CALLS FOR ART / CONTESTS / COMPETITIONS / WORKSHOPS / EVENTS / RESIDENCIES
National Public Art Opportunities
Call for Art: Lacey Eidem Art – Lacey Eidem Art Studio (Deadline Feb 28, 2026)
Call for Art: Call for Art & Stories – The People's Museum for Prince (Deadline Feb 28, 2026)
Call for Art: Paradise Center for the Arts – 2026-2027 Call for Artists (Deadline Mar 1, 2026)
Call for Art: Stories of Connection – The Loppet (Deadline Mar 1, 2026)
Residency: Science Museum of Minnesota - St. Croix Watershed Research Station - 2026 Artist at Pine Needles: Call for Emerging Artists & Writers in Residence (Deadline Feb 22, 2026)
Residency: The Graves Mill Farm - for writers and visual artists at all stages (Deadline Feb 23, 2026)
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES (Part-time and full-time, temporary and ongoing)
Organization: Samedayflash
Title: Graphic Design & Print Production Specialist
Pay: $20-30/hr
Overview: We are looking for a Graphic Design & Print Production Specialist to manage the production of CD/DVD/USB orders, prepare files for print production, and complete graphic design jobs. Must be able to work in our office in order to ensure effective communication with our print department. This is a hands-on role in a small job shop. Applicants must be flexible, proactive, and comfortable learning independently. If you prefer a rigid, narrowly-defined position, this may not be the right environment.
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Organization: You Betcha Designs
Title: Screen Print-Embroidery
Pay: $20/hr
Overview: Join our dynamic creative team as a Screen Print-Embroidery Specialist, where your artistic talents and technical skills will bring vibrant designs to life on a variety of apparel and promotional items. This role offers an exciting opportunity to blend craftsmanship with digital design expertise, ensuring each project meets high-quality standards and creative vision. As part of our innovative environment, you’ll play a key role in producing eye-catching, custom-printed merchandise that makes a lasting impression.
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Organization: The Milligan Studio
Title: Public Art Assistant
Pay: $20-23/per hour
Overview: We are makers and are looking for an intern to help us "Defy Gravity With Joy," and celebrate community worldwide. If you'd like to join us, please send a short statement regarding what you might bring to the job. Please be realistic about your skills, we expect people to have both strengths and weaknesses. We offer many project-based jobs throughout the year and so there's no need to shape your resume to fit our requirements. Just wait for another position to open up.
Our ideal candidate can lift at least 75 pounds consistently-this is not negotiable. You and Milligan (who is 6'1') need to be able to safely handle sculptures that are 20ft-30ft tall and weigh a ton or more. You will have to be able to distribute the weight between the two of you.
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Organization: Blick Art Materials
Title: Retail Store Sales Associate
Pay: $16.50-17/hr
Overview: Your role will be to exhibit exceptional teamwork, boundless curiosity, and the utmost care. The Retail Store Sales Associate will assist their team in fulfilling Blick’s commitment to our customers, the Arts, and our local communities. The Retail Store Sales Associate will do this by maintaining outstanding customer service, generating revenue though helpful product knowledge, housekeeping, merchandising, signing, pricing, POS operations, and loss prevention in adherence to all company policies and procedures.
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Organization: Egan Company
Title: Graphic Designer
Pay: $23-40/per hour
Overview: Egan Company is seeking a talented Graphic Designer for a part-time contract opportunity to create engaging visual assets that elevate marketing and communication initiatives across digital and print platforms. This role is ideal for a visually driven creative who excels at translating concepts and campaigns into compelling designs and creating confident layouts that drive results. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, collaborative, and passionate about delivering polished work that makes an impact. Note: This is a temporary, project-based position with an expected duration of 3-4 months.
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Organization: City of Eagan
Title: Youth Art Instructor
Pay: $32.23/per hour
Overview: The Eagan Art House is seeking a creative and collaborative individual for our open Youth Art Instructor position.
