WEEK OF APRIL 16TH

April 18, 2021 Ayana Hosten

Photo credit: Jenny Deluxe. Artwork: Jordan Casteel

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 31ST

March 30, 2021 Ayana Hosten

FLINT PUBLIC ART PROJECT

Apply to create community-engaged public art during the 2021 season in Flint, Michigan. Flint Public Art Project seeks muralists interested in painting walls that celebrate community, beautify neglected buildings, fight urban blight, and revitalize neighborhoods.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: March 31st

THE CONEY ISLAND FOR EVERYONE MURAL PROJECT

The Alliance for Coney Island is proud to commission a series of storefront gate murals spanning both the Surf Avenue/Amusement District and Mermaid Avenue/Commercial District in Coney Island. Home to over 350 businesses and 50,000 residents, Coney Island is a collection of independent businesses and attractions, from high-end restaurants, souvenir shops and amusement rides to smaller mom and pop businesses who are dedicated to serving our diverse community and visitors.

Due: March 31st@ 11:59p

HOPPER PRIZE 2021 ARTIST GRANT

The Hopper Prize has opened their Spring 2021 Artist Grant. 2 artists will each receive $3,500 and 4 artists will each receive $1,000. 30 Artists will have their work archived online. Winners will be selected by 2 new curators including Maria Elena Ortiz of Perez Art Museum Miami.

GOLD HOUSE COLLECTIVE ART CALL

Gold House is the premier nonprofit collective of Asian founders, creative voices, and leaders dedicated to unifying the world’s largest populace–Asians and Pacific Islanders–to enable more authentic multicultural representation and societal equity. They are currently looking for comic book artists, designers, painters & experiential builders to respond to their artist call.

Eligibility: Asian, Asian American & Pacific Islander artists

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY MURAL

Mural Arts Philadelphia is the largest public art initiative of its kind, dedicated to the belief that art ignites change. Mural Arts is seeking a Director of Community Murals who is responsible for leading and managing the Community Murals staff, the mural application process, managing and developing the departmental budget, as well as the strategic growth of the Community Murals program. Interested parties should read the full job description.

ARTS IN EDUCATION COORDINATOR

Brooklyn Art’s Council is currently seeking an Arts in Education Coordinator to join their team. The ideal person is a self-motivated, dynamic team player, focused on enriching lifelong learning for seniors and students through arts experiences in school and community settings as part of Brooklyn Art’s Council’s the Arts in Education (AIE) team. The Arts in Education Coordinator must be a creative individual with strong attention to detail, and superior writing and communications skills. The Arts in Education Coordinator will work closely with and report to the Director of Arts in Education, collaborate with BAC staff, Teaching Artists, and Partner Teachers. Interested parties should read the full job description.

VERMONT MURAL OPPORTUNITY

The Community Engagement Lab invites muralists experienced in community-engaged mural making to submit their qualifications for consideration toward a community residency and mural commission for the Vermont Mural Project and ONE WORLD Festival of Arts & Imagination. Selected artists will participate in the Vermont Mural Project. The Vermont Mural Project will result in a statewide collection of murals co-created with community teams.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: April 1st

MURAL ARTS PHILADELPHIA: COLORED COVENTION PROJECT

The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program is proud to announce partnership with the Colored Conventions Project, an award-winning initiative that brings seven decades of early Black organizing to digital life at ColoredConventions.org. Together they are seeking proposals for the first in a series of murals to be dedicated to the rich history of the Colored Conventions Movement which was founded right here in Philadelphia. The project will run approximately from the beginning of June until late summer, and the artist fee will be $10,000.

Eligibility: Global but artists must have U.S. work authorization.

Deadline: Extended to April 2nd @ 5p

AMPLIFY GRANTS

Designed for artists of color, AMPLIFY is a publicly-funded grant created with the intention of investing in artistic success. The AMPLIFY grant aims to provide artists with a chance to invest in their professional development by celebrating awardees with a one-time grant of $500. There will be two cycles of this grant to address the needs of artists at different stages in their careers.

Eligibility: This second grant cycle will be designated for BIPOC artists who demonstrate proficiency, potential, and passion in their artistic medium between the ages of 23-31. Applicants are not required to prove citizenship, but must reside in the USA or local territories.

Deadline: April 2nd

CARIBBEAN CULTURE INSTITUTE ARTIST FELLOWSHIP

This fellowship is open to Caribbean artists and cultural practitioners, either based in the region or living in the diaspora. It is open to artists at any stage of their careers and to those working across disciplines and media. This is an opportunity for the development of artistic practice via studio work, institutional collaborations, and/or public programs. Artists interested in developing specific projects or ideas are encouraged to apply. The CCI will provide access to PAMM’s curatorial resources, networks, and institutional support. Partnerships and collaborations with local or regional institutions are encouraged.

Eligibility: Caribbean artists & cultural practitioners based in the Caribbean or Diaspora. Residents in Florida should apply to the regional specific fellowship.

Deadline: April 8th

CARIBBEAN CULTURE INSTITUTE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

This fellowship is open to Caribbean researchers, scholars, or curators at any stage in their careers who are based the Caribbean region or its diaspora. An applicant’s research or practice should advance the study of visual culture and contemporary art in the Caribbean region and/or its diaspora. The Fellows will be able to develop their own research, and are encouraged to engage with PAMM’s Caribbean art collection. The CCI will support object-led research into PAMM’s Caribbean art collection in order to further scholarship on the visual arts of the region and share the collection with broader audiences. The Fellows will produce text about their research, which will be published on the CCI website.

Eligibility: Caribbean artists & cultural practitioners based in the Caribbean or Diaspora. Residents in Florida should apply to the regional specific fellowship.

