South Arts mission is Advancing Southern Vitality Through the Arts. The South Arts Southern Prize and State Fellowships acknowledge, support and celebrate the highest quality artistic work being created in the American South. The program is open to individual artists living in the South Arts region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Many congratulations to all the State Fellowship awardees, especially to Zeitgeist artists Vesna Pavlović and Jeremiah Ariaz!
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