The ArtSpace/Lima Photography Club will present its annual juried exhibition from Jan. 4 through Feb. 16 in The Ellen Nelson Gallery at ArtSpace.

The exhibit will feature 114 total photographs: 90 photographs by 38 adult photographers and 24 photographs by 15 youth photographers. In all, 47 photographers entered 183 photographs.  Entry categories include: Animals, Architecture, Black and White, Landscape, Plants, Portraiture, Special Effects, Still Life, Miscellaneous, and Youth.

Judges for this year’s exhibit were Amy Parrish, owner-operator of Atelier in Granville, Ohio, and Jim Dawson, professional photographer in Springfield, Ohio.

An opening reception will be held on Friday, January 4, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.; prizes will be awarded in a ceremony beginning at 7:15 p.m. 

Prizes include Best of Show, the Photography Club Merit Award, the Husky Lima Refinery Best Color Award, the Husky Lima Refinery Best Black and White Award, the Allen County Landscape Award, the Otterbein Senior Award, The Dianne O’Brien Nature Award, and First, Second, and Third Place in each entry category. There will also be several awards in the Youth category.

ArtSpace/Lima is a not-for-profit arts organization with a mission to promote the arts in northwest Ohio and to provide artists with a venue to present and sell their work.   ArtSpace/Lima is supported in part by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council.  For further information about The ArtSpace/Lima Photography Club Annual Juried Exhibition, or for information regarding other ArtSpace/Lima programs, please call Bill Sullivan, Operations Manager, at ArtSpace/Lima 419-222-1721, or visit the ArtSpace/Lima website at http://www.artspacelima.com/Photography