Deadline: April 8th

NEWARK EMERGENCY GRANT

Individual artists who reside in Newark, NJ, whose livelihood has been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic may be eligible to receive a Newark Arts Emergency Grant. Newark Art’s Emergency Grant is a need-based mini-grant. It is intended to provide financial support to individual artists who live in Newark, NJ to support their ability to continue to create music, dance, theatre, film, visual and literary art projects. Grants will be awarded to individuals ranging up to $1,000 each.

Deadline: April 9th @ 11:59p EST

ARTBRIDGE ARTIST FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM @ MITCHEL HOUSES

ArtBridge is a NYC-based non-profit organization that transforms construction fencing and scaffolding into canvases for community-based public art. They are looking for 2 Bronx-based visual artists (with preference for the South Bronx) to create new public artworks for the Mitchel Houses this Spring. Artists will have 6 weeks (tentatively planned for April 19 - May 28) to develop new artworks with support from ArtBridge and local organizations.

Eligibility: Bronx based visual artists

Deadline: April 11th @ 11:59p EST

CUP FELLOWSHIP

The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) fellowship is open. Aligned with their mission, the year-long paid fellowship is 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 career. The Fellow works at CUP full-time, collaborating on our community-engaged design projects as part of the CUP team, working as an in-house designer, and participating in mentoring opportunities.

Eligibility:

Deadline: April 12th @12p EST

MURAL ARTS PHILADELPHIA: GIANT COMPANY MURAL PROJECT RFQ

Mural Arts Philadelphia is proud to partner with The GIANT Company on a major project about the intersection between food justice and racial justice. This project seeks to engage organizations, activists and communities working towards equity in Food Justice. They are seeking artists to create a permanent mural that reflects on the theme of food justice and is explored through a community engagement process.

Eligibility: Global but artists must have U.S. work authorization

Deadline: April 19th @5p EST

TRAVERSE CITY UNION MURAL PROJECT

The Traverse City Arts Commission of Michigan would like help in creating a public exhibit that explores the unifying themes of arts. Thanks to a generous mini-grant from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, has an exciting opportunity for artists -- the ‘Union” Mural Project.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: April 22nd @5p

MURALS DC RFQ

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH), in partnership with the DC Department of Public Works (DPW), seeks graffiti and aerosol mural artists and artist teams to design, create and install aerosol murals as part of the MuralsDC program. Selected artists will be expected to engage in a guided component of the program with designated youth (ages 14-18) to help them understand the art of aerosol graffiti mural painting and provide youth with opportunities to assist in activities such as site preparation and mural outlining.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: April 23rd @11:59p EST

MIRACLE SELTZER ARTIST FUND

The Miracle Seltzer Artist Fund periodically awards individuals with grants of at least $500 to support their work as an artist. We believe in the transformative power of creative energy and look to support its proliferation in our community. Our goal with Miracle Seltzer is to help guide our perspectives towards the good in the world, what we call the Miraculous, and our hope is that with these grants, the artists who receive them will have more time to focus on the Miracles in the studio.

Eligibility: There are no prerequisites for entry, no need for a resume, cv, or degree. All are welcome to apply.

Deadline: April 24th @ 11:59p EST

J.MK. INNOVATION PRIZE

The J.M.K. Innovation Prize seeks to identify, support, and elevate innovators who are spearheading transformative early-stage projects in the fields of social justice, the environment, and heritage conservation. Up to ten Prizes will be awarded, each including a cash award of $150,000 over three years, plus $25,000 in technical assistance funds, for a total award of $175,000. Awardees also receive guidance through the Fund and its resource network, providing tools and training that can help turn innovative ideas into life-changing social impacts.

Deadline: April 30th

NEWARK ARTSTART GRANT

Newark Arts established the ArtStart Grant Program in 2001 specifically to nurture arts and cultural activities throughout the City of Newark and to enhance the capacity of Newark’s non-profit organizations, schools, and individual artists to provide arts-based projects throughout the City’s five wards. ArtStart events must take place between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022. Applicants may request a maximum of $3,000.

Deadline: April 30th

NOT A REAL ART GRANT

Not Real Art grant is a $12,000 annual award designed to empower the practice of emerging contemporary artists. The Grant is designed to empower the practice of 6 contemporary artists, each who receive $2,000.

Eligibility: National & Canada

Deadline: May 1st

ART X ACTIVISM E-ZINE: STREET ART

Shelby x Studios uses art to help make social justice campaigns more accessible. Their monthly digital zine 'ART X ACTIVISM' commissions educational resources, articles and uplifting artwork to help people learn about social justice issues and feel motivated to take action. There are four commission opportunities available. Two x short articles and two creative commissions responding to the theme of Street Art. Some ideas of things you could explore - the political history of street art, street art vs graffiti, streets as a political canvas, mural art as a form of consciousness raising, remembering radical history. You are welcome to submit existing work or variations and/or reflections on it.

Deadline: May 1st

JANE WALKER FIRST WOMEN GRANT

First Women campaign, Jane Walker and IFundWomen have teamed up to help create more opportunities for women to achieve their goals. Through this program, 15 groundbreaking women-owned businesses will be selected across the Entertainment & Film, Music, Sports, Journalism, STEM and Hospitality industries to receive a $10K grant plus a one-year Annual Coaching Membership on IFundWomen.

Deadline: Rolling Basis until June 1st

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

WEEK OF MARCH 3RD

March 3, 2021 Ayana Hosten

HI-ARTS PROGRAM MANAGER

Hi-Arts is seeking an experienced and creative Program Manager to join their growing team. The Program Manager is the administrative and creative liaison to the organization’s external work and relations. This role will maintain the current scope of Hi-ARTS’ projects while thinking in innovative ways to develop new and support existing relationships and curate programming. The Program Manager will lead a newly defined artistic department.

