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Art by Amy Newton-McConnel, USA

Open calls

Nov 28
Figurative
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Deadlines:
11/28/2025
Fee:
$15 for entry, $12 (2-4 entries),
            $10 (5 or more entries).
            
Exhibition gallery
Nov 30
Artist of the Autumn
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Deadlines:
11/30/2025
Fee:
$15 for entry, $12 (2-4 entries),
            $10 (5 or more entries).
            
Exhibition gallery
Dec 05
Shadow Play
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Deadlines:
12/05/2025
Fee:
$15 for entry, $12 (2-4 entries),
            $10 (5 or more entries).
            
Exhibition gallery
Dec 12
Bizarre
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Deadlines:
12/12/2025
Fee:
$15 for entry, $12 (2-4 entries),
            $10 (5 or more entries).
            
Exhibition gallery
Undefined

News

November 11, 2025
The print edition of UPWARD's Quarterly Summer 2025 is available for order!

In this issue you can read interviews with the winners of our exhibitions, get introduced to selected artworks by artists who received 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Merit Awards.

November 11, 2025
The winners of the Urban Life juried exhibition are named

The expert jury announced the names of the winners.

Exhibitions

Urban Life
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Exhibition Gallery
Winner's List
Dreams and Fantasy
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Exhibition Gallery
Winner's List
Color and Shape
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Exhibition Gallery
Winner's List

Solo Exhibitions

Olga McNamara
Cyprus, Ireland

Interviews

Marisa Ostroff: Art allows us to see and feel our world differently
October 30, 2025
Wenxin Wang: Art is not just about what you “create,” but what you “leave behind”
October 21, 2025
Danielle Cowdrey: I create to connect—with myself, with others, and with something larger
October 17, 2025
Olga McNamara: A painting needs space to breathe, to speak
October 6, 2025
Paula Currie: The most important thing about art to me is its ability to transcend time, race, and culture
September 26, 2025

UPWARD's Quarterly Art Magazine

UPWARD's Quarterly Summer 2025
UPWARD's Quarterly Spring 2025
UPWARD's Quarterly Winter 2024-2025

UPWARD's Special Editions

UPWARD's Special Edition Stephen Bourque 2025
UPWARD's Special Edition Olga McNamara 2025
UPWARD's Special Edition Norman Ellis 2025

Artists -> see all

Mila Kitsu
Chicago, IL
born Krasnodar, Russia
PATHOS
Toronto, Canada
PATHOS is the embodiment of emotion and the ever changing being of...
Nicole P.
Southern California
Rick
Mount Vernon Washington
I was born in Grants Pass Oregon, and I am an American artist...
R. Douglas
California
My interest in drawing and painting started as a child. I am mostly...

Studio Visit

Rob Snyder: The studio is the lifeblood
September 8, 2025
Shayne Brantley: I’ll take my inspiration from the unstructured and the sublime at every turn
August 14, 2025
Norman Ellis: With nature surrounding me, I get into making mad passionate love to my art
August 6, 2025
Nisreen Art: Playing with colors and lines
June 15, 2025

New artworks

Karma
San Diego, CA
Karma
San Diego, CA
Beth Eckel
Phoenix, Arizona
Beth Eckel
Phoenix, Arizona
Beth Eckel
Phoenix, Arizona
Beth Eckel
Phoenix, Arizona
AKrone
Kansas
AKrone
Kansas
AKrone
Kansas
TC
Australia
Kevyn Tinoco
Porterville, CA
Ohana
Illinois
Emma Brauser
Portland, OR
Morgan McCarthy
Munster, IN

Arts

Andrea Wohl Keefe
Philadelphia, PA
Kurt A Fondriest
Chicago
Ulf Koenig
Germany
Carina Imbrogno
Stamford Connecticut
morrbyte
Ballybunion, Ireland
threaded_landscapes
Wicklow
Tinker Bell
Hoffman Est.
Judith Roston Freilich
Chicago
Bela Balog
Budapest
BevanMcArt
West Cork, Ireland
Dalar
E Athens
Mendocino, CA
K.Hope
Phoenix, AZ USA
brut carniollus
Radovljica, Slovenia