Grant Awards
All South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) grant awards are contingent upon availability of funds, submission and approval of final reports, and compliance with program grant guidelines.
FY2022 Grant Awards
FY22 grant awards for full-year categories were approved by the SCAC Board of Commissioners on June 17, 2021 and August 12, 2021. Additional grants are awarded throughout the year. Last update: August 19, 2021.
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Grantee County FY22 Award A C Moore Elementary School Richland $12,500 Andrew Jackson High School Lancaster $12,500 Andrew Jackson Middle School Lancaster $12,500 Ashley River Creative Arts Elem School Charleston $12,500 Beaufort Middle School Beaufort $12,500 Busbee Creative Arts Academy Lexington $12,500 Calhoun Academy of the Arts Anderson $12,500 Campobello Gramling School Spartanburg $12,500 Cannons Elementary School Spartanburg $12,500 Cheraw Intermediate School Chesterfield $12,500 Cherryvale Elementary Sumter $12,500 Chester Park Elementary School of the Arts Chester $12,500 Clinton Elementary School^J J Lancaster $12,500 Crestwood High School Sumter $12,500 East Aiken School of the Arts Aiken $12,500 East Point Academy Lexington $12,500 Fairfield Central High School Fairfield $12,500 Felton Laboratory Charter School Orangeburg $12,500 The Fine Arts Center – Greenville County Schools Greenville $12,500 H E Bonner Elementary School Berkeley $12,500 H E McCracken Middle School Beaufort $12,500 Hand Middle School Richland $12,500 Harrisburg Elementary School Lancaster $12,500 Heath Springs Elementary School Lancaster $12,500 Hilton Head School for the Creative Arts Beaufort $12,500 Holly Springs – Motlow Elementary School Spartanburg $12,500 Inman Intermediate School Spartanburg $12,500 Kelly Miller Elementary School Fairfield $12,500 Kingsbury Elementary Sumter $12,500 L W Conder Elementary School Richland $12,500 Lady’s Island Elementary School Beaufort $12,500 Lady’s Island Middle School Beaufort $12,500 Lake City Early Childhood Center Florence $12,500 League Academy of Communication Arts Greenville $12,500 Logan Elementary School Richland $12,500 Long Middle School Chesterfield $12,500 Lower Richland High School Richland $12,500 Mabry Middle School Spartanburg $12,500 McDonald Green Elementary School Lancaster $12,500 Mossy Oaks Elementary School Beaufort $12,500 New Ellenton Middle STEAM Magnet School Aiken $12,500 New Prospect Elementary School Spartanburg $12,500 North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary Charleston $12,500 Northside Elementary School of the Arts York $12,500 Nursery Road Elementary Arts Magnet Lexington $12,500 OP Earle Elementary School Spartanburg $12,500 Palmetto Center for the Arts Richland $12,500 Philip Simmons Elementary School Berkeley $12,500 Philip Simmons Middle School Berkeley $12,500 Pine Street Elementary Spartanburg $12,500 Pleasant Hill Middle School Lexington $12,500 Ridge View High School Richland $12,500 Rosewood Elementary School Richland $12,500 Round Top Elementary Richland $12,500 Saluda River Academy for the Arts Lexington $12,500 Saluda Trail Middle School York $10,200 Sanders-Clyde Creative Arts School Charleston $12,500 Satchel Ford Elementary School Richland $12,500 SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities Greenville $15,000 SC School for the Deaf & Blind Spartanburg $15,000 South Florence High School Florence $12,500 Southside Middle School Florence $12,500 Southwood Academy of the Arts Anderson $12,500 Stone Academy of Communication Arts Greenville $12,500 Thornwell School for the Arts Darlington $12,500 White Knoll Middle School Lexington $12,500 Whitesville Elementary School Berkeley $12,500 Windsor Hill Arts Infused Elementary School Dorchester $12,500 Woodland Heights Elementary Spartanburg $12,500 Woodmont Middle School Greenville $12,500 TOTAL FY22 ABC GRANT AWARDS $877,700 -
