06 Oct Southern Prize and State Fellowships | South Arts
DETAILED PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The South Arts Southern Prize and State Fellowships acknowledge, support, and celebrate the highest quality artistic work being created in the American South. The program is open to individual artists living in the South Arts region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. South Arts is committed to practices and funding that create greater cultural equity, represent the diversity of our region, are inclusive of diverse voices and artistic expression, and are accessible to everyone. The cohort of nine-state fellows will be selected through a two-tiered selection process by a national jury. A second national jury will select the Southern Prize Winner and Finalist. Jurors will make their selections based on artistic excellence that reflects and represents the diversity of the region. This program is open to visual artists in several categories.
SOUTH ARTS STATE FELLOWSHIPS: $5,000
The South Arts State Fellowship (state fellowship) is a state-specific prize awarded to artists whose work reflects the best of the visual arts in the South. A national jury will select one winner per eligible state, for a group of nine-state fellows, based on artistic excellence that reflects and represents the diversity of the region. Each of the nine-state fellowship winners will be awarded a $5,000 state fellowship and will compete for one of the two Southern Prizes. State fellowship recipients will be required to attend the awards ceremony in late summer 2023.
SOUTH ARTS SOUTHERN PRIZE: $25,000 AND $10,000
The nine-state fellowship recipients will compete for the Southern Prize. The $25,000 Southern Prize will be awarded to the artist whose work demonstrates the highest artistic excellence, and a runner-up will be awarded a $10,000 Prize. Both Southern Prize recipients will also receive a two-week residency at The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences. A separate national jury will convene to evaluate the body of work represented by the nine-state fellowship recipients and select the Prize winner and Finalist. Winners of the Southern Prize will be announced at the awards ceremony.
The Southern Prize ceremony and exhibition of state fellows’ works may be planned for late summer 2023.
Important Dates & Deadlines
Application Available on Slide Room: August 3, 2022
Deadline to Submit a Fee-Waiver Request: October 24, 2022
Extended Application Deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET, November 1, 2022
Please note: South Arts has extended the original deadline of October 10 in consideration of those impacted by recent weather events.
Jury Review Process: November 2022 – February 2023
State Fellowship Award Notifications: April 2023
Southern Prize Ceremony and 2023 Exhibition Opening: Late Summer 2023 (Venues and Dates TBD)
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