Kentucky Foundation for Women seeking Arts Activity Leaders
Kentucky Foundation for Women seeking Arts Activity Leaders
The Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) is looking for arts activity leaders for a special project partnering with Louisville Metro Department of Corrections to work with children and adults in the visitors lobby at the LMDC facility on 6th Street. Selected leaders will join an artist/activist team assembled in mid 2008, as part of this special project providing arts in the entrance lobby and exit lobby as well as the visitors lobby.
Arts Activity leaders will:
- Attend training and information sessions for working with families of the incarcerated.
- Create arts activities designed to strengthen protective factors for those whose loved ones are incarcerated.
- Be available to lead 2 to 3 activities engaging children and family in the LMDC visitors lobby on Sunday evenings beginning Feb 1st 5:30-7:30pm and continue through March 29th (nine weeks) with a possibility for extension for 1-2 months after that.
Criteria for selection as an arts activity leader include:
- Attend one day, 3 ½ hour interactive training session on Wednesday, Jan 28th with Monica L. Williams, a national leader in the field of arts for children of incarcerated parents. Participants will review basic approaches to working with families of the incarcerated as well as create and practice sample arts-based activities.
- Commitment to an art-based social justice framework.
- Experience and/or demonstrated abilities in leading collaborative arts activities for diverse youth and their families.
- Respect for all people and an understanding of confidentiality in working with family members of incarcerated populations.
- Positive and open attitudes to all people.
Interested applicants should submit a brief (maximum of two pages) statement answering the following questions:
1. What is your relevant work or community service experience?
2. What is your understanding of arts-based social justice?
3. Why do you want to participate in this project, and what you do you hope to
contribute and gain through your participation?
Application date:
(receipt by mail) Monday, Jan 19th att: Judi Jennings, KFW 332 West Broadway, Suite
1215, Louisville , KY 40202
(receipt by email) Friday, Jan 16th to Judi Jennings, Executive Director of the Kentucky
Foundation for Women ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Activity leaders will be paid $100 for each two hour session, and each leader
will participate in 2 or 3 sessions during February and March.
Notification date for selections: Wednesday, January 21st
For more information about this special project and a more detailed list of
criteria contact Jardana Peacock, special project coordinator, at 513-260-2731
or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it