Sistah LaLa
Performing Artist
2024 Artist Enrichment Grant | (Berea) $3,555 to create a performing arts body of work entitled, “Songs My Gram-mamma Taught Me”, using music and spoken word to recount stories shared by elder women used to educate younger generations of women in ways of knowing. The songs shared will expand her musical knowledge of her own culture and the cultures of 6 other women, while the spoken word pieces, conceived directly from interviews, will enhance her creative writing and storytelling skills for future live performances that will eventually culminate into a one woman show.
Previous Grants
2021 Artist Enrichment Grant |(Lexington) $4,200 to create “Spirituals in Motion,” a fully completed album that speaks directly to her voice, ancestry and her purpose as an artist of African descent. This grant will provide her the opportunity to create a body of work that addresses a variety of topics related to social change using music to inspire and galvanize the world.