CALLS FOR ART / CONTESTS / COMPETITIONS / WORKSHOPS / EVENTS / FELLOWSHIPS / RESIDENCIES
National Public Art Opportunities
Call for Art: Teravarna - Open Calls for Art
Call for Art: Camelback Gallery - Flower Power 2025
Residencies: Residencies - National Parks Art Foundation
Grant: Foundation for Contemporary Art - Artist Emergency Grants
Grant: DPPF - 2025 Sports Photography Grants (DEADLINE 5-2)
Grant: Innovate Grant - Artists and Photographers
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES (Part- and full-time, temporary and ongoing)
Organization: MINNESOTA FRINGE
Title: Communications Assistant
Pay: $1,800.00 Stipend
Overview: Minnesota Fringe’s mission is to connect adventurous artists with adventurous audiences. Fringe is preparing for its 32nd annual Fringe Festival taking place July 31-August 10, 2025. As the largest performing arts festival in the Midwest, Fringe will fill 20,000+ seats with audiences viewing 100 shows and 500 performances by more than 600 artists on a variety of stages in Minneapolis.
Minnesota Fringe is seeking a creative and attentive Communications Assistant to join our team during the festival season (June - August). This role will work directly with our Social Media Manager to create social media content, design email blasts, capture content at the festival, and execute content partnerships.
For more information and to apply, click here.
Organization: Eagan Art House
Title: Pottery Studio Technician
Overview: We're looking for a positive and organized individual to support our staff in providing creative experiences for our community. This position will support the Eagan Art House Pottery Program in its new facility which opens to the public in June! Candidates should bring a desire to work within a team environment and have the ability to communicate effectively with other team members, volunteers, and supervisors. The Eagan Art House is highly collaborative and committed to creative engagement for all ages throughout the community.
This position will include daytime, evening, and weekend hours, and hours will vary depending on program needs. A typical week is 15-20 hours.
For more information and to apply, click here.
Organization: Northern Clay Center
Title: Studio Technician (Temporary)
Overview: The Studio Technician is a temporary, part-time, hourly, non-exempt position, that works collaboratively with three other technicians to facilitate the ongoing operation of Northern Clay Center’s teaching studios and ongoing programming. With an emphasis on maintaining clay and firing ecosystems, this position will focus strongly on the day-to-day operations of the adult education and clay camp programs facilitated by NCC in addition to providing support to the hosting of NCC’s American Pottery Festival in September. This position is anticipated to be active between the dates of Monday, June 2 and Monday, September 15, 2025.
The starting wage for this position is $16.40 per hour and includes the following benefits: earn-as-you-work paid safe & sick time, a 20% discount on most Sales Gallery ceramics, one free class or workshop per educational quarter (some exclusions apply), discounted access to NCC’s kilns, equipment, and materials, with proper training and orientation.
For more information and to apply, click here.
Organization: Plains Art Museum
Title: Open Rank – Associate Registrar to Registrar
Overview: The Registrar oversees all aspects of collection and loaned artwork management and care. This includes overseeing de/accessioning, disposal, conservation, lending, documentation, digitization, safety, and accessibility for public and research purposes. The Registrar also assists with preparing artworks for exhibition and aids in de/installations.
For more information and to apply, click here.
SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Organization: Yamamoto
Title: Mountaineers Apprenticeship
Pay: $18/hr
Overview: You are a recent or upcoming graduate living in the Minneapolis or Chicago areas. If copywriting, graphic design or art direction is your jam, we want to hear about it. Please note we are only accepting applications from people who will have graduated in or before May 2025.
WHAT IS THE MOUNTAINEERS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM? A CURATED LEARNING EXPERIENCE: A six-month experience tailored to your area of interest. REAL WORK, REAL CLIENTS: Be a part of client teams and work on real-life assignments to make an impact. PAID CAREER PREP: On-the-job training to prepare you for a full-time role in the agency world. EMPHASIS ON EXPLORATION: Gain exposure to different departments and learn from cross-functional teams.
We’re considering candidates who are ready to hit the trail running in our creative department. Hone your craft in art direction/design or copywriting and prepare to move mountains.
For more information and to apply, click here.
Organization: Art To Change the World
Title: Paid Intern
Pay: $20 stipend
Overview: We seek a qualified candidate for a 12-month appointment as an ACW Intern. Intern duties include designing and implementing a social justice project, assisting the directors, paid special projects, attending events and participating in monthly Task Force meetings. Interns earn stipends for tasks completed. Skills learned: Organization, Time management, Artistic Development, Networking, Leadership Skills, Art Marketing, Non-Profit Management, Fundraising, Grant Writing,
For more information and to apply, click here.
Organization: Perforce
Title: Multimedia/Video Designer Intern
Pay: $22 - $25 an hour
Overview: Perforce is looking for a Multimedia Specialist Intern to join our team! In this role, you'll primarily collaborate with Marketing Design Teams to help create video and web content that showcases Perforce Software solutions and key concepts. From editing tutorial videos to exploring basic animation, and applying brand-approved templates, this internship is a great opportunity to build your multimedia skills in a professional environment.
For more information and to apply, click here.
Organization: DECOPAC
Title: Creative Seasonal Intern
Pay: $18.00 To $19.00 Hourly
Overview: The Creative Intern is a full-time position (up to 40 hours per week) that supports DecoPac’s Design and Development Team. This is a temporary three-month position requiring onsite availability (with remote flexibility).
Job Duties:
Creative support for Project ROJO and CLT
Project design from concept to completion (Halloween or Christmas item)
Digital file maintenance and organization of server folders
Design in-house corporate collateral
File production (artboard help, PMS callouts, detail review, etc.)
Digital file maintenance and organization of server folders
Krispy Kreme artboards (format provided artwork into standard product templates,
Hard files and market samples- organize and purge
Learn the Photo Studio capture and processes
Product and trend research
For more information and to apply, click here.
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