Leah Van Winkle
Performing Artist
2026 Art Meets Activism Grant | (Berea) , $10,000 for a feminist, community-based performing arts initiative that uses embodied movement practices to build a relational and artistic infrastructure that supports women+ in sustaining themselves and one another while shaping more inclusive cultural and civic life in their communities. The project is anchored by a 3-day summer convening in Rockcastle County and followed by a series of public movement gatherings. Drawing from yoga as somatic inquiry, accessible dance improv, contact-improv based movement, and ensemble creation practices, participants will engage in collaborative artmaking.