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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Jameson/ArcWeld Building Replacement
Deadline: March 5, 2020, 4PM PST
Budget: $250,000 [Artist’s project budget is inclusive of artist fees, implementation which includes materials, fabrication, on-site installation, travel, transportation, and Washington State Sales/Use Tax. This amount does not include applicable construction credits.]
Eligibility: open to professional artists and artist-led teams residing in the United States.
4Culture and King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) seek an artist or artist-led team to create a site-specific artwork for one surface or façade of the new Jameson building. Artworks will inspire and engage the broader community to:
- Consider the WTD workers who build and operate clean water facilities.
- Environmental stewardship and protection of water quality in our region.
- Influence of WTD workers, and their connection to this industrial neighborhood and larger community.
- The artist will work with the project team and architectural consultant in a collaborative relationship.
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South County Recycling + Transfer Station
Deadline: March 16, 2020, 4PM PST
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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4Culture Public Art will hold an open informational session/workshop for applicants interested in both opportunities:
Info Session + Workshop
Tuesday, February 25, 5:30–7:30 pm
4Culture, 101 Prefontaine Place S, Seattle
RSVP: [email protected]
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Other Public Art Listings
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City of Maple Valley Public Arts Commission
Maple Valley Iconic Art Project
Deadline: February 21, 2020
Budget: $60,000 - $80,000 (All Inclusive)
Eligibility: Pacific Northwest Artists/Artist Teams
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Cary, NC
Higgins Greenway Public Art
Deadline: February 23, 2020
Budget: $46,400
Eligibility: Applicants must be age 18 or older
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Boise, ID
Artworks for Downtown Police Station
Deadline: February 26, 2020
Budget: $30,000
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Beaverton, OR
The Fulcrum: Public Artwork for the Plaza at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts
Deadline: February 27, 2020
Budget: $150,000
Eligibility: This is an open call for artists residing in the United States.
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Midwest Sculpture Initiative
MSI Call for Entries 2020-2021
Deadline: February 28, 2020
Budget: $850 per sculpture
Eligibility: Sculptors
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The Vera Project
Mural Artist Call – The Vera Project Art Gallery
Deadline: March 1, 2020
Budget: $200
Eligibility: Preference will be given to Vera members, but all artists are encouraged to apply!
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Friends of Little Saigon
Call for Art – Owning It
Deadline: March 9, 2020
Budget: Selected artists will receive a stipend of $200.
Eligibility: This call is open to artists/individuals residing in King County, Washington State.
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WA State Convention Center
Rotating Art Program 2021-2022 – Deadline Extended
Deadline: March 13, 2020
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Tulsa, OK
Public Art: Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture
Deadline: March 16, 2020
Budget: $250,000
Eligibility: There are no geographic restrictions on the artist or artist team.
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Fort Lauderdale, FL
Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center Expansion Art
Deadline: March 16, 2020
Budget: $650,000
Eligibility: This Call to Artists is open to professional artists, eighteen years of age or older, residing in the United States
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Philadelphia, PA
Flat Rock Dam – Artist-Designed Fence
Deadline: March 17, 2020
Budget: $400,000
Eligibility: This competition is open to artists and artist-teams.
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