NOT A MONOLITH

Not a Monolith is a forthcoming public art and professional development initiative presented by Facebook Open Arts and We The Culture in partnership with ArtBridge. Five (5) NYC-based early-career Black artists will be selected through a public open call process to create two (2-dimensional) public artworks for a total of 10 projects across the five boroughs of New York City.

Eligibility: New York City & Black artists

Deadline Extended: March 7th

PITKIN AVE BID CURATOR

The Pitkin Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) is launching a community arts project involving the redesign of the street pole banners along the Pitkin and Rockaway Avenues commercial corridors. They are currently accepting proposals from Art Educators & Curators to engage Brownsville youth in the creation of artwork for the “Walking Art Gallery” along the avenues.

Deadline: March 10th

THE CATALYST COMMISSION: PROTECT DEMOCRACY EDITION

The Catalyst Commissions, a project of Creative Sanctum, are designed to strengthen democracy by empowering 5 artists using their creative work to sustain democracy. We believe in the power of artists to increase awareness, stir empathy, prompt action, and visualize an improved future with their creative work.

Eligibility: Priority given to New York City artists

Deadline: March 12th

GREATER BAYBROOK ALLIANCE RFQ

Greater Baybrook Alliance seeks qualified artists or artist teams to enhance several outdoor places with public art in Brooklyn, Curtis Bay and Brooklyn Park, Maryland. The goal of the project is to further develop community identity and pride, creating visible improvements to community gateways, commercial corridors and nodes, and open spaces. Both temporary and permanent work will be considered. Locations for work include medians and buildings on or near South Hanover Street, Pennington Ave, and Ritchie Highway, as well as open spaces or significant community places such as schools, parks, and cultural centers.

Eligibility: National (U.S.)

Deadline: March 15th

NALAC LATINX RELIEF GRANT

The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) will distribute $2,500 grants to Latinx artists and cultural workers and $5,000 grants to Latinx arts organizations facing critical financial emergencies due to the impact of COVID-19.

Eligibility: Eastern U.S. & Puerto Rico

Deadline: March 17th @ 11:59p CT

SHIFT - TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE AND INDIGENOUS ART

The Native Arts and Culture Foundation is hosting an open call for SHIFT - Transformative Change & Indigenous Art. SHIFT , a monetary award, supports artist and community-driven projects responding to social, environmental or economic justice issues through a Native lens.

Eligibility: Native artists and collectives & a partnering organization as co-applicant

Deadline (to submit Letter of Interest): March 16th @ 5pm PST

LIFT - EARLY CAREER SUPPORT FOR NATIVE ARTISTS

The Native Arts and Culture Foundation is hosting an open call for LIFT – Early Career Support for Native Artists. The one-year award provides support to early career artists to develop and realize new projects. Artists who are shaping their practices and for whom the award may serve as a launching point in their career are encouraged to apply.

Eligibility: Native artists

Deadline: March 16th @5pm

ARTTABLE FELLOWSHIP

The ArtTable Fellowship addresses the marked lack of diversity in arts employment. The objective is to provide quality real work experiences and mentorship for female identifying graduate/pre/post-doc students and emerging professionals from diverse cultural/racial/ethnic/socio-economic backgrounds generally underrepresented in the field to aid their transition from academic to professional careers in the visual arts, including but not limited to: curatorial, education, public programming, archival research and collections management.

Eligibility: Female-identified students, who are currently enrolled in a graduate/pre/post-doc program, recent graduates and/or emerging professionals

Deadline: March 21st

TRANSITIONAL ART PROJECT

NJ Transit and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts present the TRANSITional Art Project; Trenton Transit Station. The project is seeking visual artists to submit artwork for a temporary art project at the NJ Transit Trenton Transit Station to take place in Summer 2021 as part of the “Stepping into Tomorrow” public art event.

Eligibility: Artists who live/work in Central New Jersey or have a connection with Trenton

Deadline: March 24th

ARTADIA AWARD

The Artadia Awards provide financial support, exposure and recognition to artists. The awards are unrestricted, allowing artists to use the funds in any way they choose. Each year, an open-call application is made available in each of the six active partner cities. Check website for application for other cities.

Eligibility: New York

Deadline: April 1st

GRANTS FOR ARTISTS

Mophradat is awarding 15-30 grants to support artists (individuals, collaborations, or collectives) to develop their practice. This program is specially directed to those inventing new forms of creating and sharing arts knowledge with others, and for those aiming to question the current arts making paradigm. Eccentric and critical proposals challenging traditional arts genres and discourses are encourages. The grants can also be used to pursue threads of research, stage an event, make new work, publish, travel, take part in a residency or workshop, organize meetings and gatherings, or present an exhibition or performance.

Eligibility: Be for a contemporary arts activity or project by artists or other arts practitioners from or living in the Arab world, or be relevant to the region

Deadline: April 1st

RFQ FOR CREATIVE PLACEMAKING

The City of Sugar Land, Texas requests artists or artist teams submit a statement of qualifications, letter of interest and other materials for the commission of projects through the Creative Placemaking Program, #AllinforSLTX, a program to aid local small businesses.

Eligibility: United States

Deadline: April 8th

DRIVING THE HUMAN OPEN CALL

Driving the Human invites designers, artists, scientists, initiatives, and agents from any other field of expertise, from anywhere in the world, to join us in shaping sustainable and collective futures that combine science, technology, and the arts in a transdisciplinary and collaborative approach.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: April 9th

STUDIO MUSEUM ARTIST IN RESIDENCY

Every year, the Studio Museum offers an eleven-month residency for three local, national, or international artists working in any media. Individuals selected for the residency receive institutional guidance and professional development, research support, and a stipend paid on a bi-weekly basis over the course of the residency.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: April 19th @ 11:59p EST

ABBEY MURAL PRIZE

The National Academy of Design (the Academy) announces the launch of an Open Call for Proposals for its Abbey Mural Prize, a newly expanded grant program to support the creation of public murals across the United States. Building on a tradition of public murals as instruments of social activism, neighborhood revitalization, and community engagement, the Abbey Mural Prize aims to broaden support and recognition of the vital role that murals play in making public space more open and accessible in local communities

Deadline: April 23rd

WEEK OF FEB 3RD

February 3, 2021 Ayana Hosten

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Artwork by: Ruben Dario Ramirez

Wide Open Walls

The Sacramento Mural Festival was first conceived as an idea to activate spaces in alleyways and buildings throughout Sacramento. It’s current open call for artists for 2021 is now open.

