Artist Eligibility & Creative Authorship Policy:

Burl Gallery is committed to presenting original artwork created by living artists.
Our mission is to uplift local, independent voices and
honor the labor of human creativity.

All submitted work must represent the artist's own original creative vision and be created primarily through their own skill, direct artistic input, and creative authorship.

We welcome artwork created in traditional and digital media, including digital paintings, illustrations, photography, and other works created by hand using drawing tablets, styluses, cameras, or standard digital art software. We recognize that digital media are legitimate artistic disciplines and welcome original digital artwork created through the artist's own skill and creative process. The use of digital art software does not, by itself, constitute AI-generated artwork.

Artwork that is wholly or substantially generated by generative artificial intelligence (AI) (including, but not limited to, Midjourney, DALL·E, Stable Diffusion, Adobe Firefly, and similar image-generation tools) is not eligible for exhibition. The primary visual content of the artwork must be created by the artist, not generated by AI.

Artists may be asked to describe their creative process or disclose the use of generative AI tools if clarification is needed.

We strive to foster a space where artists are recognized for their ideas, craftsmanship, process, and lived experience. Thank you for supporting and respecting our human-centered, community-driven model.