SC Arts Commision Grants Awards

The Board of Commissioners of the SC Arts Commission honors professional artists residing in South Carolina with Artist Fellowships. Each fellow receives a monetary award in recognition of superior artistic merit.

1976-1977

John Ower - Literary Arts

Philip Mullen - Visual Arts

Leo Manske - Visual Arts

Stephen Dell - Visual Arts

1977-1978

Jamie Davis - Crafts

Sylvia-Elaine Foard - Literature

Edwin Freeman - Music Composition

Howard Woody - Visual Arts

Michael Seward - Visual Arts

Steven Gately - Visual Arts

1978-1979

Ellen Kochansky - Crafts

Susan G. Ludvigson - Literature

Timothy Grenshaw - Music Composition

Susan B. Wooten - Visual Arts

Bob M. Jolly - Visual Arts

Margaret Chalmers - Visual Arts

1979-1980

Pamela Tarchinski - Crafts

Edward Minus - Literature - Prose

Gretchen Robinson - Media

Samuel Douglas - Music Composition

Michael Tice - Visual Arts

Thomas N. Mills - Visual Arts

Lee Brumbaugh - Visual Arts

1980-1981

Kristy Higby - Crafts

Louis J. Gallo - Literature - Prose

Frank Eastes - Media

David Maves - Music Composition

Mark E. Flowers - Visual Arts

James Edwards - Visual Arts

Alice D. Boyle - Visual Arts

1981-1982

Heidi Darr Hope - Crafts

Robert Cumming - Literature - Prose

Stephen Corey - Literature - Prose

Nancy Yasecko - Media

Cleveland Edwards - Music Composition

Sarah Johnson - Music Performance

Jane Allen Nodine - Visual Arts

Judy V. Jones - Visual Arts

Eugene Horne - Visual Arts

Alice D. Boyle - Visual Arts

1982-1983

Lee A. Malerich - Crafts

Susan G. Ludvigson - Literature

Jan L. Millsapps - Media

Christopher B. Berg - Music Performance

Karen E. Davies - Visual

Donna G. Ciacciarelli (nee Bolton ) - Visual Arts

1983-1984

Michael Vincent Vatalaro - Crafts

Andrew Kuharsky - Dance Performance

Blanche Boyd - Literature

David W. Maves - Music Composition

Robin Zemp - Music Performance

Barbara Layne - Visual

Edward Wimberly - Visual Arts

1984-1985

Clark Ellefson - Crafts

John Lane - Literature

Bob Landau - Media

Wilfred Delphin & Edwin Romain - Music Performance

Gunars Strazdins - Visual Arts

Larry Lebby - Visual Arts

1985-1986

Jeri Burdick - Crafts

Starkey Flythe - Literature

Douglas A. Weeks - Music Performance

Michael Phillips - Visual Arts

Barbara Duval - Visual Arts

1986-1987

Terry Jarrard-Dimond - Crafts

Libby Bernardin - Literature

Anthony & Mary Ann Lenti - Music Performance

Christine Kierstead - Visual Arts

Zoey Brookshire - Visual Arts

1987-1988

Clay Burnette - Crafts

Bret Lott - Literature

Robert Pruzin - Music Performance

Judy V. Jones - Visual Arts

Dennis Croteau - Visual Arts

1988-1989

Lee A. Malerich - Crafts

Paul Allen - Literature

Steve Rosenburg - Music Performance

Edward Rice - Visual Arts

Scott Belville - Visual Arts

1989-1990

Jenifer A. Borg - Crafts

Cathy Smith-Bowers - Literature

Sarah Gilbert - Literature

Robert Jesselson - Music Performance

Rebecca Des Marais - Visual Arts

Christina Chase - Visual Arts

1990-1991

James Barnard Lawton - Crafts

Kathleen Vandekieft - Music Performance

Ron Rash - Poetry

Scott Gould - Prose

