South Arts 2025 Southern Prize & State Fellowships for Visual Arts

The LSU Museum of Art presents the exhibition South Arts Southern Prize & State Fellowships for Visual Arts, on view June 4–September 6, 2026, a touring exhibition featuring artwork by the 2025 Southern Prize & State Fellowship for Visual Arts recipients.

Launched in 2017 by South Arts, the Southern Prize & State Fellowships for Visual Arts program celebrates and supports exemplary contemporary art in the American South. This exhibition features work by the nine 2025 recipients—one each from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee—representing the South Arts region. Represented artists and Fellows include: Loretta Pettway Bennett (Alabama), Gonzalo Fuenmayor (Florida), Masela Nkolo (Georgia), Travis Townsend (Kentucky), Edgar Cano (Louisiana), Stephen Phillips (Mississippi), Lydia C. Thompson (North Carolina), Felicia Greenlee (South Carolina), and Tabitha Arnold (Tennessee).