The Art Meets Activism (AMA) program supports feminist artists and organizations in actively engaging individuals and communities in the development, creation or implementation of arts-based activities that are directly focused on progressive social change in Kentucky. Art Meets Activism applicants should demonstrate a commitment to community involvement and have a concrete plan to accomplish social change. Applicants may request funds for a range of activities including: arts education programs focused on women or girls, community participation in the creation of new art forms, community-based projects involving new partnerships between artists and activists, and arts-based community projects with social change themes or content.
Applicants to the AMA grant program, like the AE grant program, should show high artistic quality in the work sample, and should be able to demonstrate their commitment to feminism and their understanding of the relationship between art and social change. Both grant programs are arts-based and feminist in nature.
Examples of awarded Art Meets Activism grants
A visual artist in Ashland provides weekly mixed media art workshops for women at a domestic violence shelter, which will help the women express their emotions, build their self-respect and contribute to their personal development as empowered women.
A media artist in Louisville displays visual artwork of feminist artists on billboards with a link to an internet site highlighting each artist, which will bring awareness to the artists’ social concerns and simultaneously promote local female artists.
A poet in Campbellsville presents writing workshops for working class rural women in central Kentucky, distributes a poetry newsletter to rural Kentucky women without internet access, and publishes the writings of workshop participants.
A community organization in Appalachia presents a variety of arts-based workshops and classes, information, and physical activity that will enable women to improve their health.
An arts organization in Lexington presents a series of writing and performance poetry workshops girls ages 13-17 to help the girls find their artistic and activist voices in relation to the natural world, specifically the Appalachian Mountains.
Additional Information
Additional Information
If you are thinking of applying, please:
See the Thinking about Applying section on the Grant Program page and review the information there.
If, after reviewing this information, you have questions, please contact Rae Strobel by phone or email: 502-562-0045, 1-866-654-7564 or rae@kfw.org
