The Phoenix City Council approved using federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for the Office of Arts and Culture to support nonprofit arts and culture organizations and artists still hurting financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will also fund a mix of workforce and economic development initiatives and community programs.

As part of ARPA funding, Nonprofit Arts and Culture Stabilization Grants will help Phoenix’s arts and culture organizations of all sizes manage their operations, personnel, and programming as they welcome back audiences, guests, and patrons to their services to demonstrate intent, commitment, and strategies to sustain well beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.​ The deadline to apply is Friday, July 30, 2021.

The Office of Arts and Culture is hiring for a new senior public art project manager. The position will coordinate and direct activities and personnel involved in the implementation and completion of Capital Improvement Program (CIP) arts projects, programs, and contracts, including but not limited to design, scheduling, construction, legal procedures, budget, maintenance, and construction compliance. Also, serve as program manager, staff supervisor, interdepartmental, and Arts and Culture Commission liaison in the absence of the public art program director. Recruitment closes on Monday, August 2, 2021.

The Office of Arts and Culture partnered with the International Sculpture Center (ISC) for a new series of artist workshops in July. Each week, three artists will be featured in a one-hour, live (virtual) portfolio review session provided by a panel of experienced public artists from the field. This series is perfect for you if you are looking to transition to public art from studio art or expand your public art portfolio.

The final one-hour virtual artist portfolio review opportunity is Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. If you are looking to transition to public art from a studio or expand your public art portfolio, then this event is for you! Reviews provided by a panel of experienced public artists and Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture staff.

The Office of Arts and Culture's Public Art Program is requesting qualifications from professional artists to design perforated steel shade screens for multiple City of Phoenix bus shelters to increase shade coverage for transit users and promote a more walkable neighborhood, reducing the urban heat impact of exposed vacant lots and hard surfaces. In addition, the new bus shelters will promote a distinctive identity for communities and expand the Public Art Program's award-winning series of artist-designed shade structures.

This is an excellent opportunity for two-dimensional (2D) artists (painters, printmakers, muralists, graphic designers, weavers, fabric artists, etc.) with little to no public art experience to step outside their studios to enhance bus shelters with original artwork and provide additional shade for commuters. Arizona artists are strongly encouraged to apply. The deadline to apply is Thursday, August 26, 2021.

The National Endowment for the Arts' Rescue Plan’s Grants to Organizations program will be carried out through one-time grants to eligible organizations including, but not limited to, nonprofit arts organizations, local arts agencies, arts service organizations, units of state or local government, federally recognized tribal communities or tribes, and a wide range of other organizations that can help advance the goals of this program.

Grants will be made to eligible organizations to support their own operations. Unlike other Arts Endowment funding programs that offer project-based support, Rescue Plan funds are intended to support day-to-day business expenses/operating costs, and not specific programmatic activities. Cost share/matching funds are not required. The deadline to apply to grants.gov is Thursday, August 12, 2021.