Call for Artists

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.

Hey, will this show be ‘All Ages’?

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.

No AI Art

All artwork submitted must be Made by Humans!
While many of us rely on Adobe, Affinity, Corel, and other creativity tools to make our art…they are just tools to leverage our creativity. AI “Art” is not welcome in this show. Of course, digital prints of work created by humans have always been welcomed with Oddball Art Labs.

Artwork Pricing

Oddball will retain 20% of all art sales to help pay for the show and misc expenses. Please price your work accordingly.

Elgin Area Drop-off and Pickup

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 use prior to submitting.