WEEK OF AUG 24th

August 26, 2021 Ayana Hosten

Repost from @blkmktvintage . Original Photo Credit: Getty Image of Florence Griffith Joyner aka Flo-Jo

Per Scholas, a national nonprofit that provides rigorous and tuition-free technology training across the United States, is currently undertaking a revitalization project in its Bronx National Headquarters and training campus. A key element of this project is the beautification of the space via the commission of a new mural to greet learners, staff, and visitors.

Eligibility: NYC based artists

GROUNDSWELL OPEN CALL

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

BUS SHELTER SHADE SCREEN ARTIST DESIGN

The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture’s Public Art Program is requesting qualifications from professional artists to design perforated steel shade screens for multiple City of Phoenix bus shelters. The enhanced shade screens will be incorporated into bus shelters to improve the experience of transit users and promote a more walkable street. These goals are part of ongoing City efforts to become a HeatReady city and create a connected oasis of beautiful, walkable streets and public spaces. This is an excellent opportunity for professional 2D artists (painters, printmakers, muralists, graphic designers, weavers, fabric artist, etc.) to apply their talents to public works.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Aug 26th

ASSISTANT CURATOR OF NATIVE AMERICAN ART

Yale University seeks an Assistant Curator who will plan exhibitions, programs, and publications; direct conservation projects and gallery installations; lecture on aspects of the University’s holdings; initiate research on acquisitions, loans, and on the permanent collection; field public inquiries; and assume stewardship and donor cultivation responsibilities. The position will help sustain partnerships with local indigenous communities and wider communities that are represented in Yale’s collections.

NEW AMERICAN PAINTING MAGAZINE

New American Painting sponsors six juried competitions per year based on geographic region. The forty winners of each competition receive a four-page, full-color spread in New American Paintings magazine. New American Paintings has a targeted readership of more than ten thousand art collectors, art world professionals and art enthusiasts who have a deep interest in contemporary painting and discovering new artists.

Eligibility: Emerging or under recognized artists in Northeast (CT, DE, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT)

Deadline: Aug 31st

TONU BEAUCHAMP PRIZE IN CRITICAL ART WRITING

The Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing seeks to address that there are significant lack of venues and support for young and mid-career writers working across the US by recognizing writers that are dealing with the spirit of the age and unafraid to ask difficult questions. There is a first place prize of $3,000 dollars, and two runners up will receive $1,000 each.

Deadline: Aug 31st

HAWAI’I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK RESIDENCY

Artists of all artistic media can apply for this residency at Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. It comes with a $2,000 stipend, housing, and more.

Deadline: Aug 31st

THE LUPIN AWARD

The Lupin Foundation, Atlanta Celebrates Photography sets out to find fresh thinkers with exciting novel ideas for creating a temporary public art exhibition in Atlanta which will use the power of photography as a catalyst for dialogue to stimulate cultural transformation. The artistic team (curator + artist, artist collective or individual artist) will determine the concept, content, and form of the exhibition. They will also be asked to contribute ideas for public programming with the aim of deepening the impact of the project. No media restrictions have been established in order to ensure maximum creativity for participating artists. However, it is a requirement that your project involve lens-based or photographic media as an integral part of the project but artists are encouraged to think widely and to explore this concept without restraint.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Sept 6th

HESTER ST RADICAL IMAGINATION FOR RACIAL JUSTICE GRANT

Hester Street’s grant worth $50,000 supports organizations that use arts and culture based practices to aid projects that intersect climate and racial justice work. Applicants must work in New York City or Puerto Rico and be a 501(c)3, or have fiscal sponsorship by a nonprofit organization.

Deadline: Sept 9th

Eligibility: Applicants must work in New York City or Puerto Rico and be a 501(c)3 or have fiscal sponsorship by a 501(c)3.

BEAM PROJECTS OPEN CALL

Beam Center seeks design proposals for ambitious public artworks that will be brought to life through collaborations between youth and creative big thinkers. Projects will be realized at each of our three 2022 Beam Project sites: in New Hampshire (NH), on Governors Island (GI), and in a local NYC community. Artists are invited to submit proposals for any or all of these three sites. Winning proposals will be selected by a committee composed of Beam Center staff, youth, past project designers, and community members

Deadline: Sept 12th @ 11:59p EST

LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT GRANT

LMCC’s Creative Engagement is an arts funding program that provides seed grants to individual artists and nonprofit organizations for projects and activities that offer Manhattan communities diverse artistic experiences. Each year, the program supports over 150 arts projects in Manhattan, including concerts, performances, public art, exhibitions, screenings, festivals, workshops, readings and more. Through this grant program LMCC will award over $500,000 for projects serving communities from Inwood to the Battery taking place between January 1–December 31, 2022.

