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Artistic Jobs and Opportunities Roundup: June 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

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Remote Arts and Culture Job Openings

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Pittsburgh-based Artistic Opportunities

Auditions & Castings

  • Call for Auditions for Bricolage Production Company's Midnight Radio at City Theatre (6/29)
  • Call for Auditions for Proud Peacock Productions' The Case of The Dead Stone at Ice House Studios (6/7)
  • Call for Auditions for Little Lake Theatre Company’s Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson and Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors (6/8)
  • Call for Auditions for musical comedy satire Off the Record Pittsburgh (6/14)

Artist Residencies, Fellowships, & Professional Development

Vendor & Market Opportunities

Calls for Artists & Submissions

  • Call for Applications from guest artists and host studios for Pittsburgh Potters Tour (Due 6/27)
  • Call for Submissions* for Cookies and Comedy Film Festival (Due 7/31)
  • Call for Submissions* for Inaugural Group Exhibition at Brighter Days Gallery (Due 6/30)
  • Call for Art from Associated Artists of Pittsburgh members for an upcoming exhibition at The Tomayko Foundation (Due 7/3)
  • Call for Applications for Evolve Coaching’s Evening of Art (Due 6/30)
  • Call for Artists for Printx Pittsburgh 2026 Printmaking Art Show & Print Exchange (Due 7/25)
  • Call for Submissions* of sculpture for Arts + Education at the Hoyt and Society of Sculptors Pittsburgh's Shaping Space Exhibition in New Castle, PA (Due 6/14)
  • Call for Submissions* from Black and BIPOC artists for Rooted in Grit, Held in Grace: 30th Anniversary Mavuno Exhibition at Sweetwater Center for the Arts (Due 7/31)
  • Call for Submissions* of Pittsburgh poems and images for Main Street Rag's Where the Rivers Meet Anthology (Due 6/30)
  • Call for Submissions* of zero-budget amateur remakes of your favorite films for 10th Annual Sweded Film Festival at Row House Cinema (Due 6/15)
  • Call for Performers from bands and musicians for Girls+ Rock! Pittsburgh's 2026 Summer Camp Lunchtime Performance Series
  • Call for Submissions of drawings and paintings for Iridescent Exhibition at Ketchup City Creative (Due 7/19)

Grants & Funding

  • Call for Applications from individual artists, nonprofit organizations, and community-based programs dedicated to advancing Black art and culture for Pittsburgh Foundation's Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh Grant (Due 6/24)
  • Call for Applications from nonprofit executive directors for Sabbatical Grants for SWPA Nonprofit Leaders (Due 6/30)

Regional and National Artistic Opportunities  

Artist Residencies, Fellowships, & Professional Development

  • Call for Applications for PA Humanities' PA Cultural Exchange (PaX) Fellowship for Pennsylvania-based cultural and creative practitioners (Due 7/8)
  • Call for Applications for Grand Canyon Conservancy's Artist-in-Residence Program 2027 at Grand Canyon National Park, AZ (Due 7/15)
  • Call for Applications for Roundhouse Foundation's Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture Residency in Sisters, OR (Due 7/6)
  • Call for Applications for Exploratorium's 2026-2027 Artist-in-Residence Program in San Francisco, CA (Due 6/29)
  • Call for Applications* for Zion National Park's Artist-in-Residence Program 2027 in Springdale, UT (Due 7/12)
  • Call for Applications* for Marble House Project's 2027 Artist-in-Residence Program in Dorset, VT (Due 6/14)
  • Call for Applications for Feminist Press' Fall 2026 Publishing Apprenticeship, Remote or Hybrid (Due 6/26)
  • Call for Applications for TED & POSCA's Global Artist Residency on the theme of Visible Mending (Due 7/31)
  • Call for Applications for Abstract Mag's Summer Residency for visual artists in Tbilisi, Georgia (Due 6/15)
  • Call for Applications* for Peter Bullough Foundation's Spring 2027 Artist-in-Residence Program in Winchester, VA (Due 6/10)
  • Call for Applications for Blue Line Arts' Susan Cooley Gilliom Artist in Residence & Teaching Program (SCG ART) 2027 in Roseville, CA (Due 12/31)
  • Call for Applications for City of Novi's Villa Barr Art Park Artist-in-Residence Program in Novi, MI (Due 9/14)
  • Call for Applications for In-Na-Po's (Indigenous Nations Poets) Poetry Coalition Fellowship for emerging literary arts administrators (Remote, Due 7/1)

