Beginning January 3, 2017, the Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center will host an exhibit honoring winners of the Rocky Face Photo Contest. The exhibit will be on display at the Center’s Lucas Mansion (316 Hiddenite Church Road in Alexander County) through February 28, 2017.
The exhibit, located on the second floor of the mansion, is free and open to the public during the Center’s operating hours, which are Monday – Friday from 10am until 4:30pm and on Saturday from 10am until 3pm.
The Rocky Face Photo Contest began in January 2016, with a monthly winner chosen through November and a grand-prize winner chosen in December.
Exhibiting photographers and monthly winners are as follows:
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- Ted Sharpe – January Winner. “Open Category”
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- Paul Sink – February Winner, “Weather”
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- Maggie Mitchell – March Winner, “Water”
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- Reginald Mallard – April Winner,”People and Family”
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- Barbara Riter – May Winner, “Plant Life”
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- Kat Towery – June Winner, “Wildlife”
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- Maggie Mitchell – July Winner, “Insects”
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- Ted Sharpe – August Winner,”Historical”
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- Chad Ritchie – September Winner, “Landscapes”
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- Ted Sharpe – October Winner. “Seasonal Colors”
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- Kat Towery – November Winner, ” Recreation”
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- Paul Sink- Grand Prize Winner, “Weather”
Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center events, exhibits, and programs are made possible in part through the generous funding of Alexander County government, the Town of Taylorsville, the Eileen and R. Y. Sharpe Family Foundation, The Winston Salem Foundation, Duke Energy, the Catawba Valley Community Foundation, the Friends of the Center membership program, and by the Grassroots Grant of the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center’s Lucas Mansion and Educational Complex are wheelchair accessible.
To learn more about the Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center call (828) 632-6966, email info@hiddenitearts.org or visit www.hiddenitearts.org