Oddball Art Labs presents
Mythological Mayhem
Every culture has its own mythology. Tales that have been passed down verbally through the ages and eventually put to writing. Some of those tales are very strange indeed.
Our 2025 Summer show will celebrate these strange tales and mythologies.
Sure, we’re looking forward to seeing new takes on Hercules, Medusa, and many others, but we’re hoping everyone digs deep to find the strangest stories they can locate, or affectionately twist and misinterpret them to create something new.
(A few artists have already mentioned what they have planned, and we can’t wait!)
This is an open call show challenging the Elgin and Chicagoland creative community to share their visions. We are hoping to inspire the same mix of strangely surprising paintings, drawings, and mixed media 3D work that makes people smile while at our shows.
Submit your work before June 8, 2025 to be a part of this show.
Submission FAQs
We’re glad you asked. The art displayed at the Robin and Mark Seigle gallery in Elgin Artspace Lofts at ArtSpace will definitely need to be tasteful and ‘All Ages’. We are hoping to arrange to have an after party at a 21+ venue. If they are open to hanging artwork, we plan to coordinate hanging artwork there that is not ‘family friendly’ in their venue. Tasteful nudity and/or innuendo is fine for the 21+ venue’s walls.
This is intended to be a lighthearted and fun show for everyone.
All artwork submitted must be Made by Humans!
While many of us rely on Adobe, Affinity, Canva, Corel, and many other digital creativity tools to make our art…they are just tools to leverage our human creativity.
Digital prints of work created by humans will always been welcomed at Oddball Art Labs shows.
AI “Art” however is NOT welcome in this show.
All artwork submitted must be ready to hang!
All drawings must be framed. While paintings on canvases do not need to be framed, please make sure the visible edges are presentable.
D-Hooks and wire on the back is preferred, but quality sawtooth hangers are acceptable.
If you are submitting 3D art, please let us know if you will need a pedestal.
Oddball Art Labs will retain 20% of all art sales to help pay for the show expenses. Please price your work accordingly.
We don’t have a budget for shipping artwork across the country. As such, this show is focused on artists local to the Elgin / Chicagoland area.
If you won’t be able to handle in-person drop-off & pickup, please talk to us prior to submitting.
We have welcomed the work of artists out of state if they are open to covering the shipping costs.
Mythological Mayhem Submission Now Open!
Please note: To help fund our show this year, there will be a $10 fee for artist submissions, which includes up to five (5) pieces of art.
Mythology Artwork Drop-off!
The drop-off for this year’s show is:
Saturday, June 21, 2025
10am-3pm
Sunday, June 22, 2025
11am-1pm
The Robin and Mark Seigle Gallery at Elgin ArtSpace Lofts
51 S. Spring St.
Elgin, Il 60120
Opening Reception
Friday, June 27, 2025
Hours: 6pm-9pm
The Robin and Mark Seigle Gallery
at Elgin ArtSpace Lofts
51 S. Spring St.
Elgin, IL 60120
Closing Reception
Saturday, July 26, 2025
Hours: 11am-2pm
The Robin and Mark Seigle Gallery
at Elgin ArtSpace Lofts
51 S. Spring St.
Elgin, IL 60120
Please feel free to use our contact form if you need to get in touch with us with any general questions.
The show was made possible by grants from the Elgin Cultural Arts Commission.