Oddball Arts Labs
Doing Our Part to Make Elgin
Delightfully Offbeat
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The Black Bar Show | Art vs. Censorship
Opening Reception November 10, 2023!
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Where are the Oddball Art Machines?
The Oddball Art Machine is currently at Side Street Studio Art’s MADE Co-op gallery.

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Joan Ladendorf Art Blocks
We have new blocks in the mobile art machine! Come get your own delightful creature art blocks by Joan Ladendorf.

Oddity Evening! at the Elgin Public Museum
Join us at Elgin Public Museum as they showcase some of the more unusual artifacts in their Collection, and the sometimes-odder stories behind them. What was the truth of their legendary (but no longer existing) Two-Headed Calf? How did they end up with the bird collection of a notorious 20th century murderer? What the heck …

Oddball Art Labs Group Show at the Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg | 2023
Oddball Art Labs is heading back to Schaumburg in 2023! Elgin’s non profit art collective is bringing our brand of Oddness to the Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg during the month of February 2023. The Herb Aigner Gallery in the Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg features the work of local, regional …

Bobby Rowland Creature Art Blocks
New oversized art blocks by Bobby Rowland are now available in the Mobile Art Machine at Side Street’s MADE co-op gallery. Just $5 each! You can see more of Bobby’s art at bobbyrowlandart.com

Kimberly Stourton Beach Scene Blocks
Kim originally created these blocks for the Totally Tiki show in July. The photo only shows half of the blocks she created. There were some left after the show and we’re happy to finally get them into the main Mobile Art Machine in Made. These delightfully warm blocks will be available in the Art Machine …

Alisa Duda Spooky Blocks
Alisa just can’t stop creating cool sets of blocks! Since it is October, we couldn’t wait to put these ten blocks into her channel of the Mobile Art Machine. Get one of her spooky blocks while you can. FYI, we moved these to the beginning of the channel, if the ten blocks sell out, you’ll …