Deadline: Sept 14th @ 5p EST

LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL CREATIVE LEARNING GRANT

LMCC’s Creative Learning is a grant program designed to support and develop the capacity of Manhattan’s teaching artists and small arts organizations to provide in-depth, community-based arts education and enrichment projects and programming to participants of all ages including youth, adults, and/or seniors. The program aims to support effective and innovative approaches to artist-led, age- and skills-appropriate instruction outside of the school setting, as well as education-based approaches to participatory arts projects. This program supports projects serving communities from Inwood to the Battery taking place between January 1 – December 31, 2022.

Deadline: Sept 14th @ 5p EST

LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL UMEZ ARTS ENGAGEMENT GRANT

LMCC’s UMEZ Arts Engagement is a grant program designed to enhance the diversity and frequency of arts and cultural presentations in Upper Manhattan. The program provides direct support for these activities to Upper Manhattan’s artists and nonprofit arts organizations under the guiding principle that support for artists of diverse disciplines, practices, cultural backgrounds, and career stages contributes to the vibrancy and sustainability of the communities in which they live and work. UMEZ Arts Engagement invites proposals from artists and arts organizations that are 1) based in Upper Manhattan and 2) presenting arts projects or programming serving Upper Manhattan between January 1–December 31, 2022.

Deadline: Sept 14th @ 5p EST

PRINCETON ARTS FELLOWSHIP

Princeton Arts Fellowships will be awarded to artists whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic practice and teaching. Applicants should be early career who would find it beneficial to spend two years teaching and working in an artistically vibrant university community. Fellows spend two consecutive academic years at Princeton University and formal teaching is expected yet but fellows may be asked to take on an artistic assignment in lieu of a class, such as directing a play or creating a dance with students. Fellows are expected to be full and active members of the community, committed to frequent and engaged interactions with students during the academic year.

Eligibility: International. Holders of Ph.D. degrees from Princeton are not eligible to apply.

Deadline: Sept 14th

CREATIVE EQUATIONS FUND: SOCIAL INNOVATION + CULTURAL ENTRPENUERS

Brooklyn Arts Council is hosting this $10K grant for two entrepreneurs. The goal is to build the capacity of arts businesses that make profit and change. This grant is a social venture Investment in arts businesses that use their profits, partners, or processes to disrupt inequity and or create new models of intervention for social good.

Eligibility: Applicants must be residents of Brooklyn (Kings County) or operate their business in Brooklyn and provide proof of Kings County residence or operations

Deadline: Sept 17th

CREATIVE EQUATION FUND: ADVOCACY + IMMIGRANT VOICES

Supported by Brooklyn Arts Council & New American Economy this $2,500 grant will be awarded to 6 artists. In addition to funds, artists will be offered optional capacity-building opportunities such as peer-to-peer and network building opportunities. An additional $1000 will awarded to the project considered most effective at culminating exhibition. The New Americans Fellowship is designed to commission creation of work by immigrant artists that integrates data from New American Economy’s research in order to advocate for and educate about the positive impact immigrants have on local and national economies and cultures. Projects can be in any medium – visual, dance, spoken word, theater, film/video/media etc.

Eligibility: Applicant must have immigrated to the United States, have a parent who has immigrated to the United States, have a parent that has come to the U.S. as a refugee, or have come to the U.S. themselves as a refugee. Additionally, applicant must be resident of Brooklyn (Kings County) or base their practice/work in Brooklyn and provide proof of Kings County residence or operations.

Deadline: Sept 17th

BROOKLYN ARTS COUNCIL ARTS FUND

This program is appropriate for arts and culture makers developing projects that contribute to the rich creative experiences that engage audiences across Brooklyn. Competitive applicants will clearly identify the audience they strive to reach, and articulate how the project’s outcome(s) will impact the cultural life of the borough. Program areas of funding include: dance, film, folk arts, interdisciplinary arts, literary arts, multi-disciplinary arts, music, theatre, and visual arts.

Eligibility: Brooklyn-based artists, artist collectives and Brooklyn-based 501c3 organizations with budgets under $100,000/year. Applicants may not have applied directly to DCLA for FY2022 funding.

Deadline: Sept 17th

BROOKLYN ARTS COUNCIL LOCAL ART FUND

Designed with nonprofit organizations and artist-nonprofit partnerships in mind, Local Arts Support helps develop high-quality local arts projects and programs that focus on community engagement.

Eligibility: Brooklyn-based nonprofit organizations and NYC-based artists working in partnership with Brooklyn-based nonprofit organizations are invited to apply. Applicants and organizational partners may not have applied directly to NYSCA for FY2022 funding.

