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Artistic Jobs and Opportunities Roundup: February 2026
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
- Staff Educator, Youth Programs at SLB Radio Productions
Salary: $40,000-50,000 - Director of Development at River City Brass
Salary: $75,000 - Artistic Director at Quantum Theatre
Salary: $115,000 - Content Marketing Specialist, Literacy and World Languages at Carnegie Learning
Salary: $65,000-70,000 - Education Coordinator at Handmade Arcade (part-time)
Compensation: $22/hour - Volunteer Coordinator at Handmade Arcade (part-time)
Compensation: $22/hour - Museum Field Trip Educator at Children's Museum of Pittsburgh (temporary)
Compensation: $16.25/hour - Summer Camp Manager at Children's Museum of Pittsburgh (temporary)
Salary: $20/hour - Program and Engagement Manager at Pittsburgh Tomorrow
Salary: $50,000-60,000 - Senior Product Writer at Duolingo
Salary: $153,000-207,000 - Metal Arts Apprentice at Rivers of Steel (temporary, part-time)
Compensation: $20-28/hour - Curriculum & Instructional Lead at Community Forge
Salary: $55,000-65,000 - Manager, Social Media at Wolfe
Salary: $100,000-123,000 - Copywriter at Wolfe
Salary: $82,000-101,000 - Summer Resident Advisor at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (temporary)
Compensation: $525/week - AI & Data Innovation, Project Manager at Locally Grown
Salary: $75,000-85,000 - Marketing Director / Senior Marketing Manager at WQED Multimedia
Salary: $65,000-90,000 - Executive Producer at WQED Multimedia
Salary: $75,000-90,000 - Events Manager at The WBU Event Venue (contract)
Compensation: $1,250/weekend + $25/hour - Senior Graphic Designer at Axe & Sledge Supplements
Salary: $60,000-80,000 - Social Media Manager at Axe & Sledge Supplements
Salary: $50,000-70,000 - Membership & Operations Coordinator at Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic Orchestra (part-time)
Compensation: $17-20/hour - Continuity Crew Stagehand at Pittsburgh Cultural Trust (part-time)
Compensation: $33.32/hour - Door Manager - Front of House at Pittsburgh Cultural Trust (part-time
Compensation: $17/hour - Floor Manager - Front of House at Pittsburgh Cultural Trust (part-time)
Compensation: $17/hour - Studio Facilitator at VaultArt Studio (part-time)
Compensation: $20-22/hour - Graphic Design Manager at Kamin Science Center
Salary: $26.81/hour - Fab Lab Education Facilitator at Kamin Science Center (part-time)
Compensation: $16/hour - Exhibition Coordinator at Pittsburgh Glass Center and Contemporary Craft (part-time)
Compensation: $22/hour - Annual Fund Manager at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
Salary: $52,000-59,000 - Gallery Associate at Carnegie Museum of Natural History (part-time)
Compensation: $16/hour - Camp Operations Program Assistant at Carnegie Museum of Natural History (temporary)
Compensation: $16/hour - Camp Operations Program Supervisor at Carnegie Museum of Natural History (temporary)
Compensation: $17/hour - Senior Camp Educator at Carnegie Museum of Natural History (temporary)
Compensation: $17/hour - Administrative Manager of Grants, Finance, and Operations at FISA Foundation
Salary: $65,000+
Remote Arts and Culture Job Openings
- Artist Protection Consultant at ARC - Artists at Risk Connection (contract)
Compensation: $5,000-6,000/month - Communications Director at National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Salary: $90,000-100,000 - Manager, Artist Royalties at Universal Music Group
Salary: $67,400-94,300 - Director of Grantmaking at Main Street America
Salary: $110,000-115,000 - Content Associate at Artwrld (part-time)
Compensation: $17-20/hour - Senior Creative Designer at Microsoft
Salary: $119,800-258,000 - Manager, Field Education and Programs at Craft Emergency Relief Fund
Salary: $74,500 - Director of Content at Pillars
Salary: $150,000 - Operations Associate at Pillars
Salary: $90,000 - Curator for Digital Exhibition Platform at Arthur (freelance)
Compensation: $30-100/hour - Associate Creative Director at Creative Circle (freelance)
Compensation: $65-76/hour - Textile Designer - Print and Pattern Design, Retail, Upholstery at Creative Circle (freelance)
Compensation: $35-40/hour - Social Media Graphics & Content Assistant at The Bookish Box
Salary: $21/hour - Executive Director at American Harp Society
Salary: $72,500 - Director of Creative Services at Be Clear
Salary: $90,000-120,000
Pittsburgh-based Artistic Opportunities
- Call for Applications for the free HXOUSE X Point Park Creative Direction Credential Program (Due 2/26)
