Have questions about the application process for the Leeway Transformation Award?
Join Leeway Foundation for an in-person Transformation Award (LTA) Information Session and Guest Grantee Panel at ICA featuring insights from previous LTA grantees Arielle Julia Brown (ACG ’18, ’20; LTA ’21), Madhusmita Bora (ACG ’09, ’10, ’12; LTA ’20), and Vernon Jordan, III (LTA ‘22). During the session, moderated by Germaine Ingram (LTA ‘08, ACG ‘12), awardees will discuss their art for social change practice and their experience successfully applying for the Transformation Award. Ask questions and learn more from the Leeway artists before the 2023 Transformation Award May 15th deadline. Access the application and learn more about the LTA here.
Registration
Register to attend this free event here. | View program via Zoom here.
Live CART captioning will be provided for this program.
Please contact Brittany Clottey, ICA Public Engagement Project Manager and Administrative Coordinator, at bclottey@ica.upenn.edu with any questions.
About Leeway Foundation
The Leeway Foundation supports women and trans* artists and cultural producers working in communities at the intersection of art, culture, and social change. Through their grantmaking and other programs they promote artistic expression that amplifies the voices of those on the margins, promotes sustainable and healthy communities, and works in the service of movements for economic and social justice.
About The Transformation Award
The Transformation Award (LTA) provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women, trans*, and gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in greater Philadelphia who create art for social change and have done so for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change work. Learn more about the Transformation Award (LTA) here.
Support
Programming at ICA is made possible in part by the Emily and Jerry Spiegel Fund to Support Contemporary Culture and Visual Arts and the Lise Spiegel Wilks and Jeffrey Wilks Family Foundation. Public and Student Engagement at ICA is supported by the Bernstein Public Engagement Fund, Suzanne Weiss Doft & Jacob W. Doft, Hilarie L. & Mitchell Morgan, and by Dana McDonald Strong & Mark W. Strong.