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Public Art Opportunities



Utah Public Art Program Opportunities

The Utah Public Art Program, in partnership with Southern Utah University and the Utah Division of Facilities Construction and Management, requests qualifications from Utah artists and/or artist teams interested in creating site-specific artwork(s) for the new SUU Music Center in Cedar City, Utah. This project is open to artists/artist teams residing in or with connections to the state of Utah.

The Art Selection Committee will be looking for an artist who is able to augment the experience within the building by creating a work that enhances the carefully designed architectural elements, using the features of the building to their benefit in providing an impactful audience experience. Suggestions include the outdoor plaza space; on the walls of the interior of the south lobby; suspended in the interior of the south lobby; incorporated into the functional elements of the building; or distributed throughout the common spaces of the building.
Budget: $130,000 – Deadline: April 19, 2024

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OTHER PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITIES IN / NEAR UTAH

The Town of Jackson, Teton County, and Jackson Hole Public Art announce a competition to commission site-specific artwork(s) for the Stilson Transit Center in the heart of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Budget: $110,000 – Deadline: March 15, 2024

The City of Moscow, Idaho and the Moscow Arts Commission invite artists and artist teams to submit qualifications for a mural to be installed on the City of Moscow building located at Jackson & A Streets. 
Budget: $25,000 – Deadline: March 21, 2024

The City of South Jordan and the South Jordan Arts Council are requesting proposals for the commissioning of two proposals for crosswalk artwork on Towne Center Drive. The installation of these works will be completed and installed this spring 2024.   
Budget: $2,500 each – Deadline: March 30, 2024

The City of South Jordan and the South Jordan Arts Council are requesting proposals for the commissioning of four proposals for tactical urban artwork using pipe graffiti art or other ideas the artist proposes at any of the four different parks/locations. These are not large scale murals, but rather a small and creative element to enhance each park. 
Budget: $1,000 each – Deadline: March 30, 2024

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


NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITIES

Oklahoma City Arts requests qualifications from artists and artist teams to create an installation to be suspended from the ceiling in the lobby of the new social service facility, Diversion Hub. 
Budget: $75,000 – Deadline: March 13, 2024

The City of Fort Pierce, Florida invites qualified muralists to apply for a public art commission for one, or more, of four murals to be installed within the downtown Peacock Arts District. 
Budget: $50,000 – Deadline: March 13, 2024

The San Francisco Arts Commission is seeking proposals for the new Treasure Island in Cityside Park.  This first phase call is for a pedestrian-scaled sculpture or series of sculptures installed along a pathway through the park to serve as a visual beacon for those on the waterfront promenade, inviting them into the park area.
Budget: $450,000 – Deadline: March 15, 2024

The Lawrence Arts Center in collaboration with LiveWell Douglas County and the City of Lawrence Department of Parks, Recreation, Arts and Culture, is seeking a professional artist or artist teams to develop a long lasting, innovative, original work of art to honor the Mexican American community of La Yarda, a housing unit created by the Santa Fe Railroad to house workers from 1920-51 in Lawrence, Kansas.
Budget: $35,000 March 15, 2024

Emeryville City, California solicits applications from teams consisting of visual artists specializing in outdoor public art installations and designers with expertise in iconographic development, and potentially landscape architects, all residing in the United States, for the ‘40th Streetscape Project’.
Budget $500,000 March 15, 2024

The Bonnaroo Works Fund in partnership with Arts at the Nashville International Airport seeks proposals for temporary site-specific sculpture/kinetic mobiles for installation in ceiling/skylights. Art will be displayed during the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.
Budget: $4,500 – Deadline: March 17, 2024

The San Francisco Arts Commission invites artists and artist teams residing in the United States to submit qualifications for the Mission Bay School Public Art Project Opportunity, a tile or mosaic artwork.
Budget: $136,000 – Deadline: March 18, 2024

The Oregon Arts Commission is accepting qualifications from artists or artist teams for its Percent for Art in Public Places opportunities at the University of Oregon’s Heritage Project, in Eugene, Oregon. The Heritage Project includes the full renovation and restoration of both historic University Hall and Villard Hall.
Budget: $486,000 Deadline: March 18, 2024

The City of Fayetteville, Arkansas is seeking an experienced outdoor muralist for creation of a single, site-specific mural. The work will blend into an existing mural along a section of a concrete retaining wall on Nelson Hackett Boulevard.
Budget: $24,000 – Deadline: March 18, 2024

The Laramie Public Art Coalition invites artists with personal ties to the railroad to submit for consideration to create artwork centered on stories of ancestors who built the transcontinental railroad. Selected artist contributions will become part of a traveling public artwork, “High Iron”, which will connect former rail towns along the I-80 corridor in Wyoming.
Budget: $6,000 – Deadline: March 20, 2024

