Public art calls, exhibitions, residencies and funding. Check the original organizer for current terms before applying. Closed and passed-deadline records remain available for reference.
Deadline labels calculated 2026-10-29. Each call retains its own source-review date. Funding figures can mean a total project budget, stipend or award; check the funding scope.
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Chicago Sculpture Exhibit (with the Richard Hunt Legacy Foundation)
Deadline: 2026-10-30
Type
temporary public art commission
Eligibility
Emerging or mid-career sculptors aged 18+; the work must be a large-scale public sculpture suitable for outdoor display. No residency restriction is stated.
Howard County Arts Council (HoCo Arts) with Howard County Government (Arts for All)
Deadline: 2026-10-30
Type
commission rfq
Eligibility
Professional artists or teams nationwide, aged 18 or older, with permanent public-art experience and three references. Artists enrolled in a degree program, and HoCo Arts staff, board members and their immediate family members, are ineligible. Experience with environmental, functional or landscape-integrated work, community engagement and durable outdoor materials is sought. Additional appendix terms are unreviewed.
Iowa Economic Development Authority — Iowa Arts Council
Deadline: 2026-10-30
Type
commission rfq
Eligibility
Individual artists or artist teams represented by one applying individual. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents or in the process of obtaining permanent residency, and full-time Iowa residents domiciled or maintaining a permanent place of abode in Iowa. No minimum age appears in the reviewed current RFQ.
Historic South LA Black Cultural District, with implementation partner LA Commons
Deadline: 2026-10-30
Type
prequalification rfq
Eligibility
Practicing visual artists based in the United States or its territories, over the age of 21, eligible to work in the United States with a valid SSN or Tax Identification Number. Emerging artists qualify without prior public-art experience. Black artists connected to South LA are encouraged. One application; no simultaneous individual and team applications. Named Senate District 28, City of LA and LA Commons staff and immediate family are excluded.
Experienced artists or teams living and working in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, San Diego or Imperial County. Applicants may propose for one, two or all three murals.
Artists living or working in Kansas, born or raised there, or with a substantial Kansas connection (team leads must qualify); any career stage; 18+. Botanica and City of Wichita employees and panelists are ineligible. Experience with similar-scale public art is a criterion; land and ecological art experience is a plus.
Professional and emerging artists may enter up to six original works. Entry form requires works for sale and suitable for at least one year outdoors, with sale price including a 25% commission; Fremont alone expressly requires proof of insurance. Introductory text permits concept submissions but the form says existing works, so concept-only eligibility is unresolved. No residency restriction is stated, which does not establish that all international applications are eligible.
Professional artists or teams aged 18 or older, with large exterior painting or comparable public-art experience and availability for engagement and installation in Baton Rouge. Local connections and community engagement are preferences, with no stated residency restriction. One section defers equipment-training requirements; another requires OSHA boom-lift certification valid until 2028. Confirm which safety credentials apply.
‘We encourage both seasoned and emerging student artists to apply.’ No residency restriction is stated. Applicants warrant ownership and agree to a one-year loan inclusive of transport, set-up, tear-down and repairs, plus an image-use release and indemnification.
Professional artists or artist-led teams experienced in large-scale public commissions, complex fabrication and institutional collaboration; geographic restrictions unstated.
Historic Baytown Arts Culture and Entertainment Council — Baytown Sculpture Trail
Deadline: 2026-10-31
Type
paid sculpture loan
Eligibility
Professional and amateur sculptors; up to five submissions. Identical works placed or planned in comparable public-art programs within 200 miles are excluded.
Visual artists/collaboratives living and working in Harris County for at least two years. Art-degree students/planned entrants, staff/director relatives and previous Artadia awards of $10,000 or more are excluded.
Sculptors age 18 or older by January 1, 2026 (legal agreement; the overview says 18+) working in permanent outdoor media; international eligibility. Up to three works, one application each; works entered more than once before, or duplicated in a permanent public location within 60 miles of Loveland, are ineligible.
San Diego County-based mural artists meeting the City of San Diego's definition of an artist; public art, community engagement and large-scale mural experience encouraged.
Artists or teams who have completed two commissioned outdoor public artworks of at least $25,000 each, understand Waukee and can interview virtually. Preference for artists in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin or South Dakota, with special consideration for an Iowa connection. Preselection site-visit travel is not reimbursed; the regional preference is not an exclusive residency requirement.
Artists or teams who have completed two commissioned indoor or outdoor public artworks of at least $25,000 each, understand Waukee and can interview virtually. No residency restriction is stated. Preselection site-visit travel is not reimbursed.
City of Aurora Art in Public Places (Aurora Library and Cultural Services)
Deadline: 2026-11-02
Type
commission rfq
Eligibility
Members of the 51 federally recognized Tribal Nations associated with Colorado, and artists from Tribal communities relocated to the Denver metro area under the Indian Relocation Act of 1956; U.S. and territories residents only. Finalists submit a tribal council or cultural preservation office endorsement. Criteria include outdoor large-scale 3D experience and projects of $10,000 or more. One ideal-artist criterion says member or descendant, whereas the opening eligibility specifically says members; nonmember descendant eligibility needs issuer clarification rather than automatic inclusion.
Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs (Orange County Public Art Review Board)
Deadline: 2026-11-04
Type
commission rfq
Eligibility
Professional artists working in any appropriate media (CaFE location eligibility: National); student artists may apply with an experienced public-art mentor. Selected artists work with a structural engineer and meet County contract and insurance requirements.
