Forecast Public Art

06/11/2026

Reminder: There's still time to register for Making It Public - Community Connections: bit.ly/MIPcstar26 . This free, in-person, interactive professional development workshop is designed to strengthen community engagement in the practices of Saint Paul artists.

This workshop will focus on community engagement as artistic practice, increasing access to this professional path for local artists. The workshop will help equip Saint Paul artists with skills for integrating engagement into their practice and will challenge artists to expand beyond studio practices into public, co-creative work.

Open to artists of all disciplines and experience levels. Priority will be given to Saint Paul-based artists.

• Register by June 12, 2026
• June 20, from 1:00 - 6:00pm
• Location provided after registration
• Snacks provided
• FREE

Facilitated by Forecast Consulting Partner Candida Gonzalez, featuring guest speakers. Funded by the City of Saint Paul Cultural STAR program.

📣 Workshop opportunity for artists in Saint Paul, Minnesota! bit.ly/MIPcstar26
Making It Public - Community Connections is a free, in-person, interactive professional development workshop designed to strengthen community engagement in the practices of Saint Paul artists.

As public agencies, nonprofits, and developers increasingly value artist-led engagement, there is growing demand for a local creative workforce skilled in this area. This workshop will focus on community engagement as artistic practice, increasing access to this professional path for local artists. The workshop will help equip Saint Paul artists with skills for integrating engagement into their practice and will challenge artists to expand beyond studio practices into public, co-creative work.

Open to artists of all disciplines and experience levels. Priority will be given to Saint Paul-based artists.

• Register by June 12, 2026
• June 20, from 1:00 - 6:00pm
• Location provided after registration
• Snacks provided
• FREE

This workshop is facilitated by Forecast Consulting Partner Candida Gonzalez, featuring guest speakers. The workshop is funded by the City of Saint Paul Cultural STAR program.

05/29/2026

✨Reminder✨2 commissions are available for 3 permanent artworks at Westonka Library in Mound, MN (Hennepin County Library): bit.ly/WestonkaArt Apply by 11:59pm CDT, June 14!

Open to mid-career and established individual artists and teams who live within the geographical boundaries of Minnesota and the Native Nations that share the same geography.

Artists may apply as individuals or teams. Teams and Individual artists may apply to one opportunity only. Open to 2D and 3D media (sculpture, mosaic, murals).

Info session & virtual site visit: June 4, 5:00 – 6:30pm CDT https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/24Stvcb2QB6XZwwIYVYQog #/registration

Budget:
Opportunity 1: $60,000
Opportunity 2: $75,000 (two locations)

Note: the Westonka Library is a live construction site. Have site Qs? Please check the virtual tour + join us for the info session on June 4. You may also contact [email protected]

With Hennepin County Library, we invite artists to apply for 3 public art commissions at Westonka Library. Apply by June 14, 2026.

05/27/2026

📣 Workshop opportunity for artists in Saint Paul, Minnesota! bit.ly/MIPcstar26
Making It Public - Community Connections is a free, in-person, interactive professional development workshop designed to strengthen community engagement in the practices of Saint Paul artists.

As public agencies, nonprofits, and developers increasingly value artist-led engagement, there is growing demand for a local creative workforce skilled in this area. This workshop will focus on community engagement as artistic practice, increasing access to this professional path for local artists. The workshop will help equip Saint Paul artists with skills for integrating engagement into their practice and will challenge artists to expand beyond studio practices into public, co-creative work.

Open to artists of all disciplines and experience levels. Priority will be given to Saint Paul-based artists.

• Register by June 12, 2026
• June 20, from 1:00 - 6:00pm
• Location provided after registration
• Snacks provided
• FREE

This workshop is facilitated by Forecast Consulting Partner Candida Gonzalez, featuring guest speakers. The workshop is funded by the City of Saint Paul Cultural STAR program.

05/15/2026

Artist opportunity! ⭐ 3 permanent artworks at Westonka Library ⭐ 2D and 3D media (sculpture, mosaic, murals) ⭐ Apply by 11:59pm CDT, June 14 ⭐ bit.ly/WestonkaArt

With Hennepin County Library, we invite individual artists or teams to apply. These commissions are open to mid-career and established artists and teams who live within the geographical boundaries of Minnesota and the Native Nations that share the same geography.

Commissions Available: 2
Teams and Individual artists may apply to one opportunity only

Budget:
Opportunity 1: $60,000
Opportunity 2: $75,000 (two locations)

Join us: info session & virtual site visit June 4 from 5–6:30pm CT

With Hennepin County Library, we invite artists to apply for 3 public art commissions at Westonka Library. Apply by June 14, 2026.

