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Art by Olga McNamara, Ireland

Open calls

Oct 14
Color and Shape
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Deadlines:
10/14/2025
Fee:
$15 for entry, $12 (2-4 entries),
            $10 (5 or more entries).
            
Exhibition gallery
Oct 16
Dreams and Fantasy
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Deadlines:
10/16/2025
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
Undefined

News

September 11, 2025
New project from UPWARD Art Publishing—UPWARD's Special Edition

Each issue of UPWARD's Special Edition focuses on the work of one artist.

August 11, 2025
The print edition of UPWARD's Quarterly Spring 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.

Exhibitions

Plein air
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Exhibition Gallery
Winner's List
Abstract
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Exhibition Gallery
Winner's List
Artist of the Summer
Juried art exhibition
Media:
Exhibition Gallery
Winner's List

Solo Exhibitions

Olga McNamara
Cyprus, Ireland

Interviews

Amy Newton-McConnel: The goal is always to create an image that feels alive
September 12, 2025
Las Frogas: Frogs represent the concepts of metamorphosis, renewal, and beginning anew
September 2, 2025
Paul Michael Glaser: I see myself as a storyteller
August 14, 2025
William Denton Ray: I guess Mood is the most important of all
June 17, 2025
Rick Sullivan: Inspiration for me largely comes from the subconscious
June 16, 2025

UPWARD's Quarterly Art Magazine

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

UPWARD's Special Editions

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

Artists -> see all

Rea Silvia Emmanouil
TBK
Sewickley, Pennsylvania, 15143
I took my first painting class as an elective in college and that...
Mefio
United Kingdom
Mefio is a contemporary abstract artist from London, UK, who...
Alissa Rose
New Jersey
Alissa Rose is a New Jersey/New York based Artist and Art Therapist....
Alfredo Nucci Junior
São carlos-SP/Brazil

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

Astrid Ztar
United States
Wenqing Gu
Las Vegas
Wenqing Gu
Las Vegas
Wenqing Gu
Las Vegas
Wenqing Gu
Las Vegas
Fengjing Miao
Fengjing Miao
Rick S
Chicago, IL
Rick S
Chicago, IL
Rick S
Chicago, IL
Rick S
Chicago, IL
Ellie Bodin
Indianapolis, In
Ellie Bodin
Indianapolis, In
Norm Ellis
Corona del Mar CA, USA

Arts

MoonFullArt
Ohio, United States of America
Amy Newton-McConnel
Phoenix, AZ
brut carniollus
Radovljica, Slovenia
TML
ISRAEL
Dorotheos Antoniadis
Kilkis Greece
Lindsay-Ann Chilcott
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Olga McNamara
Dublin
Jeff N
California, US
Amy Newton-McConnel
Phoenix, AZ
AKrone
Kansas
Marlene Jorge
USA
Suz
Fincastle, Va
Judith Roston Freilich
Chicago
KM Martell
Wicklow, Ireland