The Programs Coordinator is a driven creative administrator with superior attention to detail and strong communication skills. This is a public-facing position that requires project management skills, being responsive to the needs of multiple stakeholders, an interest in cultural policy, and a passion for supporting artists and organizations.

Deadline: Open to fill

PUBLIC ART FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Public Art for Public Schools, a unit within the New York City School Construction Authority, is the only public art program dedicated to schools in the country. Established in 1989, the program commissions site-specific projects for new school buildings and oversees the maintenance and preservation of nearly 2000 existing artworks in the New York City Department of Education’s collection throughout the five boroughs. Interested artists should submit their qualifications to this call.

Deadline: Ongoing

HOUSE OF LORDE CALL FOR ARTIST

The Audre Lorde Project is launching an ongoing artist series that aims to bring LGBTSTGNC POC creatives to their esteemed community audience! Each week they will be featuring a different artist AND will be paying up to 5 artists per month $100 each to be featured on their feed AND stories. This is a taste of the online gallery they building as a resource.

Eligibility: Queer, Trans, and Gender Non-Conforming POC artists

Deadline: Ongoing

BRONX ARTIST REGISTRY

The Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) is pleased to announce an exciting new resource launched in the summer of 2020 as part of our renewed Membership Program: the BCA Bronx Artist Registry (BAR). Functioning as a comprehensive directory of local artists, the Registry is accessible on BCA’s website and allows artists of all disciplines, particularly those with a minimal online presence, to gain visibility among BCA’s 4K monthly website visitors from The Bronx and beyond. Artists can create their own profiles and upload selected work samples (images, video, text), as well a bio, professional statement, contact information, and more!

Deadline: Ongoing

PUBLIC ART COORDINATOR

The City of Pasadena is currently hiring a Public Art Coordinator. They will be responsible for assisting in the development and implementation of private development and capital public art projects from inception to completion, including permanent, temporary, and creative placemaking projects and programs.

Eligibility: April 22nd

NORWALK DREAM STREET CALL FOR QUALIFICATIONS

Norwalk Arts Commission is seeking artists for their new City-funded public art project, entitled "Dream Street", in the heart of South Norwalk. The Dream Street project aims to create site specific art installations, events, and improvements in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Corridor in South Norwalk.Artists interested in being considered for one of
the multiple art installation projects should submit a cover letter, resume and a few samples of their work to NorwalkArts@norwalkct.org.

Deadline: April 23rd

JUNETEENTH MURAL PROJECT

The City of Burlington will hold its first Annual Juneteenth Celebration, an event for all to celebrate Black liberation in the United States. To complement Burlington’s Juneteenth festivities, the city will be commissioning murals that create space for reflection and rejoicing in the history, culture, and resiliency of Black Americans. Four mural locations across Burlington, Vermont have been identified for this call for artwork.

Deadline: April 23 @ 11:59p

MUSEUM PROFESSIONALS SEMINAR

The Museum Professionals Seminar is a brand new digital program designed to provide professional development inspired by the Studio Museum’s mission. The Seminar is a series of educational workshops aimed at supporting museum professionals looking to incubate, ideate, and network. The program promotes discussion, interaction, and exposure with special attention to skill-building and career-readiness. Workshops will include exchanges with staff and leadership from the Studio Museum and across arts and cultural institutions.

Deadline: April 25th @ 11:59p

SCARSDALE MURAL PROJECT

A coalition of civic groups in Scarsdale is seeking a professional Artist or art team to create a mural in the center of downtown Scarsdale Village, New York with the theme “Gratitude & Service.” This mural will speak to the best that this past year brought out in our community and the world and to remind residents and visitors alike of the power that emerges when we are thankful for what we have and share our talents, resources and love with others. Interested artists should respond to this call for qualifications.

Deadline: April 26th @ 5p EST

TRENTON ASPHALT ART PROJECT

Artworks Trenton Inc., Trenton’s visual art center, is seeking expressions of interest from qualified artists for an asphalt art project to be painted at the crosswalks and intersection in front of the main entrance to the Trenton Transit Center.

Eligibility: Artists living or working in Trenton, New Jersey

Deadline: April 29th

SISTER OUTSIDER RELIEF GRANT

The Free Black Women's Library is offering a one time cash grant for Black Single Mother artists, writers, creatives, cultural workers and community organizers. Caregivers in this category are also welcome to apply.

