The Otherworldly Arts Collective (bringers of such magical events at the Unicorn Art Show) is putting on their annual "Dark Holiday Contest" in 2021. Email in your dark holiday artwork by Dec 20 to otherworldlyartsmpls@gmail.com. Winners receive gift cards to Dick Blick artist supplies. All submissions posted to their Instagram feed on December 24th @otherworldlyartscollective

For my submission I created a 'Dark St. Lucia'. Saint Lucia’s Day is a Winter Solstice festival held December 13th in honor of Saint Lucia, a martyr who survived her sentence of death by fire, though she later fell to the sword. Saint Lucia is the patron saint of vision and those who are blind and she is a popular saint among fortune-tellers and seers. She is often depicted holding her eyes on a dish. As the traditions associated with her feast day attest, she may also be called upon to bring comfort during the darkest days of winter, both literal and metaphorical.