COMPETITION

2222 Main Street Mural, Cottontown, Columbia SC — $20,000 Total for One to Three Muralists

Name: 2222 Main Street Mural, Cottontown, Columbia SC — $20,000 Total for One to Three Muralists
Start: 2026-10-23
End: 2026-10-23
Location: Columbia, South Carolina, USA

One Columbia for Arts and Culture

October 23, 2026 (18 publicSeo.openCall.daysLeft)Columbia, South Carolina, USA

One Columbia is the City of Columbia's arts and culture non-profit, commissioning this mural with Commonwealth Properties.

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Design and painting of about 985 sq ft across eight façade panels at 2222 Main St (Sumter Street side); fee all-inclusive of design, labour, materials, equipment and insurance. Finalists notified 2 November; concept presentations 1–4 December 2026; completion 12 March 2027.

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Professional visual artists or teams living in the United States with mural or large-scale public art experience, available to paint during the Cottontown Art Crawl on 6 March 2027; not current degree students.

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$20,000 (one artist) to $6,700 each (three artists)

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No entry fee