 The City of Altoona and the Arts & Culture Commission in Iowa, seeks public artwork design submissions for the ‘Olde Town’ area pocket-park mural project.
Budget: $50,000 – Deadline: March 22, 2024

The Board of Trustees of the Geneva Public Library District seeks proposals for a site-specific permanent public sculpture for a primary entrance of the Geneva Public library in Chicago, Illinois. 
Budget: $50,000 – Deadline: March 22, 2024

The City of Lee’s Summit Cultural Commission seeks to commission a professional visual artist, or artist team, to create an outdoor, site-specific, or site-responsive art piece to be placed at the main entrance to the new Kansas City, Missouri’s Downtown Market Plaza.
Budget: $100,000 – Deadline: March 24, 2024

Rockville, Maryland’s Art in Public Architecture Program seeks artists/artist teams to create art installations to be included in renovations of the outdoor pool at the Rockville Swim and Fitness Center.
Budget: $125,000 – Deadline: March 24, 2024

Palm Beach County's Art in Public Places program seeks to commission an Artist or Artist Team to create sculptures to install and attach art onto five outdoor light poles located within the Canyon District Park in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Budget: $81,700 Deadline: March 25, 2024

The Oregon Arts Commission is accepting qualifications from artists or artist teams for its Percent for Art in Public Places opportunities for the Department of Administrative Service Executive Building renovation.
Budget: $270,000 Deadline: March 25, 2024

The Town of Ashland, Virginia seeks qualifications from artists/artist teams for a new large-scale public artwork to welcome residents and visitors to the entrance of it's historic downtown.
Budget: $60,000 – Deadline: March 25, 2024

The City of Bentonville, Arkansas & the Public Art Advisory Committee is requesting proposals for a large-scale permanent artwork to be installed in an existing roundabout intersection within the city.
Budget: $50,000 – Deadline: March 29, 2024

Wyndham Rewards, in partnership with Creative Greensboro, First Tee – Central Carolina & The Wyndham Championship, are seeking a muralist with experience in community engagement to create a mural at the historic Gillespie Golf Course.
Budget: $30,000 – Deadline: March 29, 2024

The City of Raleigh, North Carolina seeks artists to create public artwork at Tarboro Road Park. Artwork can be integrated into the renovation of the historic building, or incorporated into the site.
Budget: $129,000 Deadline: March 30, 2024

The Deschutes Public Library in Bend, Oregon seeks artists to be considered for inclusion in the Deschutes Public Artists Library Artist Roster. Renovations and new construction throughout the entire library district bring the opportunity for the district to build a new art collection. Art in all six Deschutes Public Library branches will be diverse in both concept and material.
Budget: $1,500,000 Deadline: March 31, 2024

The City of Upper Arlington, Ohio’s Parks and Recreation Department invites artists and/or artist teams to submit their qualifications to envision, produce and exhibit a unique, surprising, and inclusive temporary sculpture in naturalized areas at Burbank and/or Northwest Kiwanis Park.
Budget: $10,000 – Deadline: March 31, 2024

The City of St. Augustine, Florida is seeking an artist or team of artists to create an original design, outdoor, permanent, large-scale, site-specific art installation for the roundabout at the intersection of May Street and San Marco Avenue. Experience in large scale installations, civic content, and the southern coastal climate is preferred.
Budget: $250,000 – Deadline: April 1, 2024

The City of St. Augustine, Florida is seeking an artist or team of artists to create an original design, outdoor, permanent, large-scale, site-specific civic art installation for the roundabout at the intersection of May Street and San Marco Avenue.
Budget: $250,000 – Deadline: April 1, 2024

The Johnson County Park & Recreation District Public Art Program is interested in commissioning an artist or artist team to create a site-specific, permanent sculpture at Heritage in Park Olathe, Kansas to commemorate the Trail of Death and celebrate the resiliency of the Potawatomi tribe. The public art opportunity is open to professional artists residing within the United States with a tribal affiliation that is recognized.
Budget: $100,000 Deadline: April 2, 2024

City of Galveston, Texas, and the  Cultural Arts Commission seeks proposals for public art in the City of Galveston. Projects can be Visual Arts, Literary Arts, Performing Arts, or Media Arts. Funding is available to individual artists, collectives, and organizations, for work completed by the end of the fiscal 2024-2025 year.
Budget: $70,000 – Deadline: April 3, 2024

The City of Denver, Colorado’s Public Art Program seeks to commission an artist or artist team to create original public artwork(s) for the Denver Zoo’s new Guest Experience Hub.
Budget: $184,000 – Deadline: April 5, 2024

The City of Denver's Public Art Program seeks to commission an artist or artist team to create original public artwork for the exterior of the Green Valley Ranch Recreation Center.
Budget: $118,000 – Deadline: April 5, 2024

