In 2015, the TCCID established the Town Center Community Alliance (Alliance), as a non-profit
creative placemaking partner, with the objective of enriching the CIDs integral infrastructure
projects with beautification and quality of life programs.
The Alliance takes a strategic look at creative placemaking elements that will help the CID
reach their Vision of being a dynamic region that fosters a thriving business, academic, and
residential community. While the CID primarily builds roads, multi-use trails, and sidewalks,
the Alliance finds ways to celebrate the unique character of Town Center. From public art and
aesthetic fixtures to small parks, the Alliance drives placemaking initiatives that strengthen our
connection to our environment and maximize shared public value.
By activating the physical and social environment in Town Center, the Alliance helps attract
businesses and residents, boost economic development, and shape a sense of community.
TCCID has invested over $3M in the Noonday Creek Trail. Final phases of the trail opened in
September 2014, and spans close to seven miles in length, beginning at the Kennesaw
Mountain Battlefield Park to the Bells Ferry Trailhead. Since 2019, trail counters have logged
over 1.1million visitors along the trail. TCCID recognizes that, although successful, the trail’s
potential hasn’t been fully realized. Strategies to activate the trail need to be implemented to
attract and retain users of all ages, demographics, and physical abilities. As the Town Center
CID strives to create a healthy environment for the surrounding commercial property owners
and its stakeholders, activation of the trail will increase safety, improve aesthetics, and
introduce new opportunities within the CID.
The purpose of this RFP is to gather creative, inspirational concepts for activation on Noonday
Creek Trail. Please familiarize yourself with the full Activation Plan completed in 2018 and the
Creative Placemaking Master Plan completed in 2023.

Please see Event link for further information about this opportunity.
Only email submissions accepted and should be sent to: [email protected]

FERRARA SHOWMAN GALLERY proudly hosts the 28th iteration of our annual call for artists - NO DEAD ARTISTS: International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art. The call is open through 17 JUNE 2024 and the exhibition participants are selected by an ever-changing group of three prestigious arts professionals. The exhibition itself is installed in the gallery for the entire month of September and first-half of October with an opening reception in conjunction with the Arts District New Orleans’ First Saturday Gallery Openings in September 2024 from 5-9 pm.

The exhibition was created in 1995 to give a voice to emerging artists. NO DEAD ARTISTS has become an exhibition that has time and again discovered new and emerging talent and is one of the most celebrated art exhibitions in the South. The exhibition’s name is derived from the old adage that artists never achieve success until they are dead. NO DEAD ARTISTS turns that notion on its head and gives emerging artists their first break in the art world. In the ’90s, the exhibition was open only to New Orleans artists and subsequently grew to include artists of Louisiana. In 2010, the exhibition expanded to become a national juried exhibition open to artists from the entire United States and the call went international in 2014.

The exhibition has been a springboard for numerous artists leading to national press coverage, recognition, gallery representation and acquisitions by museums and other prominent collections. Each year the gallery invites a panel of renowned arts professionals and collectors to select the newest creative talents.

NO DEAD ARTISTS is an INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS, open to living artists of all ages, emerging and established, working throughout the world. All mediums are accepted including, but not limited to, painting, sculpture, design, glass, metalwork, photography, video, performance, mixed media and installation art.

A single application may contain up to FIVE artworks for consideration. Each submission is allowed up to three additional detail images per artwork. All images must be in .jpg format and videos in .mov format - high resolution files around 1MB are preferred. All works must be for sale to be included in the exhibition.

Any winning entry will be subject to a standard 50% gallery sales commission in the event that it is sold and should be priced accordingly.

The artist is responsible for ALL shipping costs including return shipping of all unsold work and import/export duties and taxes.

Oil Painters of America’s 2024 Eastern Regional Exhibition of Traditional Representational Oils, October 11 through November 8, 2024, at The Centerpiece Gallery, Raleigh, NC. Awards approximately $11,500 in cash & merchandise, including a $4,000 cash best-in-show award. The juror will be Elizabeth Pollie OPA. Artists eligible to compete are citizens - both natural born or otherwise - of the continent of North America who are 2024 OPA members. Submissions are accepted through 6/19/2024. The entry fee is $35 for one, $50 for two & $60 for three; only one may be accepted. Maximum size limitation 1,200 sq in. The acceptance list will be announced on 7/9/2024.

Embracing Our Differences is seeking submissions for an outdoor juried art exhibit featuring 50 billboard size images created by local, national and international artists. The display reflects the artists' interpretations of the theme " embracing our differences." The exhibit will be on display January 19 through April 13, 2025 in two locations in Sarasota and St. Petersburg Florida. The winning artworks combine a deep understanding of both medium and message. Awards are given for "Best-in-Show Adult," "Best-in-Show Student," and "People's Choice" categories, with the last chosen by exhibit visitors to each location.

The Emerald Coast National (ECN) is a juried exhibition held annually at Mattie Kelly Art Center Galleries, Northwest Florida State College. What began as a regional show has evolved into far-reaching, exciting programming of a range of media styles by emerging to established artists reflecting what they are doing in the world today. ECN is a show that people travel to see and a program that locals look forward to all year! We leave the theme open and publicize the call on known artist platforms. We invite all art styles, materials, mediums, etc.—including sound art, kinetic art, sculpture, photography, video, design, craft, and even performance if you can provide documentation for the application. We typically see a couple hundred applications from working artists across the US and some non-US who work in contemporary, experimental, and classical mediums, styles, and techniques. Best in Show wins a cash award of 1000.00 and a solo curated by MKAC, typically exhibited during the next season's ECN show. This year's ECN will be guest juried by accomplished professor and artist Sarah Knobel.

Embracing Our Differences is seeking submissions for an outdoor juried art exhibit featuring 50 billboard size images created by local, national and international artists. The display reflects the artists' interpretations of the theme "enriching lives through diversity and inclusion." The exhibit will be on display January 19 through April 13, 2025 in two locations in Sarasota and St. Petersburg Florida. The winning artworks combine a deep understanding of both medium and message. Awards are given for "Best-in-Show Adult," "Best-in-Show Student," and "People's Choice" categories, with the last chosen by exhibit visitors to each location. Adult winners each receive $2,000; students receive $2,000 with $1,000 to be directed to the student and $1,000 to their school’s art program, if they worked under the direction of an educator.
Bayfront dates: January 19 – April 13, 2025
St. Pete dates: March 2025

DEFINE ART GALLERY AND STUDIO invites submissions for their METALLIC MIRAGE ART EXHIBITION, providing artists with the opportunity to showcase their work either in the gallery or online throughout August and September 2024. This juried competition is open to 2D and 3D visual artists across the USA, seeking artwork that incorporates metal, is influenced by metal, or embodies a metallic essence for both physical and digital displays.

Loghaven Artist Residency’s mission is to serve artists by providing them with a transformative residency experience and continued post-residency support. The residency is located on ninety acres of woodland in Knoxville, Tennessee. Artists live in five historic log cabins that have been both rehabilitated and modernized to create an ideal setting for reflection and work, and they have access to new, purpose-built studio space. All Loghaven Fellows are awarded stipends to support the creation of new work during the residency.