upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

Betty Leacraft

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2011 Leeway Transformation Award – $15,000

Betty is a mixed media fiber artist, educator, lecturer, and curator who attempts to create opportunities for under-served, under-resourced ethnic communities and individuals through interactive, hands-on, fiber art projects where participants share untold stories, acquire new artistic skills, and develop respect for cultural diversity in our communities.

Her signature workshop series African Inspired Design uses art as a tool of communication to provide a framework for dialog about cultural awareness, and shared cultural connections. Since the early 1990s, Betty has taught and lectured numerous students and individuals in residencies and workshops in the Tri-state area with a focus on textile arts in diverse communities, schools, correctional facilities, shelters, re-entry and recovery programs, senior residences and centers, libraries, colleges, and museums.

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The Window of Opportunity (WOO) grant provides financial assistance of up to $1,500 to Leeway grant and award recipients to help them take advantage of imminent, time-sensitive opportunities to support their art for social change practice. The Community Care Fund (CCF) provides financial assistance of up to $1,250 to Leeway grant and award recipients to support with immediate and essential emergency needs. [read more]

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