This position teaches visual art for the Eagan Art House youth and teen classes, birthday parties, and field trips. Students are primarily ages 6 to 14. This position will implement pre-planned curriculum in a variety of media including clay, painting, and multi-media. The Eagan Art House team is highly collaborative and committed to creative engagement for all ages throughout the community. Hours vary and may include daytime, evening, and weekend hours. Candidates must be available on Saturdays and Sundays.
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Organization: Minnesota JCC
Title: Arts and Crafts Specialist
Pay: $605/ Week
Overview: The Minnesota JCC is seeking Arts and Crafts Specialists for the 2026 summer camp season. This is a seasonal position supervised by the Camp Director. Camp Specialists are talented people who share their special skills or expertise in their program area with the camp community by planning and leading camp programming. The Arts and Crafts Specialist will be responsible for creating exciting, age appropriate, safe, and welcoming art programming for all campers at camp. The specialist will complete program forms detailing the art activities they will be running each week with the campers. They will be responsible for submitting supplies requests, maintaining camp equipment used as part of programming, and engaging the campers and staff in all planned activities.
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Organization: Edina Public Schools
Title: Costume Designer (Seasonal)
Pay: $1,577 - $1,705/ Stipend
Overview: The Costume Designer position at Valley View Middle School, part of Edina Public Schools, is a seasonal role supporting theater and activities programs within a dynamic, student-centered learning community. This position involves designing and coordinating costumes for school productions, with dates and hours determined by the specific production schedule. Compensation is provided through a seasonal stipend ranging from $1,577 to $1,705 for the 2025–2026 school year, with eligibility for participation in a state pension program (PERA or TRA). The role offers an opportunity to contribute creatively to an inclusive educational environment that values the arts and holistic student development.
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Organization: Winning Edge, Inc.
Title: Custom Picture Framer
Pay: $17.03-17.91/ hr
Overview: Winning Edge, Inc. is a small manufacturing business based in Maple Plain, Minnesota, focused on delivering high-quality, award-winning products while maintaining a fun, relaxed, and collaborative work environment. This in-person framing role involves measuring, cutting, mounting, and assembling frames for artwork and photographs using archival methods, as well as operating framing equipment and maintaining an organized workspace. The position is available part-time or full-time (15–20 hours per week), flexible scheduling, and benefits including health insurance, dental insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and employee discounts.
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Organization: Urban Ventures
Title: Summer Ventures Art Elective Teacher
Pay: $20-25/ hr
Overview: The Summer Ventures Art Elective Teacher delivers steady, systematic, multisensory instruction to classes of approximately 10–15 students. This educator provides project-based lessons across a variety of art forms, incorporates opportunities for career exploration, and guides students in creating a final project to be showcased at the end of the summer. In addition to teaching responsibilities, the Art Elective Teacher participates in program-wide activities—including lunch, recess, assemblies, field trips, and enrichment experiences—to help ensure a meaningful, enjoyable, and impactful summer program. Summer Ventures serves students entering grades 1–7 from the Central and Phillips neighborhoods of Minneapolis, offering academic instruction along with elective courses and enriching experiences that support the whole child.
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Organization: Calico
Title: Project Coordinator (Part Time)
Pay: Not specified
Overview: Working both at the store and in the home of customers, our Designers use their inspiring design expertise to guide customers in the selection of fabrics, trims, custom designed window treatments, bedding, and upholstered furniture to create the rooms of their dreams. We seek individuals with strong fabric knowledge, custom labor experience, proven sales ability and excellent time management and organizational skills. Our Designers have an innate understanding of color, design and custom home furnishings. After completing our extensive training, our Designers have all the resources they need to build a meaningful and rewarding career.
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Organization: Thread Art
Title: Embroidery Machine Operator
Pay: $ 18-22/hr
Overview: We are looking for dedicated Embroidery Machine Operators to join our team. The ideal candidates will have experience operating embroidery machines and handling various tasks associated with apparel production and other promotional products. Candidates must bedetail-oriented, capable of working as part of a team. (Start ASAP)
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Organization: 612 SIGNS
Title: Manufacturing + Graphics Production File Setup
Pay: $ 25-30/hr
Overview: The Manufacturing + Graphics Production File Setup Specialist is responsible for preparing, reviewing, and optimizing digital artwork and production files for manufacturing and large-format graphics output. This role ensures that all files are accurate, production-ready, and aligned with material, equipment, and installation requirements to support efficient, high-quality manufacturing. This position can be hybrid; more time on site will be required at the start of employment.