- Call for Poets for Kofi Collections' Heart-to-Heart: Black Love in Verse showcase (Due 2/27)
- Call for Applications from performers, vendors, and speakers for Barrel & Flow Fest (Due 3/1)
- Call for Applications from emerging artists and collaborators for Kelly Strayhorn Theater's Freshworks Artist Residency (Due 4/5)
- Request for Proposals for the Tomayko Foundation's 2026 $5,000 sponsorship in the focus area of performing arts (Due 2/20)
- Call for Applications from dancers with strong classical ballet, pointe, and contemporary technique for Confluence Ballet Co.'s 2026-2027 Season (Rolling deadline)
- Request for Qualifications from multidisciplinary artists for Psychogeography: City Practice, a pilot program from Shiftworks Community + Public Arts (Due 2/16)
- Call for Applications* for Fallingwater Institute + Touchstone Center for Crafts Artist-in-Residence Program (Due 3/1)
- Call for Applications from performers for 2026 Pittsburgh Pride (Due "ASAP")
- Call for Auditions for Little Lake Theatre’s production of Pickleball and a Few Good Men (2/12 & 2/19)
- Call for Artists for Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh’s annual GLOW DOWN Art Competition (Due 2/12)
- Call for Applications for 2026-27 Company Auditions at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (Due 3/15)
- Call for Visual Art and Written Entries for Pittsburgh-based zine Steel Wool Art Salon (Due 2/20)
- Call for Applications from artists ages 18-24 years old for Offroute Art Spring BioTech Fellowship (Due 2/13)
- Call for Applications for background performers for Mayor of Kingstown Season 5 (Rolling deadline)
- Call for Applications* for Associated Artists of Pittsburgh New Member Screening (Due 2/16)
- Request for Proposals for Event Coordinator for Sewickley Valley Chamber of Commerce's Night Mart & Wine Walk 2026 (Due 2/27)
- Call for Proposals on innovative sessions for Eradicate Hate's Global Summit (Due 3/20)
- Call for Designers for Pittsburgh Fashion Week 2026 (Due 2/13)
- Call for Proposals from individuals or firms for 2026 Mt. Lebanon Artists' Market Manager (Due 2/6)
- Call for Auditions for Second Trumpet at Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Due 3/1)
- Call for Submissions* of full-length fiction manuscripts for the Autumn House Fiction Prize (Due 2/28)
- Call for Applications from artisans and makers for South Side Farmers Market (Due 2/13)
- Call for Submissions of photography, art, poetry, and fiction for RMU’s Literary Magazine (Due 3/13)
- Call for Applications from instrumentalists aged 19 or younger and singers aged 22 or younger for The Pittsburgh Concert Society's Young Artists auditions (Due 2/25)
- Call for Submissions from writers aged 19 and under for Write Pittsburgh’s youth publishing initiative WRITE of Way online literary magazine (Due 3/25)
Regional and National Artistic Opportunities
- Call for Applications from small music venues for Live Music Society's Music in Action Grant (Due 3/12)
- Call for Applications from mission-driven nonprofit organizations for Pro Bono Strategic Planning Engagement with DRG Talent Consulting Experts (Due 2/27)
- Call for Applications of visual arts projects from nonprofits with budgets under $200,000 for The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts grants (Due 3/1)
- Call for Applications* for Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Bedford's Biennial 2026 (Due 3/7)
- Call for Artists for Sow True Seed's 2027 Catalog Cover Art (Due 3/1)
- Call for Applications for Blue Sky Center's Resilient Cuyama Action Fellowships in New Cuyama, California (Due 2/28)
- Call for Submissions from emerging musicians for The Salt Lick Incubator Project Grants (Due 2/15)
- Call for Applications* for the Anderson Ranch Arts Center’s Artist-in-Residence Program in Snowmass Village, Colorado (Due 2/18)
- Call for Applications* from emerging poets for Poetry Society of America’s Inaugural Summer Fellowship in Brooklyn, NY (Due 2/15)
- Call for Submissions* for ON::View Artist Residency Program in Savannah, Georgia (Due 2/16)
- Request For Proposals for South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) Market Research Consultant (Due 3/1)
- Request For Proposals for South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) Focus Group Consultant (Due 3/1)
- Call for Applications* for Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts's KHN Residency in Nebraska City, Nebraska (Due 3/1)
