Public Art Commission & Exhibition Open Call Watch

Why this is recommended

A $150,000 transit station commission, a $25,000 mural program, a juried show with a $5,000 prize and a $25 fee, or an artist registry that feeds every city project for three years are announced on agency pages artists never visit. One commission is a year's income.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

Visual artists, muralists, sculptors, photographers and designers who want their work in public or on a wall someone else pays for.

When it runs

Arts agencies and galleries post calls mid-week with four to eight week windows

Scope

Public art and percent-for-art commissions from cities, states, transit agencies, airports, universities, hospitals and the GSA with budgets of $5,000 or more; juried exhibitions, biennials and prizes with fees under $50; museum and gallery open submission windows; Art Basel, Frieze, EXPO Chicago, Armory, Untitled, SCOPE, Superfine, Affordable Art Fair, Other Art Fair and regional fair deadlines; mural and installation programs; artist registries and pre-qualified lists; licensing and print program calls; artist rights, VARA and resale royalty rules; enforcement against vanity galleries

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Public art commissions and percent-for-art calls with budgets and deadlines, juried exhibition and biennial open calls with fees and prizes, gallery and museum open submission windows, art fair application deadlines and booth costs, mural and installation programs, artist registry and pre-qualified list openings, art licensing and print program calls, artist rights and resale royalty rule changes and enforcement against pay-to-play galleries, with the commissioning body or venue first and the budget in the title.

Track opportunities for US visual artists. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days that are new or close within 45 days: public art and percent-for-art commission calls with budgets of $5,000 or more from cities, states, transit agencies, airports, universities, hospitals and the GSA; juried exhibition, biennial and prize open calls with fees under $50; museum and gallery open submission windows; Art Basel, Frieze, EXPO Chicago, Armory, Untitled, SCOPE, Superfine, Affordable Art Fair, Other Art Fair and regional fair application deadlines and booth costs; mural and installation programs; artist registry and pre-qualified list openings; art licensing and print program calls from established companies; artist rights, VARA and resale royalty rule changes and rulings; and enforcement actions against pay-to-play galleries and fraudulent calls. Prefer arts agencies, CaFE, Submittable, institution pages, fair organizers and established arts reporting; ignore vanity galleries and calls with fees over $50 and no prize. Put the commissioning body or venue first in the title with the budget, prize or fee and the deadline. Use high severity for a commission of $50,000 or more, a deadline within 10 days for a major program, or an active fraud alert. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for the opportunity, eligibility, the budget or fee, how to apply, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.