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Artistic Jobs and Opportunities Roundup: May 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
Full-time
- Associate Creative Director / Creative Director at Deeplocal
Salary: $70,000-140,000 - Risk and Finance Manager at Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Salary: $60,000+ - Manager of Digital Marketing and Community Events at Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras
Salary: $40,000-45,000 - Director of Communications at Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership
Salary: $70,000–80,000 - Community Programs Manager at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Salary: $55,000 - Product Writer at Duolingo
Salary: $135,200-182,900 - Music Therapist at Merakey
Salary: $21/hour - Program Associate, Arts & Culture at The Heinz Endowments
Salary: $75,000-85,000 - Community Partnership Fellowship at The Heinz Endowments
Salary: $75,000-85,000 - Senior Marketing Manager at Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Salary: $65,000-70,000 - Production Coordinator & Pre-press Designer at Heeter Printing
Salary: $17.50/hour - Managing Director, Performing Arts at Canonsburg Educational and Cultural Institute’s Canon Theatre
Salary: $45,000-65,000 - Graphic Designer at Maronda Inc. and Subsidiaries
Salary: $20-25/hour - Digital Editor at Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting
Salary: $63,240 - Production and Design Specialist at Signarama Pittsburgh North
Salary: $24/hour - Senior Creative Director at GNC
Salary: $162,000–190,000
Part-time
- Registrar at Contemporary Craft
Compensation: $18/hour - Artistic Director at Bach Choir of Pittsburgh
Compensation: $22,000–30,000 - Box Office Manager at Arcade Comedy Theater
Compensation: $20/hour - Site & Operations Manager at Arcade Comedy Theater
Compensation: $20/hour - Creative & Community Manager at Arcade Comedy Theater
Compensation: $20/hour - Visitor Services Rangos Representative at Kamin Science Center
Compensation: $16/hour - Custom Framing & Design Associate at Mark Rengers Gallery
Compensation: $18-24/hour - Gallery Associate at Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Compensation: $16/hour - Museum Educator I at Carnegie Museum of Art
Compensation: $16/hour - Museum Educator II at Carnegie Museum of Art
Compensation: $17/hour - Front Desk Administrator at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Compensation: $17/hour - Organist/Accompanist at West View United Methodist Church
Compensation: $18/hour - Teaching Artist at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Compensation: $31/class - Dance Accompanist Pianist at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Compensation: $31-35/hour - Guest Services Staff at Promowest
Compensation: $10/hour - Gallery Attendant at The Frick Pittsburgh
Compensation: $16.39/hour
Freelance/Contract
- Guitar Teacher at The Music Note
Compensation: $40/hour - Events Associate at Heinz History Center
Compensation: $14.75/hour - Teaching Artists (academy instructors, assistants, and coaches) at Arcade Comedy Theater
Compensation: $20-40/hour
Seasonal/Temporary
- Day Camp Staff (Instructors, Counselors, and Leadership) at Chatham Music and Arts Day Camp at Chatham University
Compensation: $14-19/hour - Exhibitions Preparator at Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Compensation: $22.74/hour - Seasonal Summer Camp Assistant at Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media
Compensation: $15/hour - Seasonal Riverfront Facilities Assistant at Riverlife
Compensation: $21+/hour - Public & Community Programs Coordinator at Kamin Science Center
Compensation: $17.50/hour - Senior Camp Educator at Kamin Science Center
Compensation: $17/hour - Summer Camp Instructor at Kamin Science Center
Compensation: $16/hour - Seasonal Outside Bartender at New Hazlett Theater
Compensation: $15/hour plus tips - Data Coordinator at Pittsburgh CLO
Compensation: $24/hour - Teaching Artists at Attack Theatre
Compensation: $50-125/day - Creative Strategist Intern at Deeplocal
Compensation: $19-29/hour - 3D Design Intern at Deeplocal
Compensation: $19-29/hour
Remote Arts and Culture Job Openings
Full-time
- Communications Director at Friends of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus
Salary: $75,000 - Experiential Graphic Designer IV at CannonDesign
Salary: $81,955-102,398 - Sr. Design Technologist at CannonDesign
Salary: $92,200-115,200 - Design Technologist at CannonDesign
Salary: $76,800-96,000 - Digital Communications & Media Relations Manager at Farm Aid
