Verner & Harris Awards Nomination Deadline set for December 16th

The S.C. Arts Commission is accepting nominations through Dec. 16 for the 2014 Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Governor's Awards for the Arts and the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Awards. The Verner awards are the state's highest honor in the arts, presented to businesses, organizations and individuals for their achievement in or contributions to the advancement of the arts. Created by the state legislature to recognize lifetime achievement in the traditional arts, the Folk Heritage Award is presented in partnership with USC's McKissick Museum to practitioners and advocates of traditional arts significant to communities throughout the state.