Eligibility: National & International

Deadline: Ongoing

LA Commons: Operation Coordinator

LA Commons engages communities in the creation of art for public spaces that tells their unique stories and serves as the basis for dialogue, interaction and a better understanding of Los Angeles. Through collaboration with local partners who have built deep wells of trust, we leverage art and cultural approaches to create positive change. They are currently hiring an Operation Coordinator to join the team.

Liquitex Residency Program

Liquitex is launching its artists’ residency series at Manufacturers Village in East Orange, NJ. This is a unique opportunity for multiple artists to work in a private studio space with Liquitex materials, while immersed among a diverse community of over 40 creative makers. There will be five residencies over the course of 2021, each with a different material as its focus: Acrylic Gouache, Acrylic Mediums, Heavy Body acrylic paint and the full Basics range."

Chashama Program Manager

Chashama has partnered with 100 property owners to transform $9 million of unused real estate into 85 spaces for 20,000 artists and small businesses, creating economic growth for New York City. They collaborate with local organizations to create free arts programming throughout the five boroughs. Our programs are bilingual, supportive to parents, age appropriate, and focused on increasing marginalized communities' access to the arts. They are currently hiring a Program Manager to join their team.

Black Trans Grant

Grant for visual artists who create digital paintings or painting using traditional mediums like pencil, pastel, watercolor, acrylic, collages, mixed media, etc.

Eligibility: Black Trans & Non Gender Confirming U.S. residents

Deadline: Feb 7th

Laundromat: Community Art Fellow

The Laundromat Project (The LP) is seeking a creative, driven, and organized individual for aa part-time and year-long Community Arts Engagement (CAE) Fellowship. In its first year, this newly imagined Fellowship will provide an opportunity for a cultural worker, community leader, artist, or creative to deepen and expand their relationship building efforts, co-design virtual programming, and build upon community engaged research along with the Programs team. The CAE Fellow will also have access to professional development opportunities to connect with leaders from the field.

Deadline: Feb 12th

Reeves Health Hospital Commission

Reeves Health in Pecos, Texas is pleased to announce a call for artists to be considered for inclusion in the collection of their new facility. Designed to be not just to be a hospital facility but a health campus, the landscape and architecture boast a shadow network that allow for movement around the building, promoting movement along with the monumental staircase in the lobby.

Deadline: National

Eligibility: Feb 12th

Summit Public Art Call

Summit Public Art is a city organization whose mission is to bring public art to public spaces in Summit. Since its inception in 2002, Summit Public Art has installed over 100 diverse temporary works of art from artists of national and international renown, as well as emerging artists. The artists’ works span across a broad range of media from metal to glass, to murals.

Deadline: New York/New Jersey Tristate

Deadline: Feb 12th

NYC Garment District Public Art Call

The Garment District Alliance is seeking to have new or existing artwork installed which will have strong visual impact and complement the public plazas and the Garment District.

Deadline: Feb 15th

RISCA Public Art Commission

The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) is requesting qualifications for a new public art commission for the Garrahy Judicial Complex parking garage.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Feb 15 @11:59p EST

Merriweather Artist in Residence

The Merriweather District Artist in Residence program, in collaboration with the Howard County Arts Council, brings together artists to work, live and create amongst the Downtown Columbia Maryland. Looking for artists from all mediums with the power to strengthen community and stir the soul. Four new Artists in Residence will come to Merriweather District with bold new inspiration and purpose

Deadline: Feb 22nd

Coeur d'Alene Public Art RFQ

Coeur d'Alene is a resort city in northern Idaho, located on picturesque Lake Coeur d'Alene, where visitors from all over the world enjoy the region's sparkling lakes, green forests, and bountiful rivers, along with mountain and water sports. This Request for Qualifications is for art that will be located on the East exterior wall of a new public parking structure.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Feb 26 th

Fast Company Queer 50 List

Fast Company in collaboration with Lesbians Who Tech & Allies, the world’s largest LGBTQ technology network is accepting nominations for it’s Queer 50 List. This year, Fast Company editors will consider five criteria: The size and growth prospects of each person’s business or organization;Their place in the broader business and social conversation; The impact of their contributions during the unprecedented events of the last 12 months; Their career trajectory over the past 12 months, and potential for growth; Their activism and advocacy for the Queer community

Eligibility: Queer women or nonbinary individuals

Deadline: Feb 26th

Forum Park RFQ

The City of Fort Myers seeks to commission an artist/artist team to create a site-specific exterior work of public art that will aesthetically enhance the park.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: March 12th

Public Works & Fleet RFQ

The Fleet & Public Works Project, located in Commerce City, Colorado is a multi-phased construction project to a build a state-of-the-art facility for the Adams County Fleet and Public Works Departments. Adams County is seeking an artist(s) to create an exterior public art installation.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: March 15th

Gustavo "Gus" L. Garcia Recreation Center RFQ

The City of Austin Art in Public Places (AIPP) program seeks to commission a visual artist, or artist team, to design and install a permanent exterior mural for the Gus Garcia Recreation Center. The community has stated a strong preference for a mural that will serve as a recognizable visual landmark for the Center.

