Clemson artist one of six Verner Award recipients
February 14, 2012
COLUMBIA, SC – Clemson artist Sam Wang is one of six recipients the South Carolina Arts Commission will recognize with 2012 Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Awards for the Arts, the highest honor the state presents in the arts. Established in 1972, the annual awards recognize outstanding achievement and contributions to the arts in South Carolina.
This year’s recipients are:
Lifetime Achievement: Dr. Lillian Quackenbush, Columbia
Individual Artist: Robert Ariail, Camden
Individual: Sam Wang, Clemson
Arts in Education: R. Scot Hockman, Columbia
Business/Foundation: The Self Foundation, Greenwood
Organization: The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, with special recognition for Mark Sloan, Charleston
It’s one of the highlights of our year at the South Carolina Arts Commission when we recognize these outstanding members of our statewide community for their contributions to the arts, said S.C. Arts Commission Board Chairman Dr. Sarah Lynn Hayes. Our arts community is broad, deep and diverse, and this year’s lineup of honorees is a wonderful illustration of that. We salute and thank them for being standard-bearers for the arts.
Awards will be presented at a Statehouse ceremony tentatively scheduled for Thursday, May 3. The S.C. Arts Foundation will honor the recipients and the arts community at the South Carolina Arts Gala on Wednesday, May 2. The gala is a fundraiser supporting the programs of the S.C. Arts Commission. For more about the Verner Awards or the S.C. Arts Gala, call (803) 734-8696 or visit www.SouthCarolinaArts.com.
