The world needs you and your creativity, especially now, so please keep making art, seeking out calls and submitting those applications when you can.

JOBS/INTERNSHIPS
Arts Council Greater Lansing is seeking a programs assistant intern and a communications/PR assistant intern for spring/summer term. Currently, these will be remote positions, as Arts Council staff are working from home at this time. Learn more.

Potter Park Zoo is looking for people to join the PPZ team! They're accepting applications for seasonal customer service attendants and facilities maintenance workers (20 to 40 hours/week). ⁠Learn more.

Impression 5 Science Center has an opening for a guest experience team member. The person in this position delivers opportunities on the main exploration area, conducts hands-on workshops, facilitates experience in the First Impression Room and assists guests at admission and in the science store. The team member also supports and contributes to the growth of operations at the Science Center. Learn more.

Redhead Design Studio is accepting applications for a designer/developer. Or a developer/designer? Someone who can design a beautiful and effective website, and also design a beautiful and effective print piece, and also build a website or assist with building a website. And most importantly, enjoy all three. Learn more.

Peckham, Inc. is seeking people to join their team as they look to hire over 200 people at each of their locations. All are eligible to apply, and they are offering a special select $150 sign-on bonus. Apply today. Interview in a week! Fluent bilingual individuals and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply. Learn more.

LOCAL CALLS
Arts Council Greater Lansing announces a call to teachers for their "Support Young Creatives Billboard Project." Teachers are invited to submit one piece of work by a student artist attending school in the Greater Lansing Region for the chance of having their art displayed on a digital billboard, during Youth Art Month in March 2021. Due to challenges with students being out of school at this time, the application deadline has been extended to Feb. 17, 2021, to better accommodate teachers. Learn more.

Downtown Lansing Inc. invites artists to participate in an alley transformation project, to create a more vibrant and inviting community space in the heart of the downtown district. This project seeks to create a stronger sense of place through mural art and to lift up local artists while linking Lansing’s history to its future! Application deadline is Feb. 12, 2021. Learn more.

Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center announces a call to youth artists for their "Ingham Student Art Exhibit." Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center, Ingham Intermediate School District and the Michigan Education Leadership Group host this celebration of excellence in the visual arts for young people in grades K-12+. Submissions must be electronic. Application deadline is March 1, 2021. Learn more. 

MICHIGAN CALLS
Fiat Chrysler (FCA), City Walls Detroit and the Office of Arts, Culture and Entrepreneurship are seeking an artist or collaborative team for a creative place-keeping project in and around Southeastern High School and Detroit Enterprise Academy. It will be one of the largest municipal mural installations in city history. This two-year initiative will enhance the neighborhoods around the Jefferson auto plant and find ways to increase public art, youth engagement and workforce development. The theme for the mural installation will be the result of engagement with the neighbors in the Beniteau and Lillibridge neighborhoods and the students at the schools. Application deadline is March 31, 2021. Learn more.

Adrian Center for the Arts invites artists from Michigan, Ohio and Indiana to submit entries for the upcoming juried exhibition: "Celestial Bodies." Artists working in any medium or combination of media may submit original work which depicts the universe (or aspects of the universe) in creative, unique and individual fashion. This exhibition will be held at the Adrian Center for the Arts gallery in Adrian, Michigan, from April 12-May 21. Accepted artists will be expected to deliver the artwork for the exhibition to the ACA gallery from April 2-April 7. Application deadline is Feb. 12, 2021. Learn more.

The ​Crooked Tree Arts Center in Traverse City, Michigan, seeks artists for the national plein air painting festival, "Paint Grand Traverse: a plein air affair," now in its fourth year. This plein air (outdoor) painting festival and competition features 30-40 artists from across the country. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and changing public health situation, they have a "Plan A" (six days long, with outdoor/indoor gatherings, housing provided in host homes) and a "Plan B" (four days long, socially distanced, housing NOT provided). Chosen plan will be announced on June 1, 2021. Artists who are willing and able to do both Plan A and Plan B are encouraged to apply. Application deadline is Feb. 26, 2021. Learn more.

Art Rapids! is seeking artist applications for original sculptures of a size, weight and material suited to an outdoor park setting. The sculptures will be exhibited at the Elk Rapids Day Park, located in Elk Rapids, Michigan. Selected works will demonstrate the intimate connections between art, place and the natural environment. Artists can submit 3-6 representative digital images, sketches or a scale maquette of their proposed sculpture. Digital images must be in jpeg format and submitted on a CD or by email. Application deadline is March 15, 2021. Learn more.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL CALLS
The Allied Arts Council and the City of Saint Joseph, Missouri, seek sculptures for a temporary exhibition in Downtown Saint Joseph, June 11, 2021-May 15, 2022. Selected sculptures/sculptors will receive a $750 honorarium and all sculptures selected will compete for up to $13,000 in cash prize awards. The Council invites regional, national and international sculpture artists to submit work for this one-year sculpture exhibition. Application deadline is Feb. 8, 2021. Learn more.

Manifest gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, invites visual artists to submit works that are either representations of, feature prominently or are made primarily of metal. Submissions can range from the most traditional to the most conceptual, abstract or experimental of any media. Manifest is interested in how artists elevate, observe, depict and characterize metal in the art of today. Application deadline is Feb. 12, 2021. Learn more.

The Springfield Art Museum in Springfield, Missouri seeks entries for Watercolor USA 2021, held June 5-Aug. 29, 2021. Cash awards for $3,000, $2,000, $1,500 and $1,000, possible Museum Purchase Awards and artist materials packages will be given. Juror is Nick Nelson, director, Springfield Art Museum. All artwork must be original, executed after Jan. 1, 2020 and not previously shown at the Museum. Application deadline is Feb. 21, 2021. Learn more.