Downtown Arts 2027-28

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be a creative individual with a practice in ceramics, digital arts, drawing, fiber arts, glass, painting, photography, or sculpture.
• Applicants must be full-time residents of Greensboro at least 18 years of age.
• City of Greensboro employees and their immediate family members are not eligible.
• Artists are eligible to show in Art in Downtown Kiosks every other year.
• Artists will be selected only once for the Art in City Hall - Special Commission.

Application Requirements

• A resume/CV: demonstrating commissions, exhibitions, awards, and/or other professional qualifications related to your creative practice in the Greensboro area and beyond.
• A high quality headshot: Clean and professional with no background clutter. This photo will be used in promotional efforts if selected.
• An artist statement: No more than 2,000 characters (including spaces), describing what you make and why you make it.
• At least 5 and up to 10 images of work made within the past 5 years: All work samples must be the original work of the applicant, submitted as high-resolution image files. These submissions should be from a body of work already created. Work for the 'Art on Downtown Kiosks' program will be selected from the submitted work samples. Images should be high quality, well-lit, featuring only the artwork, and should not include logos, commercial speech or advertising, religious or political messages, explicit sexual imagery, nudity, or graphic depictions of violence. Please keep in mind the display of the electronic kiosks when submitting artwork.
• Optional - For 'Art in City Hall' special commission consideration: A statement of no more than 2,000 characters (including spaces) describing the ideas/concepts you would like to explore in the commissioned work as you reflect on Greensboro in 2026. The commissioned artist will develop their concept and design through a design review process facilitated by Creative Greensboro, taking feedback from the selection committee into consideration.

Dimensions & Media

Both opportunities are available for Greensboro-based artists working in ceramics, digital arts, drawing, fiber arts, glass, painting, photography, or sculpture. For the 'Art in City Hall - Special Commission', the artwork can be 2D (painting, drawing, photography, digital art, textiles, mixed media, etc.) or 3D (ceramics, textiles or sculpture), but should be no smaller than 16" (H) x 32" (W) and no larger than 24" (H) x 48" (W).