From the Beaufort County Arts Council

The Beaufort County Arts Council’s 8th Annual Juried Photography Exhibit will open Thursday night with a reception from 5:30 – 7 p.m. at the BCAC Gallery at the Turnage Theatre. The exhibit will run through Aug. 27.

Juror Harry Taylor chose 31 works from 106 entries submitted by 31 different photographers. According to BCAC Executive Director Joey Toler, the show is especially strong this year.

“Harry Taylor did a great job choosing work from the many entries we received,” Toler said. “It’s always exciting the see the variety of work this show attracts.”

Awards include first, second and third place plus honorable mentions in five categories: documentary/people, landscapes/places, nature/wildlife, mixed media/alternative process and a youth division for photographers under age 18. Special awards include the Stewart Jewelry Store Best in Show award, the Washington Daily News award for work best depicting photojournalism and the Jeff and Helen Sommerkamp Inman History award. The Ernest E. and Ethel Harding Cutler award for outstanding works in the youth category is sponsored by Kevin Scott Cutler. Two awards sponsored by ASAP Photo & Camera, Inc. include Best Color (digitally enhanced) and Best Color (non-enhanced).

This annual Juried Photography Show is supported in part by contributions made to BCAC in honor of Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Cook, Pamela Geist, Julie Hamilton, Jayne Meisell, Dr. and Mrs. J.T. Phillips, Jeffery Phipps, Robin Potts, John Tate III, Garleen Woolard, and in memory of Elizabeth Moss Britt, Cecil Cayton, Tommye Nixon Dawson, Carolyn Ganley, Diane Shaw Gerard, Charlotte Moore Jernigan, Harold Lane, David H. Nash, Dr. Thomas W. Nicholson and Bill Peters.

The exhibit will open to the public Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. through Aug. 27 and is free to the public. The Beaufort County Arts Council is located in the Turnage Theatre at 150 W. Main St. in downtown Washington. For more information about the exhibit and BCAC, please visit us online at www.beaufortcountyartscouncil.org or call 252-946-2504.