1st Annual Beaufort County High School Regional

March 11 – April 15, 2022
Reception: March 16 from 5 – 7pm; Awards at 6pm.
You will be amazed by the quality and creativity of our Beaufort County high school students. The Coastal Discovery Museum, in partnership with the USCB Center for the Arts, is hosting the first county-wide juried exhibition featuring the best artwork from area high school students.

This year we received submissions from Battery Creek High, Beaufort High, Bluffton High, Bridges Prep, Hilton Head High, Hilton Head Prep, Island Academy, May River High, and Whale Branch Early College High. Works include painting, drawing, photography, digital art, mixed media, ceramics, and 3D design. The exhibition will be juried by internationally recognized collage and mixed media artist James Denmark, Savannah-based painter and gallery director Carmen Maria Aguirre, and photographer and educator Mel Schnur. Monetary awards for the top entries will be announced at the opening reception.

According to our Director of Exhibitions who is organizing this show, “One of the truly great things about a show like this is that it both encourages our young artists, whilealso inspiring our visitors to look at the world that surrounds us through the eyes of the next generation.”

And look in your mail for a cool postcard from the Coastal Discovery Museum. In conjunction with the exhibition, the museum sponsored a competition to design the postcard invitation. We are pleased to announce that Chelsea Fleming of Hilton Head Island High School is this year’s winner. All of the submissions were imaginative and visually engaging, so a selection will also be exhibited as part of the show.

Coastal Discovery Museum Award

Camden Bernstein, Hilton Head High, for "ANYAH!" and "DAQUAN"

USCB Center for the Arts Award

Chaz Brown, Beaufort High School, for "Out Back"

Director's Awards:

Bluffton High School – Ethan Escamilla, Bluffton High School, for "Alone Again"
May River High - Richard Hunter, May River High, for "Red Sphere"
Battery Creek High – Layla Dupont, Battery Creek High, for "Outside Its Border"
HHIHS – Mia Berenguer, Hilton Head High, for "Sweet Endings"
Jillian Thurston, Hilton Head Prep, for "Our Place to Be"