'Our Town: Sag Harbor In Focus' To Debut

SAG HARBOR, NY — Young people will shine their artistic light on the magic of Sag Harbor in an upcoming photography exhibition and competition.

"Our Town: Sag Harbor In Focus," will take place at the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum, located at 200 Main Street in Sag Harbor, from May 12 to May 20.

The event, organizers said, is the third annual "celebration of both our village of Sag Harbor and a reflection on living on the East End of Long Island as experienced by our community’s young people, students from Pierson High School. It is also a celebration of our students’ creativity and achievement as witnessed in their photography."

Sponsored by the Sag Harbor Partnership, Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum, Cygnet Foundation, Theo Gray, and the Reutershan Educational Trust, the exhibition will include photographs in 10 categories including portraiture, landscape, architecture, and photojournalism.

The photograph determined to be the most effective in each category will receive a $100 prize. An additional prize of $25 will be given to an honorable mention in each category. In addition, there will be a $1,000 prize for the photograph chosen to be the outstanding image in the exhibition.

Photographer Michael Heller and Theo Gray, who teaches filmmaking at the Ross School, are this year’s judges.

Pierson students in grades 8 to 12 are eligible to enter, and art teachers Peter Solow and Elizabeth Marchisella are organizing contestants.

An opening reception will take place on May 12 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and will include an awards ceremony; the public is invited. A panel, "Adversity, Diversity and Change" will take place on May 20 at 3 p.m. and the public is also welcomed.

Patch courtesy photos.