PUBLIC ART CALLS
Each month we send out artist calls managed by 4Culture, as well as a selection of calls submitted to us by organizations around the world. Visit our website to see all open calls, grants, jobs, and other opportunities.
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South County Recycling + Transfer Station
Deadline Extended: April 30, 2020, 4PM PDT
Budget: $500,000 OR $540,000
Two budget options are available for this opportunity with specific application requirements:
- Non-mentorship option for individual artists and artist teams: $500,000 (Budget is inclusive of artist fee, fabrication and installation of artwork(s), applicable taxes and travel)
- Mentorship option for artists applying as mentor and mentee artist(s): $540,000 (Budget is inclusive of artist fees for both the mentor and mentee artist(s), fabrication and installation of artwork(s), applicable taxes and travel. $40,000 will be held aside to pay the mentee artist(s) directly. If there are multiple mentee artists, that amount will be divided evenly between them.)
Eligibility: open to professional artists and artist-led teams residing in the Washington, Oregon or British Columbia. Artists whose work is focused on sustainability and the environment, reuse of materials, and/or naturally-sourced materials are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants with cultural connections to The Muckleshoot Tribe of Indians and those who identify as Indigenous or underrepresented as well as artists who have an interest or history in education or mentorship of emerging artists are also strongly encouraged to apply.
4Culture and King County’s Solid Waste Division (SWD) seek an artist or artist-led team to create site-specific or site-integrated artwork for the new South County Recycling & Transfer Station (SCRTS). Artworks can respond but are not limited to the following site-factors, considerations and typologies:
- Habitat/Ecologies
- We stand on Indigenous Land
- Mentorship
- Community-based practice
The artist(s) will work with the project team and project consultants in the hope of a collaborative relationship.
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South County Recycling + Transfer Station: Site-Based, Generative Artist Residency
Deadline: April 30, 2020, 4PM PDT
Budget: Total budget: $90,000
Artist fee: $60,000
Purchase of produced artworks: up to $30,000
Total budget is inclusive of artist fee, production costs for a body of work that should be ready to display, install or exhibit upon completion of the residency, and applicable taxes and travel for the entirety of the three-year term. Artwork(s) produced through the residency may become part of the King County Public Art Collection, with specifics determined at a later date.
Eligibility: open to professional artists who reside in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. Applicants may work in a variety of media including (but not limited to) two-dimensional analog, direct digital, or print media such as photography or illustration, filmmaking or other moving image methodologies, sound, and social practice. Artists whose work is focused on sustainability and the environment, reuse of materials, and/or naturally-sourced materials are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants with cultural connections to The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and those who identify as Indigenous, underrepresented, or emerging will be prioritized.
4Culture and King County’s Solid Waste Division (SWD) seek an artist or artist team for a site-based, generative residency at the new South County Recycling & Transfer Station (SCRTS). The selected artist(s) will have a relationship with the site and surrounding community over the span of the project duration of approximately 3 years and will create work that embodies or is imbued with a sense of this site and place.
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Public Art 4Culture Informational Session
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
5:00–6:30 PM
Please visit zoom.us/j/323030961 to access the informational session on the scheduled date and time. You will be allowed the option to phone in or participate via video on your computer.
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Other Public Art Listings
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City of Issaquah
Call for Artist Qualifications – Issaquah Dog Park Artwork
Deadline: March 25, 2020
Budget: $25,000
Eligibility: Applicants must have past experience integrating art into built environments. Open to artists living in Washington State.
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City of Issaquah
Call for Artist Qualifications – Large Scale Mural
Deadline: March 25, 2020
Budget: $30,000
Eligibility: Applicants must have past experience executing large-scale murals in a public space. Applicants must live in Washington State.
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Town Hall Seattle
Artist in Residence – Land Acknowledgement Art
Deadline: March 30, 2020
Budget: Stipend: $3,000 + up to $1,000 in production supplies.
Eligibility: We are ideally seeking a Coast Salish (particularly Duwamish) or otherwise Indigenous, Native American, Alaskan Indian, or First Nations artist for this Residency.
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lusio (Volunteer Park, Seattle)
Call for Art: Lusio Light Festival
Deadline: March 31, 2020
Budget: Pending grants; Lusio is offering a small stipend for selected artists.
Eligibility: This call for art is open to any individual artists and artist groups.
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Denver, CO
Public Art Opportunity for new Benson Terrace
Deadline: April 3, 2020
Budget: $100,000
Eligibility: All applicants must be legal residents of the United States.
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Memphis, TN
Public Art: Memphis International Airport – Southeast Concourse
Deadline: April 6, 2020
Budget: $350,000
Eligibility: Any artist currently living and working in the United States. Artists are invited to apply as a team if desired.
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Ogden, UT
Public Art: Weber State University Noorda Engineering Building
Deadline: April 10, 2020
Budget: $410,000
Eligibility: Resident US citizen or legal resident artists / artist teams are eligible to apply for this project.
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Toledo, OH
Public Art: Chop House Atrium Project
Deadline: April 13, 2020
Budget: $40,000
Eligibility: The project is open to all artists residing in the United States, age 18 and over. Artist teams are eligible to apply, including teams of artists from multiple disciplines.
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Toledo, OH
Toledo Tunnels Mural Project
Deadline: April 17, 2020
Budget: $25,000
Eligibility: The project is open to all artists in the continental United States, age 18 and over. Artist teams are eligible to apply, including teams of artists from multiple disciplines.
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Boynton Beach, FL
2020-2021 International Kinetic Art Biennial Outdoor Exhibit
Deadline: April 17, 2020
Budget: Each selected artist will receive $1,500.00 per artwork selected to cover delivery and installation of the artwork.
Eligibility: Open internationally
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St. George, UT
Public Art: Dixie State University Science, Technology & Engineering Building
Deadline: April 24, 2020
Budget: $340,000
Eligibility: Resident US citizen or legal resident artists / artist teams are eligible to apply for this project.
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