Kim Dixon
Visual Artist
2025 Artist Enrichment Grant | (Lexington) $9,200 to create a series of story quilts inspired by her mother’s reflections on the recent passing of her best friend, renowned poet, Nikki Giovanni, exploring their shared experiences and deconstructing poems that shaped their understanding of life, love, and Black womanhood. Through this intergenerational project, Kim will honor the legacy of Black feminist thought and deepen her engagement with it as expressed in the everyday lives of these two women, which continues her practice as a feminist social change artist through storytelling, memory, and cloth.
Previous Grants
2020 Artist Enrichment Grant | (Lexington): $5,290 to create a body of visual works encompassing the enduring art of “craft” including needlework and quilting to explore women’s so-called traditional roles within the domestic sphere. Researching historical texts and more contemporary scholarship will fine-tune her thoughts and present new interpretations.