Eligibility: Black Single Mothers

Deadline: April 30th

STREETWISE BOULDER MURAL FESTIVAL

The Street Wise team is accepting proposals from artists who are interested in creating a piece of mural art or installation work in a festival setting that reflects life in 2021, explicitly- celebrating cultural diversity, reflections on current cultural and social issues, Innovation and technology, digital AR/VR enhancements, non-traditional mediums and artist collaborations.

Eligibility: Global but Colorado artists will have preference

Deadline: April 30th @ 11:59p

VMF ARTIST & CURATOR CALL FOR BLACK STRATCONA RESURGENCE PROJECT

Vancouver Mural Festival (VMF) returns this summer with an expanded 3-week celebration of murals across the city. This year, they are dedicating a portion of the festival to a multi-year community project that centers Black storytelling through the visual impact of public murals called the Black Strathcona Resurgence Project (BSRP).
Through the curation and production of these murals throughout the next 3 years, BSRP will function as a means to address and reconcile the erasure and systemic racism endured over time by Black people in Vancouver.

Eligibility: Black identifying artists & curators in Vancouver and globally

Deadline: April 30th

MURAL ARTS PROJECT MANAGER

Murals Arts Philadelphia is the nation’s largest public art program of its kind, dedicated to the belief that art ignites change. The Project Manager serves as an ambassador of the Mural Arts in project communities at all times, while accompanying the artists through their creative process.

Deadline: May 3rd

2021 BMP Book Cover Design Contest

Bronx Council on the Arts is seeking a Bronx based photographer and/or visual artist to design a cover for The Bronx Memoir Project Volume V, a multi-genre anthology written during the 2020-2021 Bronx Memoir Project workshop series. The book will be self-published by the Bronx Council on the Arts and distributed through Amazon.

Eligibility: Bronx based artist

Deadline: May 5th @ 11:59p EST

ARTS FOR GOOD PROJECT

The Singapore International Foundation’s Arts for Good Projects
is a programme that brings together artists and different sectors of society
to collaborate on arts-based initiatives for social good.

Eligibility: Globally but preference will be given to project proposals that collaborate with Singaporean artists

Deadline: May 6 2021

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY LIFE SCIENCE CENTER CALL FOR ART

Rutgers University - Newark and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts are accepting proposals from adult visual artists. Qualified artists are encouraged to submit their work samples, resume, letter of interest and references for a public art project in the West entry exterior plaza egress stair cast-in-place concrete wall of the Life Sciences Center II addition.

Eligibility: Artists who live or maintain a permanent art studio in Newark, NJ; who are current residents of the State of New Jersey,

Deadline: May 7th

RODDENBERRY FELLOWSHIP

The Roddenberry Fellowship is a U.S.-based fellowship awarded to extraordinary leaders and advocates who use new and innovative strategies to safeguard human rights and ensure an equal and just society for all. The fellowship is a 12-month program that offers Fellows $50,000 to take an existing initiative (e.g. campaign, organization) to the next level and amplify its impact OR to launch a new initiative.

Deadline: May 7th

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Hi-ARTS seeks a dynamic Executive Director to lead our growing team. As we celebrate a significant milestone for Hi-ARTS: our 20th Anniversary, the Executive Director will help galvanize staff and board of trustees through expansions in staff and programming. The Executive Director is responsible for raising individual and major gifts, and securing institutional support. The Executive Director will preside over a new phase of development with a focus on a commitment to social justice, place based work, and new remote and in person programming.

Deadline: May 10th

URVANITY ART CONCURSO DE ARTE URBANO DE MARCONI

The City of Madrid is hosting an urban art contest looking for artists to create 5 murals in the industrial community, Marconi. All finalist will be compensated for their proposals. The committee is looking for artwork that responds to the theme, "New Future” and addresses solidarity, equality, sustainability, respect and social responsibility. Applications are accepted in person or by mail and MUST be in Spanish.

