KFW Congratulates 2026 Firestarter Award Winners The Kentucky Foundation for Women is proud to announce that Zoe Howard, Te’zha Jones, Rose Fryman, Natalie Williams, and Daisy Slucher are the recipients…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
