Established in 2007, the Elizabeth and Mallory Factor Prize for Southern Art honors an artist whose work contributes to a new understanding of the South.

The Prize is accompanied by a cash prize of $10,000 and is administered and presented by the The Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina. All Prize submissions must be made online at www.factorprize.org.

A panel of judges considers artists who are from, reside in or work in the following Southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Additionally, artists who have contributed to the development of Southern art are considered.

The Factor Prize is also designed to create an archive of information about Southern artists that can be used by curators, collectors, academicians and the public. The repository of artist information that this Prize process creates is available online as a resource for anyone interested in the current state of art in America.

DEADLINE EXTENTED TO 28TH FEBRUARY 2010