701 CCA is proud to host the 2022 South Arts Southern Prize & State Fellow exhibition, from March 9th through May 7, 2023. Since its beginning in 2017, the South Arts Southern Prize & State Fellows event supports the highest quality of art being currently created in the American South.

The exhibition featured work from nine State Fellowship recipients, one from each state in the South Arts region. Each featured artist received a $5,000 award after being selected by an independent jury panel based solely on artistic excellence.

Two artists from this group were then selected as finalists for the Southern Prize. Second place winner Sarah Elizabeth Cornejo took home $10,000 and first place went to Hannah Chalew, who received $25,000. Both artists will receive a two-week residency at the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences in Rabun Gap, Georgia.