Sharon Forks Library hosts community photo exhibit on personal roots
Local photographers are putting Forsyth family trees, neighborhoods and landscapes on the wall at Sharon Forks Library through July.
Sharon Forks Library is turning its walls into a community scrapbook, with local photographers showing how roots can be ancestral, familial, spiritual, geographic or environmental. The all-day exhibit, At the Roots: Unearthing Your Own Story, opened Monday, June 15 and stays up through June and July.
The display is built from images submitted by Forsyth County residents and other community members, giving visitors a chance to see familiar places and personal history side by side. For Forsyth readers, that means the exhibit is less about a formal gallery visit and more about seeing how neighbors interpret the county they live in, from family stories to the land and places that shaped them.
Forsyth County Public Library said participation in the 2026 exhibit was limited to adults, with each person allowed up to two photos. Submissions were due by May 21, 2026, and each entry was reviewed with feedback and notes from an experienced photographer. The library also reserved the right to decline submissions.
The exhibit continues a pattern at Sharon Forks Library. In 2025, FCPL staged The Colors of Our World at the same branch, using the same June-through-July display window for a community photography showcase. That repeated use of Sharon Forks points to a branch that has become a steady home for local visual art, not just books and computers.
The library’s history helps explain why. Sharon Forks opened in November 2000 as FCPL’s second service location, expanding the system’s resources and staff. FCPL says the system began in 1938 under the Works Progress Administration, and it now describes Sharon Forks as a major branch that lends more physical materials than any other library in Georgia.
For anyone looking for a low-cost stop this week, the exhibit offers an easy way to spend time with work by local photographers in a public space many Forsyth families already use. It also fits into a broader summer push at FCPL, which includes a countywide events calendar and programs at Cumming Library, Denmark Library, Hampton Park Library and Post Road Library. Families and adults interested in future library arts offerings can watch the branch calendar for submission calls and related programs tied to photography, story sharing and community art.
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