The South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) annually presents the South Carolina Governor’s Awards for the Arts, the highest honor the state gives in the arts.
Donor Name: South Carolina Arts Commission
State: South Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 11/04/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
These awards honor South Carolina arts organizations, patrons, artists, members of the business community, and government entities who maximize their roles as innovators, supporters and advocates of the arts.
Categories
The nine appointed commissioners of the South Carolina Arts Commission may choose not to present an award in a particular category in a given year. In addition to the categories below, the S.C. Arts Commission may choose to give Special Awards for achievements falling outside the defined categories.
- ARTS IN EDUCATION: Open to S.C. individuals and institutions whose primary function is arts education. May include: arts educators (teachers, consultants, principals, administrators), schools, school districts, college/university arts departments, etc.
- ORGANIZATION: Open to S.C. organizations who contribute to the advancement and/or support of the arts. May include: arts discipline organizations, arts councils, arts advocacy groups, guilds, arts departments of organizations, educational institutions, etc.
- GOVERNMENT: Open to agencies and institutions generally described as units of state, county or municipal governments that have served their communities in outstanding ways through the arts, OR elected or appointed officials who, in their official capacities, have demonstrated notable support for the arts through leadership and public policy.
- BUSINESS/FOUNDATION: Open to S.C. individuals, or companies and foundations whose participation, support, and/or contributions have benefited the maintenance and growth of the arts.
- INDIVIDUAL: Open to S.C. individuals who have demonstrated exceptional achievement and statewide impact through their leadership, support, and advancement of the arts. May include: arts professionals such as managers, administrators; arts supporters such as patrons, promoters, donors, etc.
- INDIVIDUAL ARTIST: Open to S.C. artists of exceptional talent and creativity, in any discipline, whose contribution to the arts has helped guide and influence directions, trends and aesthetic practices across the state or to national or international levels.
Restrictions
- Commissioners and staff of the S.C. Arts Commission and members of their immediate families are not eligible for nomination;
- Nominees must be living at the time of their nomination;
- Past recipients of the Governor’s Awards are not eligible for nomination for 10 years following their award. Recipients who received a Governor’s Award prior to 2014 are eligible to be nominated for the 2024 awards.
For more information, visit SCAC.
