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Cultivating Connection: Our 2025 Year in Review
Nov 25, 2025
Cultivating Connection: Our 2025 Year in Review
Nov 25, 2025

Celebrate our impact this year!

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Nov 25, 2025
Celebrating Commonwealth connectivity at The Golden Thread 2025
Nov 7, 2025
Celebrating Commonwealth connectivity at The Golden Thread 2025
Nov 7, 2025

This year’s event featured a visionary slate of cross-sector leaders and artists from across KY.

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Nov 7, 2025
Meet our 2025 Intercultural Microgrant recipients!
Sep 25, 2025
Meet our 2025 Intercultural Microgrant recipients!
Sep 25, 2025

This year, we funded 16 teams across Kentucky, with supporting totaling over $23,000.

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Sep 25, 2025


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Empowering cemetery preservation with Our Graveyard Boots // Intercultural Microgrant Guest Blog
Empowering cemetery preservation with Our Graveyard Boots // Intercultural Microgrant Guest Blog

Learn the basics of cemetery preservation from Our Graveyard Boots, a project from Intercultural Microgrant recipients Kaira Tucker & Angela Brown.

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ICM 2024, MicrograntsKYRUXFebruary 23, 2025
Documenting Black history & industry in Estill County // Intercultural Microgrant Guest Blog
Documenting Black history & industry in Estill County // Intercultural Microgrant Guest Blog

Learn about historic Estill County expulsions faced by Black workers in this Intercultural Microgrant project from Mariel Gardner & Jess Stevens.

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ICM 2024, MicrograntsKYRUXFebruary 23, 2025
River Readings for youth environmental education // Intercultural Microgrant Guest Blog
River Readings for youth environmental education // Intercultural Microgrant Guest Blog

Hear about Intercultural Microgrant recipients Shaelyn Bishop & Richie Kessler (Forever Green’s) youth-centered environmental education project.

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Microgrants, ICM 2024KYRUXFebruary 23, 2025
Building community through creative exchange in the Cov // Intercultural Microgrant Guest Blog
Building community through creative exchange in the Cov // Intercultural Microgrant Guest Blog

Hear about Intercultural Microgrant recipient Artmarkit’s Creative Youth Monthly Series in Covington.

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Microgrants, ICM 2024KYRUXFebruary 23, 2025
A journey of healing & community with the Hope Buss // Intercultural Microgrant Guest Blog
A journey of healing & community with the Hope Buss // Intercultural Microgrant Guest Blog

Leaern more about Intercultural Microgrant recipient The Hope Buss’ inaugural HopeHeals retreat!

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ICM 2024, MicrograntsKYRUXFebruary 23, 2025
Welcome our new KY RUX staff!
Welcome our new KY RUX staff!

The KY RUX staff grows with Maggie Goodman & Grace Rogers.

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KYRUXFebruary 13, 2025
APPLY NOW to the 2025-26 KY RUX cohort! 🎉
APPLY NOW to the 2025-26 KY RUX cohort! 🎉

Apply today to join the 2025-2026 cohort and connect our Commonwealth

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KYRUXFebruary 11, 2025
Meet the 2025 RUX Steering Committee
Meet the 2025 RUX Steering Committee

From operations to communications to alumni engagement, RUX is led by these dedicated leaders across Kentucky.

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Member Spotlight, News UpdatesKYRUXFebruary 4, 2025
The road to "Discarded, a rural anthology" // Artists Respond Guest Blog
The road to "Discarded, a rural anthology" // Artists Respond Guest Blog

Learn about Artists Respond recipient Belle Townsend and Backwoods Literary Press’ inaugural anthology.

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Artists Respond 2024, MicrograntsKYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
"Forecasting" & painting Kentucky weather // Artists Respond Guest Blog
"Forecasting" & painting Kentucky weather // Artists Respond Guest Blog

Learn about Artists Respond microgrant recipient Ceirra Evans and her painting series inspired by Eastern Kentucky weather.

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Microgrants, Artists Respond 2024KYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
Telling the story of "The Slave, Monk Estill" // Artists Respond Guest Blog
Telling the story of "The Slave, Monk Estill" // Artists Respond Guest Blog

Hear about Artists Respond microgrant recipient Malcolm Davis (Affrilachian Arts) and his solo performance The Slave, Monk Estill.

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Microgrants, Artists Respond 2024KYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
Expressing the "heARTs Behind the Violence" // Artists Respond Guest Blog
Expressing the "heARTs Behind the Violence" // Artists Respond Guest Blog

Learn more about Artists Respond microgrant recipient On the Move Art Studio and their heARTS Behind the Violence traveling art exhibit, centering the creativity of incarcerated youth.

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Microgrants, Artists Respond 2024KYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
Celebrating community creation: The Cloverport Mural Project // Artists Respond Guest Blog
Celebrating community creation: The Cloverport Mural Project // Artists Respond Guest Blog

Watch as this Artists Respond-funded mural project unfold in Cloverport while hearing from local community members.

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Microgrants, Artists Respond 2024KYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
"Overcoming" divides through music // Artists Respond Guest Blog
"Overcoming" divides through music // Artists Respond Guest Blog

Hear the voices of cross-county youth through this Artists Respond microgrant project from Louisville Youth Choir & Breckinridge 4-H Choruses.

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Microgrants, Artists Respond 2024KYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
Uplifting the stories of Kentucky women // Artists Respond Guest Blog
Uplifting the stories of Kentucky women // Artists Respond Guest Blog

Learn about Project Speak Life’s RESILIENCE documentary, supported by an Artists Respond microgrant.

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Microgrants, Artists Respond 2024KYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
Flood-affected youth tell their stories // Artists Respond Guest Blog
Flood-affected youth tell their stories // Artists Respond Guest Blog

Hear from Artists Respond microgrant recipient Shooting Stars Youtheatre and how they helped flood-affected youth find a creative outlet.

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Microgrants, Artists Respond 2024KYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
Appalachia meets Mexico with Cornbread & Tortillas // Artists Respond Guest Blog
Appalachia meets Mexico with Cornbread & Tortillas // Artists Respond Guest Blog
Microgrants, Artists Respond 2024KYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
Growing community at the Hotel Metropolitan // Artists Respond Guest Blog
Growing community at the Hotel Metropolitan // Artists Respond Guest Blog

Catch a first look of Artist Respond micrograntee Hotel Metropolitan’s new garden project.

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Artists Respond 2024, MicrograntsKYRUXJanuary 16, 2025
Celebrating 2024: Our 10th Year in Review
Celebrating 2024: Our 10th Year in Review

Check out our impact this year!

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News UpdatesKYRUXDecember 16, 2024
WE'RE HIRING! Join the KY RUX team!
WE'RE HIRING! Join the KY RUX team!

We’re hiring for 2 new positions to lead KY RUX into its second decade!

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KYRUXDecember 5, 2024
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