Deadline: Sept 17th

CHARLENE VICTOR & ELLA WEISS CULTURAL ENTRRENUER FUND

The Charlene Victor & Ella J. Weiss Cultural Entrepreneur Fund is designed to support the professional development of Brooklyn's emerging and mid-career women artists and arts administrators.

Eligibility: Brooklyn-based women individual artists and arts administrators

Deadline: Sept 17th

IFUND WOMEN ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

IFundWomen will be awarding one (1) grand prize winner with a $100,000 equity investment. In addition, hundreds of thousands of dollars in monetary grants and coaching scholarships will be deployed to category honorees and runners up.

Eligibility: US based business operating on or before June 29, 2020

Deadline: Sept 20th

CULTURE PUSH: FELLOWSHIP FOR UTOPIAN PRACTICE

Culture Push's Fellowship for Utopian Practice is a testing ground for new ideas that aim to create positive social change through civic engagement and horizontal learning opportunities. Through the Fellowship for Utopian Practice, Culture Push serves artists by providing creative, analytical, and logistical tools in the creation of truly transformative projects. The Fellowship program is open to artists and other professionals working in any discipline who wish to expand the boundaries of their practice.

Deadline: Sept 24th @ 11:59p EST

UFASB INSTITUTE OF BLACK CULTURE

On Florida University’s campus, The Institute of Black Culture will offer educational, cultural and community building programs and initiatives sponsored by Black Affairs, Multicultural and Diversity Affairs and various University of Florida student organizations and departments. Up to 3 finalists (artist or artist teams) will receive an honorarium in an amount to be determined to create artwork either abstract & representational. Art should engage occupants through wholistic views with uplifting references to Black culture and history, and not solely the struggle narrative. The honorarium is for the creation and presentation of the site-specific proposal as well as participation in the virtual site visit allowing for student engagement. The honorarium amount is separate from the listed art budget.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Rolling but 1st decision made by Fall 2021

FORT UNION NATIONAL PARK RESIDENCY

The National Parks Arts Foundation invites artists of all artistic media to apply for the Fort Union National Monument, NM residency program. The residency comes with housing for one month, and more.

Deadline: Global

Deadline: Sept 30th

COMCAT RISE

Comcast RISE, a multi-year commitment to provide marketing, creative, media, and technology services to small businesses owned by people of color.

Eligibility: Owned by POC & located within the Comcast Business of Effectv area

Deadline: Oct 16th

INTERCULTURAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FELLOWSHIP

Artists, culture bearers and arts managers in various stages of career development may apply. The Intercultural Leadership Institute is a rigorous, year-long personal and leadership development experience created out of our shared commitment to pursue cultural equity and to support artists, culture bearers and other arts professionals as change-makers in their communities. Applications to ILI are accepted from established and emerging artists, culture bearers and other arts professionals in various stages of career development. The dynamic learning environment of ILI will cultivate an inclusive intercultural space to provide multiple generations of artists, culture bearers and other arts professionals the skills, support, knowledge, and agency to confidently respond to and initiate approaches to address complex cultural questions.

Deadline: Oct 22nd

LGBTQIA+ WELCOMING BUILDING RFQ

Home Leasing and Trillium Health of Rochester NY are collaborating to develop a four-story mixed-use and mixed- income building that will provide for a wide range of households. The project will consist of 72 housing units, first floor commercial space, and a community health facility to be operated by Trillium. The development team is dedicated to creating an inclusive community providing amenities and access to downtown living to all members of the community in an LGBTQ+ welcoming environment. This public artwork is intended to be an iconic work that represents, welcomes, or supports the LGBTQ+ community in some way. Currently accepting request for qualifications.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Oct 31st @ 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 JUNE 7TH

June 7, 2021 Ayana Hosten

PROJECT MANAGER

Van Alen seeks a highly skilled and collaborative Project Manager, Programs to lead assigned public realm projects and urbanism initiatives. Reporting to the Director of Programs, the Project Manager will work closely with communities and the Van Alen ecosystem to build strong partnerships, help frame local issues, lead community engagement activities, and create public spaces that support social cohesion in New York City and the region at large. The Project Manager should be a great facilitator and a strategic problem solver with experience developing and overseeing community-focused initiatives that engage diverse stakeholders.

CURATOR OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS

Cranbrook Art Museum (CAM) seeks a full-time curator to help develop exciting and engaging public programs both on-site at its historic landmark campus and off-site in the City of Detroit

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Apexart currently has an opening for a Director of Programs. The position includes directing programs related to exhibitions as well as directing our international Fellowship program and its iterations. Responsibilities include administration and scheduling of International and NY Fellowship Programs, organization of Public Programs, and management of advertising and social media campaigns. apexart is a not-for-profit arts organization that presents exhibitions in New York and internationally; operates a “cultural immersion” Fellowship program (not a studio program); hosts events and public programs; and publishes books on timely issues in the arts. An academic or hands on arts management background, and experience in curriculum development with an attention to performance and detail are a plus.

