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South Arts has named the ten visual artists (eight individual artists and one team) receiving the 2021 State Fellowship awards. Each fellowship – one per state in the South Arts region of AL, FL, GA...

South Arts is proud to announce the 2021 In These Mountains: Folk and Traditional Arts Master Artist Fellowship recipients. The 15 recipients, from Central Appalachian counties in Kentucky, North...

South Arts partnered with Nina Ozlu Tunceli, executive director of the Arts Action Fund, to discuss how artists, arts organizations, and communities may benefit from the federal American Rescue Plan...

Atlanta – South Arts announces the participants of two programs connecting artists and arts professionals to harness the power of shared knowledge. The Emerging Leaders of Color program is convening a...

The six U.S. Regional Arts Organizations (RAOs) Arts Midwest, Mid-America Arts Alliance, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, New England Foundation for the Arts, South Arts, and WESTAF join Americans for...

Atlanta – South Arts announces the first series of artists to receive Jazz Road Tours grants since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Jazz Road Tours grant program offers up to $15,000 directly...

Investing in the long-term success and strength of arts and cultural infrastructure is core to the South Arts Resilience Fund. With grants ranging from $30,000 to $100,000, 34 small- and mid-sized...

The Performing Arts Readiness project (PAR) has released the Pocket Response Resource (“PRR”). This free document is Phase I of a new, improved online readiness planning tool. As arts and cultural organizations prepare for and undertake safe re-opening steps, the PRR can be a critical element for the safety and security of visitors, artists and crew, staff and volunteers, as well as an organization’s physical assets, during COVID-19 and beyond.

Atlanta – The South Arts 2020 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 the lineup of 17 Screening Partner organizations and 18 films and filmmaking teams selected for the 2020-2021 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers. During their tours, filmmakers will present screenings of their films with Screening Partners between September 2020 and April 2021 and participate in post-screening Q&As with audiences to discuss film subjects and the filmmaking process.