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…
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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…
KFW Announces January 2025 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…
Gathering Stories
As we approach our 40th anniversary, we are gathering stories from our KFW community on their many varied experiences from grants, residencies, retreats and KFW Day. At KFW Day this…
NEW! Announcing the Feminist Artist Career Development Mini-Grant
KFW is excited to announce new mini-grants up to $500 for KFW artists. Applications open July 15, 2024, and are accepted on a rolling basis. Click here to read the…
Congrats to the 2024 Radical, Timely and Urgent Grant Recipients!
KFW Announces Recipients of Radical Timely and Urgent Grants In an effort to address recent challenges to democracy, bodily autonomy, racial equity in schools and workplaces, trans/LGBTQIA+ communities and other…
Winter/Spring Loretto Residencies Announced
Kentucky Foundation for Women Announces Winter 2023/Spring 2024 Loretto Artist Residents KFW is excited to announce the recipients of the winter 2023/spring 2024 Loretto Artist Residency Program, a partnership between…
Announcing Summer/Fall 2023 Loretto Artist Residents
KFW is excited to announce the recipients of the summer/fall 2023 Loretto Artist Residency Program, a partnership between Sisters of Loretto and KFW. Residencies span one to three weeks at…
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…
Announcing the 2022-Spring 2023 Loretto Residency Recipients
Kentucky Foundation for Women Announces Fall 2022/Spring 2023 Loretto Artist Residents, Open Applications for Summer/Fall 2023 KFW is excited to announce the recipients of the fall 2022 /spring…