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Grantees and Residents Working for Social Change:

A media artist in Whitesburg produces the Appalachian Women Radio Project, a multi-media arts project designed to bring young rural women’s voices to the public through the airwaves and the internet.

A Louisville poet participates in a one-week residency at Hopscotch House and edits a new manuscript of poems, using the creative community and surroundings to inspire the completion of her work.

Two Lexington writers produce a chapbook chronicling the lives of Mexican women immigrants living in Kentucky and their mothers at home in Mexico.

A photographer in Paducah collaborates with young western Kentucky mothers to create a series of photographs and writing based on their experience.

A fiber artist in Louisville conducts expressive art workshops with a group of women suffering chronic mental illness, and creates an exhibit of their work.

A women’s theatre company dedicated to re-examining history from women’s perspectives holds a week-long retreat at Hopscotch House to work on a series of one-woman shows.

Welcome to KFW!

Art Meets Activism grant applications and Additional Information now available!
Application deadline Friday, March 5, 2010

Participatory Art Meets Activism Grant Workshops coming up!

Thursday, February 4th, 5pm-8pm CST, Warren County Public Library, Bob Kirby
Branch, 175 Iron Skillet Ct, Bowling Green, KY

Wednesday, February 10th , 5:30pm-8:30pm, Louisville Free Public Library,
Iroquois Branch, 601 West Woodlawn Ave, Louisville, KY

Saturday, February 13th , 9:30-12:30, Johnson County Public Library,
444 Main St., Paintsville, KY

Please RSVP to attend
by emailing sue@kfw.org,
or calling 502-562-0045
or toll free at 1-866-654-7564

Spring 2010 Hopscotch House Retreat Requests*
For Time and Space Between
April 5th and June 13th, 2010
Now Available!
Request Postmark Deadline:
February 12, 2010

Hopscotch House retreats provide feminist artists and activists time and space to create and convene in a natural environment that inspires, nurtures, and rejuvenates. Retreats are made available to individual artists, arts groups and allied organizations on a quarterly basis. Requests for time and space at Hopscotch House between the dates of April 5th and June 13th, 2010 to be mailed by February 12th, 2010 (postmark date) to the Kentucky Foundation for Women, 332 West Broadway, Suite 1215, Louisville, KY 40202.

*Please Note: Hopscotch House will be closed for the Memorial Day Weekend, May 29th – 31st. No retreats will be scheduled at those times.

To submit a request, please complete the individual or group Spring 2010* request form found on the Hopscotch House page.

The feminist-led, arts-centered movement for social justice is growing in Kentucky!
Find out what is happening here and how you can be involved.

The mission of the Kentucky Foundation for Women is to promote positive social change by supporting varied feminist expression in the arts. When women and girls advance, so does Kentucky.

KFW carries out this mission through:

Two Grant Programs: Each year the Foundation awards $200,000 to feminist artists and social change organizations in Kentucky through two grant programs: Artist Enrichment and Art Meets Activism.

Residencies and Retreats for women and girls: Hopscotch House Retreat and Residency Center is a KFW program that serves women and girls in Kentucky by providing a supportive setting for feminist artists and activists to create, connect, and convene.

The KFW Hot Flash: E-News for Everyone: Weekly and Special Edition emails include announcements, opportunities, and action steps.

Creating and sharing resources about feminism and social change: Check out the KFW Feminist Timeline. Have fun taking the Women’s History Quiz to test your knowledge. If you don’t know all the answers, don’t worry, see the Answers to the Women’s History Quiz, and learn more about our foremothers. If you visit Hopscotch House, be sure to spend time in the Library there, which offers a wide variety of websites, books, articles, and artwork on feminism and activism.

Although KFW focuses on Kentucky, you can participate in feminist art and social change wherever you live!

Here are a few examples of what you can do:

SUPPORT feminist artists in your community by attending their readings and performances, visiting galleries showing their work, and purchasing their art.

WRITE a letter to the editor of your local newspaper about how feminist artists contribute to the advancement of women and girls.

LEARN more about the history of feminism and activism in your hometown by interviewing wise women, like grandmothers, mothers, and aunts.

READ books and articles about feminism and activism. Feminism is for Everyone by Kentucky author bell hooks is a great place to start.

SHARE your favorite story about the positive power of feminist art with a friend.

START a blog highlighting your ideas on feminism, art, and social change as a catalyst to further discussion and understanding of these important topics.

To Contact KFW:
Kentucky Foundation for Women
1215 Heyburn Building
332 West Broadway
Louisville, KY 40202-2184
Phone: (502) 562-0045
Toll Free: (866) 654-7564
Fax: (502) 561-0420

info@kfw.org

The KFW Hot Flash, weekly enews for everyone,
now goes out to over 1400 readers! If you know of an opportunity, event, or announcement for feminist artists and activists, or if you know someone who would like to receive KFW Hot Flashes, email sue@kfw.org.

Feminist art "is neither a style nor a movement—it’s a value system, a revolutionary strategy, and way of life."

- From The Power of Feminist Art: the American Movement of the 1970s, History and Impact

"Artists should believe that there are ways to change the world by making art."

-Ann Stewart Anderson, KFW grantee, former KFW Executive Director

"We have a social and spiritual responsibility to fight for equality. What benefits us if we’re not bringing everyone with us?"

- Penny Sisto, KFW grantee, Fiber Artist

"The women in my family are not powerhouse women in government, but they're good, kind, making it on their own kind of women. They raised me to be who I wanted to be, because that's what feminism is all about, right? Being who you want to be, not having a societal cage."

- Kimberly Lawless, KFW grantee, visual artist