Grantee County FY22 Award Camela Guevara Charleston $1,800 Sonny Sisan Charleston $5,000 TOTAL FY22 AVI GRANT AWARDS $6,800 -
Grantee County FY22 Award Allendale Enterprises Allendale $10,000 Art Pot Berkeley $10,000 Blackville CDC Barnwell $10,000 Catawba Indian Nation Tribal Government York $10,000 City of Newberry Newberry $10,000 Colleton County Colleton $10,000 Community Rural Arts Work League Bamberg $10,000 Fort Lawn Community Center Chester $10,000 Hagood Mill Foundation Pickens $10,000 International Faith Minstries Hampton $10,000 Jasper County Jasper $10,000 Santee Lynches Housing Marion $10,000 Write to Change Aiken $10,000 TOTAL FY22 ART OF COMMUNITY GRANT AWARDS $130,000 -
Grantee County FY22 Award 701 Center for Contemporary Art Richland $3,569 Aiken Symphony Orchestra Aiken $11,955 Anderson County Arts Council Anderson $10,652 Arts Center of Coastal Carolina Beaufort $13,048 Arts Council of Greenwood County Greenwood $13,048 Ballet Spartanburg Spartanburg $9,852 Boys & Girls Clubs of the Upstate Spartanburg $11,682 Carolina Art Association Charleston $6,389 Carolina Dance Collaborative Greenville $1,863 Chamber Music Charleston Charleston $11,773 Chapman Cultural Center Spartanburg $10,652 Charleston Chamber Music Intensive/ College of Charleston Music Department Charleston $4,938 Charleston Gaillard Management Co. Charleston $12,045 Charleston Stage Company, Inc. Charleston $9,958 Charleston Symphony Orchestra Charleston $8,560 Cherokee Historical and Preservation Society, Inc. Cherokee $8,760 Columbia Art Center, City of Columbia Richland $1,484 Columbia Children’s Theatre Richland $2,557 Columbia Museum of Art Richland $13,095 Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, Inc. Beaufort $11,130 Fort Dorchester High School Dorchester $9,040 Fort Lawn Community Center Chester $10,522 Greenville Center for Creative Arts Greenville $10,691 Greenville Symphony Association Greenville $10,870 Greenwood Community Theatre Greenwood $10,739 Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston Charleston $3,128 Long Bay Symphonic Society, Inc. Horry $1,680 Market Theatre Company, The Anderson $9,000 McCormick Arts Council at the Keturah McCormick $10,739 Metropolitan Arts Council Greenville $10,565 Oconee Community Theatre Oconee $11,727 Oconee Winds Oconee $9,875 Puppetry Arts Theatre of Charleston Charleston $5,793 Redux Contemporary Art Center Charleston $11,682 Rock Hill Symphony Orchestra York $8,960 SC Children’s Theatre Greenville $4,144 South Carolina Philharmonic. Inc. Richland $10,000 St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church Richland $6,543 Steam Ed Publishing, aka A Backpack Journalist Charleston $3,780 Sue-Ham Community Development Center Williamsburg $9,583 The Citadel Charleston $6,667 The Village Group Georgetown $10,652 Union County Carnegie Library Union $10,696 University of South Carolina, Koger Center for the Arts Richland $13,048 Warehouse Theatre Greenville $8,730 Yo Art Inc. Charleston $6,427 TOTAL FY22 AEP GRANT AWARDS $402,291 -
Grantee County FY22 Award Chesterfield County School District Chesterfield $24,750 Fairfield Co School District Fairfield $27,900 Greenville Co School District Greenville $28,050 Kershaw Co School District Kershaw $17,100 McCormick School District McCormick $19,500 Williamsburg Co School District Williamsburg $21,900 TOTAL FY22 DISTRICT ARTS GRANT AWARDS $139,200 -
Grantee Project County FY22 Award Charleston County School District Charleston Strings Project Charleston $70,000 Palmetto State Arts Education Gallup Engagement Research Laurens $50,000 SC African American Heritage Foundation Arts Education and Arts Integration Project Darlington $75,000 SC Hispanic Alliance Arts Education and Arts Integration Project Greenville $75,000 TOTAL FY22 EPP GRANT AWARDS $270,000 -
Fellow Discipline County FY22 Award Clay Burnette Craft Richland $8,500 Kristi Ryba Visual Art Charleston $8,500 Sherard Duvall Media Production Richland $8,500 Triza Cox Screenwriting Florence $8,500 TOTAL FY22 FELLOWSHIP AWARDS $34,000 -
