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Public Art Opportunities


Utah Public Art Program Opportunities

There are no open projects through Utah's Public Art Program at the moment. Check back as we anticipate new projects opening soon. Meanwhile scroll down for other opportunities in or near Utah and national or international projects. Click here to sign up to receive notice as new Utah Public Art opportunities open.

OTHER PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITIES IN / NEAR UTAH

Salt Lake City Arts Council is seeking artists for Foothills Trailheads: Bike Rack Murals, featuring ten distinct acrylic murals painted on the surface of galvanized steel bike racks. Salt Lake City will be responsible for the fabrication and final installation of the bike racks. The Salt Lake City Public Art Program has developed this project as an effort to provide a learning experience and professional development opportunity for emerging artists and/or those without previous public art experience.
Budget: $3,500/mural – Deadline: March 23, 2023 at 5:00PM

The Redevelopment Agency of Midvale City is seeking qualified artists, or artist teams, to participate in the 2nd annual Midvale City Mural Festival. Featuring a series of murals created by local, national, and international artists, the event will take place on Saturday, June 10, 2023, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Budget: $4,000 - Deadline: March 24, 2023, 5:00PM

Boulder Creek Neighborhoods and the Rogers Farm HOA are accepting applications for a public art feature(s) to be located at their two small adjacent pocket parks in Superior, CO. Creatives working in three-dimensional sculptural design are eligible to apply and be considered for a site-specific sculptural commission. 
Budget: $42,000 - Deadline: March 26, 2023

The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona seek artists for a public art opportunity as part of the Silverbell Road Improvement Project. This project calls for 3-5 roadside public artworks to be installed along Silverbell Rd between Goret Rd. and Camino Del Cerro Rd. The public art opportunity for this project is open to all forms of free-standing public art that can withstand the harsh outdoor Southern Arizona climate.
Budget: $306,000 – Deadline: March 30, 2023

The Seven Canyons Trust seeks an artist or artist-led team to create an outdoor mural along the Folsom Trail at 25 S 1000 W, Salt Lake City, UT 84104. The artwork is intended to acknowledge City Creek, beautify the Folsom Trail corridor, and represent the Euclid/Poplar Grove neighborhood. It will contribute to the vibrancy, uniqueness, and creativity of the neighborhood while recognizing its historical character.
Budget: $15,000 – Deadline: March 31, 2023

Please note, projects marked with ⊗  indicates the artist(s) may be requested to supply uncompensated services to apply.

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITIES

The Port of Seattle’s Public Art program is seeking one (1) visual/multi-disciplinary/light artist or artist teams to submit their qualifications to be considered for this permanent art commission within Seattle Tacoma International Airport’s D Concourse. There are two (2) locations within the D Concourse restroom renovations open for artworks. 
Budget: $249,750 and $133,200 – Deadline: March 20, 2023

The Johnson City Public Art Committee is seeking qualifications from artists or art teams for the commission of a mural to be located at 116 Buffalo Street in downtown Johnson City, TN.
Budget: $16,500 - Deadline: March 24, 2023

The Chicago Departments of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Water Management in partnership with the Mother Jones Heritage Project invite professional artists and artist teams with a demonstrated history of completing major permanent outdoor public art projects to submit their qualifications for a commission remembering Mother Jones and her continuing legacy to be placed in Jane Byrne Park at the Historic Water Tower, 806 N. Michigan Avenue.
Budget: $250,000 - Deadline: March 26, 2023

The North Dakota Council on the Arts seeks artists for the 2nd of eight projects in the Arts Across the Prairie: Placemaking in Rural North Dakota program. Artists/artist teams must be experienced in large-scale outdoor installations, public art, placemaking/placekeeping, community work, and teaching.
Budget: $150,000 - Deadline: March 27, 2023

The City of Sunrise, Florida is seeking to commission an Artist or Artist team to create one vibrant sculpture to be located on a new parking lot on 1200 Sunset Strip.
Budget: $72,000 - Deadline: March 31, 2023

The City of Bentonville’s (AR) Public Art Advisory Committee is seeking proposals from artists to create a work of public art that engages the community to celebrate the city’s sesquicentennial. 
Budget: $30,000 - Deadline: March 31, 2023

