A photo merge and collage on a street kiosk by Shamica Phillips

"Photo Merge and Collage", 2021, Shamica Phillips, located on Fayetteville Street in Downtown Raleigh

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Sertoma Arts Center 2025 Exhibition Program Kyle Drive Park Public Art Sertoma Arts Center Public Art SEEK Raleigh Block2 Gallery Video Series

Artist calls and other opportunities are posted as they become available. Subscribe to the Arts Flash Newsletter to stay up to date about upcoming calls and Raleigh Arts projects.


Sertoma Arts Center 2025 Exhibition Program

Sertoma Arts Center Main Gallery Room

Deadline: June 30, 2024

The Sertoma Arts Center galleries showcase a broad spectrum of visual arts from local, regional, and national artists. We provide artists with exhibition opportunities and space to engage with the community without collection commission on sales.

Artists working in any medium are encouraged to apply. Digital artworks would be considered for exhibition, but the art center has limited equipment to display these artworks. Learn more and apply online. 

Kyle Drive Park Public Art

Stream within Kyle Drive Park

Deadline: July 1, 2024

The City seeks to hire an artist to create public art at Kyle Drive Park. There is a $40,000 budget for to design and fabricate the artwork. The art can be integrated into the planned amenities or artwork can be stand-alone.

Up to three semi-finalists will be selected to interview and paid a $100 honorarium. Learn more and apply online.

Sertoma Arts Center Public Art

Front of Sertoma Arts Center building

Deadline: July 30, 2024

Submit an application to create public art for the expansion of Sertoma Arts Center. This project is part of the 2022 Parks Bond. There is There is a $73,000 budget to design and fabricate. 

Up to three semi-finalists will be selected to interview and paid a $100 honorarium. Learn more and apply online.

SEEK Raleigh

A man moves around while holding silver, reflective fabric

"VITAL Health", Michael S.Williams and Stacey L. Kirby, performance for SEEK Raleigh, 2020. Photo by Caroline Cockrell.

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

table in chairs in front of the Block2 Gallery screen in Market Plaza

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.

If you're interested in applying, please email Stacy Bloom Rexrode, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections.

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