Calling All Artists: Bring Your Ideas to Sydney Streets.

Still Thriving: Mural in Darlinghurst by Dylan Mooney. Photo courtesy of City of Sydney.

The City of Sydney is offering national and international artists up to $100K (AUD) and the opportunity to be part of one of Australia’s most prominent arts programs. The City is seeking expressions of interest for projects across all art genres that will contribute to the cultural richness of Sydney by captivating and engaging the public. To be part of its annual Art & About Sydney program, the City is encouraging submissions from visual artists, curators, performers, filmmakers, musicians and theatre companies.

The temporary projects or activations can happen anytime between September 2024 and June 2025. They can be a one-off project, occur as a series of events or be installed for several months. Artists are encouraged to explore interdisciplinary approaches and engage with different communities, creating unique and memorable experiences. The projects must be new works that will be commissioned and produced by the City of Sydney specifically for Art & About.

Call out for Sydney Artists & Creatives to Revive the Laneways of our Pandemic Stricken City.

Call out for artists and creatives to invigorate Sydney CBD laneways with temporary public art that reimagines and enlivens our pandemic stricken city.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for artists to bring surprising and colourful works into public spaces and unconventional locations across the city,” Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore AO said. “The call is open to individuals and groups working across diverse artistic disciplines. We’re looking for projects that are new, innovative, and demonstrate artistic excellence—works that push boundaries and challenge norms—as well as projects that are participatory and inclusive.”

Each selected project will be provided with up to $100K in funding to be part of the 2024/25 Art & About Sydney program.

Interested parties are encouraged to visit the City of Sydney website for a copy of the brief and submission guidelines. The Art & About EOI opens on Wednesday, 31 January, and closes at 5pm (AEDT) on Wednesday, 28 February.

For more information on Art & About and past projects, go to artandabout.com.au.

Sydney – February 5, 2015: American artist MOMO poses for a photo with his new City Wall artwork at 1 York Street, Sydney (photo by Jamie Williams/City of Sydney).

[Images courtesy of City of Sydney.]