The Koger Center Project: An Annual Call for Art

About This Show

The Koger Center is excited to bring back our annual art competition, “The Koger Center Project!” The submission period opened on May 8, and will close on August 1, 2025. The first place winner for the contest receives a stipend of $600, and a group of artists will get the opportunity to showcase their winning artwork in the Gallery at the Koger Center!

The beginning of the art contest started during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The goals were simple – offer a small financial award to a South Carolina artist and provide a platform to showcase the talent of artists in our state through an exhibition at the Koger Center.

There is no fee to submit your artwork, but there is a 10 piece maximum per entrant. Submit your artwork here!

The requirements for submissions are as follows:

·         Artist must be over 18 years old and based in South Carolina

·         Submissions must be your own, original work

·         Submissions must have been created in the past 2 years

·         If an artist has applied before, repeat art cannot be submitted again

·         Previous winners of The Project/1593 Project (the name of the contest the year it was created) may not submit artwork for up to 5 years. Honorable mentions are still allowed to enter again.

The end of the submission period coincides with the run of the exhibit “The Project 2024 Winner’s Exhibition.” The featured winning artists from last year’s submission period are Kelley Pettibone (1st Place), Staci Swider, Jean Lomasto, Jordan Dantzler, and Marion Mason.