S.C. Arts Awards

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• The SCAC YouTube Channel.
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Award Recipients

Governor’s Awards for the Arts

Recognizing excellence in up to eight categories. The SCAC Board of Commissioners may also bestow special awards as appropriate.

Columbia Museum of Art
Accessibility | Columbia

Bill Harris
Artist | McConnells

Tiffany Reed Silverman
Individual | James Island

Dr. Richard O’Malley
Arts in Education (Individual) | Florence

ArtsNOW
Arts in Education (Organization) | Columbia

Ian Welch
Special Award | Brunson

Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award

Recognizing excellence in two categories.

Beckee Garris
(Artist) Catawba Pottery and Basketry | Lancaster

Tammy Leach
(Artist) Beadwork | Neeses

Laurel Horton
(Advocacy) Quilting | Seneca

• 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.

  • Visit the 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.

  • Visit the Folk Heritage Awards page