"Ozark Roots” evokes a return to origins shaped by land, labor, and lived memory. It suggests the Ozarks not just as a place, but as a cultural backbone—where traditions, folklore, craft, and resilience grow from generations of connection to hills, forests, and waterways.
“Ozark Roots” speaks to work grounded in heritage and environment, honoring rural narratives, hand-made knowledge, and personal histories while also reinterpreting them through contemporary voices. It’s about what takes root in a specific place and how those roots continue to influence identity, creativity, and belonging.
• All 2 and 3-dimensional artwork, sculpture, representational or abstract; oil, acrylic, watercolor,
pastel, mineral pigments, charcoal, mixed media, and photography accepted (calligraphy,
video, and group/collaboration works are not accepted).
• Photographs and digital art printed on paper or other ground will be accepted.
• All two-dimensional artworks need to be ready to hang in a professional gallery.
• Artworks are original works.
• Orient images the way they are to be viewed
• Artworks must be available for sale.
$15 per entry. One entry per form. If you have multiple works you are submitting, they must be submitted in their own form.
You may upload up to 3 images of your one entry per File Upload.
Payment and Submit Buttons
Please fill out form and upload below. Payment buttons are at the very bottom of page. Payment is a separate action.
You will click the Submit Button for your art, then the Pay button for payment.
You will not get an email confirmation for your ART entry.
After you click the submit button, the button will disappear and there will be a brief message where button was.
Email info@fenixarts.org if you need assistance or further confirmation.
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