Please review the following packet for all application information including individual application descriptions, creative framework, 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 2027 creative framework, Follow Your Curiosity.
Join us for our Invitation to Creative Participation Webinar where we will go over the application and answer any questions you may have.
Webinar Date/Time: August 12, 2026 from 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Register for the webinar HERE.
Open Art Applications include:
- Poster Competition
- !cons
- Easter Eggs on Parade
- Interactive Art
Poster Competition
Design your own Charlotte SHOUT! poster and enter to be selected as the “face” of Charlotte SHOUT! 2027! We’re looking for a design that’s creative, vibrant, inspiring, and that encompasses all that SHOUT! has to offer. The winner will receive $1,000 and be the cover of the SHOUT! Booklet.
Submitted posters must include the following attached to the back of the poster.
- Artist Name
- Address
- Phone Number
- Artwork Title
- Description (150 words)
- How does this artwork represent the Charlotte SHOUT! Festival? (150 words)
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 September 4, 2026. 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 KLord@charlottecentercity.org
