Artist Jarod Charzewski Named SC Arts Commission Fellow
July 13, 2015
CHARLESTON, SC – The South Carolina Arts Commission has named Charleston artist Jarod Charzewski an Individual Artist Fellow in the category of visual arts. Fellowships recognize and reward the artistic achievements of South Carolina’s exceptional individual artists. Fellowship awards are made through a highly competitive, anonymous process and are based on artistic excellence only. Each artist receives $5,000.
Charzewski is an Associate Professor of Sculpture at the College of Charleston. He grew up in the inner city of Winnipeg, where the attitudes and esthetics of an urban setting took hold and where he gained appreciation for natural and manufactured landscapes. He fuels his art with visuals of seasons and recreates aesthetics that investigate mankind’s evolving influence. He holds a BFA from the University of Manitoba (1996) and an MFA from the University of Minnesota (2005). He has received grants from several U.S. and Canadian arts organizations including the Manitoba Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. He has been awarded residencies and solo and group exhibition opportunities across the U.S. and Canada, including at Kutztown University in Kutztown, Pa., the Bunnell Art Center in Homer, Alaska, The Halsey Institute, the South Carolina Biennial at 701 Center for Contemporary Art and the South Rim Artist in Residence Program at the Grand Canyon. He was also invited to exhibit his large scale work in the Quebec Biennial, Manif d’ Art 7.
Three other artists were also named fellows:
- Craft: Alice Ross Ballard, Greenville County
- Music Composition: Jon Jeffrey Grier, Greenville County
- Music Performance: Marina Lomazov, Richland County
The S.C. Arts Commission board approves fellowships based on recommendations made by out-of-state review panelists, who select fellows based solely on a review of anonymous work samples. This year’s visual arts and craft judges were Alida Fish, photographer and professor emerita at the College of Art and Design, University of the Arts in Philadelphia; Christopher Schmidt, artist and director of the Schmidt-Dean Gallery in Philadelphia.; and Mi-Kyoung Lee, artist and associate professor of Crafts and head of Fibers at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. The music composition and performance judges were Robert Tanner, composer and faculty member of the music department at Morehouse College in Atlanta; and Helen Kim, violinist, assistant concertmaster of the Atlanta Opera Orchestra and faculty member at Kennesaw State University.
Individual artists working in poetry, prose, dance choreography or dance performance may apply for the FY2017 fellowship awards. Applications open Aug. 3, 2015, and the deadline to apply is Nov. 1, 2015.
For more information about S.C. Arts Commission programs and services, visit www.SouthCarolinaArts.com or call (803) 734-8696.
About the S.C. Arts Commission
The South Carolina Arts Commission is the state agency charged with creating a thriving arts environment that benefits all South Carolinians, regardless of their location or circumstances. Created by the South Carolina General Assembly in 1967, the Arts Commission works to increase public participation in the arts by providing services, grants and leadership initiatives in three areas: arts education, community arts development and artist development. Headquartered in Columbia, S.C., the Arts Commission is funded by the state of South Carolina, by the federal government through the National Endowment for the Arts and other sources.