Eligibility: Globally

Deadline: May 11th

POTOMAC YARD METRORAIL STATION PUBLIC ART PROJECT

Requires Artists/Artist teams to prepare and submit Qualifications as appropriate for the scope of work and Qualifications Submittal requirements set forth in the solicitation. An Art Selection Panel led by AIT and the City of Alexandria, and comprising art and design professionals and community representation.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: May 14th @1p EST

SILVER ART PROJECT: SOCIAL JUSTICE & ACTIVISM

The 2021 cohort will comprise of 25 creative individuals and focus on supporting historically underrepresented viewpoints and artists whose practices are embedded with the guiding themes of social justice and activism. Members of the 2021 cohort will be guided through their residencies by three renowned artists and mentors-in-residence, Hank Willis Thomas/For Freedoms, Tourmaline, and Chella Man, who will occupy studios alongside the cohort, as well as lead a robust program of 24 workshops designed to further residents’ practices and professional development. The overarching goal of the 2021 mentor-in-residence program is to amplify diverse perspectives and foster artistic practices embedded in activism.

Deadline: May 16th

ART FOR BLACK LIVES RESIDENCY

This residency’s goal is to create an environment conducive to creativity, productivity and community for emerging Black Trans visual artists. Awardees will be provided with a live/work space for one in Palm Springs, California, a stipend and studio visits with curators & art professional around Southern California. The goal is to help foster an ethos of accessibility and support for Black Trans folks in Palm Springs, a place with a rich LGBTQ+ history and culture.

Eligibility: Black Trans visual artists

Deadline: May 18th

WEEK OF MARCH 17TH

March 17, 2021 Ayana Hosten

AMANI MARKET COMMISSION

The store, Amani Market in Brooklyn is looking for a talented artist/muralist to paint some dope art on our awning. Interested artist should email hello@theculturecollective.nyc with the subject “Dope Muralist” and a link to your work.

EAST HARLEM OPEN CALL

Seeking an artist/artists living in East Harlem or Harlem to create artwork for the main entry reception areas as part of the current renovation and revitalization of a community center. The artist can choose to work in their medium and materials of choice, and innovated approaches are encouraged. This commissioned work will be in direct collaboration with an architect company in charge of interior architecture. Interested artists should email or message curator, Angel Bellaran.

Eligibility: East Harlem artists

Deadline: March 21

CHASHAMA IMMIGRANT ARTIST FELLOWSHIP

Chashama is highlighting Immigrant Teaching Artists by offering free studio space for 3 months at our Upper East Side Studio building (340 E 64th Street). We are looking for artists who have an interest in engaging the community through showcasing visual art, but also through hosting workshops, performances, talks, etc.

The space has a large garden level window, on a street that has regular foot traffic.

Eligibility: Immigrant artists

Deadline: March 24th

PRINCE GEORGE PUBLIC ART BUS SHELTER

Prince George, Maryland is inviting all artists to respond to their call for qualifications to add artwork to bus shelters. This public art project will consist of multiple sustainable features, that will highlight civic interaction, collaborative partnerships, and the improvement of the quality of life. These bus shelters are designed to activate neighborhood advancements and to serve as aesthetically pleasing landmarks for years to come. Artwork created will represents stories, culture, and architectural elements of the 6 participating municipalities. Artists and artist teams are asked to submit qualifications and portfolios if interested.

Eligibility: National (U.S.)

Deadline: March 26th @ 5pm

AUGMENTED REALITY PUBLIC ART PROJECT

The City of Santa Clarita, CA is seeking an artist for its Augmented Reality Public Art Project. It is currently accepting proposals for a series of thematic artworks which invoke interactivity, storytelling, and site-specificity to create dialogue with the surroundings and audience. Artwork may be informed by the environment, community, and history in which viewers encounter them. The selected digital artworks will allow users to view virtual art installations geo-positioned around the Old Town Newhall Arts and Entertainment District

Eligibility: National

Deadline: March 26th

MARSHALLTOWN PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION PUBLIC ART COMMISSION

The Marshalltown Performing Arts Foundation and the Marshalltown Community School District/High School is seeking an artist or artist-led team for the commissioning of a work of art for permanent installation at the Marshalltown Performing Arts Center in Marshalltown, Iowa. Interests artists are invited to respond to the call for qualifications/ submit a portfolio.

Eligibility: National (U.S.)

