Highlights include an RFP with Rochester Arts Center, Residency with The Blake School, multiple Fellowships featuring art Highpoint Center for Printmaking and more, multiple calls for art, a teaching position, and an RFQ with the state of Kansas.
WEEKLY OPPORTUNITY HIGHLIGHT
CALLS FOR ART / CONTESTS / COMPETITIONS / WORKSHOPS / EVENTS / FELLOWSHIPS / RESIDENCIES
National Public Art Opportunities
Call for Art: Nat Kim & Brighton McCormick - You Haul Art Crawl
Call for Art: Rhythmically Speaking - Call for Choreographer Interest (DEADLINE 12/1)
Call for Art: MacRostie Art Center - Call for Indigenous Artists: Giinawind Gallery
Call for Art: Public Arts Commission of Hutchinson - Hutchinson MN Sculpture Stroll
Call for Art: Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center - Beyond Metal: Metal+Anything
Call for Art: Calendula Gallery - Poppy Room: 2024-25 Exhibit Call For Art
Fellowship: Highpoint Center for Printmaking - McKnight Printmaking Fellowship (DEADLINE 11/24)
Fellowship: All My Relations Arts & NACDI - Mitakuye Oyasin Awards
Fellowship: The Newberry (Chicago, IL) - The Jan and Frank Cicero Artist-in-Residence Fellowship
RFP: Rochester Art Center - Call for Proposals: Art4Trails
Residency: The Blake School - 2025 – 2026 McGuire Visiting Artist Program
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Position Title: Teaching Artist
Organization: Upstream Arts
Pay: $19~
Details:
Teaching:
Help to deliver Upstream Arts curriculum according to our specifications and the needs of the students and participants in assigned residencies
Participate in and support working, learning, and playing with and alongside youth and adults with disabilities as part of a 3 person Teaching Artist team
Represent Upstream Arts and be a point of contact for on-site staff such as classroom teachers, Personal Care Assistants, and Direct Support Professionals in person and via email
Review, plan, prep and prepare for weekly assigned curriculum
Administrative duties:
Communicate regularly and effectively with colleagues and supervisors, primarily via email and text
Track and report hours worked twice per month for timesheet submission
Other administrative duties as needed to support the Teaching Artist role
Training and support:
Attend regular Teaching Artist trainings / meetings, primarily in person and occasionally virtual
Participate in other initial and on-going training around Upstream Arts’ curriculum, classroom skills, administrative duties, etc.
For more information, see the posting.
RFQ OPPORTUNITY
Title: Public Art for the Docking Building Reconstruction Project
Organization: State of Kansas (Topeka, KS)
Budget: $300,000
Details: The State of Kansas is seeking proposals to commission qualified artists or artist teams to create 2 large-scale works of public art for the newly reconstructed State of Kansas Docking Building in Topeka, Kansas. The selected artwork will be displayed in highly visible locations within the state capitol complex.
This RFQ comprises two separate projects: Project A, a sculptural interpretation of the state animal, the American bison, and Project B, an aerial installation representing the Kansas skies. Proposals for Project A and Project B will be reviewed and selected separately. Artists and artist teams may submit for a single project or both. The maximum budget for each project is $300,000, all inclusive except for installation cost.
For more information on the event, see the posting.
FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Program Title: Next Step Fund
Organization:Metropolitan Regional Arts Council
Stipend: $6,000
Details: The Next Step Fund is made possible with support from the McKnight Foundation and provides project grants up to $6,000 to artists in any arts discipline. Applicants may be at any stage in their career, but must be able to provide samples of their own artwork. Individual artists must have a primary residential address in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington county.
MRAC values artists at every stage in their development and in any artistic discipline. The Next Step Fund grant is designed for artists to propose a project that has the potential to help them overcome a barrier to success, sustain the continued success of their artistic career, and/or leverage an opportunity that could benefit their career in the future.
Proposed projects may range from plans that propel an artist’s career forward to projects designed to maintain an artist’s ability to create. We value both ends of this spectrum and everything in between. Most importantly, projects should reflect the career stage of the applicant and be in alignment with their stated goals.
For more information, see the posting.
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