USCB Recognizes Top High School Artists
Each year, the University of South Carolina Beaufort conducts its Emerging Artists Competition at the Center for the Arts on the historic Beaufort campus.
High school juniors and seniors from public and private secondary schools throughout South Carolina and neighboring counties in Georgia and North Carolina submit works of art for consideration by a panel of judges drawn from the university’s faculty in the Studio Art program. The works represent painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, ceramics and media arts.
On the day of the Awards Ceremony, selected young artists come to USCB, attend the ceremony, tour the campus and are invited to participate in workshops conducted by USCB Art faculty.
The Emerging Artists program is USCB's attempt to encourage high school artists to pursue the visual arts. It showcases USCB's Studio Art degree program and arts scholarship funds. For more information contact Dr. Joanna Angell.
The USCB Emerging Artists Competition is on hiatus this year, but we encourage you to reach out to our Studio Art faculty if you would like to make an appointment for a portfolio review!
2024 Winners
First Place - "Lowcountry Love" Painting
Bella Pratt, Hilton Head Christian Academy
Second Place - "Mortem Solis" Cyanotype with Glow in the Dark Paint
Keira Page, Easley High School
Third Place - "Blu" Ballpoint Pen and Acrylic Paint
Neko Goldston, Spring Valley High School
Fourth Place - "Similar Cycles" Fibers
Haleigh Perkins, Fine Arts Center High School
Honorable Mention - "As the Color Comes Back" Digital Painting
Angelina Stanley, Wren High School
Honorable Mention - "New Year's Blessing" Color Pencils
Vy Tran, Ridge View High School
Honorable Mention - "Duality of Wealth" Color Pencils, Paper, Embroidery Thread
Bailey Bates, Bridges Prepatory Academy
The University and the community are grateful to Walda Wildman and Katherine Wells for commissioning the musical composition “Apollosis” and the South Carolina Arts Commission for underwriting the production of the student art show and the student concert.