- Call for Applications from visual arts-based nonprofits for Terra Foundation Convening Grants (Due 2/16)
- Call for Artists for The United States Mint’s Artistic Infusion Program (Due 2/9)
- Call for Applications from ensembles or artists working professionally in dance, music, or theater for Mid Atlantic Arts’ USArtists International (Due 2/25)
- Call for Applications from emerging directors telling LGBTQ+ stories for New Voices Filmmaker Grant (Due 2/12)
- Call for Applications for Chautauqua Institution's 2-Week Artist Residency Program in Chautauqua, New York (Due 2/20)
- Call for Applications for Chautauqua Institution's 6-Week Artist Residency Program in Chautauqua, New York (Due 2/15)
- Call for Applications* from artists, curators, and writers for The Kyoto Retreat in Kyoto, Japan (Due 7/17)
- Call for Applications from emerging artists for The Spector Craft Prize for Emerging Artists (Due 3/1)
- Call for Applications from mission-driven nonprofit organizations that have a specific focus on supporting immigrants in the arts, sciences, education, or through the provision of social services for 2026 Vilcek Foundation Grants (Due 4/30)
- Call for Applications* for Long Meadow Art Residency in Berkshire Mountains, Massachusetts (Due 2/18)
- Call for Proposal Submissions from music educators, music teacher educators, and administrators for The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) 2026 Biennial Music Research and Teacher Education Conference in Long Beach, California (Due 2/23)
- Call for Applications from nonprofit organizations for Introduction Mid Atlantic Arts’ Folk and Traditional Arts Community Projects Grants ranging from $1,000-5,000 (Due 4/30)
- Call for Entries for Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s 6x6 - The International Small Art Phenomenon in Rochester, New York (Due 4/7)
- Call for Submissions* for In|Divisible, an ad-spaced based photography exhibition in Detroit, Michigan (Due 2/16)
- Call for Submissions* for Brink Literary Journal Award for Hybrid Writing 2026 (Due 3/1)
- Call for Proposals for Curationist Editorial Features (Due 2/28)
- Call for Applications from emerging printmaking artists for Keyholder Residency Program in NYC, New York (Due 4/1)
- Call for Applications for Kohler Co.'s Arts/Industry Residency in Kohler, Wisconsin (Due 2/28)
- Call for Applications from established writers, composers, and visual and performing artists for Isle Royale Artist-in-Residence Program in Isle Royale National Park, Michigan (Due 2/16)
- Call for Applications from nonprofit organizations for National Endowment for the Arts' Grants for Arts Projects (Due 2/12)
- Call for Applications from beginner-level artists for Haystack Square ONE Workshops in Deer Isle, Maine (Due 2/20)
- Call for Applications for Haystack Summer Workshops in Deer Isle, Maine (Due 2/20)
- Call for Submissions from artists of Iranian heritage for The Ovissi Foundation's Artist Awards (Due 3/1)
- Call for Applications from emerging, underrepresented artists for Bader + Simon Empowerment Grant (Due 2/28)
- Call for Submissions* honoring the avian world for ArtUS Co's Birding Man Group Exhibition in Austin, Texas (Due 3/3)
- Call for Applications* from galleries and independent curators proposing contemporary art presentations for Elsewhere Art Fair in Philadelphia (Early Bird Applications Due 2/19)
- Call for Applications from researchers and scholars in art history, literature, book history, library science, or museum studies, conservation studies, or other relevant fields for 2026 Book Art Research Fellowship (Due 2/28)
- Call for Applications* for Kala's Fellowship Residency Program in Berkeley, California (Due 3/1)
- Cal for Applications of new works from early career non-student performance artists for The Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art in New York City (Due 4/1)
- Request for Proposals for works in dance, theater, music, experimental performance, and immersive pieces incorporating live activation for MAXmachina2026:LaboratoryforNewWorks (Due 3/1)
- Call for Applications for Steel Yard Year-Long Artist Residency in Providence, Rhode Island (Due 3/1)
- Call for Applications from nonprofit organizations with nonfiction art, architecture, and design book projects for Furthermore Grants in Publishing (Due 3/1)
*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. We also advocate for artists not to be required to do unpaid labor before applying for opportunities, so we encourage you to check all guidelines before deciding to submit.