Get EXPOSED to art

By Kay S. Pedrottinews@pikecountygeorgia.comPike County’s eighth annual SlowExposures photography show opens at 2 p.m. Friday Sept. 17 at the R.F. Strickland Building in Concord with 78 pictures on view from photo artists around the country.Many exhibitors are from Georgia and around Pike County, including Colton Vincent, Charlotte Weber of Barnesville, Linda Best of The Rock and Malgorzata Florkowska of Griffin. Vincent is a Pike countian who now lives in Atlanta and attends Georgia State University.The show runs through Sept. 26, with several satellite shows both weekends at other locations and the Slow Exposures exhibit open Sept. 20-23 by appointment. A new feature of the show will be a portfolio review by John Bennette, Tony Cassadonte, Gary Gruby and Rob McDonald at the Whiskey Bonding Barn at 10 a.m. Sept. 18. Bennette’s show ‘Southern Memories, Part One’ will be held Sept. 17 at the WBB with a reception from 5-6:30 p.m. Bennette, a New York City resident, is a former juror and a regular visitor to art events in Pike County. A selective group of Georgia photographers and painters will showcase their works in the historic Old Post Office Gallery at Concord Art and Antiques. The My Hometown themed show is slated to run with the SlowExposures photography exhibit held in Concord’s recently refurbished R.F. Strickland Store. Dates for both shows are Sept. 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26.