LACY HALE
178 Main St Ste 1 Whitesburg KY 41858
Email: lacy@lacyhale.com
Website: www.lacyhale.com
Education
Morehead State University, Morehead, KY 2008-2009
Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, NY 1999-2001
Grants/Residencies/Awards
Americans for the Arts Johnson Fellowship Nominee 2023
Artist in Residence, Sisters of Loretto Motherhouse 2022
Artist Enrichment Grant Recipient, Kentucky Foundation for Women 2019
Special Grant Recipient, Great Meadows Foundation 2017
Tanne Foundation Award Recipient 2016
Emerging Artist Award Nominee, Joan Mitchell Foundation 2015
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
Inside Appalachia, The Art Center of the Bluegrass, Danville, KY 2022
50 States | 50 Artists | 50 Women | 50 Artworks | 50 Endangered Species 2021
Like The Waters We Rise: Climate Justice in Print, Nathan Cummings Gallery, NYC 2020
Here Today: Kentucky During Covid 19, Group Exhibit, Lexington KY 2020
Appalachian Regional Healthcare EpiCentre Arts Group Exhibit 2018
Where I'm From Group Exhibit, George Ellabration, Harlan, KY 2016
Featured Artist, Gateway Regional Arts Center, Mt. Sterling, KY 2015
Women in the Arts, Grayson Gallery, Grayson, KY 2014
New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music Traveling Smithsonian Exhibit 2012
Publications
Issue 33, Still: The Journal, Featured Artist 2020
Portraits and Dreams Discussion Guide: Framing Appalachia 2020
House, Silas Memories From the South: Growing Up in a 'Sundown Town'
Time Magazine: The South Issue August 2018
Adams, Mason How No Hate in My Holler Became the War Cry for Appalachia
The Daily Yonder July 2017
Recognition and Awards
Appalachian Artist of the Year 2023 & 2022
Eastern Kentucky Artist Impact Award 2018
Tanne Foundation Award recipient 2016
Joan Mitchell Foundation Emerging Artist Award Nominee 2015
Collections
Governor Andy Beshear, Frankfort, KY
Ishmael Butler, Grammy Award Winner, Seattle Washington
Allison Lundergan Grimes, Former Secretary of State, Frankfort, KY