S.C. Arts Awards

The South Carolina Arts Awards are an annual joint presentation by the South Carolina Arts Commission and McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina.

Enjoy the most recent awards ceremony on the SCAC YouTube Channel.

• South Carolina Governor’s Awards for the Arts

  Recipients from their respective categories are recognized for outstanding achievement and contributions to the arts in South Carolina with the South Carolina Governor’s Awards for the Arts.

  • Click here to go to the S.C. Governor’s Awards for the Arts page.

• Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Awards

  Up to four artists and one advocate are recognized with the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award as practitioners and advocates of traditional arts significant to communities throughout the state. Their traditions embody folklife’s dynamic, multigenerational nature, and its fusion of artistic and utilitarian ideals.

  • Click here to go to the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Awards page.

2023 Broadcast • Sunday, May 14, 2023, 8 p.m. ET

South Carolina Arts Commission Executive Director David Platts and University of South Carolina McKissick Museum Executive Director Jane Przybysz are joined by S.C. First Lady Peggy McMaster at the Governor’s Mansion to honor seven exceptional recipients of the 2023 South Carolina Arts Awards.

South Carolina Governor’s Awards for the Arts

• SPECIAL AWARD: Nigel Redden, Mystic, Connecticut
• ARTIST: Ray McManus, Lexington
• INDIVIDUAL: Carlos Agudelo, Spartanburg
• ARTS IN EDUCATION: American College of the Building Arts, Charleston
• ORGANIZATION: Aiken Center for the Arts, Aiken

Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award

• ARTIST: Emily Meggett, Edisto Island; Gullah Geechee Chef
• ARTIST: Hampton Rembert, Bishopville; Gospel Singing

• How to watch

  South Carolina ETV, the state’s public educational broadcasting network, will broadcast the awards ceremony through its 11-station TV network that spans the state.

  Viewers can access the broadcast above and via:

  • livestream on SCETV.org.
  • by using a digital antenna attached to a television,
  • through cable or satellite providers,
  • and select streaming TV providers with a live TV option (check your subscription)

  Further information about accessing SCETV is available here.

  Unable to join live?

  The virtual presentation will be available for on-demand viewing on the S.C. Arts Commission YouTube Channel after the live presentation, and SCETV plans encore presentations (check local listings).

• 2022 broadcast