Sam Ragan Awards Explained

The Sam Ragan Awards are an annual fine arts award presented by St. Andrews University in Laurinburg, North Carolina. The award honors Sam Ragan who was a North Carolina Poet Laureate[1] and North Carolina's first Secretary of Cultural Resources. It is presented annually for "outstanding contributions to the Fine Arts of North Carolina over an extended period--including, but above and beyond--the recipient's own primary commitment."[2]

Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award Winners

Listed below are the recipients of The Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Past North Carolina Poets Laureate. North Carolina Arts Council. May 8, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121027233637/http://www.ncarts.org/freeform_scrn_template.cfm?ffscrn_id=177&. October 27, 2012.
  2. Web site: The Sam Ragan Fine Arts Awards. St. Andrews University. May 8, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120323112338/http://www.sapc.edu/academics/cw/raganawards.php. March 23, 2012.