Deadline: March 29th @ 5p CST

UPMC Hamot Patient Care Tower Call for Artists

Erie Arts & Culture, on behalf of the Hamot Health Foundation and UPMC Hamot, is requesting qualifications from artist(s) to create artwork in the newly constructed UPMC Hamot Patient Care Tower located in Erie, Pennsylvania. The finished artwork is expected to translate UPMC’s central values of diversity, equity, and inclusion into a visual narrative. The artwork will be installed in a first floor hallway spanning approximately 140’ in length and may consist of both 2D work, 3D work, or a combination of both.

Eligibility: National (U.S.)

Deadline: April 4 @ 11:59p EST

CITY OF THORTON RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT

The city of Thornton is seeking to commission original public art. This project will commission a graffiti-style mural that will have a strong visual impact, engage visitors (specifically, youth), and push Thornton into a contemporary setting. The final design should include dynamic style elements and visual ques that speak to the community and add beauty to inspire creativity and local pride. Interested artists should respond to the call of qualification.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: April 5th

VOICES FOR CHANGE

Artists and artist collectives in all disciplines are invited to submit proposals for ArtsWestchester’s inaugural Voices for Change project grant. Applicants are encouraged to submit projects that include a collaboration with a cultural, service or community-based organization. ArtsWestchester will award three (3) $10,000 project grants through a competitive selection process. Voices for Change seeks to support visionary work that addresses the following categories: Social Change, Social Justice, Civic Equity and the Public Good. Unless otherwise appropriate, completed works will be debuted at ArtsWestchester by October 31, 2022.

Eligibility: Artists and Art Collectives of the Mid-Hudson Valley Region

Deadline: April 5th

CITY OF REEDSBURG PUBLIC ART CALL

The Reedsburg Park and Recreation Committee is seeking proposals from artists to create a mural project to highlight Reedsburg’s culture, history, and geography. Interested artists are asked to submit a proposal along with their application.

Eligibility: National

`Deadline: April 15@ 5p CST

OREGON SUPREME COURT PUBLIC ART RFQ

The Oregon Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places Program is seeking artists to respond to their request for qualifications for a commission at the Oregon Supreme Court Building in Salem, OR. The commission artist(s) will create new site-specific, interior artwork in the building. Artwork will reflect the Oregon Judicial Department’s values to provide fair and accessible justice services that protect the rights of individuals, preserve community welfare, and inspire public confidence. The selection committee has proposed specific locations: grand staircase wall, the floor of the courtroom and walls inside the courtroom that would be best suited for art installations within the historical building.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: April 19 @ 5pm PST

AMPLIFIER #VACCINATED ART CALL

Last year, in response to COVID-19, Amplifier launched a Global Open Call for Art to promote public health and safety, wellbeing, and social change work. One year later, incredible scientific progress means that this pandemic can end but only if we can get the world #vaccinated. Working collaboratively with Team Halo, Amplifier is offering $1,000 to artists to help build a campaign around vaccination. Hospitals and public health institutions around the world will then help distribute these messages where they are needed the most.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: April 20th

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RFQ

The University of Florida is accepting portfolios from artists and artist collectives to create artwork in Data Science and Information Technology Building. Housing the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, the College of Medicine, the College of Pharmacy and the Informatics Institute, the selection committee has identified various sites for public artwork. Selected finalists will be compensated to create a site-specific proposal.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: April 30th

THE HARPO FOUNDATION GRANT

The Harpo award provides direct support to under-recognized artists 21 years or older. Awards are made of up to $10,000. Grants are made to support the development of artists’ work and a grantee may use their award to support any activity toward that purpose. There is a $15 application fee.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: April 30th

ART BUSINESS ACCELERATOR

Artwork Archive's Art Business Accelerator Grant provides emerging and established visual artists with unrestricted funds, resources, and a curriculum to help establish, grow and manage their art careers. The grant is designed to arm artists with the necessary business skills to succeed as artists and entrepreneurs to make a living through their artwork.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: May 14th

QTIBIPOC+ TEACHING ARTISTS

Community organization, Get Loud Movement, is seeking Teaching Artists to lead our 2021 virtual writing and visual art workshops with an emphasis on Social Justice Advocacy and/or Mental Health Issues & Awareness. Their workshops are dedicated to supporting QTIBIPOC+ artists and their creative expressions as well as cultivating community.

Eligibility: Teaching artists 18+

Deadline: ongoing