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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National; emerging and established artists. Maximum two separate applications, one selected work per artist. Original outdoor sculpture at least 24 in tall and/or in diameter, durable and publicly safe; no ongoing electricity, audiovisual technology or water.
Artists with public-art or comparable experience. Eligibility/application instructions require the applicant’s own pre-existing original work and say this is not a commission for an entirely new sculpture. The overview also invites original concepts; that inconsistency does not establish concepts as eligible.
Artist eligibility and geographic restrictions are not stated in the reviewed call. The issuer’s announcement graphic prints “20 application fee” without a currency symbol or payment unit; the numeric application-fee field remains unresolved. The linked SlideRoom application was not reviewed; do not infer unrestricted or free entry.
Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs (Orange County Public Art Review Board, with Orange County Parks and Recreation)
Deadline: 2026-11-11
Type
commission rfq
Eligibility
Professional artists working in any appropriate media (CaFE location eligibility: International); students may apply with an experienced public-art mentor. A structural engineer must verify stability.
City of Pompano Beach (Pompano Beach Arts / Public Art Committee)
Deadline: 2026-11-12
Type
commission rfq with concept
Eligibility
Professional artists nationwide with experience in similar projects; immediate family or business partners of Public Art Committee members or program staff are ineligible. Applications only through CaFE.
Local, national and international artists, teams, mural fabricators, installers and production specialists. Artists without mural experience may apply if their work can translate to public scale.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) — Art in Transit Program
Deadline: 2026-11-15
Type
commission rfq
Eligibility
Qualified professional artists and artist-led teams nationally; one submission per artist/team. DC, Maryland and Virginia residents receive an additional evaluation point. A Small Business Enterprise participation goal applies at Phase 2, with requirements to be provided to finalists. Required insurance and a two-year workmanship/materials warranty apply.
Artists may submit up to three sculptures, with five photographs per work, an artist statement and installation plan. Geography and application fee are unstated in the reviewed page.
Rochester Art Center (Art4Trails, with Rochester Parks & Recreation)
Deadline: 2026-11-15
Type
temporary public art commission
Eligibility
Artists 18+ living in Minnesota or neighboring states (students under 18 with a sponsor); priority to first-time Art4Trails artists; artists with work currently on the trail are ineligible this year.
U.S.-based arts professionals: artists, independent curators and curators representing nonprofit arts organizations, with demonstrated outdoor exhibition experience.
U.S./territory residents with a U.S. Tax ID; individual artists or individuals representing collectives. Confirmed presentation dates required; students, curators, producers and organizations excluded.
Professional visual artists with at least 10 qualifying exhibitions in the last 10 years. Students excluded except PhD candidates; primary craft, photography, video, performance and generative/AI practices excluded.
Artists age 25+ with two years of New York State/in-state Tribal Nation residency. No degree enrollment or fellowship in the past five years; five-time recipients ineligible. Collaborations of up to three may apply.
Artists age 25+ with five years of professional practice; U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Tribal ID or O-1 visa. No degree enrollment, prior Creative Capital Award or simultaneous Arts Writers application; one project per artist.
Nominated individual artists based in U.S. states or territories with a primary painting/sculpture practice. Art-degree students, duos/collectives and prior Painters & Sculptors grantees excluded.
