October 16 | 2024

Under $10,000 Budget 

Gold: Baldwin Photographic Gallery - Deep Roots: Evocations of the Mississippi Blues

Silver: LSU Textile and Costume Museum- Women Fashioning Women

Bronze: Patriot's Point Naval and Maritime Museum - The Men Will Always Be There: Edward Steichen and the Naval Photographic Unit

Under $25,000 Budget 

Honorable Mention: Gaston County Museum of Art and History - Niche Knits: The Interlooped History of Hosiery Textiles and Fashion

Over $25,000 Budget 

Gold: Baton Rouge Gallery, Center for Contemporary Art - And We Went: 60 Years After the Baton Rouge Swim-In

Silver: The Historic New Orleans Collection - "Yet She is Advancing": New Orleans Women and the Right To Vote, 1878-1970

Bronze: Western Carolina University Fine Art Museum - Spark of the Eagle Dancer: The Collecting Legacy of Lambert Wilson

Over $100,000 Budget 

Gold: Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center - A Grand Menagerie: The Sculpture of Anna Hyatt Huntington

Silver: Memphis Museum of Science and History (MOSH)- Everyday People: Snapshots of the Black Experience

Bronze: The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn - Black Codes: Art and Post Civil-Rights Alabama

Honorable Mention: Frazier History Museum -120: Cool KY Counties

Many thanks to the 2024 Exhibition Competition Chair and Jurors:

• Michelle Schulte (Chair), Chief Curator and Director of Public Programs, LSU Museum of Art at the Shaw Center for the Arts

2024 Exhibition Competition Jurors:

• Maria Kelly, Assistant Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art
• Ben Hickey, Director, CEPA Gallery, Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts
• Natalie Mault Mead, Chief Curator, Huntsville Museum of Art
• Raka Nandi, Director of Exhibitions and Collections, Memphis Museum of Science and History
• Chase Tomlin, Associate Curator, The National WWII Museum
• Erika Witt, Director and Chief Curator, Southern University of New Orleans Museum of Art

Category: Best in Show

To Be Announced at SEMC2024!

Category: Annual Reports

Gold: LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA

Silver: Scott Family Amazeum, Bentonville, AR

Bronze: Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC

Category: Book & Catalogs

Gold – Taubman Museum of Art - SWOON

Silver – Artis-Naples, The Baker Museum – George Gershwin and Modern Art: A Rhapsody in Blue

Bronze – The Historic New Orleans Collection – Louisiana Lens: Photographs from the Historic New Orleans Collection

Category: Brochures

Gold – University of Georgia – Visit the Georgia Museum of Art

Silver – President James K. Polk State Historic Site – Pollinator Garden Guide

Bronze – The Mint Museum – Whitfield Lovell: Passages Exhibition Brochure

Category: Campaigns

Gold – Museum of the Cherokee People – Museum of the Cherokee People’s Rebranding Campaign

Silver – The Mint Museum – 2023 Potters Market at the Mint

Bronze – Customs House Museum & Cultural Center – Flying High 39 Campaign

Category: Gallery Guides

Gold – Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia – Where Shadows Cross

Silver – Gregg Museum of Art & Design – BABENGA: The Sacred Forest Gallery Guide

Bronze – Mississippi Department of Archives and History – Two Mississippi Museums Family Guide

Honorable Mention - Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia- Power Couple

Category: Invitations

Gold – Gibbes Museum of Art – Something Terrible May Happen

Silver – Marco Island Historical Society – Kings & Queens Gala

Bronze – The Mint Museum – The Mint Museum Coveted Couture Gala Invitation

Category: Magazines & Newsletters

Gold – LSU Museum of Art – Art Talk Newsletter

Silver – The Mint Museum - Inspired: The Mint Museum Magazine

Bronze – Customs House Museum & Cultural Center – Second and Commerce July 2023 – June 2024

Honorable Mention - The Historic New Orleans Collection - The Historic New Orleans Collection Quarterly

Category: Mailers & Calendars of Events 

Gold – The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University – 2023-2024 Academic Calendar Mailers

Silver – The Mint Museum – School and Teacher Programs

Bronze – Hunter Museum of American Art – Exhibit Opening Postcards: Art Deco Glass, VIVID, Networked Nature, and Gilded

Category: Posters

Gold – Customs House Museum & Cultural Center – Juneteenth Poster

Silver – Mississippi Department of Archives and History – Two Mississippi Museums Maker’s Fest Poster

Bronze – Artis-Naples, The Baker Museum – The Art of Food Poster

Many thanks to the 2024 Publication Competition Chair and Jurors:

Christian Edwards (Chair), Assistant Keeper, NC Collection Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2024 Publication Competition Jurors:

Linda Jacobson, Keeper, NC Collection Gallery

Rachel Reynolds, Exhibits Coordinator, Wilson Library

Stephen Fletcher, NC Photo Archivist, NC Collection

Jason Tomberlin, Head of Research and Information Services, Wilson Library

Bob Schriener, Numismatist, NC Collection Gallery

Cory Edwards, Owner, Chatham Milling Company

Katie Murphy, IMLS Graduate Student, UNC ‘25

Annika Duneja, Student, UNC ‘26

Claire Scott Stevens, Student, UNC ‘28

Category: Digital Education - Under $1,000

Gold: President James K. Polk State Historic Site, Polk Historic Cemetery

Category: Digital Education - Over $10,000

Gold: North Carolina Museum of Art, NCMA Explore

Silver: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, MDAH Digital Snapshots

Category: Digital Marketing - Under $1,000

Gold: Hunter Museum of American Art, Networked Nature Social Media Campaign

Category: Digital Marketing - Over $10,000

Gold: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Blog

Category: Gallery Installations - Under $1,000

Gold: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Champagne and Chocolate Digital Sign

Silver: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Flying High Digital Sign

Silver: Hunter Museum of American Art, Family Album Series

Bronze: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Museum at 40 Digital Sign

Category: Media Production - Under $1,000

Gold: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, A Monday Moment with Art: The Porter Children

Bronze: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Museum at 40 Video

Category: Media Production - $5,000-$9,999

Gold: The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art at Auburn, The Jule Museum Podcast

Category: Media Production - Over $10,000

Gold: Cortina Productions, Blue Planet Theater at Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center

Bronze: The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art at Auburn, The Inaugural Auburn Forum for Southern Art and Culture

Bronze: The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art at Auburn, The Jule at 20

Category: Virtual Media - Under $1,000

Gold: Hunter Museum of American Art, Mural Stop Motion

Category: Virtual Media - $1,001 - $4,999

Gold: Hunter Museum of American Art, Spanish Translation QR Codes

Many thanks to the 2024 Technology Competition Committee:

• Scotty Almany (Jury Foreman), Deputy Director of Operations and Project Management, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
• Leslie Leonard (Juror), Administrator, North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, Raleigh, NC
• Scott Warren (Chair), Historic Site Manager II, President James K. Polk State Historic Site, Pineville, NC

Many thanks to the 2024 Awards Committee:

• Rosalind Martin (Chair), Director of Education, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
• Steven Matijcio, Executive Director, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
• David Butler, Executive Director (retired), Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN

Congratulations to the 2024 SEMC Award Recipients!