Salary: $70,000-74,000 - Director of Digital and Social Engagement at TransLash Media
Salary: $135,000–155,000 - General Counsel at Cinereach
Salary: $150,000-170,000 - Producer at Latinx Theatre Commons
Salary: $72,500
Freelance/Contract
- Freelance Writer at Future Of Us
Compensation: $13,500 - Illustrator at Players Pins
Compensation: $40/hour - Captioner (LGBTQ+ applicants only) at Foglifter Press
Compensation: $2,000 - Designer-Illustrator at Hovercraft
Compensation: $60/hour
Pittsburgh-based Artistic Opportunities
Auditions & Castings
- Call for Auditions for 2026-2027 Season at City Theatre Company (5/11)
- Call for Auditions for New Hazlett Theater and Becoming Arts Collective’s Bridges and Stages 10-Minute Play Festival and 2026-2027 Season (5/31)
- Call for Auditions for The Two Gentlemen of Verona (PA) at Hobnob Theatre Company in Butler (5/9 & 5/11)
- Call for Applications for Principal Clarinet Auditions at Pittsburgh Opera (5/18-19)
- Call for Auditions for 2026-2027 Season at The Strand Theater in Zelienople (5/30-31)
- Call for Registrations for R-ACT Theatre Productions’ production of Hartburn Hotel (5/9-10)
- Call for Auditions for The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical at The Geyer Performing Arts Center in Scottdale (Due 5/18)
- Call for Auditions for The Hobbit at The Heritage Players (5/30-31)
Artist Residencies, Fellowships, & Professional Development
- Call for Applications for Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media’s Ceramic Residency Program (Due 5/11)
Vendor & Market Opportunities
- Call for Applications from teen makers and artists for Handmade Arcade’s 2026 Youth Maker Accelerator Program (Due 5/20)
- Call for Vendors for Garfield Night Market (Rolling deadline)
- Call for Applications for 2026 Pittsburgh Art Book Fair at Carnegie Museum of Art (Due 5/15)
Calls for Artists & Submissions
- 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 Artists for Reflections in Glass Installation and Exhibition at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art and Pittsburgh Glass Center (Due 5/15)
- Call for Applications from Global Majority artists for The Future is Black's Sovereign Ground exhibition at Brew House Arts (Due 5/25)
- Call for Applications for Contemporary Craft’s 2027 Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize Award and Exhibition (Due 5/31)
- 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 Submissions* of noir films for Jump Cut Pittsburgh Noir Film Festival at The Parkway Theater & Film Lounge (Due 5/31)
- Call for Applications for Evolve Coaching’s Evening of Art (Due 6/30)
- Call for Applications* from Mid-Atlantic artists for solo and group exhibition proposals at Hoyt Center for the Arts in New Castle (Due 6/1)
- Call for Submissions from artists, photographers, writers, and designers for YNST Magazine (Rolling deadline)
- Call for Artists for Video: Patient Room Art Channel - Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Tower at UPMC Presbyterian (Due 6/1)
- Call for Submissions of drawings and paintings for Iridescent Exhibition at Ketchup City Creative (Due 7/19)
- Call for Submissions of feature films for Three Rivers Film Festival (Due 5/31)
- Call for Submissions of short films or scripts for Three Rivers Film Festival’s Shorts & Scripts Competition (Due 5/31)
Grants & Funding
- Call for Applications from LGBTQ+ makers and artists for Micro-Grants by Queer Craft Market (Due 5/14)
Regional and National Artistic Opportunities
Artist Residencies, Fellowships, & Professional Development
- Call for Applications* for 2027 Residency and Fellowships at Ragdale in Lake Forest, IL (Due 5/14)
- Call for Applications for 2027 Creative Residency at Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House in Buffalo, NY (Due 5/13)
- Call for Applications for Craft Archive Fellowship (Due 5/20)
- Call for Applications for virtual Artist-in-Residence Program at Third Wave Fund (Due 5/13)
- Call for Applications* for 2027 Artist-in-Residence Program at Light Work in Syracuse, NY (Due 7/1)
- Call for Applications for Women & Words 2026 Writers Gathering at Penguin Random House in New York, NY (Due 6/15)
- Call for Entries for Gallery Residency Contest at Ace Hotel New York (Due May 10)
- Call for Applications for 2026/27 Studio Apprenticeship Program at Mullowney Printing in San Francisco, CA (Due 5/31)
Vendor & Market Opportunities
- Call for Applications* for American Craft Made Baltimore 2027 by American Craft Council in Baltimore, MD (Due 6/5)
Calls for Artists & Submissions