Berkeley Civic Arts seeks to commission an artist to design a tile or mosaic which will be installed by the city, on an interior lobby of the Willard Clubhouse—a public facility used for after school recreation and community programming. 
Budget: $135,000 Deadline: April 9, 2024

The City of Asbury Park, New Jersey invites local, national, and international artists or artist teams to provide qualifications for the City’s Art Bench Program.
Budget: $23,000 – Deadline: April 9, 2024

The Public Art Commission of Golden Colorado seeks proposals for a “high-touch” public art installation to be located in Delong Park–a small, pesticide-free, pollinator-attracting neighborhood park. 
Budget: $75,000 – Deadline: April 14, 2024

The Public Art Commission of Golden Colorado seeks proposals for a ‘high-touch’ public artwork to be installed in the New Loveland Mine Park in North Golden. 
Budget: $75,000 – Deadline: April 14, 2024

The Public Art Commission of Golden Colorado seeks proposals for design and construction of artistic signage to be installed along the Clear Creek trail and the Peaks to Plains Trail gateway.
Budget: $20,000 – Deadline: April 14, 2024

The Nebraska Arts Council requests qualifications from artists to create an artwork to be displayed on, or in front of, a glass wall in the dental clinic office in the School of Dentistry, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Dentistry. 
Budget: $126,060 – Deadline: April 15, 2024

The Bayview Foundation & the Bayview Public Art Selection Committee invite artists and artist teams to submit public art qualifications for the design of a series of animal-themed ‘seek-and-find’ art installations to be scattered throughout the exterior spaces of a multi-generational residential community in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. 
Budget: $60,000 – Deadline: April 15, 2024

 The City of Burbank Parks and Recreation Department seeks artist proposals for an artistic, functional, and adaptable shade structure for an already existing stage located in Johnny Carson Park in Burbank, California. 
Budget: $400,000 Deadline: April 26, 2024

The Sharon Public Library Foundation in Sharon, Massachusetts invites artists to submit proposals for a mural to greet visitors for the Sharon Public Library Mural Project.
Budget: $8,000 – Deadline: April 30, 2024

The General Services Administration (GSA) Art in Architecture Program announces an opportunity for a federal art commission in conjunction with the construction of a replacement land port of entry at the border station in International Falls, Minnesota. 
Budget: $882,205 Deadline: May 5, 2024

The Nebraska Arts Council seeks landscape inspired artwork to be installed in the newly built Kristensen Rural Health Education Complex at the University of Nebraska in Omaha. 
Budget: $150,000 Deadline: May 13, 2024

The City of Redondo Beach and its Public Art Commission invite artists to participate in the  continuation of its Utility Box Art Program. The City and the Commission are seeking artists to showcase their original designs on utility boxes located throughout the City of Redondo Beach, California.
Budget: $500 – Deadline: May 31, 2024

The Niagara Falls National Heritage Area (NFNHA) is issuing a Request for Qualifications for the design and creation of a sculptural mural at Abate Elementary in Niagara Falls, New York.
Budget: $60,000 – Deadline: May 31, 2024

The City of Joliet, Illinois, announces a request for proposals for a signature sculpture installation at a new downtown 1.3-acre urban park at City Square,
Budget: $200,000 Deadline: May 31, 2024

The USS Midway Museum seeks to commission two site-specific, life-sized bronze monuments for Freedom Park, at Navy Pier in San Diego, California; one, a sculpture, will memorialize sailor John William Finn, and the other will be dedicated to navy families. 
Budget: $1,000,000 – Deadline: June 6, 2024

The City of Redondo Beach, California Public Art Program requests artists and artist teams who are interested in being included in an artist roster which will be used to open a competitive RFP process for a number of mural projects.
Budget: $100,000 – Deadline: November 15, 2024

The City of Clearwater off of Florida's Gulf Coast, seeks mural artists or artist team qualifications for multiple projects of various scope, scale, and budget.
Budget: $30,000 Deadline: Rolling

The City of South San Francisco invites muralists and urban surface artists to submit their qualifications for the Mural and Urban Surface Public Art Projects. The City intends to create a list of pre-Qualified Artists through this RFQ.
Budget: TBD – Deadline: Rolling

The City of Laguna Beach (CA) Arts Commission is inviting artists to submit proposals for temporary art works for display at Heisler Park. Installations may last from two weeks to one year, typically remaining on view for three months.
Budget: $25,000 – Deadline: Rolling

The Western States Arts Federation’s Public Art Art Archive invites artists who are not already listed, to submit artwork for inclusion in a national online database of public art. To be considered, you must be a professional artist who has completed and installed public artwork.
Budget: N/A – Deadline: Rolling

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

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Hannah Barrett
Public Art Coordinator
801.678.5826