KFW Visioning Announcement
Warm greetings to all, KFW has completed our 2023 Visioning Process with feedback gathered from artists and arts organizations through surveys, interviews, and in-person sessions. We offer our sincere…
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Loretto Artist Residency Winter-Spring 2024
Loretto Artist Residency Winter-Spring 2024 “You’re invited to do your art in the midst of Loretto hospitality.” Applications due November 17, 2023 for priority scheduling. January 31 is the final…
KFW Honors Doris Thurber with Sallie Bingham Award
Kentucky Foundation for Women is pleased to announce that Doris Thurber will be the recipient of the 2023 Sallie Bingham Award. The award will be given at the foundation’s annual celebration of…
Announcing the 2023 Arts Meets Activism Grant Recipients
KFW Announces 2023 Art Meets Activism Grant Recipients Press Release written by Ellen Birkett Morris The Kentucky Foundation for Women has awarded 32 Art Meets Activism Grants totaling…
Strategic Planning
Dear KFW Community, Our 40th anniversary is fast approaching, and while we are excited about the important work we have done, this milestone is prompting us to reflect on the profound changes…
Nominations for 2023 Firestarter Award Now Open!
Firestarters are intersectional feminist artists (18-25) who are igniting sparks in their community. They are artists who engage deeply in movements for racial, climate, disability and gender/LGBTQ+ justice, bring attention…
Effie Waller Smith – Noted Appalachian Poet and Educator
The Bachelor Girl She’s no “old maid,” she’s not afraid To let you know she’s her own “boss,” She’s easy pleased, she’s not diseased, She is not nervous,…
Loretto Artist Residency Summer-Fall 2023
Loretto Artist Residency Summer-Fall 2023 “You’re invited to do your art in the midst of Loretto hospitality.” Applications due April 10. Notification by May 11. KFW is partnering with the…
Announcing the 2022 Artist Enrichment Grant Recipients
KFW Announces 2022 Artist Enrichment Grants Press Release written by Ellen Birkett Morris The Kentucky Foundation for Women awarded 37 Artist Enrichment grants totaling $140,030 to Kentucky…
Applications open for Loretto Artist Residency
Loretto Artist Residency Fall 2022–Spring 2023 “You’re invited to do your art in the midst of Loretto hospitality.” Applications due October 10 for first–round consideration. Applications will be reviewed on…