Vendor & Market Opportunities

  • Call for Applications* for SLICE Expo 2026 for comics, zines, and print culture artists at The Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, MO (Due 7/15)

Calls for Artists & Submissions

  • Call for Artists and Nonprofits for vending opportunities at Bowlby Heritage Craft Fair in Greene County (Due 6/10)
  • Call for Submissions from photographers and video makers for PhotoVogue's Brave New Visions: Creativity as Rebellion Global Open Call (Due 9/11)
  • Call for Submissions for Embracing Our Differences' 2027 International Outdoor Juried Art Exhibition (Due 7/1)
  • Call for Submissions* from photographers and printmakers for The Print Center's 101st ANNUAL International Competition in Philadelphia, PA (Due 6/18)
  • Call for Submissions* from writers in all genres for Writer's Digest's 95th Annual Writing Competition (Due 6/15)

Grants & Funding

  • Call for Applications from emerging visual artists for Liu Shiming Art Foundation's Annual Artist Grants (Due 8/31)
  • Call for Applications from people who make comics for Comics Advocacy Group Mini Grant (Due 6/7)
  • Call for Applications for Pollock-Krasner Foundation's Grant for Artists (Rolling deadline)
  • Call for Applications from nonprofit organizations for Norfolk Southern's Thriving Communities Grant for neighborhood beautification and placemaking projects (Due 8/3)
  • Call for Applications from teams of community-based organizations and local government working to repair damage from divisive infrastructure for Community Connectors 2026 by Smart Growth America (Due 7/17)
  • Call for Applications* for Innovate Artist Grants' Spring 2026 Cycle for visual artists and photographers (Due 6/18)
  • Call for Applications from organizations for National Endowment for the Humanities’ Media Projects grants supporting documentary films, radio programs, and podcasts (Due 6/25)
  • Call for Applications from emerging ceramic artists for James Renwick Alliance for Craft's Chrysalis Award (Due 8/23)
  • Call for Applications* from women figurative realist painters for The Bennett Prize 5 at Muskegon Museum of Art in Muskegon, MI (Due 9/19)
  • Call for Applications* for Art Fluent's Evolution Grant for Individual Visual Artists (Due 6/19)
  • Call for Applications from nonprofits for Pennsylvania Creative Industries' Creative Catalyst Grants (Due 6/12)
  • Call for Applications of immersive media projects from nonprofits or XR creators with fiscal sponsors for Agog's Climate Futures + Immersive Media Open Call (Due 6/12)
  • Call for Submissions* from cartoonists for Make More Comics' Annual Comics Grant (Due 6/15)
  • Call for Applications for Emergency Grant for painters, printmakers, and sculptors by Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation (Rolling deadline)

Requests for Proposals & Qualifications

  • Request for Proposals for Graphic Designer for Reports at Smart Growth America (Due 6/30)
  • Request for Qualifications for Denver Public Art's 5280 Trail at Acoma Street Public Art Commission in Denver, CO (Due 6/15)
  • Request for Qualifications for Hillsborough County's Bealsville Park Exterior Mural Public Art Project in Plant City, FL (Due 6/24)
  • Request for Qualifications from experienced public artists for Chandra Cerrito/Art Advisors' Outdoor Sculpture Artist Pool for Pediatric Hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA (Due 6/15)
  • Request for Qualifications for City of Frederick's Bearing Witness: Frederick's Sites of Enslavement Initiative Public Art Commission in Frederick, MD (Due 6/25)
  • Request for Qualifications for City of Port St. Lucie's Woodland and Fairy Tale Themed Roundabout Sculpture Commission in Port St. Lucie, FL (Due 6/24)
  • Request for Qualifications for Sonoma County Library's Roseland Regional Library Mosaic Commission in Santa Rosa, CA (Due 6/19)

*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.