Birds & Benches

City of Sacramento

The City of Sacramento’s Art in Public Places program invites qualified professional artists to apply for three position opportunities as part of a new artist designed benches project in North Natomas Regional Park.

Read more about the opportunities and award amounts in the RFQ background materials on Submittable.

Deadline to apply: July 28, 2025, 11:59 p.m.

Creative Crosswalks

City of Sacramento - District 3

Artists and art instructors - An opportunity for artists is opening in South Natomas for a Creative Crosswalks project in partnership with the Twin Rivers Unified School District.

Seeking two Teaching Artists and two Design Artists to help install the very first creative crosswalks in the City of Sacramento since city policy on Creative Crosswalks was published in 2021. This is a unique opportunity to impact the safety of your community in a creative way! 

Register for the Information Session 

August 6, 2025, from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Deadline to apply: August 18, 2025, 11:59 p.m.

Poetry Contest

Voices of Lincoln

The contest theme is “Believe In The Power Of Words Brought To Life Through Poetry.” Both adult and young poets are encouraged to enter. 

The five contest categories include:

Wishes Do Come True

Open Your Mind To Change

Rise To Life’s Challenges

Do A Good Deed

Smile Every Day

Deadline to submit: July 16, 2025 

Walking in Our Moccs

Maidu Museum & Historic Site

Sierra Native Alliance, in partnership with the Maidu Museum & Historic Site (MMHS), invite Native artists to share their unique perspectives of ‘walking in two worlds’ – highlighting the deep connections between modern Indigenous identity, social justice, and equity.

Deadline to submit: August 11, 2025

Best of Show 2024: Artwork by Linda Galusha

Bold Expressions 2025

Northern California Arts, Inc.

70th International Open Juried Art Exhibit.

Open to fine artists everywhere. Sacramento Fine Arts Center invites you to submit your original artwork. Not accepted for this show are

photography, giclees, video, computer generated art, or craft. Juror is

Linda Galusha. www.lindagalusha.com

Best of show $1,000 plus other

awards.

Exhibit: September 30-October 25, 2025.

Bold Expressions 2025 info contact

Paul Dessau at paul@nccn.net or

530-346-6078

Deadline to apply: August 19, 2025, 12 midnight.

National Mother Lode Art Exhibition

MAAC

59th annual show, November 6-22, 2025, at the Mills Station Arts and Culture Center (MACC) gallery in Rancho Cordova, CA. This juried show is open to all artists in the United States. Work accepted may include all media except sound and video, there is no limitation on theme.

Over $4,000 in awards, including $700 for Best of Show!

Deadline: Sept 19 at 10:59 p.m. PST

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