Manning Bethea Williams - Visual Arts

Jane Allen Nodine - Visual Arts

1991-1992

Jamie Davis - Crafts

Enrique Graf - Music Performance

Curtis Derrick - Poetry

Merry Speece - Prose

Richard Rose - Visual Arts

Dexter Buell - Visual Arts

1992-1993

Megan Wolfe - Crafts

Douglas A. Weeks - Music Performance

Jan R. Bailey - Poetry

Deno Trakas - Prose

Frankie Jean Mixon - Visual Arts

Jean R. Grosser - Visual Arts

1993-1994

Ellen Kochansky - Crafts

Maxine Warshauer - Music Composition

Debra A. Daniel - Poetry

Sue Monk Kidd - Prose

Herb Parker - Visual Arts

Jorge A. Otero - Visual Arts

1994-1995

Michael V. Vatalaro - Crafts

Christopher Berg - Music Performance

Kathleen Whitten - Poetry

Rosa Shand - Prose

Joe Walters - Visual Arts

RebeccaFreeman - Visual Arts

1995-1996

Lee A. Malerich - Crafts

Michael I. Straus - Music Performance

Paul Rice - Poetry

Deborah Cumming - Prose

Vinh T. Dang - Visual Arts

Phyllis Hebert Constransitch - Visual Arts

1996-1997

Mike Lavine - Crafts

Paul Rucker - Music Performance

Paul Allen - Poetry

Anne Creed - Prose

Joseph Scott Goldsmith - Visual Arts

Tarleton Blackwell - Visual Arts

1997-1998

Jill Bahr - Dance Choreography

Mariclaire Miranda - Dance Performance

David Yandell Todd - Prose

Michelle Van Parys - Visual Arts

Barbara Duval - Visual Arts

1998-1999

Anne Boudreaux - Crafts

Steve Zimmerman - Media

Hazel Ketchum - Music Performance

Angela R. Kelly - Poetry

Mary Edna Fraser - Visual Arts

1999-2000

Jon W. Tuttle - Playwriting/Screenwriting

Keith Lee Morris - Prose

Sandi Shackelford - Theatre - Acting

Cliffton Peacock - Visual Arts

2000-2001

Mark Kilstofte - Music Composition

Keith Knight - Music Performance

Jessica Bundschuh - Poetry

Russell Biles - Visual

2001-2002

Alice Ballard Munn - Crafts

Rebecca S. Nagel - Music Performance

Terri L. McCord - Poetry

Susan Millar Williams - Prose

Martha Brim - Dance Choreography

Linda Williams McCune - Visual Arts

2002-2003

Warren Slesinger - Poetry

Gilbert Allen - Prose

Varsha Parikh - Dance Performance

Seth Howell Riddle - Media Production

Jennifer T. Vincent - Crafts

Diane Hopkins-Hughs - Visual Arts

2003-2004

Carol Ann Davis - Poetry

Kathleen (Kate) Bullard Adams - Prose

Eric Bultman - Performing Arts (Acting)

John David Solomon - Media (Screenwriting)

Paula Smith - Crafts

Philip L. Moody - Visual Arts

2004-2005

Linda Annas Ferguson - Poetry

Brenda Dale McClain - Prose

Kathleen Vandekieft - Music Performance

Darryl Lorenzo Wellington - Playwriting

Jocelyn Chateauvert - Crafts

Jack Steve Gerstner, Jr. - Visual Arts

2005-2006

Debra A. Daniel - Poetry

Kimberly K. McGuire - Prose

Maxine Miller Warshauer - Music Composition

David Ross Puls - Crafts

Mana D.C. Hewitt - Visual Arts

2006-2007

Sheila Joan Tombe - Poetry

Scott Yarbrough - Prose

Monica Wyche - Theatre/Acting

Kathryn Smoak - Dance

Peter Lenzo - Craft

Patricia Lee Brady - Visual Arts

2007-2008

Jamie Davis - Craft

John Benjamin Gilliam - Craft

Elizabeth Melton - Visual Arts

Herb Parker - Visual Arts

Laura Kissel - Media Production

Howard Kingkade - Screenwriting