Studio Visit | Official Rules & Guidelines

 

The UPWARD gallery offers artists from around the world the opportunity to present their studio or workplace.

General information
 

A Studio Visit can be presented in two variants of placement: on the gallery's website and in a printed magazine UPWARD's Quarterly
The page of the Studio Visit on the gallery's website includes up to 3 photos of the artist's studio or workspace and statement from the artist (up to 2000 characters). 
The printed version of the Studio Visit takes up 3 magazine pages, its content is discussed separately with each artist.

The gallery’s curator make a preliminary selection of the candidates for the Studio Visit based on the submitted applications. 
Placing a Studio Visit does not imply creating an artist account on the gallery’s website.

Requirements to the artists:
Age from 18 years, readiness to provide for familiarization their works in the field of visual art and information about themselves.

All rights to the studio photo remain with the artist. In case of claims to the authorship of photos by third parties, the gallery reserves the right to remove these photos from publication on the site for the duration of the proceedings.

Costs and terms
 

  • Only Website
    The cost of placing a Studio Visit on the website is $12.
     
  • Website + Magazine
    The cost of placing a Studio Visit on the website + in the magazine (3 pages in one issue) - $35.
     
  • Only Magazine
    The cost of placing a Studio Visit in one issue of the magazine - $27. 

We accept payment via PayPal.

How to place Studio Visit on the website and in the magazine

  1. Fill in and submit a special form on our website. You will need to indicate your full name or creative pseudonym, contact information (website, e-mail, links to social network profiles), short information about yourself and your location, artist's statement, upload files with images of your works and information about them (3 files). It's free!
     
  2. The gallery's curator will review your application within 2-10 business days and in case of their positive feedback, we will contact you and send you a link to payment depending on the option of placement you have chosen.
     
  3. Within 5 business days of receiving your payment, we will prepare Studio Visit page's in accordance with our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy and send you a link to the hosted Studio Visit for approval.
     
  4. Placement of Studio Visit in our print publication is timed to coincide with its publication dates. Our magazine is published four times a year. The summer issue goes out of print from October 5 (preparation for going out of print takes place during September), the fall issue by January 5, the winter issue by April 5, and the spring issue by July 5. Accordingly, for placement in the summer issue, we need receive payment and information (files and info) from you between June 1 and August 31, in the fall issue between September 1 and November 30, in the winter issue between December 1 and February 28, and in the spring issue between March 1 and May 31. While the magazine is being prepared for printing (or earlier), we will contact you to discuss the content of the publication with your Studio Visit and the number of illustrations in it, and then send you the layout in the magazine's issue for approval.

 

You can send the application by clicking on the button: 

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