News

South Arts Awards $491,391 in Grants to Artists and Organizations

South Arts announces the most recent grant recipients for three of our programs — Presentation Grants, Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grants, and In These Mountains: Project Grants. With these...

South Arts Announces 2022 State Fellowship Recipients

Atlanta – South Arts has named nine visual artists as 2022 State Fellows, part of the Southern Prize and State Fellowships program. Each fellowship – one per state in the South Arts region of AL, FL...

Meet Charles Phaneuf, Vice President of Strategy

South Arts' newest team member—Charles Phaneuf, Vice President of Strategy—brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to the organization. He joined South Arts in November 2021 and is overseeing...

Advancing Traditional Arts in the South

Announcing the Latest Traditional Arts Touring Grant Recipients Supporting the presentation of traditional artists throughout the South. Traditional Arts Touring Grants aim to increase the public...

Teresa Hollingsworth Receives Award from American Folklore Society

Atlanta – Teresa Hollingsworth, Director of Film and Traditional Arts with South Arts, was recently named as the 2021 Benjamin A. Botkin Prize recipient from the American Folklore Society. The Botkin...

South Arts Announces 31 Artists Receiving Jazz Road Tours Grants

Jazz Road, South Arts’ national initiative supporting jazz artists, announces the latest recipients of Jazz Road Tours grants receiving more than $375,000.

South Arts Announces Southern Cultural Treasures

In partnership with the Ford Foundation, South Arts will provide $6 million in support to BIPOC arts and cultural orgs throughout Southeast over next four years Atlanta — November 3, 2021 — South Arts...

South Arts Awards 52 Jazz Artists with $2M in Grants Supporting Creative Residencies

Atlanta – Jazz Road, South Arts’ national initiative supporting jazz artists, announces its largest investment in the field to date. Through Jazz Road Creative Residencies, 52 artists are receiving...

The South Arts 2021 Southern Prize & State Fellows Exhibition Opens at the Bo Bartlett Center in Columbus, GA

Atlanta – The South Arts 2021 Southern Prize and State Fellows Exhibition is now open at the Bo Bartlett Center at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia. The multidisciplinary exhibition...

South Arts Announces Films, Filmmakers, and Venues for the 2021-2022 Southern Circuit Season

Atlanta — South Arts reveals its lineup of 24 Screening Partner venues and 10 films and filmmaking teams selected for the 2021-2022 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers. This long-running...