Juried Photo Exhibit

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Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/24/2024 - 07/12/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Location
Bowen Arts Center

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Start your summer off with the huge display of beautiful images that will take you around the world and back. Our huge Juried Photo Exhibition in now on display in our beautiful vintage building until July 12, 2024. Over 140 works from 38 photographers from all over North Georgia entered for Prizes. See all the winners this year and their incredible skills and talent.

We would really like to thank ALL the wonderful and energetic photographers who entered this special show. They took the time and effort to produce eye- opening images to enlighten your mind with thoughtful and inspiring works. This display is awesome! Don’t miss it!

Bard Wrisley of Dahlonega, GA was this year’s judge. Below are his remarks to our gallery crowd of 135 at the Opening Awards:

First of all I’d like to compliment Ginny on such an excellent exhibition of photography. Then I’d like to thank her for asking me to judge such a great show. The quality of work is truly exceptional and wide ranging in terms of subject matter and technique.

Having been a commercial photographer for 43 years, it’s always a treat for me to spend time enjoying the work of my fellow photographers. Judging this group was not an easy task and I spent almost three hours looking at each image several times. My process in judging was to establish three categories and use a 1-5 point system in the areas of 1) technical, 2) artistic and 3) how the image captured “the moment.”

I then added up the points to determine the winners. I wish I was here to congratulate the winners, as well as all the photographers for the outstanding work that you are enjoying this evening. Thank you again for the opportunity to be a part of the show.  ~ Bard Wrisley
PICTURED ARE WINNERS! CONGRATULATIONS ALL!
(Above) FIRST PLACE: Barn Owl Contrails by Traci Dickson of Suwanee
SECOND PLACE: Floral Perfection by Crystal Berry of Douglasville.
(Below) THIRD PLACE: Letting Go by Traci Dickson of Suwanee.
HONORABLE MENTIONS: Angel Tree by Travis Massey of Gainesville;
Wondering, Skeptical, Questioning by Terry Check of Dawsonville;
1st Floor, Room 22 by Rachel Watson of Hayesville, SC;
Snowy Egret Feeding Frenzy by Traci Dickson of Suwanee;
The Chase by Patrick Olmsted of Dahlonega;
Hispano-Suiza by Tom Reed of Dawsonville.

Participants this year include:

  • Atlanta, GA: Harriet Dye
  • Big Canoe, GA: Gidge Dady, Randy Lewis
  • Blue Ridge: GA: David Goodspeed
  • Cumming, GA: Michael Amos, Bert Grant, Cynthia Willett
  • Dahlonega, GA: Bryan Garris, Patrick Olmsted, Dennis Weinman
  • Dawsonville, GA: Terry Check, Elizabeth Anne Dalton, Michelle Wittmer Grabowski, Tara Hardwick, Lance Huthwaite, Joseph Kovarik, Robin Maloney, Tom Reed, Audrey Robison, Wes Suggs
  • Douglasville, GA: Crystal Berry, Tracie Joyner,
  • Ellijay, GA: Ed Bohon
  • Fayetteville, GA: Susan Perry
  • Gainesville, GA: Jack Anthony, Travis Massey, Cynthia Todd
  • Hapeville, GA: Marla Puziss
  • Hayesville, NC: Rachel Watson
  • Jasper, GA: Janice Edens,
  • Kennesaw, GA: Anne E. Lewin, Lance A. Lewin
  • Marietta, GA: JP O’Connor
  • Roswell, GA: Travis Rhoads
  • Suwanee, GA: Traci Dickson
  • Waleski, GA: Phoebe A. Maze

The Bowen Gallery will be open Tuesday-Friday 10-4 and Saturday Noon-4pm. The Bowen is located in Historic Downtown Dawsonville just north of the roundabout at 334 Highway 9North between Dawson Junior High and Lanier Tech College. Should you have any questions call 706.216.2787 or email director@bowenarts.org.

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