PUBLICATIONS FELLOW

The Studio Museum in Harlem is seeking a Henry Luce Foundation Publications Fellow, a two-year term position that will begin September 2021, to join the growing Collections team that is responsible for the Museum’s permanent and special collections and archives. A division of the Curatorial department, the Collections team has been working toward the reopening of the Museum and its associated inaugural exhibitions. The Publications Fellow will serve an integral role in the execution of this multi-year project, assisting in the planning, research, administration, coordination, and completion of three institutional publications.

ASSOCIATE COLLECTIONS PHOTOGRAPHER/STUDIO MANAGER

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is seeking an Associate Collections Photographer & Studio Manager who will be a part of our Photography Department. The Associate Collections Photographer & Studio Manager will create high-resolution photographs of art in the Guggenheim collections for publication.

COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL’S ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

Columbia Law School invites an artist to create at least one work that will be displayed at the school, as part of their artist-in-residency program. The selected artist will receive a grant of $15,000 and an allowance of up to $5,000 for art materials. Preference will be given to those who are in the early to middle stages of their careers and connection to Morningside Heights.

Deadline: June 15th @5p EST

CRITICS OF COLOR RESIDENCY

This residency will pair four critics of color with editors and archivists to develop articles for Curationist.org, an online database of Creative Commons (CC0 or CC-BY) content from cultural heritage organizations. Editors and archivists will use their knowledge of the site to help each selected critic research cultural heritage content and develop up to 3 pieces of content of at least 1,000 words to be featured on Curationist.org. The incoming critics will also become part of the Curationist community; their work will inform and expand the metadata for the items about which they write.

Deadline: June 18th

ARTSWAS PUBLIC ARTIST ROSTER

Washington’s The Art in Public Places program (AIPP) is working to make the 2021-2025 Public Artist Roster our most inclusive and equitable ever. They are seeking a diverse range of artists to create artworks for state agencies, colleges, universities, and public schools throughout Washington state. The Roster is their main tool for choosing artists. It is a list of artists who pre-qualify to create artworks through our program.

Eligibility: National and artists in British Columbia

Deadline: June 21st @ 5p PST

DCLA PUBLIC ARTIST IN RESIDENCE (PAIR): MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS

The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) is seeking three (3) artists to join the Public Artists in Residence (PAIR) program in 2021. One (1) selected artist will be placed in residence with each of the following City agencies/offices: The Department of Design and Construction, the Department of Sanitation, and the Department of Records and Information Services. PAIR is based on the premise that artists are creative problem solvers. To that end, DCLA embeds socially engaged artists in New York City municipal agencies to utilize their creative, collaborative art practice to offer innovative solutions to pressing civic challenges.

Eligibility: NYC residents

Deadline: June 27th @ 11:59p EST

EQUITABLE PUBLIC SPACE FELLOWSHIP

The Design Trust for Public Space will be selecting two Fellows to join the Design Trust team as full-time paid staff members for an intensive one-year fellowship to begin in September 2021 and end in September 2022. Fellows will become a part of the Design Trust community, interacting with project fellows, partners and collaborators.

Deadline: June 27th@ 11:59p EST

JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS FOR CURATORS

Hyperallergic know curators are finding it hard to find the resources to do their own work, so they’re inviting curators to submit short proposals for projects they are currently working on for a $5,000 grant that will help with research, while offering the public a window into the curatorial process. Each applicant should submit a 250-word proposal or project description explaining their area of research, why it’s important now, and how they would like to present their work to the public. Each Fellow will be expected to contribute two articles to Hyperallergic, participate in a recorded online event, and produce an email exhibition based on some of the material from your research, all within the one-month fellowship period.

Deadline: June 30th @12p EST

ASSOCIATE ARTS PROGRAM SPECIALIST

DCLA is seeking Associate Arts Program Specialist for the Programs Services Unit, which manages approximately $85 million annually, receiving over 1,150 applications for these funds and distributing them to 900+ organizations through a number of grant programs. The Associate Arts Program Specialist is a key link in the agency’s relationship with City government and the cultural community, and acts as a facilitator and administrator of public monies to the cultural community and its public.

