Josephy Center Opening:Wild Landscape of NE Oregon

The Joseph Center for Arts and Culture in Joseph is honored to present our second annual juried, prized exhibit of "Wild Landscape" photography from Northeast Oregon (including Wallowa, baker and Union counties).  The opening reception is Saturday, August 6th at 7:00 pm.  The exhibit will have 45 photographs by 14 photographers.  this exhibit is the second of this theme, celebrating eastern Oregon's wild landscapes.  The judge is Dennis DeHart, Associate Professor of Photography with Washington State University.  He will be speaking on Friday, august 5 at 7:00 pm for our 'Live and Up Front" artist lecture series.  Both events are free but donations are welcome.

NE Oregon has been featured in the "Seven Wonders of of Oregon" advertising campaign to enhance Oregon's tourism and promote beautiful places in Oregon.  With this in mind, the Josephy Center would like to share the diverse geography and natural beauty of this area through photography.  NE Oregon is home to many highly talented photographers who explore its wild landscape.  Each photograph will demonstrate some feature of the region, from its river canyons to its bench grass prairies to Eagle cap Wilderness.  Our goal is to capture the diversity and beauty of wild NE Oregon (Wallowa, Baker and Union Counties).  Sharing the region through these photographs will allow a viewer to see the aesthetic quality and artistic skill that's involved in capturing the area's beauty in a wide array of geological settings:  Hells Canyon Nation  Recreational Area, Wallowa Lake, Zumwalt Prairie, Eagle Cap Wilderness, and the Wallowa Mountains.