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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Public Art at Caraleigh Park Pedestrian Safety Murals Pullen Arts Center Solo Exhibition SEEK Raleigh Block2 Gallery Video Series

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Public Art at Caraleigh Park

Rendering of the new playground at Caraleigh Park showing unique, adaptive and accessible features.

Rendering of the new playground at Caraleigh Park, which will include unique, adaptive, and accessible features.

Deadline: November 18, 2024

Raleigh Arts is seeking an artist to create sensory-friendly public artwork at Caraleigh Park. In keeping with the universal design goals of the Caraleigh Park Improvement Project, Raleigh Parks would like the art piece to have sensory elements, such as tactile features, bright, visually stimulating colors and designs, and unique materials that interact with light or product soft sound. Raleigh Parks is also interested in working with an artist(s) with lived experience with disability and/or neurodivergence.  

Learn more and apply online

Pedestrian Safety Murals

Two people installing a brightly colored mural on a Raleigh street

Raleigh Department of Transportation staff install JP Jermaine Powell's 2023 mural

Deadline: January 15, 2025

Raleigh Arts is artists to create new public street art as part of pedestrian safety initiatives. 

Up to eight artists will be selected. Learn more about this artist call.

Pullen Arts Center Solo Exhibition

print and bookmaking artworks in large gallery space inside pullen arts center

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

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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