Deadline: June 30th

BRONXART SPACE GOVERNOR’S ISLAND RESIDENCY

For the 2021 season, The Trust for Governors Island (The Trust), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and 18 cultural organizations with space on Governors Island will join forces to host free residency programs for approximately 115 artists and cultural practitioners that have been affected by the COVID-19 crisis, helping to combat the devastating impact of the pandemic on the NYC cultural landscape. The Governors Island Residency Initiative, will provide free workspaces in LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island and the Island’s historic houses in Nolan Park and Colonels Row. BronxArtSpace (BAS) invites Bronx-based artists to apply. Due to COVID19, the chosen artists will not be expected to open their studios to the public but will we be required to put up an exhibition. However, we will offer an online artist talk.

Eligibility: Bronx based artists

Deadline: July 3rd @ 12a EST

INTERCHANGE ARTIST GRANT

Interchange is designed to strengthen communities and individual artists within the Mid-American region by supporting artist-led projects focused on social impact. Interchange grants will be awarded to sixteen artists with an active socially-engaged creative practice in the Mid-America Arts Alliance region.

Eligibility: Artists with creative practice in Mid-American region (Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas).

Deadline: July 5th

ARTS OF ADMIN OF COLOR STRATEGIC PLAN CONSULTANT

Arts Administrators of Color Network (AAC) is seeking proposals from consulting firms or independent consultants for the development of an actionable and measurable multi-year strategic plan. The strategic planning process should provide structure on positioning for the future which should include: ● analyzing the organization’s mission and vision, and values ● developing annual work plans for the board and future staff members ● identifying business development opportunities, including membership structuring and recruitment, and fundraising strategies

Deadline: July 1st

PROGRAM MANAGER

The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is seeking a Program Manager to be an integral part of their team’s work collaborating with community organizations and designers to create visually-based popular education materials and workshop tools. They are seeking a creative and energetic individual with skills and experience in policy, community-engaged design, project management, and an ability to collaborate with people from a diverse range of backgrounds, who wants to use design and art to contribute to meaningful social change.

Deadline: July 6th

PASSION FUND

The Passion Fund - grant program funded by Linktree in partnership with Square for bright sparks with big ideas. The Passion Fund is a $250,000(USD) global grant program designed to support creators, activists and entrepreneurs in taking their passion to the next level. All you have to do is tell us a bit about your hustle and pitch us your passion in a 60 second video or audio clip. Whether you’re just starting out or you’re working on your passion full time, the Passion Fund can give you the boost you need to take your operation to the next level. There’s $250k USD in cash grants up for grabs across Gold, Silver, Bronze and People’s Choice categories. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges.

Deadline: July 7th

NORTH KANSAS CITY MURAL PROJECT

The Tim C. Crummett Family Charitable Fund Projects Committee, in partnership with EXLTUBE is conducting a Call to Artists for a new, site-specific, original public art mural in North Kansas City. This project has a $55,000 budget (please include a contingency budget.)

Eligibility: National

Deadline: July 9th

UNIVERSITY HEALTH WOMEN’S & CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

University Health’s Salud-Arte: Art of Healing program seeks an artist or artist team to design and create site-specific artwork for the garage bridge of the new Women’s & Children’s Hospital at University Health’s Medical Center campus in Texas. The building is set to open in early 2023. The commissioned artwork will thoughtfully respond to this unique context in a way consistent with the mission of University Health.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: July 11th @ 11:59p CST

DIGITAL DISAPORA RESIDENCY

China Residencies is seeking applications from Chinese and Chinese diaspora artists, curators, and collectives interested in collective, intercultural and cross-border development and research. This is a time for research, exploration and learning. They are looking for openness to collective, intercultural and cross-border development and research to participate in this remote online residency.

Eligibilty: Chinese or Chinese disapora creatives

Deadline: July 15th

CASID BID ARTIST CALL

The Central Avenue Special Improvement District Management Corporation (CASID) in partnership with the City of Jersey City, Jersey and the Hudson County Office of Cultural &Heritage Affairs Office is pleased to announce the return of the Central Avenue Artwork Installation Project. The CASID is seeking well executed proposals for artwork. Proposals for “Traffic Boxes” and “Wall” installations are being accepted.

Deadline: July 30th

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 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 17TH

February 17, 2021 Ayana Hosten

Murales Les for Flint Public Art Project

NYC DOT ARTERVENTION

Department of Transportation (DOT) ArtSs 20201 Artervention application is now live. Arts, community-based organizations, galleries, BIDs & other cultural institutions are invited to submit proposals to install temporary public art on NYC DOT infrastructure citywide (sidewalks, triangle medians, bridges, steps, plazas). Proposals can range from painted murals to sculptures. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Deadline: Ongoing

CASTLE ROCK MURAL RFP

The Town of Castle Rock Public Art Commission (TOCR PAC) and the Castle Rock Artist Cooperative (CRAC) seek proposals for a public art mural project to be painted in Downtown Castle Rock, Colorado. Artists are invited to submit a proposal for this exciting opportunity to provide a large-scale work of art using the theme “Painting Positivity”- centered around the ideas of positivity, unity, hope and love.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Feb 21st @ 5p MST

PINCHE GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERNSHIP

Fuchila Freshners is looking for a young graphic designer who is eager to learn the ins and outs of running a small business and drive business growth. Role will consist of designing graphics for social media, website, emails and even concepts for new designs! Work is completely remote and estimated 6-8hrs/week.