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INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Organization: Bold Orange
Title: Design Intern
Pay:$20/per hour
Overview: Starting this summer, Bold Orange is seeking a creative, bold, entrepreneurial spirit to join our growing, future focused agency. As a supporting pillar of our Creative team, you can expect to collaborate with the best of the best to develop breakthrough concepts and create visual solutions for integrated marketing campaigns. The Design Intern is curious, creative, and insightful, and works to support “out of the box” design solutions from start to finish, with oversight from experienced creatives who will guide the work through execution and launch.
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Organization: Uline
Title: Photography Internship - Summer 2026
Pay: $20 / per hour
Overview: This 12-week, full-time Photography Internship for Summer 2026 is designed for junior-level college students seeking hands-on experience in a professional studio environment. Interns work closely with Photo Directors, Photographers, Stylists, and Designers to bring photo concepts to life, assisting in in-house shoots of products, people, and events, supporting set and lighting setup, maintaining equipment, and ensuring timely delivery of daily photo assets. The internship offers meaningful real-world projects, one-on-one mentorship, competitive pay, complimentary housing for out-of-town interns, and valuable professional development through networking events and learning sessions, all within a collaborative, on-site work environment at a Handshake Early Talent Award–winning company.
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Organization: American Public Media Group
Title: Intern, Media Production & Operations
Pay: $20 / per hour
Overview: Are you eager to launch your career in media production? At Minnesota Public Radio, we believe diverse voices and perspectives are critical to creating enriching media. We're seeking an enthusiastic intern to support the Media Operations team, including audio & video production and master control. We see internships as a great opportunity to bring new perspectives into our team, as well as recruit future employees into our department. As we provide interns with professional development, they provide us with an extra set of hands-on tasks that require additional help.
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Organization: The Grand Center for Arts & Culture
Title: Cellar Press Intern
Pay: $800 / Stipend
Overview: The Grand is seeking an intern to support programming and studio operation in Cellar Press for a period of six months. A strong candidate will have a demonstrated interest in the arts, particularly studio art, printmaking, or letterpress printing. While we do not require previous letterpress experience, the Cellar Press intern will be expected to have a curiosity for and willingness to be trained in letterpress. The most important qualifications are that you are committed to the arts and excited to learn! The Cellar Press Intern will report to the Cellar Press Program & Studio Coordinator and will work in person in New Ulm, MN, approximately eight hours per week. We offer flexible scheduling, but some weekends will be required. Position is open until filled, and priority will be given to applications received before February 28th, 2026.
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Organization: Lanesboro Arts
Title: Summer Programs Intern
Pay: $2.000 / Stipend
Overview:The Programs Intern will work directly with the Lanesboro Arts Program Director and Executive Director on a broad range of communications and events activities in an active and innovative non-profit setting. The intern gains hands-on experience coordinating and promoting summer youth education, Art in the Park, and performing arts programs. Job duties include creating effective communications, including news releases, storytelling videos, and physical marketing materials. This position will also assist with membership data entry, creating and maintaining organizational systems, and general administrative work. DEADLINE for applications: March 1st, 2026
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Organization: Lanesboro Arts
Title: Summer Gallery Internship
Pay: $2.000 / Stipend
Overview:The Gallery Intern will work primarily in Lanesboro Arts' Juried Sales and Exhibition Art Galleries under the direction of the Lanesboro Arts Executive Director, Gallery Manager, and Program Director in a welcoming and innovative non-profit setting. Job duties include boosting and facilitating gallery sales, maintaining inventory data, installing and preparing exhibition gallery shows, working with 100+ artists from the tri-state region, and assisting with special events (receptions, St. Mane Theatre performances, Art in the Park festival, etc.). DEADLINE for applications: March 1st, 2026
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Organization: Lakeville Area Arts Center
Title: Arts Center Intern
Pay: $16.74-19.96 / hr
Overview:The Lakeville Area Arts Center (LAAC) is seeking an enthusiastic and energetic individual to join our team as summer Intern. In this role, you will support camp instructors, engage with campers, prepare art materials, assist with administrative tasks, and ensure a safe and fun learning environment. Experience working with children and a passion for the arts are highly valued. First review of applicants will begin on February 4, 2026.
