Artist Application

Overview

Thank you for your interest in Neighborhood Arts!

Neighborhood Arts 2026-27 has expanded the program's geographic footprint to bring neighborhood-based and community-informed public art projects and experiences to three new neighborhoods:

Gorrell St. Neighborhood

East Side Park Neighborhood

Warnersville Neighborhood

Each neighborhood organized a community stakeholder group to select the site for community-informed public art, crafted an initial Guiding Vision for their art project, and written a Neighborhood Narrative.

Please read all of the Neighborhood Project Descriptions here.

Guilford County-based creative individuals, unincorporated groups, or non-profits are eligible to apply. Applicants need to submit only one application to be considered for the arts projects in all three neighborhoods. One artist, artist team or non-profit will be chosen per neighborhood; artists will not be selected to work with more than one neighborhood.

Please note: City of Greensboro employees and their immediate families are not eligible to apply.

*Application deadline is Tuesday, December 15, 2026, at 5pm *

Each artist, unincorporated group or non profit selected has a budget of $17,500 for all aspects of their neighborhood's project: community engagement activities/marketing, design fees, and installation costs to complete the outdoor visual arts project as outlined in each neighborhood's project description.

Timeline

Monday, November 16 at 6 pm - In-person Information Session at the Greensboro Cultural Center for potential applicants. RSVP here.

December 15, 2026, 5 pm ET is the application deadline. No late applications will be accepted.

By December 31, 2026 – Artist notified if they have been selected for finalist interviews. Each neighborhood can choose to interview up to three finalists.

First two weeks of January 2027 - Finalists interviews conducted.

By mid-January – Artists selected to begin work in each neighborhood.

mid- January to Mid-March, 2027 – Artist conduct community enagement activities and creates a community-informed artwork proposal.

April -May - Artists complete artwork installation.

Questions? Contact:

Karen Archia, Community Partnerships Coordinator (External), Creative Greensboro at karen.archia@greensboro-nc.gov or 336-433-7362.

About Neighborhood Arts

Creative Greensboro's Neighborhood Arts brings creativity close to home through diverse, community-based arts activities and beautification projects that respond to neighborhood priorities in historically underinvested areas. Funding for Neighborhood Arts 2026-27 is provided by a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), administered by the City of Greensboro Housing and Neighborhood Development department.

Are you or any of your immediate family members employed by the City of Greensboro?

Name

First NameLast Name

Email

example@example.com

Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Phone Number

Please enter a valid phone number.Format: (000) 000-0000.

Are you applying as an individual artist, as primary contact for a non-profit or as primary contact for an artist team?

Resumé(s) or CV(s) - Please upload a PDF of a Resumé or CV for each artist who will participate in your Neighborhood Arts project.

Artwork Samples (Minimum 5 - Max 10). Please upload a PDF that includes images of at least five artwork samples and no more than 10 that represent your work or the work of your team/non-profit. List each image with a description that includes size, medium, location, budget/price

Statement of Interest - Please tell us why you are interested in working with Neighborhood Arts ?

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Please describe at least one community-engaged or participatory art project you created and/or led.

0/500

Please describe your proposed plan for conducting community engagement with neighborhood residents to get input for your artwork proposal, including any arts-centered community engagement AND any additional types of community engagement activities you plan to do (e.g. door-to-door canvassing, etc.)

0/500

Please list three professional references: First and last name, email and phone number and relationship to each reference (ex. client, patron, professor, etc.)

For non-profit organizational only: Please upload your IRS Letter of Determination.

All of the information I have submitted in this application is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge.

APPLICANT INFORMATION