Oddball Art Labs

08/10/2026

Call for Artists: Oddball Art Labs presents Fairy Tale Freakout!

Fairy Tales are a staple of childhood bedtime stories and children’s cartoons, but they go much deeper and can be much darker than modern media has shown us.

This is an open call show challenging the Elgin and Chicagoland creative community to share their visions.

Submit your work before November 15, 2026 to be a part of this show.

More info and submit at:
https://www.oddballartlabs.org/call-artists/

08/08/2026

It's a beautiful day for an art fair! Come see Oddball Art Labs and tons of other delightful artists at Area 22 in downtown Elgin.

07/14/2026

Congratulations to our 8-Bit Life Jam Piece winners: Scott @ Retrocade in Dundee, Erin Seidel and Manual Napoles @ Funky Rooster!

A huge thank you to all the artists who collaborated to create them and everyone who donates to help us put on these gallery shows!

07/08/2026

06/26/2026

The gallery hours for Friday 6/26/2026 will be canceled due to the police activity in downtown Elgin. So sorry for the inconvenience.

🚨ATTENTION SHOPPERS & VENDORS🚨

Due to an active police operation taking place in and around the market zone, we must unfortunately cancel today's market (June 26th).

We encourage the public to follow the Elgin Police Department's social media for more information on this matter. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18kkpezXAr/

We look forward to resuming as normal next week, July 3rd, from 3-8 PM.

06/19/2026

Congratulations to the winners of the three 8-Bit Life "Jam" paintings at our opening reception on June 12, 2026:
1. Scott @ Retrocade
2. Erin Seidel
3. Manuel Napoles

We truly appreciate the support of everyone who donated during our opening reception! Your contributions help Oddball create these strange, delightful, and whimsical shows!

06/12/2026

8 Bit Life is officially open! Stop on by we’re open until 9pm tonight!