The Greater Bluffton Chamber of Commerce and Society of Bluffton Artists (SOBA) announced two new art contests for Bluffton-area artists. One contest will tie into the Bluffton Business Awards and the other will support the Bluffton Boiled Peanut Festival this September. Artists of all ages and skill levels are encouraged to compete. 

After several years exhibiting at art festivals from DC to Miami, FL, local artist James St. Clair (aka The Artist Saint) will have a one man show at USCB for the month of August. An opening reception will be held on Monday, August 3rd from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. This will be the artist's first one man show in Beaufort in many years.

Zach Grether’s artistic talent arrived as a gift. A birthday gift. In the four years since receiving his first DSLR camera for his birthday in 2011, he was able to transform his intrigue with the night sky and his Software/Aerospace Engineering career into an amazing body of work with a focus on the night landscape. His award-winning photos have been published by Oprah Winfrey Network, Sun Magazine, and locally, by Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra.