2019 Firestarter Award Winners Announced!
Biddix and Glass Receive 2019 Firestarter Award The Kentucky Foundation for Women is proud to announce that Arielle “Red” Biddix and Candy Glass are the recipients of the 2019 Firestarter…
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Meet New Board Member, Cheryl R. Hopson!
Meet the Board Member: Cheryl R. Hopson! “Every time I leave my home I am a walking social protest movement.” — Cheryl Hopson Kentucky Foundation for Women board member Cheryl…
KFW Announces Elmer Lucille Allen 2019 Sallie Bingham Award Winner
KFW Announces Elmer Lucille Allen 2019 Sallie Bingham Award Winner Elmer Lucille Allen, an award-winning fiber and ceramic artist, is the recipient of the 2019 Sallie Bingham Award. Allen graduated…
KFW Pays Tribute to the Life & Legacy of Kathi B. Ellis
Kathi E.B. Ellis: Elevating Women’s Voices
Applications Open for New Fall Residency Program with Carolyn Finney!
KFW’s 2019 Fall Residency Program invites applications from Kentucky women artists who wish to work closely with Artist-in-Residence Carolyn Finney to develop their artistic skills. This workshop is open to…
KFW Announced Recipients of Advancing Democracy, Building Power Grants
Congrats to the 2019 Advancing Democracy & Building Power Grantees! Press Release by Ellen Birkett Morris In an effort to explore essential questions about our democracy, the Kentucky Foundation for…
Register for Savannah Sipple’s Summer Workshop “Electric: The Study of Pleasure”
Registration will open for “Electric: The Study of Pleasure” this Friday, May 10 at 5:00 pm EST! 2019 Artist-In-Residence Savannah Sipple will lead this community workshop on Saturday,…
KFW Honors the Life of Ann Stewart Anderson
“The world is a mess and art is just so important. It calms our souls.” Ann Stewart Anderson Ann Stewart Anderson’s Art and Work Honored Women KFW is sad to mark the…
Meet New Board Member, Raabia Wazir-Robinette!
Empathy, Compassion, and Action Drive Raabia Wazir-Robinette “Empathy isn’t just something that happens to us – a meteor shower of synapses firing across the brain – it’s also a choice we…
Pushing Boundaries, Taking Flight: The Extraordinary Life of Aviatrix Willa Beatrice Brown
Pushing Boundaries, Taking Flight: The Extraordinary Life of Aviatrix Willa Beatrice Brown KFW is profiling Willa Beatrice Brown for Black History Month and Women’s History month in honor of her…