Category: illustration

Gephardt Institute Atkin Residency

Visionaries, storytellers, disrupters—artists of all media have long imagined the future of our democracy. Drawing on the rich tradition of the arts as a catalyst for social change, the Atkin Residency in the Art of Democracy supports undergraduate WashU student artists to investigate the paradoxes, evolutions, histories, stories, and possibilities of U.S. democracy. Open to […]

The 2024 ‘314 Day’ Design Call

Collaboratively, the 314 Day Foundation and STLMade (an initiative of Greater St. Louis, Inc.) contribute to the celebration in many ways – one being the commission of an annual 314 Day design by a graphic designer/illustrator from the metro to commemorate the day in both marketing and merchandise. We also promote that artist through our […]

Seeking a commissioned painting

Complete a commissioned painting as a gift for someone who’s recently left St. Louis. The client is looking for a painting on stretched canvas or similar. Dimensions should be larger than 12″ x 12″. They are looking to have the painting in approximately 3 weeks. Below are some ideas from the client. For more information, […]

Call for Artists: Delmar Main Street Mural Project

Creative Placemaking: Creative placemaking is a community development approach that uses arts and culture as a tool for revitalization. It is based on the belief that the arts can play a key role in catalyzing positive change in communities. Creative placemaking projects often transform underutilized, dilapidated, or vacant spaces into vibrant community hubs. Delmar Metro […]

Participate in an experiment at Sam Fox School!

The first experiment would be at 12 pm on Sept 09 (Friday). We will meet at Weil Hall Lobby at 11:50 am. This experiment requires 33 participants. I would like to invite you and your classmates to participate in this experiment. The experiment will take place in 3 locations, southeast of Weil Hall, southwest of the […]

Tutor Art to an Art-Loving 8yo Girl

Our 8yo daughter loves art–and her interest and abilities have already outstripped our knowledge. She attended Art Scope camp at Tower Grove Park for several weeks this summer and loved it, but during the school year, she would like more art. We hope to find a fine art student or graduate student to come to our […]

Unhoused STL seeking Art

Unhoused STL is offering a small stipend to an artist who can help with a few projects. The most immediate need is a “protest tent” that has to be completed in a couple of weeks. They also have a huge wall space that could use some color and a big storefront window that needs some […]

Gephardt Institute seeking Proposals for Civic Action Week

The Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement is hosting Civic Action Week on September 25-30, 2022. This is a weeklong initiative to highlight civic engagement opportunities throughout Washington University—in relationship with local community, campus partners, and beyond. All week across campus, different faculty, staff, and community partners will host events and other opportunities to […]

Gephardt Institute seeking Graduate Assistant for Student Civic Learning

The Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement is hiring a paid graduate student assistant to serve as the Graduate Assistant for Student Civic Learning. This position will assist with the logistics and facilitation of the Civic Scholars Program and the St. Louis summer fellowship programs. Alongside the institute’s professional staff, the assistant will support […]

Earn a giftcard for today’s experiment at Sam Fox School!

Mingliang Li, a doctoral student in Sustainable Urbanism, is researching the effect of vertical façades on outdoor comfort for their dissertation.   They plan to do a series of experiments at Sam Fox School in the next couple of months. The first experiment will be at Sam Fox School on April 14th at 1 pm.  This experiment […]

Creative Reaction Lab hiring for various positions

Creative Reaction Lab is hiring St. Louis-based and remote positions, including Marketing & Communications Director, Office Associate, and Graphic Design Associate. Learn more here.

St. Louis ArtWorks seeks Teaching Artists for Spring 2022

St. Louis ArtWorks currently seeks experienced artists with disciplines in painting, mural, and tech/graphic design. Please email your cover letter & resume to Tyeler Hood, Program Manager. Questions? Call 314.899.9758.

Design the next “I Voted” Sticker for St. Louis County

Calling all St. Louis County voters and aspiring voters in grades 6-12 or ages 18 years and older! The St. Louis County Board of Elections in partnership with the St. Louis County Library is seeking creative designs for new “I Voted” stickers.  Entries will be accepted Monday, September 27 through 5 p.m. on Friday, October 15. […]

Region Journal opportunity for Storytellers, Writers, & Visual Artists

The inaugural issue of Region Journal was released February 2020 and are currently in the process of building issue02! The theme is “Firsts” and the deadline is June 30. They take submissions of any kind but are particularly interested in writing (interviews, op-eds, prose, narrative (non)fiction, targeted pieces on politics/history), photography (portraits, old family/vacation photos, whatever is in […]

Enthusistically Seeking: St. Louis Regional Artists, Request for Artist Qualifications

Bread and Roses Missouri will commission an artist to create artwork for use as visual illustration for Mrs. Palmer’s Honey, an original play by Cassandra Medley and an album of originally composed music for the play by Colin McLaughlin. This work is based on the 1946 novel by St. Louisian Fannie Cook. The work will […]

Graphic Designer/Illustrator needed to create a tenants ‘know your rights guide’

ArchCity Defenders is looking for someone to design and illustrate a ‘know your rights’ guide for tenants who are facing eviction. Pro Se is a Latin term which means “for oneself, by oneself” and in a legal setting, refers to people who represent themselves in court. This Housing Pro Se Guide is intended to share […]

Parabola: Call for Entries

The Des Lee Gallery is announcing the exhibition Parabola: Salon. A Salon style show to represent crowds in a time of distance. Parabola stands as our gradaute student platofrm to extend our professional interests and connect with each other’s field of understanding, production, and knowledge.   Parabola: Salon is a show of our work: our […]

Anti-Racist Design Praxis

Florida A&M and Howard University lecture series this Wed, Nov 4 @ 3:00PM CST. A discussion of “Anti-Racist Design Praxis” will be led by Dark Matter University’s Justin Garrett Moore, Jelisa Blumberg, Curry Hackett, and Lexi Tsien. Please register in advance here.

Seeking students to help with social media and packaging design

WashU Alum is looking to hire student(s) to assist in the development of a social media campaign and potentially a box design for a new product concept that shows commitment to stopping people from being embarrassed by their bodies, and gets them talking. Pay is $30/hour for a minimum of 3 hours of work, and […]

Monthly Chalkboard Art & Design

Cole and Associates at Union Station has a chalkboard wall where monthly artistic chalk art includes firm announcements. It pays $150/month for any interested art student or student with talent. Please contact Carolyn Gaidis at Cgaidis@colestl.com or Gaidis@wustl.edu.

Volunteer Illustrators needed for Community Impact Project

2 occupational therapy students are creating children’s books on kindergarten readiness skills. They are coming up with the story, but are seeking an illustrator for the books. The books will be distributed by the 5byAge5 coalition of the Community Impact Network in the Normandy footprint. The books are for young children and their families to […]