Congratulations to the 2017 Verner Award recipients!
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2017 Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Awards for the Arts! The S.C. Arts Commission annually presents the awards, the highest honor the state gives in the arts, to recognize outstanding achievement and contributions to the arts in South Carolina. Awards will be presented May 2 (time and location to be announced). Established in 1972, the annual awards recognize outstanding achievement and contributions to the arts in South Carolina.
This year’s recipients:
- Lifetime Achievement: - Laura Spong, Columbia - Leo Twiggs, Orangeburg
- Artist: Quentin E. Baxter, Charleston
- Individual: Betsy Teter, Spartanburg
- Arts in Education: Brenda P. McCutchen, Columbia
- Business/Foundation: The Stringer & Rainey Foundations, Anderson
- Government: The City of Beaufort/USC Beaufort Center for the Arts, South Carolina
- Organization: South Carolina Humanities, Columbia