By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  |  Former S.C. Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth of Mount Pleasant and Grammy Award-winning trumpet player Charlton Singleton of Charleston have received the state’s highest award for 2021 for arts achievement from the S.C. Arts Commission.

““It means a lot to me that Charlton and I are getting this honor at the same time,” Wentworth said today about the S.C. Governor’s Awards for the Arts. “We used to teach together at [Charleston County] School of the Arts.  We’ve improved together.  It’s been so much fun to watch his trajectory.  Because he got it too, It just means so much more. It’s just sweeter.”

Singleton received the award for Artist of the Year, while Wentworth received a special award.