Grantee Project County FY22 Award Arts Center of Coastal Carolina Gullah Arts & Culture Festival & Virtual Resources Library (GACFL) Beaufort $6,000 Community Rural Arts Work League (CRAWL) The Upper Low Country Muscadine Festival Bamberg $6,000 Palmetto Luna Arts Day of the Dead Celebration Richland $5,000 St Mark’s Catholic Church Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe Newberry $6,000 University of South Carolina/ USC Lancaster Photo-Documenting Catawba Traditional Arts Lancaster $6,000 TOTAL FY22 FLK GRANT AWARDS $29,000 -
Grantee County FY22 Award Town of Lane Williamsburg $750 Town of Summerton Clarendon $750 TOTAL FY22 HORIZON GRANT AWARDS (as of last update) $1,500 -
Grantee County FY22 Award 34 West Theater Company Charleston $19,438 701 Center for Contemporary Art Richland $17,771 Aiken Center for the Arts Aiken $19,849 Aiken Community Theatre Aiken $13,464 Aiken Music Festival Aiken $18,474 Aiken Performing Arts Group, Inc. Aiken $14,665 Aiken Symphony Orchestra Aiken $11,751 Anderson County Arts Council Anderson $19,993 Ann Brodie’s Carolina Ballet Richland $6,919 Art Forms and Theatre Concepts, Inc. Charleston $8,684 Art League of Hilton Head Beaufort $19,438 Artist Collective of Spartanburg (fmr West Main Artists Cooperative) Spartanburg $10,278 Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg Spartanburg $8,691 Arts and Heritage Center of North Augusta Aiken $6,923 Arts Center of Clemson (fmr Upstate Center for the Arts) Pickens $16,660 Arts Center of Coastal Carolina Beaufort $37,220 Arts Council of Chester County Chester $14,994 Arts Council of Greenwood County Greenwood $24,990 Arts Council of York County York $22,104 Ballet Spartanburg Spartanburg $29,989 Beaufort Arts Council Beaufort $14,299 Beaufort Symphony Orchestra Inc. Beaufort $6,514 Belton Center for the Arts, Inc. Anderson $11,663 Black Creek Arts Council, Inc Darlington $14,209 Burroughs-Chapin Art Museum Horry $29,989 Carolina Art Association Charleston $39,075 Carolina Ballet Theatre Greenville $14,886 Carolina Crown York $37,420 Carolina Dance Collaborative Greenville $12,914 Carolina Master Chorale Horry $9,888 Carolina Music Foundation/Sigal Music Museum Greenville $15,550 Carolina Youth Symphony Greenville $19,849 Caroline Mack Center for the Arts Sumter $4,374 Catawba Cultural Preservation Project York $26,656 Centre Stage – South Carolina! Greenville $27,910 Chamber Music Charleston Charleston $12,249 Chapman Cultural Center Spartanburg $38,978 Charleston Academy of Music Charleston $24,990 Charleston Artist Guild Charleston $15,788 Charleston Gaillard Management Co. Charleston $19,538 Charleston Jazz Charleston $12,674 Charleston Stage Company, Inc. Charleston $34,734 Charleston Symphony Orchestra Charleston $37,324 City of Charleston-Cultural Affairs Charleston $39,075 City of North Charleston-Cultural Arts Charleston $34,734 Coastal Youth Ballet Theatre Horry $7,443 Columbia Children’s Theatre Richland $24,990 Columbia Choral Society Richland $4,341 Columbia City Ballet Richland $35,543 Columbia City Jazz Conservatory Lexington $11,863 Columbia Classical Ballet Co. Richland $19,008 Columbia Film Society Richland $31,499 Columbia Museum of Art Richland $39,075 Columbia Music Festival Assn Richland $17,933 Columbia Stage Society, Inc Richland $26,656 Dutch Fork Choral Society Lexington $1,806 Engaging Creative Minds Charleston $26,729 Enough Pie Charleston $8,898 FBN Productions Lexington $4,374 Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County Kershaw $26,438 Florence County Museum Florence $32,074 Florence Little Theatre Florence $23,681 Florence Regional Arts Alliance Florence $11,106 Florence Symphony Orchestra Florence $15,550 Flowertown Players, Inc. Dorchester $12,249 Footlight Players Charleston $17,366 Fort Lawn Community Center Chester $7,443 Friends of Tapp’s