Artist Professional Development Grant Awards April 2018

Great Meadows Foundation is pleased to announce the award of 13 grants to artists in the Kentucky region through the 7th round of the Artist Professional Development Grants. These grants will enable recipients to travel to visit major conferences, exhibitions, and artist residencies and to connect with professionals in the field whose expertise can help them develop their critical practice.

Celebrating over $300,000.- in grants to Kentucky artists since June 2016

Since its inception in June 2016, the Artist Professional Development Grant program has provided over $300,000.- in grant support to visual artists in the region. The program is focused on promoting the growth and development of visual art in Kentucky by helping improve the critical skills, resources, knowledge, and connections of artists, furthering their careers by encouraging them to engage with the broader art world and raising the bar for art being produced in the region. Developing artists’ awareness of and participation in the national and international art world, this program aims to strengthen the level of discourse among artists in the state.

Grantee artists in this cycle are: Philis Alvic, Lexington; Britany Baker, Louisville; Tiffany Carbonneau, New Albany; Mary Carothers, Louisville; Bud Dorsey, Louisville; Mitch Eckert, Louisville; Meena Khalili, Louisville; Laurie Fader, Louisville; Bette Levy, Louisville; Cynthia Norton, Louisville; Joanne Price, Bagdad; Rudy Salgado, Louisville; Travis Townsend,Lexington.