Deadline: March 30th

Uptown Art Stroll Poster Competition

NOMAA is hosting its The 19th Uptown Arts Stroll in June 2021 and calling upon the art community to create to submit a design for its poster. The Uptown Arts Stroll started as a volunteer driven one-day event the Sunday before Thanksgiving 2003 and has grown into a month-long festival celebrating Northern Manhattan’s performing and visual artists.

Eligibility: Washington Heights, Inwood & West Harlem artists

Deadline: March 30th

WEEK OF JAN 20TH

January 20, 2021 Ayana Hosten

Image by: R. Eric Thomas

ASSISTANT ARTS MANAGER @ NYU LANGONE

NYU Lagone has an exciting opportunity to join their team as an Assistant Arts Manager. The mission of Real Estate Development and Facilities (RED+F) is to plan, develop, operate and maintain the campus of the NYU Langone Health and provide the foundation for its growth and success in the future. The Assistant The Assistant Arts Manager will work independently and in coordination with the Art Manager to research, identify sites for integration of artwork, and procure contemporary artwork for the main hospital campus in Manhattan as well as hundreds of off-site facilities throughout the tri-state area.

Deadline: Immediate Hire

SALT LAKE MURAL FEST

The South Salt Lake Arts Council and Utah Arts Alliance are seeking qualified artists to participate as a mural artist in the 2021 Mural Fest. Artists are requested to apply by submitting a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) to provide the services requested. The selected artists(s) will be chosen to create artwork that contributes to the revitalization, social connectivity and economic vitality of the City of South Salt Lake.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Jan 25th @ 7p

NALAC RELIEF EFFORT GRANT (ROUND 1)

NALAC will distribute $2,500 grants to Latinx artists and cultural workers and $5,000 grants to Latinx arts organizations facing critical financial emergencies due to the impact of COVID-19. There will be 2 additional rounds released throughout the Fall & Spring 2021 to cover the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

Eligibility: Round 1 Latinx identifying in Mid-America

Deadline: Jan 27th @ 11:59p CT

AUSTIN POOL RFQ

City of Austin / Art in Public Places (AIPP) seeks artists and artist teams living in the United States and/or territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa) for AIPP's 2021-2023 Pre-Qualified Artist Pool. Project opportunities will be available with city departments such as Austin Parks and Recreation, Austin Public Library, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, and more.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Jan 28th

MUSEUM PROJECT COORDINATOR

Museum Hue, a leading organization dedicated to advancing Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color in the cultural field, is seeking a Project Coordinator. The Project Coordinator will assist in the development of Museum Hue’s online platform centering arts and cultural entities throughout New York City. The individual in this position will play a key role in the information-gathering, programming, planning, scheduling, managing, and evaluating of a diverse array of activities, which include the following:

Eligibility: Tri-state area

Deadline: Jan 29th

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY

The Black American Library Card Project is a community partnership and open call for art for a limited-edition library card celebrating contributions and culture of Black Americans. This summer, Brooklyn Public Library will release a limited-edition library card celebrating Black American culture and history, in partnership with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Brooklyn’s Community Boards. The card will be released as part of Brooklyn Public Library’s Juneteenth 2021 celebrations, the first year this holiday will be recognized as a City, State and public school holiday.

Eligibility: The artist and artwork should have a connection to the Black experience in Brooklyn and America. Preference will be given to artists with a connection to Brooklyn.

Deadline: January 31 @ 11:59p

ADOBE CREATIVE RESIDENCE FUND

The Adobe Creative Community Fund is a US$1million fund designed to support creators of visual digital work by offering grants of $US500-$5,000 for either a personal project or a paid Adobe project commission. The program will run for 12 months starting May 2020 and applications will be accepted and reviewed each month.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Feb 1

PHILADELPHIA PERCENT FOR ART: MANN RIVERA RENOVATION PROJECT

This is a public art opportunity for the exterior perimeter wall of the Mann Rivera Center in Philadelphia. The art could include a mosaic installation, mural, or other sculptural elements.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Feb 11

KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PUBLIC ART CALL

The City of Kansas City, Missouri One Percent for Art program seeks to commission a professional visual artist, or artist team, to create two installations to be placed in the stairwells at the new KCI Airport parking garage.Visitors will be able to touch or interact with this installation. This piece is meant to illuminate and enliven the vertical circulation during the day and night. The artist may interpret these installations as a pair (diptych) or as duplicate pieces.

Eligibility: International

Deadline: Feb 13

JEROME EMERGING ARTISTS RESIDENCY PROGRAM

The Anderson Center’s Jerome Emerging Artist Residency Program offers month-long residency-fellowships at Tower View to a cohort of early-career artists from Minnesota or one of the five boroughs of New York City for concentrated, uninterrupted creative time to advance their personal artistic goals and projects.The program aims to meet the specific needs of emerging artists while welcoming them into a supportive and inspiring residency environment that empowers them to take risks, embrace challenges, and utilize unconventional approaches to problem-solving.

Eligibility: Minnesota or New York City residents

Deadline: Feb 15 @ 11:59p CST

OSHUN HUMA RIGHTS & ARTS FELLOWSHIP

The OSUN Center for Human Rights & the Arts invites applications for two one-year research and teaching fellowships in human rights and the arts. The positions are open to individuals working in a variety of fields where human rights and the arts intersect, including artists, curators, researchers, scholars, writers, filmmakers, advocates and activists.

Deadline: Feb 26

SUSTAINABLE ARTS FOUNDATION

Inspired by anyone who is making creative work while raising a family, the Sustainable Arts Foundation provides unrestricted cash Awards of $5,000 to twenty artists and writers with children. The program is an award program that rewards excellence in a creative field while also managing the intense demands of child caring.

Deadline: Feb 26 @ 5pm ET

THE SUPERNOVA GRANT

The Supernova Grant provides female entrepreneurs with startup funds to help shape their vision into a reality whether it’s an idea, business launch, or small business.

