Microcosm: Upstream Gallery Small Works 2025

Close on December 06, 2024

Territory: Worldwide

Theme: Microcosm

Eligibility: Open to all

Entry Fees: $45

Prize: Exhibition

Every work of art is a universe of its own. For this year’s Small Works show, we invite artists to submit work that speaks to the idea of the microcosm: an echo of a larger universe.

The show will be held at Upstream Gallery, our well-known, beautiful venue only 20 minutes from Manhattan in Hastings on Hudson NY. The exhibit will hang from January 9th to January 26th with an opening reception Sunday January 12th, 2025.

Eligible work: U.S. National entries in all media are welcome including drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, non-photographic digital images and sculpture. The size limit is 20" in any direction including the frame or base. All accepted works must be framed and wired for hanging. Sculptures must include their own base. Please note that photography is no longer eligible for this show. If you are a photographer, please submit your work to our upcoming photography show in February.

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