SOUTHERN PRIZE AND STATE FELLOWSHIP
FOR VISUAL ARTIST
The Center is excited to present the 2024 Southern Prize and State Fellowships exhibition by South Arts. Now in its 8th year, this award honors outstanding visual artists from the South, showcasing the region's creativity and talent. Despite the misconception that artists must leave to succeed, these recipients prove that the South is a thriving arts hub, producing work that rivals the best globally.
LOCAL PRESENTING SPONSOR
The 2024 Southern Prize and State Fellowships for Visual Arts recipients are a powerful testament to the artistry of our region. Their work is a deep reflection of our time, powerfully telling individual stories of immigration status, disability, race, sense of place, and more. Each State Fellow has the talent to convey so much through their creativity, and they collectively build toward our better understanding of an existential question that drives and fascinates us: what does it mean to be an artist in the South?
Suzette M. Surkamer
President and CEO, South Arts
Each of the nine State Fellows receives a $5,000 award. The Southern Prize for Visual Arts finalist receives an additional $10,000, and the Southern Prize for Visual Arts winner receives an additional $25,000; both Southern Prize recipients also receive a two-week residency with The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences. To date and inclusive of this year’s awards, since the inception of this program, we have awarded $640,000 to 72 individual artists, helping them advance their careers and reach a larger, well-deserved audience.
This investment in the artists of our region is made possible through the generous support of many organizations and individuals.
About South Arts
South Arts advances Southern vitality through the arts. The nonprofit regional arts organization was founded in 1975 to build on the South’s unique heritage and enhance the public value of the arts. South Arts’ work responds to the arts environment and cultural trends with a regional perspective. South Arts offers an annual portfolio of activities designed to support the success of artists and arts providers in the South, address the needs of Southern communities through impactful arts-based programs, and celebrate the excellence, innovation, value, and power of the arts of the South.
For more information, visit www.southarts.org.
EXHIBITION SPONSORS + LOCAL PRESENTING SPONSOR
STATE ARTS AGENCIES
