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…
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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…
Looking for Lilith Theatre Company Receives 2022 Sallie Bingham Award
Press Release written by Ellen Birkett Morris Kentucky Foundation for Women is pleased to announce that Looking for Lilith Theatre Company is the recipient of the 2022 Sallie Bingham Award.…
KFW Congratulates Ceirra Evans, Teja Sudhakar, and Ellie Ruth on 2022 Firestarter Award
KFW Congratulates Ceirra Evans, Teja Sudhakar, and Ellie Ruth on 2022 Firestarter Award Press Release written by Ellen Birkett Morris The Kentucky Foundation for Women is proud to…
Congrats 2022 Firestarter Award Winner, Teja Sudhakar
Meet Teja Sudhakar Teja Sudhakar, 21, of Lexington, is a poet whose work incorporates topics such as immigration, intergenerational womanhood, borderlands, surveillance, and resilience. She was selected as a Firestarter…
Congrats 2022 Firestarter Award Winner, Ellie Ruth
Meet Ellie Ruth Ellie Ruth, 24, of Louisville, was selected as a Firestarter for her risk-taking work bending stereotypes and breaking musical boundaries as a musician, singer-songwriter, performer and community…
Congrats 2022 Firestarter Award Winner, Ceirra Evans
Meet Ceirra Evans Ceirra Evans, 23, of Louisville/Owingsville, is a painter who incorporates themes of home, Appalachia, queerness, family relationships, and place. Ceirra was selected as a Firestarter for her…
Remembering Fred Smock
KFW Remembers The American Voice Editor Fred Smock By Ellen Birkett Morris KFW mourns the loss of editor, poet and teacher Frederick Smock, a professor of English and…
Upcoming 2022 Artist Enrichment Workshops!
Are you an artist or organization who sees art as a powerful way to make a difference in the lives of women and girls in Kentucky? Would you like to…