2026 TBS Art Gallery

Artwork, Different is Beautiful, by Raegan H. 2025 State Librarian Award Winner.

The Talking Book Services (TBS) Art Gallery is a yearly competition open to current South Carolina K-12 students who are blind or visually impaired. Winners are selected in three age groups, and all submitted artworks are recognized in the TBS Art Gallery Awards Ceremony. Each participant also receives a trophy for their outstanding creations.

This year, seven schools participated in the competition and 33 total art pieces were submitted.

Each year, one art piece is chosen to receive the State Librarian Award and remains on permanent display at the State Library. This years winner is "Different is Beautiful" by Raegan H. pictured on the right.

 Download the program for the 2026 TBS Art Gallery Ceremony

Upcoming Event

Photo of Eric Barnes and a cover of a Historyman comic.

Speaker at the Center Series: Historyman Comics author, Eric K. Barnes, discusses "An Army of a Different Kind"

August 27, 2026, 6:00 PM

Please join us for our next Speaker at the Center talk with Historyman, Eric Barnes, who is on the trail of our American history through a number of projects, including the Historyman Podcast, Historyman blog, and Historyman Comics. These projects seek to illustrate and educate future generations about the challenges of the past, the hard-fought victories, and the visionary hopes of those who went before us.