CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES
A short list of creative opportunities that we think are cool.
Residencies, Calls for Artists, Public Art Opps, Awards and funding sources for the creative sector.
open calls
DEER VALLEY CHILDREN”S BOOK & COLORING BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS
Deadline: Sep. 22| Park City
Call to Artists
Deer Valley Resort (‘Deer Valley’) is seeking proposals from Utah-based artists or artist teams to create original illustrations for a new Children’s Book and Coloring Book. This creative project aims to bring Deer Valley’s mascots—Bucky the Deer, Quincy the Bear, Ruby the Raccoon, and Silver the Eagle—to life in a vibrant, playful, and age-appropriate format that engages young readers and resort visitors.
Learn how to apply here.
GONDOLA & SNOW GLOBE ART STROLL
Deadline: Oct. 3
Call to Artists
Canyons Village Management Association (‘CVMA’) and Historic Park City Alliance (‘HPCA’) are seeking Utah-based artists/artist teams to creatively decorate the interior of a series of inactive Gondolas and Snow Globes. Budget: $4,000. Apply here.
SALT LAKE CITY ARTS COUNCIL
Deadline: Oct. 31
Call to Artists
Salt Lake City
The Salt Lake City Arts Council’s Public Art Program invites artists and artist-led teams residing in Utah to submit qualifications for potential inclusion in the 2026 – 2028 Pre-Qualified Artist Pool for upcoming public art opportunities located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Learn more here.
SILLY HOLIDAY BAZAAR
Deadline: Oct. 15
Call to Vendors
Park City
The Park Silly Market is excited to host the Annual Silly Holiday Bazaar.
The Silly Holiday Bazaar is a festive, indoor, holiday market where family, friends and vendors can have fun while making the most of the holiday spirit! Apply to be creative vendor here.
Dr. Ceylon Mitchell, M3 Mitchell Media & Marketing
Deadline: Rolling | Park City
Call for Artists
MINERS 9 is an alternative Gallery opportunity for local artists along the Wasatch Back. For more information and to apply please email MINERS9art@gmail.com
OGDEN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Deadline: Sept. 12
Request for Qualifications
Ogden City
The Utah Division of Facilities Construction and Management and the Utah Division of Arts & Museums Public Art Program requests qualifications from Utah-based artists and/or artist teams interested in creating site-specific artwork(s) for the upcoming UDOT Ogden Maintenance Facility and Materials Lab. Budget: $151,000. See the full RFQ here.
UMOCA PROJECTS GALLERY
Deadline: Rolling
Call for Applications
Dedicated solely to exhibitions by contemporary artists living in Utah, this gallery will provide a professional exhibition experience for the artist(s). Learn how to apply here.
AWESOME FOUNDATION
Deadline: Rolling
Grant
Each fully autonomous chapter supports awesome projects through micro-grants, usually given out monthly. Learn more here.
POETRY OUT LOUD
Deadline: Rolling
Call for Participants
The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation have partnered with the Utah Arts & Museums Arts Education Program to support Poetry Out Loud, which encourages Utah’s youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and performance. Learn more here.
Residencies
Deadline: Rolling
SkopArt, an American owned and operated artist studio located on the gorgeous Greek island of Skopelos is offering artists residencies for 2023. The studio is equipped for ceramists, mixed-media artists, painters, printmakers and sculptors. The length of the residency is 2-4 weeks long and applications can be found at www.skopartfoundation.org. For more information, please contact Jill Somer at info@skopart.org.
Deadline: Rolling
The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is a nonprofit arts organization founded to advance education about the process, product, and history of craft. HCCC is inviting applications for its Artist Residency Program. The program supports emerging, mid-career, and established artists working in clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood, and mixed media. Through the residency, artists receive an opportunity to gain exposure, make connections with the community in Houston, and help educate the public about craft. Up to ten residencies — which include a 200-sq.-ft. studio, a $1K monthly stipend & a small, quarterly housing/materials allowance — will be awarded. More here.
Deadline: Ongoing Basis
As part of its ongoing mission, Annex:art works with international artists to coordinate self-funded and sponsored artist residency, as well as interim studio programs. These programs are designed to enable the artist an opportunity to complete a project or specific body of work in one of our participating annex locations. Learn more and apply here.
“Now art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.”
public art opportunities
Summit County Public Art - celebrates and unites Summit County residents through public art and oversees the County's public art collection.
Utah Public Art - provides, maintains, and conserves public art all over Utah for people of all ages to enjoy. Public art is most commonly associated with a sculpture or painting in areas accessible or visible to the public, but it can and does go well beyond those media.
Park City Public Art Advisory Board & Historic Preservation Board - curate and solicit public art for Park City. The Park City Public Art Advisory Board oversees the City's public art collection. The Park City Historic Preservation Board preserves and encourages design preferences that reflect Park City's mining heritage and hosts and annual call for a piece to honor the Historic Preservation award-winning building.