Deadline: Feb 20th @ 11:59a PST

ONASSIS AIR

Onassis AIR is a an open call from The School of Infinite Rehearsals, a collective research program that brings together an interdisciplinary group of participants to exchange knowledge and practices around self-organizing, institutions, community economies and philanthropy. This Athens fellowship is open to Artists, curators, designers, activists, collectives, educators, legal advocates, performance makers, economist, architects, filmmakers and any all practitioners from any medium.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: Feb 26th

NOT A MONOLITH

Eligibility: New York City & Black artists

Deadline: Feb 28th @ 11:59p EST

LMCC ARTS CENTER RESIDENCY

This open call will provide short-term, project-based residencies to artists and creative practitioners whose work is concerned with the broader themes of equity and sustainability. This 3 month residency provides access to free daytime work space & basic amenities in LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island.

Deadline: Feb 28th

RESIDENCY UNLIMITED

Residency Unlimited (RU) invites visual artists who identify as Black to apply for a three-month residency from April 5 - July 2, 2021. RU welcomes applications from NYC-based visual artists who work across media and whose practices are research-based and geared towards filling in gaps in historical knowledge. Four artists will be selected from applications reviewed by a jury of arts professionals together with RU staff. The 2021 NYC-Based Artist Residency Program is directed by guest curator Rachel Raphaela Gugelberger, an NYC-based curator with a focus on place-based practices around social, cultural, and civic issues.

Deadline: March 1st @ 11:59p EST

APEXART OPEN CALL

Apexart’s open call is for artists, curators, and other professionals to turn their curatorial idea into an exhibition, combined with inviting apexart’s international community to collectively determine our programming through an online jury process. Currently accepting proposals to be presented anywhere EXCEPT New York City.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: March 1st

CULTURAL SOLIDARITY FUND

The Cultural Solidarity Fund will open with $100,000 distributing an initial 200 $500 relief micro-grants to artists and cultural workers based in New York City. The CSF aims to direct funds specifically to artists and all cultural workers from administrators to the janitors who are in most urgent need of assistance with rent, groceries, medical expenses and other essential services. At this time CSF asks that you do not apply for a microgrant for your creative work. Application opens February 26th.

Eligibility: New York City residents

Deadline: March 5th @ 9p EST

OPEN CALL FOR BRONX CURATORS

BronxArtSpace (BAS) invites applicants with strong connections to the Bronx to submit a proposals for a thematic group exhibition to be presented at BAS. The exhibition will be on view June 2021.

Eligibility: Curators with connection to the Bronx

Deadline: March 7th @ 12am EST

MUDAM ASSISTANT CURATOR

Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean in Luxrmbourg is seeking an Assistant Curator to join its curatorial team for a fixed period of 2 years, working on exhibitions scheduled in 2022 and 2023. The Assistant Curator supports the work of the curators, playing a key role in the development and delivery of exhibitions and special projects.

Deadline: March 8th@ 12pm

CUE’S SOLO EXHIBITION OPEN CALL

The Solo Exhibition Open Call provides emerging and under-recognized artists the necessary resources to present an exhibition at CUE in 2022. The selected artists will receive valuable mentor support from an established artist or curator on the selection panel, including a studio visit and installation guidance in preparation for the exhibition. In addition, exhibiting artists each receive a $5,000 honorarium and an accompanying exhibition catalogue. There is a $15 fee for entry.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: March 12th @ 11:59p EST

CUE’S CURATORIAL PROJECT OPEN CALL

The Curatorial Project Open Call provides a curator/curatorial team the necessary resources to realize an innovative project in CUE’s space in 2022. CUE provides institutional guidance and resources to the curator, who produces a group exhibition with related public programming and an accompanying exhibition catalogue. The selected curator will mentorship support, installation guidance and awarded a honorarium. There is a $15 fee for entry.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: March 12 @ 11:59p EST

THRIVE COLLECTIVE SCHOOL PARTNERS USA

Thrive Collective has launched School Partners USA and is seeking youth workers in Dallas, Oakland and San Diego. School Partners USA offers workers nine months of focused training and support for those who see engaging public schools as part of their mission. We provide full scholarships, best practice training, and coaching by some of the most experienced public school partners in the nation. Participants create school engagement plans, produce crossover events or projects, and establish relationships for long-term mission impact.

