Animals
We are excited to introduce the Animals juried art exhibition and competition. All artists 18 and older are encouraged to submit their work in any medium, style, and genre.
Acceptable mediums include all traditional art media (e.g., oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, mixed media, gouache, egg tempera, pen and ink; drawing media such as graphite, charcoal, colored pencils, scratch board, markers, metal point), digital painting, arts and crafts (beadwork, pottery, embroidery, floristry, batik, stained glass, two-dimensional collage and fabric art as well, etc.).
No profanity or political artwork.
Each participant of the competition receives his personal page (solo exhibition) on the UPWARD gallery. This page displays works that the artist submitted for participation in competitions, short biography text and artist statement, links to the artist's website, as well as links to social media accounts, interview with the artist.
The illustration uses a fragment of the work The First Animals of Franz Marc (1913).
Deadlines & Fees
$9 (5 or more entries).
Category
Awards
The winners are interviewed by the UPWARD Gallery editors for publication in the quarterly printed edition UPWARD’s Quarterly and on the site in the section Interviews.
Certificates: all entrants will receive digital certificates based on the results of the competition. The winners will receive digital certificates for the 1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place. Also, the most deserving works will be marked with digital certificates Merit Awards, Honorable Mention Awards, and Finalist. Other entrants will receive digital certificates for participation in the Competition.
Selected works (1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place and Merit Award) will be presented in the quarterly printed edition UPWARD’s Quarterly, as well as in the curated galleries on the site in the section Discover. The authors of these works will receive Social Media Promotion.
The winners of the competition (1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place) will be able to take part for free with two artworks in our next competitions.