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Tory Parker
Director of Marketing and Communications | Fund for the Arts
Tparker@fundforthearts.org

Louisville, KY (August 20, 2026) – Fund for the Arts is proud to announce the latest recipients of the Community Event Mini-Grant as part of the Fund’s Arts in Neighborhoods initiative. 

The Community Event Mini-Grants support arts organizations, businesses, neighborhood associations, individual artists, groups of artists, non-arts nonprofits, and community-based organizations with project expenses associated with presenting multigenerational, free community gatherings incorporating arts components. A community can be tied to a specific geographic location in Louisville and/or can be linked by a common interest or identity. 

“It’s amazing and inspiring to see the events that local artists are pouring heart, soul, and time into for their communities. It’s an honor to be part of helping to make those events happen,” said Fund for the Arts Interim President and CEO Brett Shepherd. “We are so grateful to LG&E & KU for believing in the Mini-Grant program and the importance of arts in every neighborhood.”  

A grant review panel of nine external community members provided written qualitative and quantitative feedback on the applications and made recommendations on funding. Seven events in three Louisville Metro Council districts (4, 5, 6) have been awarded support for a total investment of $15,610. Two of the seven awarded are first-time Fund for the Arts grantees.  

Interested in participating in a Grant Review Panel with Fund for the Arts? Click here to learn more.  

This round of the Mini-Grant application closed July 2, 2026. The Community Event Mini-Grant application is available on a rolling basis, with funds awarded 4 times throughout the calendar year. The next deadline for submission is October 16, 2026. 

Details on the grant recipients and their events:   

  1. Ordinary Magic: Self Portraiture Through Super 8 Film is a public showcasing of new analog film works developed by a cohort of local women and gender-expansive participants. The project is led by Analog Louisville. 
    1. WHERE: Multiple locations (TBA) 
    2. WHEN: Workshop on Mondays & Wednesdays in August, Public Screening on September 10 at 7:30 pm  
  2. Joyride is an annual roller-skating event that honors joy and cultural reclamation in the Shawnee neighborhood. This year’s event is hosted by Harvey and Hurston. The day will feature live DJs, roller skating floor, art installations, a vendor and community market, and an outdoor film screening of The People Could Fly directed by Imani Dennison. 
    1. WHERE: Shawnee Park – 230 Southwestern Parkway 
    2. WHEN: September 5, 4 – 8 pm 
  3. Ink & Revolución: Printmaking Workshops features 3 standalone workshops at La Galería at Foko, honoring the cultural legacy of Latin America. Daniel Nausa and Megan Lenahan’s curriculum centers around the history of printmaking as a tool for social change in Latin America, empowering participants to walk away with a solid foundation in block printing, a deeper cultural connection, and their own printed editions to share with their communities. 
    1. WHERE: Foko, 991 Logan St. 
    2. WHEN: 4 – 8 pm on September 20, October 11, and November 15 
  4. FLUX Community Development will host an Open Art Studio series led by teaching artists Gwendolyn Kelly and Julia Youngblood. Sessions are based on responses to community arts interest, with materials and instructors available for exploration! 
    1. WHERE: 1619 W. Main Street (formally known as 1619 FLUX, Art + Activism and The Gathering Place) 
    2. WHEN: Tuesdays in September – November from 4 – 7 pm 
  5. Louisville Story Program and Roots 101 African American Museum will host the inaugural Save Our Stories Festival, a free, all-day intergenerational community event centered around the documentary arts and collective cultural and historical preservation with programming from Community Archiving Workshop (CAW) Collective. 
    1. WHERE: Roots 101 African American Museum, 124 N. 1st St. 
    2. WHEN: October 10, 11 am – 4 pm 
  6. Mikyle Celesdriana will host beCZINE, featuring performances and writing and photography workshops, in celebration of CZINE, an online anthological magazine meant to present and engage Black womxn (with an emphasis on queerness) as living archives.  
    1. WHERE: Shawnee Park Golf Course, 460 Northwestern Pkwy 
    2. WHEN: October 18, 2 – 6 pm 
  7. Louisville Youth Orchestra will present their Discovery Concert, a free daytime educational concert from LYO’s premiere ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, for middle and high school music students from across the region.  
    1. WHERE: Brown Theatre, 315 W. Broadway  
    2. WHEN: November 23 at 10:30 am 

For further information on each upcoming event, please visit the websites and/or social media channels for the organizers.  

The Community Event Mini-Grant is powered by the support of LG&E and KU Company. 

For further information about grants and funding opportunities or partnerships with Fund for the Arts, visit fundforthearts.org/funding/ or sign up for Arts Scoop email newsletter at fundforthearts.org/arts-scoop/.  

ABOUT FUND FOR THE ARTS  

Fund for the Arts is a regional nonprofit with the mission to contribute to the overall health and well-being of our community by generating resources for, investing in, and supporting our local arts, artists, and arts organizations. The Fund envisions a healthy and vibrant community where everyone embraces the art that exists in our lives every day, everyone contributes to the well-being of our arts community, and it is understood that everyone belongs to the arts community. The organization facilitates the largest arts grant program in Greater Louisville and it conducts one of the two oldest united arts campaigns in the country. For more information, visit www.fundforthearts.org  

  

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