Help us shed light on the darkest places and explore mental and emotional health, human nature, desire, mortality, tragedy, addiction, grief and more

It's Back! Join us this October for the second annual Dark Arts Themed Gallery, where we will continue to explore art and its relationship with emotion, trauma, mental health, mortality, morality and dreams. This is an open medium show so all artists are welcomed, however we will be accepting work with mature themes and nudity. You must be 18 years or older to enter this competition. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns about your submissions.

Prizes                                                                       

Grand Prize $75                                           

Honorable Mention $40                    

Double Take $20

Popular Vote TBD  

Entrance Fee and Information                                        

Single Submissions: $6.00 each

Three Submissions: $14.00

It is our goal to keep submission prices low in order to accommodate artists from all financial backgrounds. Each artist may submit up to 3 pieces for this event. Will we contact artists after they make a submission to provide payment details. Waving of fee due to financial difficulties can be discussed if needed.

Our Process

We will be accepting submissions untill September 30th. Each submission will be reviewed by our team and you will receive an email confirmation for the status of each of your submissions. We will be judging entries based on Creativity, Technique, Vision and Theme.

Image Quality

Please provide your image as a Jpeg with a resolution of 300 dpi or greater. Clear images with even lighting are required. If your entry is cut because of image quality we will allow a resubmission at no additional cost. It is important that we have good quality images so that your work can be presented in the best light. If you need pointers on how to photograph your work let us know!