Kentucky Foundation For Women: Artist Enrichment Grant

The Kentucky Foundation for Women offers the Artist Enrichment Grant to support feminist artists and arts organizations in Kentucky. This grant encourages artistic development aimed at creating art for positive social change. Eligible applicants can seek funding for various activities, including artist residencies and exploring new techniques. The program prioritizes high artistic quality and a commitment to feminism, ensuring that grants are accessible to all individuals, regardless of background.

The AE grant provides opportunities for feminist artists and arts organizations to further their artistic development to create art for positive social change. Applicants may request funds for a range of activities including: artistic development, artist residencies, the exploration of new areas or techniques, or to build a body of work.
Applicants to the AE grant program should show high artistic quality in the art sample, and should be able to demonstrate their commitment to feminism and their understanding of the relationship between art and social change. The grant program is arts-based and feminist in nature.

Eligibility

Individual artists and organizations who are engaging in arts-based activities may apply.
Applicants must be residents of Kentucky.
KFW is committed to making grants accessible to all, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, education level, economic condition, or geographic origin.

Ineligibility

Because KFW focuses on supporting the creation of art by feminists in Kentucky, KFW does not fund:non-art related expenses (i.e., overdue bills, taxes, etc.)work conducted by artists or organizations that have not resided in Kentucky for at least one year at the time of applicationactivities that do not focus on improving the lives of Kentucky’s women, girls, trans, and gender nonconforming people.