Deadline: March 15th

MOPHRADAT SELF ORGANIZATION OPEN CALL

Self-Organizations is a program that aims to provoke inventive ways of working and collaborating. The overall purpose of the program is to incite productive conversations, encourage the development of bespoke protocols for collaboration, and push for new art experiences to take place.

Eligibility: Artists or other arts practitioners from or living in the Arab world

Deadline: March 15th

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

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

WEEK OF NOV 12TH

November 12, 2020 Ayana Hosten

BICENTENNIAL LEGENDS -

Calling all artists who specialize in portraits. Indianapolis Arts Council is seeking artists interested in creating large scale murals of Indianapolis legends. Kicking off with Marshall “Major” Taylor they plan to honor him and other individuals whose talent, courage, and humanity helped make Indianapolis/Indiana as the city celebrates its 200th especially highlighting those who made important contributions but were overlooked because of their race, gender, economic status, or social class.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: Ongoing for Summer 2021- 2023

DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY

The City of Denver’s Public Art Program seeks to commission an artist or team of artists to create original public artworks for the Denver Art Museum and Denver Central Public Library Campus. The campus is located in the heart of Denver and the Golden Triangle Creative District. A selection panel of community representatives, arts professionals, and civic leaders has been assembled to identify art opportunities, and to select and recommend an artist or artist team for this project. The selection panel has identified at least three exterior sites for potential art opportunities and will select one artist or artist team for the allocated total budget of approximately $600,000 USD.

Eligibility: National & Global

Deadline: Nov 16

The Hunger Coalition

The Hunger Coalition seeks artists to design and paint murals on their new building headquarters located at 110 Honeysuckle Street, Bellevue, Idaho. Three separate artists will be selected to complete a mural, which will be placed on a feature wall of a high-profile project with thousands of visitors annually.

Eligibility: National & Global

Deadline: Nov 20th

ENGAGING ARTISTS (EA) -

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 encompases a professional development series, public art commission opportunities, mentorship, and peer networking

Deadline: Nov 20 11:59pm

YMCA WORCESTER INDOOR MURAL -

The mural is to be a tribute to the outgoing executive director, Linda Cavioli’s, racial justice and gender equality legacy. Under her leadership, from the boardroom to the front lines, racial justice became the hallmark of YWCA of Central Massachusetts operations. The proposal selected will be one that best reflects the essence of her legacy.

Eligibility: New England / New York area. All applicants will be accepted but strongly encourages Women, Black artists (AA, Afro-Latina) of the African Diaspora, and other artists of color to apply.

Deadline: Dec 1

DAVID PRIZE -

The David Prize is a celebration of individuals and ideas to create a better, brighter New York City. 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. As long as you have a clear idea of how your work improves our city, and what you need to get it done, we’ll consider it. Individuals that win The David Prize can be affiliated with organizations or companies, but the focus is on great people doing great things outside of established pathways and projects.

Eligibility: New Yorkers

Deadline: Fri, Dec 4th

NEXT LEVEL

An initiative of the U.S. Department of State, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Meridian International Center. Its mission is to use hip hop music, dance, and art to foster cross-cultural creative exchange in diverse communities. Application is open to all self-defining dynamic break dancers, DJs, MCs, beatmaker, beatboxer or aerosol artist-educator.

Deadline: Dec 16 @ 11:59pm EST

STATEN ISLAND DCA PREMIER GRANT

One of many grants specifically for Staten Island artists, collaborative groups of individuals, and community arts and cultural organizations — who produce art or cultural programming. Grants range from $750 - $3,000

Eligibility: Staten Island residents

Deadline: Jan 31 2021

WEEK OF JUN 3RD

June 3, 2020 Ayana Hosten

CCCADI CURATORIAL FELLOWSHIP IN AFRO-CARIBBEAN ART-

The CCCADI Curatorial Fellowship in Afro-Caribbean Art is dedicated to emerging curators of color committed to the artistic and cultural production of the Afro-Caribbean and its Diaspora, including the Dutch, English, French, and Spanish-speaking Caribbean. The year-long Curatorial Fellowship will provide mentorship, curatorial training, and institutional support to Ten Fellows. The goals are to elevate and deepen Fellows’ curatorial practice and knowledge of Caribbean African Diaspora Art and culture; advance professional development; and exchange ideas and best practices with notable curators, scholars, artists, and cultural workers about important issues in the field.

