Face to Face: “Unmasked: A Contemporary Portrait Exhibition,” a show with extra personality, is open through Aug. 14 at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies.

The juried show represents 60 artists out of 460 applicants, according to LBIF Executive Director Daniella Kerner.

Get ready to think, feel, wonder and maybe even laugh. Taking a spin around the Main Gallery means meeting a lot of mysterious strangers and new friends. Some are loaded with concept, while others are to be taken at, ahem, face value.