- Call for Applications from Pennsylvania artists over 60 for Older Artists of PA Showcase at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, PA (Due 5/24)
- Call for Submissions from photographers for Unaffordable America Photo Essay Series at NBC News (Rolling deadline)
- Call for Submissions* for Bold Choices Contest in Ceramics Monthly (Due 6/21)
- Call for Submissions from artists with disabilities for 31st Annual Art Ability Exhibition and Sale at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital in Bryn Mawr, PA (Due 7/5)
- Call for Applications for Ali Cultural Center Sculpture Commission in Pompano Beach, FL (Due 5/12)
- Call for Submissions of narrative nonfiction comics to Crucial Comix (Rolling deadline)
- Call for Submissions of outdoor sculptures for Sculpture Missoula in Missoula, MT (Due 5/22)
- Call for Submissions of outdoor sculptures for Downtown Sculpture Exhibition in Cape Girardeau, MO (Due 6/5)
- Call for Applications for Fire Station 18 Sculpture Commission in Orlando, FL (Due 5/22)
- Call for Submissions for Chronicle Books (Children's submissions Due 5/17; Adult trade and portfolio submissions rolling)
Grants & Funding
- Call for Applications for PEN America’s 2027 Literary Grants for writers, translators, and oral historians (Due 6/15)
- Call for Applications for Remuseum’s The Vanguard Award and Accelerator for leaders of visual and performing arts orgs (Due 6/19)
- Call for Applications from nonprofits for Pennsylvania Creative Industries' Creative Catalyst Grants (Due 6/12)
- Call for Applications for Twin Cities Conference Scholarship for sculpture students at ISC member institutions by the International Sculpture Center (Due 7/15)
- Call for Applications from Pennsylvania nonprofits for Pennsylvania Creative Industries' Creative Innovation and Impact Grants (Rolling deadline)
- Call for Applications* for ArtPrize international art competition and cultural event in Grand Rapids, MI (Due 5/28)
- Call for Applications from emerging artists and designers for ArtPrize 2026 Artist Seed Grants (Due 5/30)
- Call for Applications from collaborative groups of 3+ artists for Field Funds: Collective Work Grants by A Blade of Grass (Due 5/31)
- 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 for Emergency Grant for painters, printmakers, and sculptors by Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation (Rolling deadline)
- Call for Applications from musical artists, venues, and organizations for Play PA Live's live music grant programs, including Rehearsal Grants ($15,000-195,000), Venue Grants, and Industry Support Grants (Rolling deadline)
- Call for Applications for Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress by the Whiting Foundation (Due 5/31)
- Call for Applications from nonprofit organizations for Norfolk Southern's Thriving Communities Grant for neighborhood beautification and placemaking projects (Due 8/3)
Requests for Proposals & Qualifications
- Request for Proposals for Teaching Artist Residency at ProjectArt (Due 6/9)
- Request for Proposals for Knox & Kane Rail Trail Bike Rest Sculpture Commission by Kane Area Chamber of Commerce in Kane, PA (Due 5/20)
- Request for Qualifications for Community Center Sculpture Commission at J. Thomas Lovell Jr. Community Center in Lee's Summit, MO (Due 5/10)
- Call for Artists for 988 Mental Health Hotline Mural by Mural Arts Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA (Due 5/8)
- Request for Qualifications for Ocean Robotics Laboratory Public Art Commission at University of Rhode Island in Narragansett, RI (Due 5/26)
- Request for Qualifications for Campus Safety Center Public Art Commission at Auraria Higher Education Center in Denver, CO (Due 5/29)
- Request for Qualifications for Convergence Hall Innovation Campus Public Art Commission in South Jordan, UT (Due 6/2)
- Request for Qualifications for Turkey Creek Streamway Trail Sculpture Commission in Merriam, KS (Due 6/5)
- Request for Qualifications for Fire Station 9 Memorial Commission in Olathe, KS (Due 5/31)
- Request for Qualifications for Center for Collaborative Arts & Technology Public Art Commission at University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM (Due 6/10)
- Request for Qualifications for Midway Airport Public Art Commissions at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, IL (Due 6/12)
- Request for Qualifications for New Terminal Public Art Commissions at Asheville Regional Airport in Asheville, NC (Due 6/22)
- Request for Qualifications for STEM Complex Public Art Commission at Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA (Due 6/29)
*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.