Deadline: Feb 28

LARAMIE PUBLIC ART COAILITION

Albany County is completing a renovation of the County Courthouse in Laramie, Wyoming. Renovations should be complete in Winter 2021. An opportunity exists for a statement work of public art to be commissioned for the North Entrance. Artists and artist teams are invited to submit qualifications for this landmark work. The budget is $44,000.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Mar 1 @ 11:59p MST

AWESOME FOUNDATION

Have a crazy brilliant idea that needs funding? The Awesome Fund award $1,000 grants every month. It couldn't be simpler!

Deadline: Ongoing

THE ELIZABETH GREENSHIELD FOUNDATION

The foundation provides funding for young artists who are pursuing their studies or are in the early developmental stages of their career, are working in a representational style of painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking. Artists must demonstrate determination and talent to pursue a lifetime career in the arts.

Eligibility: International

Deadline: Ongoing

WEEK OF JAN 6TH

January 5, 2021 Ayana Hosten

BLACK ARTSTORY MONTH: EXHIBITION OPEN CALL

Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership is hosting an open call for visual artists for their upcoming Black Artstory exhibition. The exhibition, Love, This Time Call, will feature artwork that connects to the theme of “Love, this time” and it can build on love as liberation, love as healing and love as (re)unification.

Eligibility:

Deadline: Jan 8

LES YOUNG ARTISTS OF COLOR FELLOWSHIP

Young artists from any discipline are encouraged to apply to FABnyc and Good Ole Lower East Side (GOLES) fellowship. Fellows will each receive a $500 stipend, meetings and exchange with established arts professionals of color, and a supportive circle for sharing artistic works-in-progress and career challenges. Fellows will have the opportunity to share their work publicly through a culminating group event.

Eligibility: Young artists of color (18-25) who are LES residents

Deadline: Jan 9

STUDIO MUSEUM: MUSEUM PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR

Deadline: Jan 11 @ 11:59p

UNIV OF COLORADO CALL FOR QUALIFICATIONS

CU Denver is looking for an artist to create and install custom artworks in the Learning Commons and Residence Hall lobbies (total of two) that reflect the CU Denver community and inspire students and education. Additionally, they would like the artist to create a custom art installation at each Community Wall within the Residence Hall dorm room corridors (total of 15). These pieces should be of a similar type and format but should be unique enough to be differentiated from each other. They are meant to help define each housing community (cluster of students living near each other).

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Jan 12 @ 1:59 a (EST)

MOCADA OPEN CALL

MoCADA gives curators and artists across an array of artistic disciplines an opportunity to submit a collection of their work for potential programming inclusion. Understanding the new landscape that has emerged as a result of COVID-19, the open call is extended to curators as well as community program producers across the African diaspora.

Deadline: Jan 15 @ 11:59p

BERNHEIM ARTIST IN RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Bernheim’s Artist in Residence Program annually awards artists the opportunity to live and create site specific work inspired by their total immersion experience in the natural environment. This internationally renowned program has hosted a multitude of sculptors, photographers, painters, printmakers, installation artists, videographers, and sound artists, as well as contemporary explorations of nature through science, sense and digital mediums. They encourage visual artists of all mediums, with the broadest range of diverse perspectives and experiences, to submit work for consideration.

Eligibility: International

Deadline: Jan 18

DEFINE AMERICAN IMMIGRANT CREATIVE FELLOWSHIP

This fellowship supports immigrant creatives working in narrative art forms as they build their professional practice and network. The Define American Creative Fellowship is open to creatives in narrative-oriented art forms (writing, filmmaking, visual storytelling, theater, illustration, spoken word, digital journalism, etc.) with at least some experience (professional or amateur) in their chosen medium. This program is uniquely suited to supporting artists who have a deep commitment to their local communities and further developing their creative practice as they shape narratives of American identity.

Eligibility: Immigrant Americans, regardless of current immigration status — undocumented, DACAmented, naturalized citizens, green card holders, refugees, asylum seekers, etc

Deadline: Jan 18

SAVE ARTSPACE: IN TIME OF CHANGE

SaveArtSpace is proud to partner with Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC) to bring more public art to Denver, CO, launching March 2021 to produce In A Time Of Change. We are looking for images that represent change for you and the ways you are documenting current cultural movements, including social justice, climate crisis, and more.

Deadline: Jan 18

BRONX ART SPACE: EXHIBITION OPEN CALL

Bronx Art Space (BAS) invites artists to submit proposals for the thematic group show, Giving Light: An Art Antidote to Gun Violence organized/curated by Beverly Emers. The exhibition will provoke thought, emotion, conversation and a call to action to gun violence. The curator desires to lift up this public health issue while providing a space to mourn, uplift, educate and embrace while empowering the community.

Eligibility: Artists from, currently living or working in the Bronx

Deadline: Jan 22 @ 11:59p

DOWNTOWN FAR ROCKAWAY ARTIST COMMISSIONING PROGRAM

The Rockaway Development & Revitalization Corporation (RDRC) is working with Queens Council on the Arts (QCA) to kickstart the launch the DFR Artist Commissioning Program (ACP), a democratized art commissioning project focused on placing artwork, designed by local artists on solid rolldown gates of businesses located in Downtown Far Rockaway. Artists are asked to respond to call for qualifications.

Eligibility: Queens based artists

Deadline: Jan 22

RARE CREATIVE FELLOWSHIP

Google is inviting emerging creative talent from a variety of disciplines – writing, art direction, filmmaking, visual design, product design, and more – to work with their creative teams for nine months. You don’t need a degree or a portfolio to apply, just passion. Participants can expect hands-on experience with projects, one-on-one mentorship, networking opportunities, events, and speakers.

