Open Entries
Submit up to 10 works of art online via Slideroom for consideration for an annual prize recognizing artistic achievement in contemporary Southern art.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- due today
- Entry fee
- $35
- Award
- Monetary award plus one-year display in the Mary Jackson Modern and Contemporary Galleries at Gibbes Museum of Art
- Location
- Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina
About
Overview
The Gibbes Museum and Society 1858's Prize for Contemporary Southern Art is awarded annually to an artist whose work contributes to a new understanding of art in the South. The Prize recognizes the highest level of artistic achievement and welcomes applications from artists working across any media.
Eligibility
Open to artists who reside, work in, or are from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, or the District of Columbia.
Key dates
- Submission deadline: September 14, 2026
How to enter
Submit your application of up to 10 works of art online via Slideroom and pay the $35 registration fee. Applications are accepted exclusively through the website.
Award
In addition to a monetary award, the winning artist's work will be chosen by the Gibbes Curatorial Team, in collaboration with the artist, for display in the Mary Jackson Modern and Contemporary Galleries for the duration of the year following the winner's announcement.
Previous winners
Previous winners have subsequently received awards from the Joan Mitchell Fellowship, the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. Winning artists' work has been received into the permanent collections of The National Gallery of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Gibbes Museum of Art.
- Award
- Monetary award plus one-year display in the Mary Jackson Modern and Contemporary Galleries at Gibbes Museum of Art
- Entries per artist
- Up to 10
- Theme
- The Prize recognizes artistic achievement and welcomes work that contributes to a new understanding of art in the South, across any media.
- Eligibility
- Open to artists who reside, work in, or are from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, or the District of Columbia.
- Audience
- Artists who reside, work in, or are from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, or District of Columbia
- Format
- Ship your work in
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