2023 South Carolina Arts Awards to Broadcast on South Carolina ETV

Press Release

Through the continued partnership with the South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) and the University of South Carolina McKissick Museum, the 2023 South Carolina Arts Awards ceremony will air on South Carolina ETV (SCETV) on Sunday, May 14 at 8 pm.

The ceremony will be broadcast through SCETV’s 11-station TV network that spans the state. Viewers can access the broadcast via livestream on the SCETV website; by using a digital antenna; or through cable, satellite and streaming live TV providers. Further information about accessing SCETV is available here.

South Carolina First Lady Peggy McMaster and executive director of the SCAC David T. Platts will be joint hosts of the South Carolina Arts Awards for the fourth year in a row. They will recognize seven award recipients: two receiving the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award and five receiving the South Carolina Governor’s Award for the Arts.

McKissick Museum Executive Director Jane Przybysz will introduce each Folk Heritage Award recipient:

• Emily H. Meggett (Edisto Island): artist category, Gullah Geechee cooking
• Hampton Rembert (Bishopville): artist category, gospel singing

Meggett will be recognized posthumously after her passing on April 21 at the age of 90.

Platts will introduce the five recipients of the Governor’s Award for the Arts:

• Ray McManus (Lexington): artist category
• Carlos Agudelo (Spartanburg): individual category
• American College of the Building Arts (Charleston): arts in education category
• Aiken Center for the Arts (Aiken): organization category
• Nigel Redden (Mystic, Connecticut): Special Award

The award recipients will be introduced to the audience through seven new short films by four South Carolina filmmakers: Rick Fitts, Yulian Martínez-Escobar, Gavin McIntyre and Shae Winston.

The pre-recorded ceremony production was led by SCETV executive producer William I. Richardson and an SCETV production team.

The South Carolina Arts Awards recognizes recipients of the highest honor the state gives in the arts. The ceremony honors South Carolina arts organizations, patrons, artists, members of the business community, and government entities who maximize their roles as innovators, supporters and advocates of the arts. The ceremony also recognizes practitioners and advocates of traditional arts significant to communities throughout the state.

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