Release Date: Thursday, October 19, 2023

Budget: $15,000 total (including three finalist design honoraria of $500) 

Deadline: Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 11:59pm

Eligibility: Any artist living and working within the Memphis metropolitan area. Artists are invited to submit collaborative work if desired but may only submit one proposal per project opportunity. While there is no limit to the number of calls an artist may apply to at once, UAC strongly encourages artists to consider both the time and scale of each call.


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UAC and The City of Memphis, in partnership with the Hospitality Hub, are seeking an artist to create Trauma-Informed works of art that will live in the main staircase, family, and dining room areas of their brand new "Hub Hotel" a brand new barrier-free shelter for women.

Deadline: Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 11:59pm

Eligibility: Any artist living and working within the Memphis metropolitan area. Artists are invited to submit collaborative work if desired, but may only submit one proposal per project opportunity. While there is no limit to the number of calls an artist may apply to at once, UAC strongly encourages artists to consider both the time and scale of each call.


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UAC and The City of Memphis, in partnership with the Hospitality Hub, are seeking an artist to create Trauma-Informed works of art that will live in the main staircase, family, and dining room areas of their brand new "Hub Hotel" a brand new barrier-free shelter for women.

Deadline: Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 11:59pm

Eligibility: Any artist living and working within the Memphis metropolitan area. Artists are invited to submit collaborative work if desired, but may only submit one proposal per project opportunity. While there is no limit to the number of calls an artist may apply to at once, UAC strongly encourages artists to consider both the time and scale of each call.


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UAC and The City of Memphis, in partnership with Mallory Heights CDC, are seeking an artist to create artistic enhancements to four Tolar bus shelters at Belz & Florida, Belz & Third, Mallory & Florida and Mallory & Third.

Deadline: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 11:59pm

Eligibility: Any artist living and working within the Memphis metropolitan area. Artists are invited to submit collaborative work if desired, but may only submit one proposal per project opportunity. While there is no limit to the number of calls an artist may apply to at once, UAC strongly encourages artists to consider both the time and scale of each call.


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UAC and The City of Memphis, in partnership with Gestalt Schools, are seeking an artist to create artistic enhancements to four Tolar bus shelters: 2 bus stops at Winchester/Mendenhall & 2 bus stops Winchester/Hickory Hill.

Deadline: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 11:59pm

Eligibility: Any artist living and working within the Memphis metropolitan area. Artists are invited to submit collaborative work if desired, but may only submit one proposal per project opportunity. While there is no limit to the number of calls an artist may apply to at once, UAC strongly encourages artists to consider both the time and scale of each call.


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UAC and the City of Memphis, in partnership with The Time Is Now Douglass Redevelopment Corporation, are seeking an artist to create a mural that speaks to the pride of the community, engages neighborhood youth, and pays tribute to Douglass’s rich Black history.

Deadline: Monday, January 10, 2022 at 11:59 pm

Eligibility: Any artist living and working within the Memphis metropolitan area. Artists may submit only one proposal per project opportunity, but are invited to submit as a team if desirable.


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UrbanArt Commission (UAC) is partnering with The City of Memphis to commission a series of small, interior mural installations. Selected artists will be commissioned to create designs only, which should be free-form and flowing to be printed on vinyl and applied to walls and glass on the interior of the Ed Rice CC.

Deadline: Monday, January 10, 2022 at 11:59 pm

Eligibility: Any artist living and working within the Memphis metropolitan area. Artists may submit only one proposal per project opportunity, but are invited to submit as a team if desirable.


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Deadline: Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 11:59 pm

Project Budget: $150,000

Eligibility: Any artist living and working within the Memphis metropolitan area. Artists are invited to submit collaborative work if desirable


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