Opportunities for Art in Public Space
Public art projects can bring renewed vitality to public spaces and, in the case of public art, provide opportunities for artists and cultivate a new enriched environment. Here you can find five open calls to apply for.
WaterWalls Festival | WaterWalls Festival 2023
The municipality of Esch-sur-Sûre, Luxembourg is renewing the WaterWalls Festival for a second edition. It is the first cultural festival based on the principles of the circular economy. As an open-air exhibition of contemporary art, the festival aims to raise awareness about the artistic production and consumption aspects of culture.
Rewards: €40,000 max funding, exhibition in Esch-sur-Sûre, Luxembourg
Deadline: September 11, 2022
Copenhagen Contemporary | Yet, It Moves! Open Call
Copenhagen Contemporary is now searching for artists, architects, designers, curators, landscape architects or others who are in any way professionally engaged in art or architecture in the public space.
Rewards: DKK 480,000 (]}–…„–{~€ 65,000) or DKK 250,000 (~€ 34,000)
Deadline: September 1, 2022
Grampian Hospitals Art Trust | Baird Family Hospital - Exterior Artworks
GHAT is seeking applicants who can demonstrate strong visual art and design skills alongside skills in creating a physical public commission. They will also require a background in consultation methods which include the stakeholders in the design of the work.
Rewards: £7,500 Phase 1, or £229,500 Phase 2 fundraising goal, exhibition in Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Deadline: August 11, 2022
Tyrolean Artist’s Association | Art in Public Space Funding, Turn of Eras
In this context the conceivable artistic formats are unconstrained: permanent sculptural art projects, temporary interventions as well as participatory, performative and dialogical formats in public rural and urban spaces may be funded. Special attention will be paid to project submissions that are site-specific and explicitly consider mediation formats, as well as being inherently sustainable in their implementation.
Rewards: €80,000 total funding pool, presentation in public space in Tyrol, Austria
Deadline: September 16, 2022
This park is a designated arboretum and a well-used Columbia park by all ages. The pond sculpture will be easily viewable from the walking path. Works in a variety of durable media and forms will be considered as long as the materials and design meet requirements for doing well in all Missouri seasons and Missouri weather events like high wind, hail, ice, heavy rains and repeated freeze/thaw cycles.
Rewards: $20,000 budget, exhibition in Columbia, Missouri, United States
Deadline: August 15, 2022
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