Emerging Artist Award Past Recipients
Fiscal Year: 2023
Award: $1,000
Kristin Grenier
Visual Arts
Harrison
Edd Johannemann
Visual Arts
Oldham
Paul R Buhrmester
Visual Arts
Warren
Ashley N Schell
Visual Arts
Ohio
Fiscal Year: 2021
Award: $1,000
Derek Easterling
Musical Composition
Morgan
Fiscal Year: 2020
Award: $1,000
Diego Molina
Songwriting
Fayette
Fiscal Year: 2019
Award: $1,000
Zach Bramel
Playwriting
Jefferson
Austyn Gaffney
Creative Nonfiction
Fayette
Parker Hobson
Poetry
Jefferson
Kristen Miller
Poetry
Jefferson
Shaun Turner
Fiction
Madison
Fiscal Year: 2018
Award: $1,000
Jason Gray
Media Arts
Kenton
Justine Riley
Visual Arts
Graves
Michelle Strader
Visual Arts
Boyd
Fiscal Year: 2017
Award: $7,500
Joey Connelly
Poetry
Daviess
Ann DeVilbiss
Poetry
Jefferson
Dave Harrity
Poetry
Jefferson
Mary Elizabeth Pope
Poetry
Jefferson
Dominic Russ-Combs
Fiction
Jefferson
Britton Shurley
Poetry
McCracken
Fiscal Year: 2016
Award: $1,000
Wyatt Dagla Severs
Visual Arts
Calloway
Fiscal Year: 2015
Award: $1,000
Elizabeth Glass
Creative Nonfiction
Jefferson
Clara Harris
Playwriting
Jefferson
Sarah McCartt-Jackson
Poetry
Jefferson
Joy Priest
Poetry
Jefferson
Jonathan Rovner
Fiction
Fayette
Fiscal Year: 2014
Award: $7,500
Sarah Brown
Visual Arts
Fayette
Lyndsey Fryman
Visual Arts
Bourbon
Jason Gray
Media Arts
Kenton
Ashley Stinson
Visual Arts
Jefferson
Regina Summers
Visual Arts
Fayette
Fiscal Year: 2013
Award: $7,500
Laura Biagi
Fiction
Shelby
Morgan Eklund
Poetry
Jefferson
Frankie Finley
Creative Nonfiction
Fayette
Julie Hensley
Poetry
Madison
Thomas Olges
Fiction
Jefferson
Tom Pierce
Fiction
Jefferson
Jackie Thompson
Composing
Bullitt
Fiscal Year: 2012
Award: $1,000
Shawn Lind
Media Arts
Letcher
Matthew Gaddie
Visual Arts
Nelson
Gena Mark
Visual Arts
Fayette
Amelia Stamps
Visual Arts
Fayette
Fiscal Year: 2011
Award: $7,500
Daniel Cherry
Fiction
Pulaski
Erich Stem
Composing
Jefferson
Mariam Williams
Creative Nonfiction
Jefferson
Brian Walker
Playwriting
Jefferson
Amelia Martens
Poetry
McCracken
Britton Shurley
Poetry
McCracken
Fiscal Year: 2010
Award: $7,500
Wilson Bessinger
Media Arts
Franklin
Erin Behling
Visual Arts
Jefferson
Laura O'Neal Segre-Lewis
Visual Arts
Jessamine
Michael Winters
Visual Arts
Jefferson
Fiscal Year: 2009
Award: $1,000
Dionne Griffiths
Dance
Jefferson
Beverly Olert
Fiction
Bourbon
Paul Prather
Fiction
Montgomery
Harry Pickens
Composing
Jefferson
Raleigh Dailey
Composing
Fayette
Charles Smith
Composing
Warren
Merle Bachman
Creative Nonfiction
Jefferson
Olga-Maria Cruz
Creative Nonfiction
Jefferson
Denise McKinney
Playwriting
Madison
Elizabeth Orndorff
Playwriting
Boyle
Lorraine Brown
Poetry
Jefferson
Adam Day
Poetry
Jefferson
Kathleen Driskell
Poetry
Jefferson
Tom Hunley
Poetry
Warren
Jeffrey Skinner
Poetry
Jefferson