05/15/2026

"Art allows you to cross barriers."

In this video, artists John K Sterner and Tamara Isfeld share about their MNPAiR residency at Memorial Park in Granite Falls and Douglas County Lake Brophy Park near Alexandria, Minnesota (Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission).

Hear directly from the artists about what they worked on with community, and creating an environment where park visitors kept returning.

The MN Parks Artists in Residence (MNPAiR) pilot united 3 state agencies, with 12 artists who engaged thousands of visitors across 13 parks in 11 Minnesota counties, demonstrating how artists strengthen belonging in the state's parks.

05/06/2026

Artist opportunity reminder—Minnesota State Fairr and Forecast seek 4 muralists to add new murals to the Joyful World Mural Park for 2026.

Stipend: $4,500 (includes materials)
Artists must be 18+ and reside in Minnesota
Apply by May 18: bit.ly/JoyfulMuralPark

Since 2021, the MN State Fair has presented the Joyful World Mural Park in partnership with Forecast and with support from Minnesota State Fair Foundation

04/23/2026

📣 Workshop opportunity for artists and arts administrators in Washington, DC!

We invite artists of all media and experience levels, and arts administrators working in public art to join us for a two‑day workshop on commemorative public art and public memory work in the District.

Memory, Makers, & Monuments: Public Art Workshop
May 14–15, 2026
9:00am – 5:00pm ET
Free, in-person
Location: First Congregational UCC

Register by May 3: bit.ly/MemoryMakersMonuments
Attendance is limited to 50 participants

This two-day workshop will focus on expanding access, sharing practical tools, and building a community grounded in learning, care, and exchange. Guest speakers and facilitators represent public artists, designers, cultural workers, and practitioners across disciplines.

We’ll explore: Rethinking commemoration beyond traditional monument frameworks; Ethical questions in public memory, including history, harm, erasure, and accountability; Community engagement before, during, and after a project; Navigating RFQs/RFPs, building a team, and project implementation.

Organized by the Trust for the National Mall, in partnership with the DC Office of Planning and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and in collaboration with Forecast Public Art, this gathering is designed for artists working in, or interested in, commemorative practice.

04/21/2026

Artist opportunity reminder—The MN State Fair and Forecast seek 4 muralists to add new murals to the Joyful World Mural Park for 2026. Join us this Saturday, April 25 for an info session: bit.ly/InfoJoyfulMural2026

Info session: April 25, 11:00am CT (Zoom).
Stipend: $4,500 (includes materials).
Artists must be 18+ and reside in Minnesota.
Apply by May 18: bit.ly/JoyfulMuralPark

Since 2021, the Minnesota State Fair has presented the Joyful World Mural Park in partnership with Forecast and with support from Minnesota State Fair Foundation.

📸 Drew Arrieta
Joyful World graphics by Patricio De Lara

04/16/2026

Multidisciplinary artist JG Everest composed and designed a series of site-specific sound and performance installations for sites and trails around Wild River State Park (MN State (Minnesota State Parks and Trails) for MNPAiR (Minnesota Parks Artists in Residence), Minnesota’s first statewide artist-in-residence program.

These “Sound Gardens” are outdoor spatial “symphonies,” played back through dozens of small speakers, each playing a different part of the whole piece of music and hidden amongst the trees and tall grasses in an immersive, dynamic experience. Every step, every turn of the head, every bird song and shifting breeze results in a different mix and arrangement of the music.

In this video, the artist describes his park residency, which included collaborations with other local artists and culminated with a four-weekend Festival Of Belonging that also included art-making workshops, yoga and Qi Gong classes, nature talks, and other interpretive programs.

The MNPAiR pilot united three state agencies, with 12 artists who engaged thousands of visitors across 13 parks in 11 Minnesota counties, demonstrating how artists strengthen belonging in the state's parks.

04/02/2026

In a world trying to convince us we have less and are less, Ifrah Mansour invited people to seek refuge in nature and gather in joy, weaving, and beauty.

In this video from the MNPAiR artist, find out about her residency at Dakota County Parks. Hear directly from Ifrah about what she worked on with community: sharing time, fabric, spices, and stories together, creating a gallery of sculptures in nature, and more.

The artist's multi-site participatory public art project, Weaving Abundance, invited all people into a creative journey of interconnectedness—with land, with species, and with one another. Through this work, Mansour explores abundance in waste, in people, in ecology, and in our collective capacity to create beauty.

The MN Parks Artists in Residence pilot united three state agencies, with 12 artists who engaged thousands of visitors across 13 parks in 11 Minnesota counties, demonstrating how artists strengthen belonging in the state's parks.