Arts Center Richland $2,480 Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium Anderson $15,820 Greenville Arts Festival Greenville $39,075 Greenville Center for Creative Arts Greenville $20,494 Greenville Chautauqua Society Greenville $13,328 Greenville Civic Chorale Greenville $13,841 Greenville County Youth Orchestra Association Greenville $9,503 Greenville Light Opera Works Greenville $14,256 Greenville Symphony Association Greenville $39,075 Greenville Theatre Greenville $34,996 Greenwood Community Theatre Greenwood $20,019 Greenwood Performing Arts Greenwood $17,771 Hilton Head Choral Society Beaufort $14,256 Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Beaufort $39,985 Hub City Writers Project Spartanburg $22,329 International Ballet Greenville $13,841 Lancaster Co Council of the Arts Lancaster $13,841 Lee Co Arts Council Lee $2,473 Long Bay Symphonic Society, Inc. Horry $22,214 Marionette Theatre of South Carolina Richland $24,990 Market Theatre Company, The Anderson $11,663 McClellanville Arts Council Charleston $14,994 McCormick Arts Council at the Keturah McCormick $15,550 Metropolitan Arts Council Greenville $39,075 Mitney Project^The Georgetown $7,909 Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage Jasper $12,690 Music Foundation of Spartanburg/Spartanburg Philharmonic Spartanburg $20,913 Newberry Opera House Foundation Newberry $39,998 North Charleston Pops Charleston $14,256 Orangeburg Co Fine Arts Center Orangeburg $9,996 Palmetto State Arts Education Greenwood $3,670 Pat Conroy Literary Center Beaufort $15,370 Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art Georgetown $9,888 Peace Center Foundation Greenville $36,004 Port Royal Sound Foundation Beaufort $26,656 Preserving Our Southern Appalachian Music Pickens $6,923 PURE Theatre Charleston $17,366 Redux Contemporary Art Center Charleston $24,990 Sandlapper Singers Richland $6,923 SC Artisans Center Colleton $11,106 SC Children’s Theatre Greenville $33,346 SC Theatre Association Greenville $4,115 Sculpture in the South Dorchester $4,374 Smalls Institute for Music & Youth Leadership Charleston $4,963 South Carolina Philharmonic. Inc. Richland $37,013 Spartanburg Art Museum Spartanburg $18,374 Spartanburg Little Theatre Spartanburg $26,513 Speaking Down Barriers Spartanburg $17,771 Spoleto Festival USA Charleston $33,675 Storytree Theatre Charleston $9,996 Summerville Community Orchestra Dorchester $5,865 Sumter County Cultural Commission Sumter $3,461 Sumter County Gallery of Art Sumter $12,249 Theatre of the Republic Horry $15,955 Trustus, Inc. Richland $17,366 Village Repertory Co Charleston $18,171 Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild Horry $8,281 Warehouse Theatre Greenville $27,910 Wits End Poetry Greenville $8,885 Workshop Theatre of SC Richland $13,026 TOTAL FY22 GOS GRANT AWARDS $2,365,460 -
Grantee County FY22 Award Abbeville Artist Guild Abbeville $3,201 Aiken Choral Society Aiken $3,375 Aiken Civic Orchestra Aiken $1,763 Annex Dance Company Charleston $3,375 Arpad Darazs Singers Richland $3,375 Barnwell County Arts Council Barnwell $3,375 Charleston Concert Band dba Charleston Community Band Charleston $3,375 Cherokee Historical and Preservation Society, Inc. Cherokee $3,375 City of Abbeville, The Abbeville $3,375 Columbia Art Center, City of Columbia Richland $3,375 Columbia Baroque Soloists Richland $3,375 CREATE Conway, Inc. Horry $3,375 Crooked Creek Art League Lexington $3,375 Dance Matters Charleston $1,883 Edisto Art Guild Charleston $3,375 Ensemble Eclectica Richland $3,375 FESTIVA Arts Series Greenwood $3,375 Foothills Chorale Pickens $3,375 Foothills Conservatory for the Performing Arts Oconee $3,375 Foothills Philharmonic Greenville $3,375 Friday Arts Project York $2,565 Fripp Island Friends of Music Beaufort $3,375 Gateway Arts Center [Council] Oconee $3,375 Greenville Jazz Collective Greenville $3,375 Gullah Traveling Theater, Inc. Beaufort $3,375 