Opportunities

Browse calls, grants, residencies, jobs, and other opportunities for creatives of all types. All opportunities listed are eligible to Washington State artists. Questions about a specific opportunity? Use the contact information listed on the posting. Click here to find even more places to search for residencies, grants, and other artists opportunities around the world. And of course: keep the Spokane Arts Grant Awards (SAGA) in mind as a grant opportunity for individual artists, artist collectives, and arts organizations! Learn more about SAGA and find application resources and upcoming deadlines here! 

Are you looking to hire someone creative for a gig or special project? You might be seeking a musician to play an event, a photographer to take portraits, or a muralist for your local business. Spokane Arts can help connect you with professional artists right here in our community. Submit your opportunity here. Questions? Contact artshelper@spokanearts.org.

Music
Opportunity
Call for Musicians & Performers | Concert Series + Live Radio Broadcast

KCHW 102.7, in Chewelah, Washington welcomes your application to perform a paid gig in their upcoming, Sold Out – Live Studio Concert Series. The in-person shows will happen in our own, intimate, 45-seat studio theater.

Here’s the kick though: Any shows in the series that sell out before opening night will also be broadcast live on the air!

This open call is for musicians, poets, vocalists, instrumentalists, and storytellers. We’re searching for both headliner musical acts as well as music or spoken word opening acts. The call will close when the schedule is full.

Event Dates:
At least three headliners and three opening acts will be selected for performances on the following dates:
September 22, 2023
October 20, 2023
November 17, 2023
LGBTQ+
Opportunity
KYRS Seeks Host for Queer Sounds

KYRS is seeking a host or hosts for our long running show, Queer Sounds, the only local program that plays music primarily by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Artists. Queer Sounds provides a platform for music that is overlooked or ignored by mainstream media and provides a welcoming and safe space on the radio for LGBTQ+ individuals and their allies. The potential host should have a broad knowledge and keen love for this important spectrum of music.
Artists of Color
Opportunity
KYRS Seeks Host for African-American Current Affairs Program

KYRS Thin Air Community Radio is looking for a talented, forward-thinking host or hosts to produce a weekly African-American Current Affairs radio program. This individual would gather and share information about the news, issues, music, lifestyle, and culture that is important to the African-American community in our area live on the radio. The potential host should be involved with and knowledgeable about African-American organizations and resources in the area and be familiar with local, national, and world issues that affect the African-American community.
Visual
Opportunity
Spokane Art School Accepting Applications for 2024 Gallery Schedule

The Spokane Art School is a non-profit arts institution established in 1968. Our mission is to teach Spokane to make and enjoy art.

Visual artists from Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho will be considered.

Spokane Art School (SAS) is committed to fostering diverse, equitable, and intentional inclusivity in all aspects of our work to fulfill our mission of teaching Spokane to make and enjoy art. We start from the assumption that everyone belongs and that we all benefit most when we learn from and with each other. The school creates opportunities for each person to explore their own beliefs, values, and cultures so that, as a community, we can fully embrace the experience, ideas, perspectives, and traditions of all who come to learn and create here. We collaborate to make a space where persons from all identities, backgrounds, viewpoints, and experiences are embraced, validated, and supported.
Visual
Opportunity
Artist-in-Residence Program | Spokane Art School

The SAS Artist-In-Residence Program will provide up to six months of free studio space in our facility at 503 East 2nd Ave., Suite B in Spokane, paid teaching opportunities during that time (provided enough students show interest in the class to make it economically feasible), and a gallery exhibit at the close of the residency, all in the interest of encouraging regional artists to explore their talents in new and creative ways.