The 2012 Art Meets Activism Grant Application
is now available!
Application must be postmarked by March 2, 2012
Please seeAdditional Information about Completing the Application if you are thinking about applying.
Participatory Art Meets Activism Grant Workshops
(Please RSVP to team@kfw.org or call the KFW office)
All workshops include networking time and discussions of feminism, art for social change and grant application components. Free and open to the public. Healthy snacks or light meal provided.
Louisville: Monday, February 6th, 5:30pm-8:30pm, Louisville Free Public Library, Main Branch, Centennial Room, 301 York St.
Richmond: Wednesday, February 8th, 5:30pm-8:30pm, Madison County Public Library, 507 W Main St. Richmond
Madisonville: Saturday, February 11th, 9:30am-12:30pm CST, Madisonville Community College, John H. Gray Building, Rm 305, 2000 College Dr.
Additional Information about Completing the Application
Introduction and Overview
1. Filling out the Application
2. Description of Activities Overview
a. Writing Summary
b. Activities
c. Feminism
d. Anticipated Results
e. Social Change Impact
Frequently Asked Questions about Activities
3. Preparing a Budget
Sample 1 - To create a community mural
Sample 2 - To host a writing conference
Sample 3 - To teach and produce a performance
Sample 4 - To present visual arts workshop
Frequently Asked Questions about preparing a budget
4. Composing a Biographical Statement
5. Submitting a Current Work Sample
6. Letters of Recommendation
Notes for Partners
Notes for Organizations
FAQs about submitting an application
What You Need to Know Now About Getting a Grant
The Art Meets Activism (AMA) grant supports feminist artists and organizations in Kentucky to engage individuals and communities in artmaking that directly advances positive social change. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their commitment to feminism, their ability to engage community members, and have a concrete plan for positive social change through arts-based activities. Applicants may request funds for a range of art activities that address social change including but not limited to: community participation in creating art, collaborative or individualized artmaking with women and/or girls, artists’ creation of new work in a community context, or arts education programs primarily focused on women or girls. Applicants to the AMA grant program, like the Artist Enrichment 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 at a domestic violence shelter to help women express their emotions, build their self-respect and develop their abilities to become empowered women.
Two media artists in Eastern Kentucky record oral histories of diverse generations of eastern KY women artists, share the oral histories on a website, and establish an online community of women artists interested in social change in this region. The project connects women artists and encourages them to become agents of social change.
A dancer in Louisville teaches modern dance classes that incorporate body image and self-esteem discussion workshops for African-American women. The classes will uplift and educate the participants by engaging them through dance.
A writer in Paint Lick leads writing activities with women over the age of 70 living in an independent retirement community. The activities assist the writers to become lifelong contributors to the community, and encourages them to continue to write and share their experiences with women and girls in Kentucky.
An arts organization in Lexington partners artists with survivors of domestic violence to create art rooted in the survivors’ experiences. The program gives survivors an opportunity for creative self-expression, provides artists an opportunity to use their skills, and advances social change by raising community awareness about violence against women.
