Lafayette County Arts Leadership Awards

  • 2024-2025 Lafayette County Arts Leadership Award

    A project to highlight the role of arts in communities in Lafayette County Mississippi by the Mississippi Presenters Network and the Ed and Becky Meek Foundation

  • Present Mississippi Art Awards

    A project to highlight the role of Arts in Mississippi Communities

    by the Mississippi Presenters Network and Ed and Becky Meek Foundation

     

    ABOUT

    MISSISSIPPI PRESENTERS NETWORK

     The Mississippi Presenters Network is a non-profit organization focused on assisting and building a strong network of arts presenters across Mississippi. MSPN organizes workshops, collaborative projects, and resource sharing to support passionate, thriving arts leaders and communities which support the creative spirit of Mississippi. With the generous partnership of the Ed and Becky Meek Foundation, we are able to continue our mission of encouraging growth and capacity buidling of the arts thorughout the state of Mississippi. 

    GUIDELINES:

    The Lafayette County Arts Leadership Award is an annual recognition designed to celebrate the outstanding contributions of Mississippi-based artists to the state’s cultural heritage and creative economy. This prestigious award will provide a $10,000 monetary prize to an artist or arts presenter who demonstrates exceptional artistic excellence, innovation, and a commitment to enriching Lafayette county’s cultural identity. Open to artists and arts presenters across all disciplines, nominees will be selected through a rigorous process emphasizing artistic quality, community impact, and representation of the state’s diverse heritage.

    The deadline for award submission is May 31st, 2025

    Projects can be nominated by anyone from a community member.

    Nominees will be highlighted in a social media campaign by the Presenters Network with winners receiving a $10,000 award to support the growing community of artists and arts presenters in the area. 

    Winners and nominees will also be recognized at a banquet in August of 2025.

     

     How Will Submission Be Used:

    The first round of applications are designed as an accessible, form style, application that should take no longer than 45 minutes to complete. Select applicatnts will then be chosen to participate in a second application round which will dive deeper into the applicants artistic quality, community impact, and representation of the state’s diverse heritage.

  • Lafayette County Arts Leadership Award

    Nominate a community member, organization, volunteer, or board member who has had a lasting impact on the growing arts sector in your town or organization!
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  • Present Mississippi Awards

    MSPN and the Ed and Becky Meek foundation are also awarding $4,000 to art events across the state in the following four categories: New Art Award, Community and Economic Development, Event on a Budget, and Arts Leadership. We encourage you to apply for one or all four categories using the link below: https://form.jotform.com/241544851195157

  • Thank You for your Submission!

    Thank you for taking time to share about your event. The MSPN team is excited to learn about the projects from arts presenters across the state and share success stories with community leaders to encourage more arts programming in Mississippi.

  • Become Part of MSPN

    The Mississippi Presenters Network works to support arts presenters across Mississippi. There are no fees to become part of the organization as the mission is to build strong arts leaders through collaboration and resource sharing. Membership is open to anyone who organizes Performing Arts events from for-profit concert promoters, Main Streets Associations that organize the annual town festival, or the local arts agency. Join our membership at www.presentmississippi.org/#join

  • MSPN

    P.O. Box 544 | Oxford, MS 38655 www.presentmississippi.org
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