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Organization: Property Assessed Clean Energy
Title: Marketing & Social Media Intern
Pay: $20 / hr
Overview:We are seeking a Marketing and Social Media Intern to join our team for the summer. As a small company, interns make an immediate impact. Reporting to the Chief Marketing Officer and Marketing and Graphic Design Specialist, this role will support the Marketing team by assisting with content creation, scheduling, and engagement across PACE Loan Group’s social media platforms. This position is ideal for a motivated student seeking hands-on experience in marketing communications and digital media within a professional B2B environment.
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Organization: Veolia
Title: Marketing Intern
Pay: $20-23 / hr
Overview: Veolia is a global leader in environmental services, operating worldwide with nearly 218,000 employees and a strong focus on water, energy, and waste management. The company develops innovative solutions that support decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, helping communities and industries move toward a more sustainable future. This hybrid internship role in Minnetonka, MN (starting May 2026) offers hands-on experience in marketing, including event research, campaign support, content creation, presentations, and proofreading, within a collaborative team dedicated to tackling complex environmental challenges.
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Organization: Minnetonka Public School District
Title: Community Education Marketing Intern
Pay: $15 / hr
Overview: The Community Education Marketing Intern role at the Minnetonka Community Education Center offers hands-on experience supporting the promotion of summer camps, classes, and community events for youth and adults. Working 30–35 hours per week from mid-May to late August 2026, the intern will assist with photography, social media content creation, storytelling, and event marketing, including Tour de Tonka and the Minnewashta Mud Run. This position provides orientation, training, and mentoring in a flexible, community-focused environment.
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Organization: EBSCO
Title: Community Education Marketing Intern
Pay: $20-26 / hr
Overview: EBSCO invites you to apply to participate in our Marketing internship program, running June 1st through August 7th 2026. Marketing interns will take on a variety of Marketing responsibilities and tasks to acquire and practice practical marketing skills, as well as gain experience using leading marketing techniques. As part of the EIS Summer Intern Program, you’ll enjoy dedicated intern orientation programming, experience the benefits of joining a cohort, and participate in enrichment events with fellow interns across the company.
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Organization: Treasure Island Resort & Casino
Title: Graphic Design Creative Intern
Pay: $14.25 / hr
Overview: The Graphic Design Creative Intern position supports the Brand Communications team at Treasure Island Resort & Casino and Prairie Island Indian Community by assisting with the design and production of branded materials, including casino signage, direct mail, and internal and external communications. This internship offers hands-on experience in layout, typography, illustration, and photography selection while maintaining brand standards. Interns collaborate on day-to-day creative tasks, support special events such as concerts and festivals, and gain exposure to real-world design workflows in a fast-paced, public-facing environment. Note: A resume is required for this position
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Organization: Treasure Island Resort & Casino
Title: Print Production Intern
Pay: $14.25 / hr
Overview: The Print Production Intern position supports the Brand Communications team at Treasure Island Resort & Casino and Prairie Island Indian Community by assisting with the design, production, and installation of casino signage and other internal and external communications. This internship provides hands-on experience in print production workflows, including maintaining and operating large-format printers and cutters, while ensuring brand standards are upheld. Interns contribute to daily production tasks, collaborate across departments, and support several special events, gaining practical, real-world experience in a fast-paced, public-facing environment.
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Organization: Portkey SEO Solutions
Title: Digital Marketing Intern
Pay: $16.50-18.50 / hr
Overview: The Digital Marketing Intern will go through training to perform several projects for Portkey SEO’s customers. We are looking to hire someone between 16 to 24 hours a week with the potential of the position turning into a full-time salaried position some time in the future, depending on quality of work and whether the candidate is a good fit. If we see serious potential in the individual, we may transition them over to full-time salaried with benefits a little earlier as well.
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