Artist calls and other opportunities are posted as they become available. Subscribe to the DoRaleigh’s Newsletterto stay up to date about Raleigh Arts projects.

Wayfinding Artist-in-Residence

Deadline:  October 30, 2024

The Wayfinding Artist-in-Resident will collaborate with the Raleigh Department of Traffic Services division of Signs and Markings to create placemaking and creative wayfinding for pedestrians in Raleigh to help visitors navigate from site to site around downtown and activate family-friendly routes.

Learn more and apply online. 

Artist-in-Residence Program at Dix Park

Deadline: September 27, 2024

In partnership with Raleigh Arts and with funding from the Carlyle Adams Foundation, the Dix Park Conservancy is accepting applications for the first Artist in Residence Program at Dix Park, to be based out of the renovated Physician’s House in 2024-2025.

Learn more and apply.

Pullen Arts Center Solo Exhibition

Deadline: January 31, 2025

Pullen Arts Center is seeking solo artists with large collections to exhibit solo shows in Pullen Arts Center’s main gallery throughout 2026. Applicants must feel confident in their ability to fill a large space with their work.

Up to three artists will be selected. Artists of all mediums are welcome to apply. Learn more about this artist call.

SEEK Raleigh

Deadline: To be announced for Spring 2025

SEEK Raleigh is an experimental public art program by Raleigh Arts that engages the community through public art in City of Raleigh Parks, greenways, and/or community spaces. Propose a public art project that you would like to create. Artists may submit up to four proposals per year. The City will provide space and funding.

The next application review is planned for Spring 2025. Learn more about the  SEEK Raleigh artist call.

Block2 Gallery Video Series

Deadline: Applications accepted year-round

Raleigh Art’s Block2 Gallery is an outdoor visual platform for video, digital, and new media artists. Viewed after dark, the changing videos aim to expand a viewer’s notion of visual art and introduce the community to new artists, ideas, and experimental mediums.