Charlotte SHOUT!

Artist Applications


Please review the following packet for all application information including individual application descriptions, themes, fees, deadlines, FAQs, and helpful tips.

Calling all Creatives!

Join us once again as we transform the streets, parks, and venues into a vibrant tapestry of creativity. Charlotte SHOUT! is looking for big ideas and invites you to be as creative as possible in your proposals.

Charlotte SHOUT! seeks transformative art installations from imaginative and inspired story tellers to support the backbone of the event. Proposed works will be temporary installations that should explore an engaging idea or thematic concept. Successful proposals will demonstrate a unique experience of new technology, sustainability, accessibility, and innovative thinking and incorporate the 2025 theme, CONSERVATION.

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Open Art Applications include:

Poster Competition

Design your own Charlotte SHOUT! poster and enter to be selected as the “face” of Charlotte SHOUT! 2025! We’re looking for a design that’s creative, vibrant, inspiring, and that encompasses all that SHOUT! has to offer. The theme of the poster is “Charlotte SHOUT!”. The winner will receive $1,000 and be the cover of the SHOUT! Booklet. Attached is a document with more information regarding the poster competition. 

Submitted posters must include the following attached to the back of the poster.

Posters must be submitted in-person to Charlotte Center City Partners, 200 S. Tryon St., Suite 1600, Charlotte NC, 28202, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. by February 3, 2025. If you have any questions, please let me know. 

If you are having trouble accessing the application form or have any questions about the process, please contact info@cltshout.com