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Award
1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art 2026
Award opportunity. Deadline: 2026-09-14
- Type
- Award
- Organizer
- Gibbes Museum of Art and Society 1858
- Deadline
- 14 September 2026
- Where
- Charleston, United States
- Compensation
- Cash award (unspecified amount)
- Disciplines
- Visual Arts, Contemporary Art, Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Video Art, Mixed Media
About this opportunity
The 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art 2026, presented by the Gibbes Museum of Art and Society 1858, is an annual award recognizing artists contributing to a new understanding of art in the American South. Open to various media, eligible artists must reside in, work in, or be from one of the specified Southern states and apply through SlideRoom by September 14, 2026.
Who can apply
- Artists must reside in, work in, or be from one of the following southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, or West Virginia.
- All submitted artwork must be original to the artist in concept, design, and execution.
- Applicants must submit through the official website (1858prize.org) using the SlideRoom submission management program; no late or incomplete submissions are accepted.