KFW Honors Gwendolyn Kelly with Sallie Bingham Award
KFW Honors Gwendolyn Kelly with Sallie Bingham Award Kentucky Foundation for Women is pleased to announce that Gwen Kelly will be the recipient of the 2026 Sallie Bingham Award. The…
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KFW Announces 2026 Art Meets Activism Grant Recipients
Congrats to the 2026 Art Meets Activism Grantees! The Kentucky Foundation for Women has awarded 33 Art Meets Activism Grants totaling $256,113 to feminist artists and social change organizations from…
Announcing Artist Enrichment 2026 Workshops
Are you an artist or organization who sees art as a powerful way to make a difference in the lives of women, girls, and femme presenting people in Kentucky? Would…
NEW! KFW x JSP Artist Residency!
Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) and Josephine Sculpture Park (JSP) and excited to announce a new partnership: The KFW x JSP Artist Residency! KFW and Josephine Sculpture Park (JSP) in…
Social Impact Story: “Only I Can Tell My Story”
“Only I Can Tell My Story”: How Tina Parker Uses Poetry to Unearth Hidden Histories For more than twenty years, Tina Parker has been doing the work of excavation,…
2026 Firestarter Nominations Now Open!
Nominate a young and innovative feminist artist whose art is igniting sparks, challenging oppressive systems, or developing fresh insights and vision. Nominations due May 11. Nominate a Firestarter! Firestarters are…
Social Impact Story: Making Sound and Space
Making Sound and Space: How The Mountain Grrl Experience Is Building a Bigger Stage for Appalachian Women For more than a decade, Kris Bailey Preston has been doing the…
KFW Remembers Filmmaker and Archivist Elizabeth Barret
Written by Ellen Birkett Morris It’s hard to know who plays a bigger role, the chroniclers of our culture or those who work to preserve our history. Late filmmaker and…
New! Mini Grants now include emergency relief and gatherings of KFW artists!
We’ve updated KFW’s Artist Career Development (ACD) Mini Grants! KFW now provides three types of mini-grants (up to $500) for previous KFW grantees for: Opportunities (match required) Emergency Relief to…
Winners of the Inaugural KFW Writers Prize
KFW Announces Winners of the Inaugural KFW Writers Prize Press Release written by Ellen Birkett Morris The new KFW Writers Prize, established through a generous gift from the Kentucky…