In October 2005, the First International Cryptozoology Art Symposium will be hosted by the Bates College Museum of Art, Maine College of Art, and the International Cryptozoology Museum. I think this is a great idea and I bet they'll be some really wonderful "outsider art" on display, like this amazing sketch of the Florida Skunk Ape. From the call for entries:
In the exhibition, as well as discussed in the symposium, will be the finest
examples of cryptozoological art, including native works, eyewitness
drawings, forensic sketches, paintings, models, and sculptures of the
representations of cryptids, thanks to artists and cryptozoologists from
around the world. Items used in the exhibition will include art on loan,
from artists' and personal collections, and tangible evidence of cryptids
from cryptozoologists.The symposium will consist of invited speakers, and the exhibition shall
highlight invited and selected artists. This is a call for artists who may
wish to have their forthcoming or already existing art reviewed by the
selection committee, as evidenced via photographs, drawings, and related
illustrative material of their work, for inclusion in this exhibition.
If you're interested in participating, please email Loren Coleman, director of the International Cryptozoology Museum.
