We're thrilled and honored! The Lexington Writer's Room has been awarded a grant by the Kentucky Arts Council (funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021). This grant will help the LWR recover and grow after 18 months of operation during the COVID-19 Pandemic. This is our nonprofit's second grant. Helping writers WRITE is a worthy and important mission!
Congratulations to LWR member writer Robyn Peterman on her latest release, Fashionably Dead and Demonic, part of The Hot Damned Series. Pick up this fun or any of Robyn's other fun reads.
We are absolutely thrilled the Lexington Writer's Room is among the Kentucky Humanities Council grant recipients! The first grant we've applied for. It recognizes the burden we faced due to the pandemic and will provide some of the funds we'll need to re-build and grow our amazing and diverse community of writers. We're so honored to be among the recipients. This is just the beginning!
From the press release:
Kentucky Humanities Awards $800,000 to 51 Kentucky Organizations
Kentucky Humanities has awarded $800,382 to 51 cultural organizations throughout the state through funds from with National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act approved by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Joseph R. Biden.
Kentucky Humanities ARP Grants provide funding to museums, archives, historic sites, and other nonprofit cultural agencies impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Businesses across the country, including not-for-profit agencies, continue to feel the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Bill Goodman, Kentucky Humanities Executive Director. “This money appropriated by Congress will help many cultural organizations throughout the Commonwealth get back on their feet and adapt to the societal changes COVID-19 has brought. Kentucky Humanities is glad to work with the National Endowment for the Humanities to get these much-needed funds in the hands of humanities-based organizations throughout Kentucky.”
