Interview with Sharon LaRue, February 4, 2021
Project: Gig Economy Workers in the Arts During the COVID-19 Era Oral History Project
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Executive Director of the Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) Sharon LaRue talks in detail about how the pandemic affected KFW and its ability to assist artists across Kentucky. She also discusses how the pandemic, coupled with the Breonna Taylor and Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests in Louisville during the summer of 2020, affected artists around the state. LaRue provides deep insight into support of and for artists of all kinds, including writers, musicians, actors, and visual artists.Interview Accession
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Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) Breonna Taylor Black Lives Matter (BLM) Equity Diversity Endowment Stock market Pyro (Art Gallery) Poetry slams Visual artists Grants Grant writing Grant proposals Emergency funds Arts meets activism Artists enrichment Hopscotch House (Louisville, Ky.) Residency 21C Hotel Protests Arts Artists Activism in the arts Activism and artInterview Rights
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LaRue, Sharon Interview by Kopana Terry. 04 Feb. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
LaRue, S. (2021, February 04). Interview by K. Terry. Gig Economy Workers in the Arts During the COVID-19 Era Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
LaRue, Sharon, interview by Kopana Terry. February 04, 2021, Gig Economy Workers in the Arts During the COVID-19 Era Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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