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Forest Light

Photographer of the Festival

Local Landscape Photography Competition

The Route 19A Arts Festival invites photographers to submit local landscape images that capture the beauty, character surrounding communities along Highway 19A between Dashwood and Union Bay.

This juried photography competition plays a unique role in the festival: selected images will be used as reference material for the live “Landscape Artist of the Festival” competition, connecting photographers and painters in a dynamic cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Exhibition Details

  • 12 photographs will be selected to be short listed by a jury

  • Images will be printed and displayed at 8” x 10”

  • Exhibition location: Nordin Room, Lighthouse Community Centre

  • Display dates: Sept 12th & 13th, 2026

Awards

  • 1st Place: $300

  • 2nd and 3rd place award certificates 

  • Winners declared by public popular choice.

Winners will be announced on Sunday Sept 13th @ 3:30 and recognized in festival communications.

Use of Images

  • Juried photographs will be randomly selected by participating artists in the “Landscape Artist of the Festival” live painting competition

  • Artists may reproduce the image directly or use it as inspiration

  • Photographers will be credited in the exhibition and competition materials

Forest Pathway Scene

For the love of this land

The Route 19a Arts Festival celebrates our artistic communities and the wonderful west coast landscapes that we are lucky enought to call home.  

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