Eligibility: legally authorized to work in the US as of Apr 2021 & can speak English fluently

Deadline: Jan 22

QUEEN CITY COURTS COMMISSION

The Marquette Public Arts Commission (MPAC) is seeking a qualified artist or artist team to design artwork and paint a site-specific artwork on the surface of the Hurley Park Basketball Court, Marquette, MI.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Jan 22 @ 5pm EST

QUEENS ART FUND THE NEW WORK GRANT

The New Work Grant supports artists that live in Queens or lease a studio in Queens, for the creation of new work that contributes to the cultural life of the borough.

Eligibility: Queens based artists

Deadline: Jan 24

ANCHORAGE EAST RIVER WASTEWATER FACILITY

The art selection jury intends to commission two complementary installations totaling $107,000 to be permanently installed at two different locations near the exterior main entry to the Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility (AWWU) Eagle River Wastewater Treatment Facility (ERWWTF). The jury would like to see mural proposals for location 2 on the facility’s garage doors.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Jan 26 1:59a (EST)

2021 NYC Health + Hospital Community Mural Project RFQ

This call for qualification for Visual artists will engage with patients, staff, and local residents to create an integrated internal or external mural at selected NYC Health + Hospitals facilities. The aim of the program is to use a collaborative mural making process as a tool to build trust and engagement between the hospitals and their communities, build neighborhood pride, and reduce the stigma associated with hospitals through community building activities.

Deadline: Jan 29 @ 11:59p

STATEN ISLAND ARTS: DCA PREMIER GRANT

DCA Premier Grants support first-time applicants — both individual Staten Island artists, collaborative groups of individuals, and community arts and cultural organizations — who produce art or cultural programming with $750- $3,000 of funding. Preference will be given to the under-resourced disciplines for 2021: Folk Arts, Humanities, New Media, Painting, Photography, and Public Art

Eligibility: First-time applicant & Staten Island Artists

Deadline: Jan 31

STATEN ISLAND: FUTURE CULTURE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING GRANT

The Future Culture Creative Placemaking Grants are meant to support Staten Island artists creating new work in a community setting that connects places and people using arts and culture on Staten Island’s North Shore. An essential element of this funding is community engagement. The project must engage a segment of the community through a public program and/or the inclusion of community involvement in the development and creative process of the project.

Eligibility: Staten Island Artists

Deadline: Jan 31

NYSCA/NYFA ARTIST FELLOWSHIP

The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant available to artists living in New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located therein. This grant is awarded in different disciplines (Fiction, Folk/Traditional Arts, Interdisciplinary Work, Painting, Video/Film). The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is not a project grant, but is intended to fund an artist’s vision or voice, at all levels of their artistic development.

Eligibility: Current residents of NY and/or one of the Indian Nations located in NY state

Deadline: Feb 10 @ 11:59pm

CREATIVE CAPITAL AWARD

The Creative Capital Award is designed to assist artists who are working at the vanguard of their fields, or who have ideas to propel their artistic practices forward. Artists need partners to make ambitious work, and Creative Capital set out to be just that. Applications open on February.

Deadline: Feb 28

SINGAPOREAN ART MUSEUM OPEN CALL

SAM Residencies is now accepting applications for the 2021 cycle for three residencies – the Artist Residency; Community & Education Residency; and Curatorial & Research Residency. Selected residents will be hosted in Singapore between July 2021 and March 2023, for a period of between one and six months.

Eligibility: International

Deadline: Feb 28 @ 11:59a (EST)

BALDWIN FOR THE ARTS RESIDENCY

Baldwin For The Arts is an artist residency program. Named for the writer, James Baldwin, BFTA nurtures the arts by offering creative BIPOC individuals an inspiring environment in which they can produce enduring works of the imagination.A Baldwin Fellowship consists of exclusive use of a private studio, accommodations, and three prepared meals a day anywhere from one week to four weeks. BFTA does not offer classes or instruction.

Applications open January 15th.

Deadline: Mar 15

HI ARTS: THE ONE WALL MOVEMENT

December 8, 2020 Ayana Hosten

ONE WALL MOVEMENT

Hi Arts’s open call for qualifications to create artwork on El Barrio 109 Art Space. In selecting artists with experience and interest in community-engaged art, we will offer them a canvas to work freely and create an organic reflection of their lived experiences rather than set restrictions and expectations on their voice.

Eligibility: Graffiti writers, Muralists, Street Artist who self identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), People of the Global Majority (PGM), womxn, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming

Deadline: Rolling

WEEK OF DEC 8TH

December 8, 2020 Ayana Hosten

SWOON STUDIO

Artist, Swoon, is currently seeking to hire a production assistant. Swoon Studio looking for someone with any kind of printmaking or process-heavy arts background, meticulous & detail oriented, comfortable with power tools & mixed media is ideal. A successful studio assistant should be able to learn new skills quickly & has an innate interest in problem solving.

Deadline: December 14th

BRONX RECOGNIZES ITS OWN

Bronx Recognizes Its Own (BRIO) grant provides direct support to individual Bronx artists who create works in the literary, media, visual, and performing arts. Bronx Council of Arts awards grants up to $5,000 to Bronx artists each year, based solely on artistic excellence.

Eligibility: Bronx based Artists

Deadline: December 30th

AUSTIN, TEXAS

The City of Austin Art in Public Places is looking for artists and artist collectives to respond to their call for qualifications. The City of Austin Art in Public Places (AIPP) program of the Cultural Arts Division, Economic Development Department (EDD) seeks artists and artist teams in all stages of their careers who desire to create public art and are working in a variety of visual media and artistic approaches for its 2021-2023 Pre-Qualified Artist Pool. Selected artists and artist teams from the Pool may be contracted to design and fabricate artwork for eligible Capital Improvement Program (CIP) projects of various scopes, timelines, and budgets throughout the City of Austin.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Jan 7 5p CST

EN FOCO FUND

The En Foco Media Arts Work in Progress (WIP) Fund is a new initiative designed to support artists of color who engage with Digital Media technologies within their art-making processes, in collaboration with BronxNet. The award will focus solely on works in progress that need support towards the completion. All innovative interpretations of Digital Media will be considered, requiring a critical digital aspect in both the process and product.

Eligibility: NYC residents of Latino, African, Asian American heritage, and Native Peoples of the Americas and the Pacific

Deadline: Jan 11 @ 11:59p

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA

The City of Durham's Cultural and Public Art Program commissions a variety of public artworks in collaboration with City departments and other organizations engaged in capital development projects across Durham, North Carolina. Project locations may include but are not limited to the City's parks, sidewalks, interior and exterior walls, vehicles, bus stops, and spaces that are visible from public streets and pedestrian walkways. The City of Durham's Pre-Qualified Artist Registry will be used to select artists when a project's requirements render it suitable. Selection will be based on the appropriateness of the artist's medium and experience relevant to specific project requirements. The City continuously seeks greater diversity and urges artists and artist teams of all backgrounds and any medium to become part of the pre-qualified registry.

Eligibility: National & International

Deadline: Rolling

LAKE COERY D'ALENE , IDAHO

Coeur d’Alene is a resort city in northern Idaho, located on picturesque Lake Coeur d’ Alene, where visitors from all over the world enjoy the region’s sparkling lakes, green forests, and bountiful rivers, along with mountain and water sports. This Request for Qualifications is for art that will be located on the East exterior wall of a new public parking structure located at Fourth Street and Coeur d’Alene Avenue in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The goal for the piece is to significantly beautify one of the primary pedestrian and vehicle passageways of the downtown core. The art will be installed vertically, anchored onto a wall made of concrete masonry blocks. Submissions of murals (painted directly onto the wall) will NOT be considered.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: February 21 @ 5p EST

WEEK OF NOV 24TH

November 24, 2020 Ayana Hosten

ABRONS ARTS RELIEF FUND

Abrons Arts Center & Henry Street Settlement will support 10 artists and arts organizers who are displaced tribal members of the Lenape disapora with $500 in unrestricted funds.

Eligibility: Lenape members from six federally recognized tribes in U.S. or Canada

Deadline: Rolling

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA’S INSTITUTE OF BLACK CULTURE

The University of Florida’s Institute of Black Culture is hosting a call for Qualifications for a large interior wall inside the college’s Institute of Black Culture. Qualified artists met 2 of the following criteria: the artist's works are included in private, public, corporate or museum collections; the artist has received awards, grants or fellowships; the artist has completed other public commissions on a similar scale; the artist has participated in exhibitions at major museums or galleries.

Eligibility: National & International

Deadline: Rolling but first review round happening early 2021

SAVEARTSPACE OPEN CALL

Curated by artists, Swoon & Gianni Lee, are hosting an open call for artists to submit work addressing systemic racism to be featured in a multi-city public art exhibition, Whistling in the Dark, on billboards in New York City, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia.

Eligibility: National

STOREFRONT RESIDENCY OPEN CALL

Open call for for visual artists, writers, poets, activists, filmmakers, curators, designers, architects, makers & tinkerers or a pair of artistic collaborators to create a window display for the storefront at 26 Mott Street in honor of 清明 Qingming, tomb-sweeping day, centering the theme of grief and grieving. This is a funded 6-month residency from February 1 - July 1, 2021.

Eligibility: New York residents

Deadline: November 30

OTTAWA O-TRAIN PUBLIC ART PROGRAM

The O-Train Reflection/Inflection Arts Response Project will take a local and global approach to explore the transition of the site community. This will include, but not be limited to: investigating and demonstrating, through cultural expression how a community moves within a changing environment; how people respond to disruption through new connections and new ways of being. The Project will demonstrate how relationships are affected or strengthened by moving in changing landscapes - from one land to another land; what stories/memories emerge from community movement, and how connections are maintained, changed or built. Artists and artist collectives are asked to submit a proposal.

Eligibility: International

Deadline: November 30 @ 4p EST

DESIGN TRUST FELLOWS

Design Trust for Public Space, in partnership with New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS), will award four fellowships for Neighborhood Commons in policy, design, engagement and communications. The project, Neighborhood Commons: Plazas, Sidewalks & Beyond will explore opportunities to improve the current model of public space governance and programming. The fellows will work with BIDs, CBOs, local businesses to support local economies, develop & produce a guide of better practices for both the City’s and community partners’ stewardship of public spaces.

Deadline: Dec 4 @ 11:59p EST

KEVIN ZEESE EMERGING ACTIVIST FUND

The Kevin Zeese Emerging Activists Fund will provide a grant of $20,000 to one or more activists or a small grassroots organization each year that is in line with the life work and philosophy of Kevin Zeese. The emphasis for grantees will be on people or frontline grassroots organizations working for economic, racial or environmental justice or peace.

Deadline: December 13

HOTEL MURAL RFQ

LexArts Inc. in association with Deseo Capital Management seeks artists to create a public mural on the side and front faces of a future lifestyle boutique hotel on Harrodsburg Road. This artwork will create a visual landmark within the community. Our goal is to commission proposals by three experienced public artists for the site with the expectation of realizing one of the proposals in spring 2021.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: December 18

QUEENS MUSEUM ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE

The Queens Museum is embarking on a “Year of Uncertainty” (YoU) and will be centered around themes of Care, Repair, Play, Justice, and The Future . For the 18 month long program, participating artists and producers will work with staff members and co-thinkers to identify ways to connect their work, interests, and expertise across the museum leading to an exhibition and public programming.

Eligibility: New York City resident

Deadline: December 21