The City of Sugar Lane, TX, seek visual artists for a roster of pre-qualified artists to work on public art projects in Sugar Land. 
Budget: varies - Deadline: March 31, 2023

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Art in Architecture committee is seeking to procure a globe sculpture for the interior of the north entry of the Natural History Building (NHB), a historic building on campus.
Budget: $40,000 - Deadline: April 3, 2023

Yarra Ranges Council is seeking Expressions of Interest from multidisciplinary teams of local, national or international artists to design, supply and install a large-scale, site-specific land artwork for local residents and visitors to ngurrak barring, Kalorama, VIC, Australia. As a land artwork, it will be integrated with the landscape and must be made using natural or mostly natural materials.
Budget: $251,000 - Deadline: April 5, 2023

The Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County invites professional artists to submit qualifications for consideration for a public art concept for the Classic Center Arena project in Athens, Georgia. A suitable public art installation will be a three-dimensional, immersive artwork of landmark-scale, viewable from multiple vantage points, for the arena’s exterior plaza.
Budget: $200,000 - Deadline: April 7, 2023

The Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County invites professional artists to submit qualifications for consideration for a public art concept for the Classic Center Arena project in Athens, Georgia. A suitable public art installation will be a two or three-dimensional, two-story, wall-mounted artwork of landmark-scale, viewable from multiple vantage points, for the arena’s exterior wall.
Budget: $70,000 - Deadline: April 7, 2023

The Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County invites professional artists to submit qualifications for consideration for a public art concept for the Classic Center Arena project in Athens, Georgia. A suitable public art installation will be a large-scale mural or mosaic, celebrating Georgia music history, for the arena’s interior entryway.
Budget: $50,000 - Deadline: April 7, 2023

The Galveston Cultural Arts Commission is seeking applications for public art projects in the City of Galveston, TX, including any artwork that would exist in a public space.
Budget: $70,000 - Deadline: April 9, 2023

ArtsFairfax is accepting qualifications from artists or artist teams for a public art project in Fairfax County, VA. The selected artist/team will design, fabricate, and install a permanent work of art that will commemorate the suffering of people in the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the heroism of the people who responded to the emergency. 
Budget: $200,000 - Deadline: April 12, 2023

The City of Kettering’s CitySites Public Art Program invites artists to create a permanent outdoor artwork at Rosewood Arts Center, Kettering, OH. Created to complement or enhance the public spaces around Rosewood’s front entrance, the artwork may include new or modified hardscapes, plantings, sculptures and/or relevant design.
Budget: $45,000 - Deadline: April 21, 2023

The Stevens Point Sculpture Park, located in central Wisconsin, is accepting submissions of sculpture work for their annual, three-year outdoor sculpture exhibition. A local jury will choose pieces for display from August 2023 through August 2026.
Budget: $1,500 – Deadline: May 19, 2023

The Public Art Commission of Huntersville, NC, is seeking five (5) pieces of leasable outdoor sculpture to be installed for two years on the Downtown Greenway running through Holbrook Park in the town of Huntersville, NC.
Budget: $2,000/sculpture – Deadline: June 9, 2023

The Greenwood Parks & Recreation Department in cooperation with The Greater Greenwood Arts Council in Greenwood, Indiana, invites artists to participate in the 2023-2025 juried, on-loan, public art exhibit. This open call is for outdoor three-dimensional art.
Budget: $3,000 - Deadline: June 23, 2023

Muncie Arts requests qualifications to generate a pool of prequalified artists for current and future public art projects in the City of Muncie, Indiana. Outdoor public artworks, including sculpture, installation, and murals are being planned through 2024, with project budgets ranging between $5,000 to $150,000.
Deadline: December 31, 2023

The City of Durham’s Cultural and Public Art Program invites artists and artist teams to submit portfolios as an entry to join the City of Durham Pre-Qualified Artist Registry. 
Budget: varies - Deadline: January 9, 2024

Please note, projects marked with ⊗  indicates the artist(s) may be requested to supply uncompensated services to apply.


 
 

Hannah Barrett
Public Art Coordinator
801.245.7271