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Artistic Jobs and Opportunities Roundup: April 2025

Looking for employment as an artist or arts administrator in Pittsburgh? We’ve compiled a list of job openings at some of the area's best arts and cultural institutions, as well as regional and national opportunities. If you would like to see your organization’s job opening or artistic opportunity featured in our next blog post, please submit your free listing, making sure to include salary information.

Pittsburgh-based Arts and Culture Job Openings

Remote Arts and Culture Job Openings

Pittsburgh-based Artistic Opportunities

  • Call for Applications for the PA Council on the Arts' Folk & Traditional Arts Apprenticeship (Due April 14)

  • Call for Art from Pittsburgh-based artists of African descent for August Wilson African American Cultural Center's Being/Seen exhibition (Due April 13—deadline has been extended)

  • Call for Applications from local and certified diverse businesses—including Event Promotion such as Graphic Design, Large Format Printing/Signage, Marketing & Outreach Services, and Promotional Items; Event Support such as Audio Visual, Entertainment, Photography/Videography, Staging & Lighting, and Event production; and more—for the Pittsburgh 2026 NFL Draft Procurement Program

  • Call for Art Submissions from artists connected to the African diaspora across the Globe for The Future is Black's Sacred Threads art exhibition, in partnership with A.Loved.1 (Due May 12)

  • Call for Applications for Nonprofit Executive Sabbatical Grants (Due June 30)

  • Call for Vendor Applications for youth makers aged 18 and younger for Uwebtvstudios’ Easter Teen & Youth Pop-Up Shop (Due April 16)

  • Call for Auditions from high school students aged 14-18 for Riverfront Theater Company’s Freaky Friday Youth performance (April 26-27) 

  • Call for Interactive Artists for Art All Night

  • Call for Art for Brooklyn X Pittsburgh: The Industry of Art (Due April 30)

  • Call for Auditions for The Becoming Arts Collective's Bridges and Stages 10-Minute Play Festival (June 16-22)

  • Call for Artists for CSA Design Pool at New Hazlett Theater (Due May 2)

  • Call for Artists for Shaler North Hills Library’s Community Showcase Art Show

  • Call for Applications for $1,500 mini-grants for community events from the City of Pittsburgh’s Department of City Planning (Due April 30)

  • Request for Qualifications for Photography Services at Contemporary Craft (Due April 18)

  • Call for Applications for Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media's 5th Annual Member & Student Exhibition (Due May 4)

  • Call for Proposals for the Indiana Players' 2025-2026 Mainstage Season (Due April 7)

  • Request for Proposals from nonprofit organizations in need of PR, marketing, and communications assistance from Pittsburgh Public Relations Society of Pittsburgh (Due April 25)

  • Call for Applications from nonprofit organizations for Legends & Lore Marker Grant Program (Due April 28)

  • Call for Artists for Steel City Craft Emporium (Due April 20)

  • Applications for Girls+ Rock Pittsburgh 2025 Summer Camp, open to self-identified girls and nonbinary youth aged 10-18 

  • Call for Applications for Distillery Emerging Artists Program at Brew House Arts (Due April 21)

  • Call for Applications for Leadership Pittsburgh's Leadership Development Initiative (Due July 4)

  • Call for Entries for Autumn House Press 2025 Nonfiction Prize (Due April 30)

  • Call for Nominations for The 2025 Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project Legacy Award (Due May 8)

  • Call for Applications for The Warhol Academy's Fall 2025 Digital Content Creation Fellowships (Due April 18)

  • Call for Applications for The Warhol Academy's Summer/Fall 2025 Filmmaking & Post Production Fellowship (Due April 18)

  • Call for Applications for organizations in need of marketing assistance for arts & culture events occurring between June 1-August 15 for the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council's spring marketing initiative (due April 15)

Regional and National Artistic Opportunities  

  • Call for Applications for Tulsa Artist Fellowship Award in Tulsa, OK (Due May 29)

  • Call for Student Applications for the POISE Foundation's Opportunity Scholarship (Due June 15)

  • Call for Grant Applications from the Vilcek Foundation to support nonprofit organizations that work with immigrant artists and communities, and that promote diversity in the arts, sciences, education, and humanities (Due June 30)

  • Call for Art for Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s 6x6 - The International Small Art Phenomenon (Due April 12)

  • Call for Applications from science fiction writers for BANFF Centre for Arts and Creativity’s Science Fiction 2025 Residency (Due April 16)

  • Call for Applications from mid-career, AFAB and/or non-binary artists for KODA’s Peace-Building Artist Residency in New York (Due April 10)

  • Call for Applications for Practitioner Fellowship at Brown University's Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (Due April 17)

  • Call for Applications for Adapting to Digital Tech in the Arts, a nine-month leadership program for early-career arts administrators (Due April 7)

  • Call for Applications from emerging ceramics artists for 2025-26 Morean Center for Clay Residency in St. Petersburg, FL (Due April 10)

  • Call for Applications from documentary feature filmmakers for JustFilms (Due April 10)

  • Call for Art from Pennsylvanians aged 60 and older for Inaugural Older Artists of PA Showcase from Pennsylvania Department of Aging and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (Due April 4)

  • Call for Applications for Velvetpark LGBTQ+ Visual Artist Residency in Brooklyn, NY (Due April 13)

  • Call for Applications for McColl Center’s Winter 2026 Artist-in-Residence Program in Charlotte, NC (Due April 14)

  • Call for Photography Entries from queer photographers for The Image Flow’s Queer Conscience 2025 Photography Exhibition (Due April 12)

  • Call for Applications for 2025 Wrangell Mountains Artist Residency in McCarthy, Alaska (Due April 11)

  • Call for Applications for And Still It Remains: A Long COVID Exhibition at Artworks Center for Contemporary Art in Loveland, CO (Due April 11)

  • Call for Applications from emerging designers for the National Wool Museum’s We the Makers Sustainable Fashion Prize 2025 (Due April 11)

  • Call for Applications for Southern Boating Media Building Mural in Pompano Beach, FL (Due April 15)

  • Call for Artists for Arts to Hearts Project’s 100 Emerging Artists: 2025 Women's Edition (Due April 30)

Some opportunities may require an application fee, so we recommend reviewing the fine print to ensure you're comfortable with the listed conditions. If the fee is a barrier, check to see if the organization offers waivers or scholarships.

 

*Full-time job openings are indicated by Salary; part-time and contract jobs are indicated with Compensation or Stipend.

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