Application Deadline: June 10, 2020

ART ON THE MART RFQ CALL

Art on theMART is seeking artists to submit their qualifications to be commissioned to create an original artwork with accompanying sound to be projected as part of Art on theMART. Art on theMART is an innovative digital public art platform. Artists working in any media may apply, but those with experience in new media, animation, projection, film and video are especially encouraged to present their credentials.

Application Deadline: June 15, 2020

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THE PEOPLE”S PLAYGROUND MURAL PROJECT RFP

The Alliance for Coney Island is commissioning 5 public artworks to go on metal storefronts along Surf Avenue. The Alliance for Coney Island’s “The People's Playground” mural project aims to honor the rich and long history of Coney Island as it transitioned from the Dutch’s Island of wild rabbits to it earning its nickname as the “People’s Playground”.

Application Deadline: June 19, 2020

RODDENBERRY FELLOWSHIP

The Roddenberry Fellowship is a $1mil investment in the innovators, community leaders, and changemakers leading the efforts for a more just and equitable country. The Roddenberry 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.

Application Deadline: June 18, 2020

WALTER GRANTS

WNDB is still accepting applications for its grant program to encourage unpublished work from writers & illustrators. WNDB will award 10 grants of $2,000 each to unpublished diverse illustrators.

Application Deadline: Extended to June 30, 2020

WEEK OF APRIL 22ND

April 22, 2020 Ayana Hosten

#BestNYShirt Competition

Presented by New York Nico & Alumni of NY an online competition to lift the spirit of New York City and to support those in need. Artists are challenged to spark New York pride with an original design. The 3 best designs will be produced on t-shirts to be sold for charity.

Deadline: April 29th 10 EST

Amplfier: Global Open Call for Art

In response to COVID-19, Amplifier and partners are launching an emergency campaign with top art curators and public-health advisors from around the world. They are looking for two kinds of work: The first are public health and safety messages that can help flatten the curve through education. The second are symbols that help promote mental health, well-being, and social change work during these stressful times.

Eligibility: Global

Deadline: April 30th

Community Center Pool Mural

The Thornton Arts, Sciences & Humanities Council (TASHCO) , in collaboration with the city of Thornton, Colorado are seeking to commission large-scale, original public art. that will be installed at the Thornton Community Pool. The project will produce public art work that speaks to the location, has a positive visual impact and welcomes visitors to the facility. The final work should push Thornton into a contemporary setting and help it become a destination-city; engaged in important conversations on art and culture.

Eligibility: National

Deadline : May 3rd

Art in Public Places: Loveland Arts & Culture

The City of Loveland Art in Public Places is accepting Requests for Qualifications for artwork installations along 37th Street between North Lincoln Street and Monroe. This project, called the 37th Street Connector, is a large-scale infrastructure project that will significantly improve connectivity and offer new options for east-west mobility in north Loveland. Two locations have been identified for public artwork installations. Artists may apply to one or both of these projects through. Both projects are open to any professional artist (or artist team) with demonstrated experience in creating signature artwork of a large scale.

Eligibility: National

Deadline: May 6th

Creative Capital Arts Writers Grant Program

The Arts Writers Grant supports emerging and established writers who are writing about contemporary visual art. Ranging from $15,000 to $50,000, these grants support projects addressing both general and specialized art audiences, from short reviews for magazines and newspapers to in-depth scholarly studies.

Deadline: May 20th

WEEK OF APRIL 8TH

April 22, 2020 Ayana Hosten

Tri-State Relief Fund To Support Non-Salaried Workers in the Visual Arts - From NYFA providing $2,000 grants to non-salaried support staff in the visual arts in NY/NJ/CT. Application cycles: May 19-20, June 2-3

Artist Relief Fund - Artist Relief will distribute $5,000 every week to 100 artists to help combat the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

FCA Emergency Fund COVID-19 - Foundation for Contemporary Art will distribute a one-time grant of $1,500 to meet the needs of experimental artists who have been impacted by the economic fallout from postponed or canceled performances and exhibitions.

Arts and Culture Leaders of Color Emergency Fund- This fund is for US-based BIPOC artists and administrators. This is a ONE-TIME micro grant of $200.

Artist Community Relief Fund - Abrons Arts Center and Henry Street Settlements’ Artist Community Relief Fund will support artists & arts workers in affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. They will disburse $250 to 40 artists and arts workers who live in the following zip codes: 10002, 10009, 10013. (Currently at Capacity but still actively raising money)

NYC Low-Income Artist + Freelancers Relief Fund - Crowd Sourced Relief that seeks to provide support for low-income, BIPOC, trans/GNC/NB/Queer artists and freelancers whose livelihoods are being effected by this pandemic in NYC whether it's from cancelled gigs, lost jobs, or a lack of business due to coronavirus scares. (Currently at Capacity but still actively raising money)