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Artist roster

Public Artist Roster

City of Seattle — Office of Arts & Culture · Seattle, Washington, US

Representative organizer image for Public Artist Roster
Representative organizer imageImage: artbeat.seattle.gov ↗

Documented selection route

Community panel selects a pre-qualified roster; the city describes it as its main selection route for public-art commissions with budgets up to $500,000.

Program history & cadence

The October 9, 2026 city announcement schedules roster applications to open in January 2027. Exact opening and closing dates were not stated.

Original program source ↗
A documented program is not a current invitation to apply. Selection routes and program history reflect the linked dated sources. Confirm current availability, eligibility and application terms with the organizer.

Program context & project planning

How the program works

A roster is a research and selection pathway

Seattle’s Public Artist Roster brings together visual and public artists selected by a community panel that includes practicing artists, administrators and curators. The city publishes separate galleries for its 2024 intake and 2025 midterm intake. It explicitly describes the roster as a public document rather than a recommendation. For a commissioning organization, inclusion offers a starting point for researching an artist’s experience; it does not establish suitability for a particular site.

Seattle Office of Arts & Culture — Public Artist Roster ↗ · Reviewed

Big Art Partners planning question

Which completed projects demonstrate the artist’s ability to deliver the proposed medium, site conditions and public experience?

Next roster application window announced for January 2027

Seattle’s October 9, 2026 public-art update announces that roster applications will open in January 2027. It describes the roster as the city’s main selection route for commissions with budgets up to $500,000 and notes that other community commissioners use it. This is advance notice of a future intake, not a currently open commission. Artists can use the lead time to organize relevant portfolio documentation.

Seattle Office of Arts & Culture — Fall 2026 public-art update ↗ · Reviewed

Big Art Partners planning question

What portfolio evidence and project roles should the artist document before the announced intake opens?

View all documented programs and opportunity records from City of Seattle — Office of Arts & Culture ↗

Sources & review dates