Heal with HeARTS Charleston $3,375 Mount Pleasant Community Arts Center Charleston $3,375 Music in Landrum (Young Classicals) Spartanburg $3,375 North Augusta Cultural Arts Council Aiken $3,375 Palmetto Luna Arts Richland $3,375 Pawleys Island Concert Band Georgetown $3,375 Power Company Collaborative Richland $3,375 Puppetry Arts Theatre of Charleston Charleston $3,375 Rensing Center Pickens $3,375 SC Academy of Authors Richland $2,321 SC Bach Greenville $3,375 SC Dance Association Richland $3,964 SC Watermedia Society Charleston $5,242 Southern Guitar Festival and Competition Richland $3,375 Spartanburg Community Band Spartanburg $3,375 Sumter Civic Dance Company Sumter $3,375 Sweet Adelines International-Heart of Columbia Lexington $3,375 Sweet Adelines Intl DBA Vocal Matrix Chorus Greenville $3,375 The Arts Grand Strand Horry $3,375 The Watering Hole Poetry Organization Richland $3,375 Union County Arts Council Union $3,375 Union County Carnegie Library Union $3,375 Union County Farm & Craft Market Union $3,375 TOTAL FY22 OSS GRANT AWARDS $159,314 -
Grantee Project County FY22 Award 701 CCA Artist U Administrative Support Richland $11,500 Arts Access SC Arts Access Statewide Richland $54,835 Blackville CDC Art of Community Field School Barnwell $35,496 College of Charleston The Riley Mayor’s Institute Charleston $6,500 Furman University Riley Diversity Leaders Institute Scholarship Greenville $3,000 One Columbia Poetry Out Loud Administrative Support & Artists as Entrepreneurs Richland $30,000 SC Hispanic Alliance Emerging Latinx Artists and Organizations Greenville $25,000 SC Humanities Statewide Support for Humanities Programs Richland $10,000 South Arts Southern Prize and Emerging Leaders of Color Scholarship Out of State $8,000 South Carolina Arts Alliance Arts Alliance Statewide & Arts Education Advocacy Greenville $118,545 South Carolina State Museum State Art Collection Support Richland $75,000 The Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage Art of Community INSIGHTS & Create Rural Jasper $64,100 University of South Carolina McKissick Museum Richland $66,033 Winthrop University (ABC Institute) Arts in Basic Curriculum Institute York $427,169 TOTAL FY22 PARTNERSHIP GRANT AWARDS $935,178 -
Grantee Project County FY22 Award “Mahoganee” Laura Amiger Textures of a Soul Beaufort $2,500 Corey Alston Expansion Arts Grant Charleston $2,500 Engaging Creative Minds Arts Grow SC Charleston $1,902,000 Natalie Daise Sacred Vessels Georgetown $2,500 Palmetto State Arts Education Arts Grow SC Greenwood $50,000 SC Arts Alliance DEI Professional Development for Organizations and Artists, Arts Grow SC Greenville $130,000 South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities Arts Grow SC Greenville $1,302,632 University of South Carolina – Department of Dance and Theatre Arts Grow SC Richland $10,368 University of South Carolina – REM Center Arts Grow SC Richland $175,000 Winthrop University (ABC Institute) Arts Grow SC York $765,400 TOTAL FY22 SPECIAL PROJECT GRANT AWARDS (as of last update) $4,342,900 -
Grantee County FY22 Award Arts Council of York County York $12,500 Black Creek Arts Council, Inc Darlington $12,500 Chapman Cultural Center Spartanburg $12,500 City of Charleston-Cultural Affairs Charleston $12,500 Florence Regional Arts Alliance Florence $11,250 Metropolitan Arts Council Greenville $12,500 Sumter County Cultural Commission Sumter $12,500 TOTAL FY22 SUB GRANT AWARDS $86,250 -
Grantee County FY22 Award Judith Twitty (Mentor) & Anita Bowen (Apprentice) Lexington/Richland $2,500 Kristin Scott Benson & Wayne Benson (Mentors) & Carson Moore (Apprentice) Spartanburg $4,500 Isaac Ndayisaba (Mentor) & Charles Ndayisaba (Apprentice) Dillon $2,500 TOTAL FY22 APR GRANT AWARDS $9,500
Other Recent Grant Awards
- Arts Emergency Relief Grants
- FY21 Grant Awards
Questions?
For additional information, please contact the Grants Team (grants@arts.sc.gov | 803.734.8695).