January 13, 2023 - Yadkin Arts Council opening reception for the newest exhibit “What Happened?” Houck Medford’s Photographic Witness for Floyd County, Virgina  in the Welborn Gallery at the Yadkin Cultural Arts Center.  Houck Medford is a native of Waynesville, NC, is a third generation dentist, and a documentary photographer and filmmaker. He attended Wake Forest University and was the first faculty member of the Department of Dentistry at the Wake Forest University Medical Center. In 1997, he created the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation and left the organization in 2010 as CEO Emeritus and Founder. Instilling the power of a well-crafted story from his father and grandfather, he slowly honed the craft of picture making and embraced photography as an art form.. The Houck Medford collection, containing both documentary photographs and artists’ books, is available in Special Collections & Archives at Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University.  This gallery will be on display from January 5 – February 24, 2023. Info: Yadkin Arts Council (336) 679-2941.