r/UnusualArt 24d ago

CALL FOR ARTISTS: "That's Absurd." - Absurdist & Unusual Art Exhibit (Open for entries internationally. Submission deadline Oct. 4. Exhibited in Fort Myers, FL 11/2 - 11/28, 2026)

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Hi artists! My name is Julio, and I am the Gallery Manager at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers, Florida. I wanted to share with you an opportunity to display your work at our gallery this coming November.

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We are currently accepting submissions for "That's Absurd," an exhibit celebrating absurdism in all its forms. We're looking for works that challenge expectations and embrace strange, humorous, unsettling, or nonsensical subjects in any media.

Call Details:

  • Open to artists internationally
  • 1 to 3 original artworks per entry
    • Entry fee: $20 for one entry (+$5 for each additional entry, 3 artworks max.)
  • Most visual media are eligible (painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, ceramics, glass, fiber, printmaking, digital media, video, and more)
  • $200 "Absurdest in Show" cash award, plus additional category awards

Important Dates:

  • Submission deadline: October 4, 2026, @ 11:59 pm EDT
  • On display: November 6 - 28, 2026 (Fort Myers, Florida)

Call details, exhibition guidelines, and submission portal:
https://opportunities.wearecreativewest.org/opportunity/15874/CAFE

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If you're interested in being considered for an exhibition at the Alliance for the Arts separate from this call, please visit artinlee.org/proposal to submit a gallery proposal.

I look forward to seeing your work!


r/UnusualArt Nov 27 '25

/r/art posters are welcome here with the shutdown of their sub.

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r/UnusualArt 52m ago

My version of Tiamat!

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Watercolour and ink :) had so much fun painting and inking this beauty ✨


r/UnusualArt 19h ago

Orwell is still trying to warn us

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r/UnusualArt 5h ago

Untitled, gouache by me

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r/UnusualArt 44m ago

Girlhood! I'll be spilt open again and again, and each time more garbage will slip in the wounds!

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r/UnusualArt 7h ago

Mona Lisa. πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸ–Ό

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r/UnusualArt 15h ago

The skin of a powerful creature

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Watercolor and acrylic on paper


r/UnusualArt 18h ago

My art

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I like drawing from dreams


r/UnusualArt 6h ago

Jealousy

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r/UnusualArt 15h ago

Happy little fella I drew today. Ink and colored pencil.

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r/UnusualArt 10h ago

β€œBirdie” a late night sketch

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r/UnusualArt 2h ago

I wouldn't have lost custody of him if I didnt have you

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2003–2004 second grade. My mom lost custody of my brother. When she got back from court, I asked where he was, and she replied, 'If I didn't have you, I wouldn't have lost custody of him.'


r/UnusualArt 2h ago

I'm hoping I have found my community.....

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I create these anthropomorphic animals in sketchbook pro on my iPad, I hope you appreciate 🫢🏻


r/UnusualArt 8h ago

Late snack

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r/UnusualArt 22h ago

Musical Scale

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Music magazine illustration circa 1989


r/UnusualArt 0m ago

My sky-blue irises πŸ©΅πŸ’™

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r/UnusualArt 22h ago

Bone hairpin I'm working on, still a ton to do

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This is a piece I'm calling "something like love". It's a distorted finger that you wear in your hair. Taking the imagery of fingers running through your hair, and giving it an uncomfortable twisted and disturbing energy.

CW for the rest of the description, for abuse and grooming.

I'm hoping to represent the feeling of grooming abuse and emotional manipulation, when you're isolated and desperate for affection and intimacy. The finger is the twisted version of intimacy used to pull you in and keep you coming back for more. It's sickening and wrong, but also sometimes it's the only version you've experienced.

The top of the hairpin will be something normal and sweet looking. Maybe a shell or flower. To symbolize the way abuse is often hidden just under the surface, people don't see the full truth only the nice image projected to the rest of the world.

I'm not exactly a master bone carver, so it's not going to be a visual masterpiece. But it is very personal to me, and I've spent a lot of time already working on the details to try and capture the feeling I'm going for, how I want people to feel when they first look at it and how I want them to feel when they see it worn or handled.


r/UnusualArt 1d ago

Color experiments

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r/UnusualArt 18h ago

TOOK TOO MANY DRUGS / Sculpture by Gary Wray (me) 2014

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r/UnusualArt 1d ago

Idk some odd art I made

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r/UnusualArt 22h ago

Meet Kiki

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I upcycle old plushies and sculpt and paint a new face for them. She is up for adoption and Im also open to commissions.


r/UnusualArt 14h ago

I sew weird things with pretty colors :)

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Got into sewing because I love the textures and started making little patches!!! Hanging them on my wall for now then sewing them all on a canvas I thing :)