Leeway Foundation supports women, trans*, and/or gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers working in communities at the intersection of art, culture, and social change. Through our grant-making and other programs we 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.

Community Garden at Lawrence & Arlington in Kensington, Philly on land traditionally of the Lenni Lenape.

Sculpture • Puppetry • Illustration

Fire Museum Presents curates low-cost and free all-ages musical performances in Philadelphia that range from traditional to experimental and local to global, including genres that defy boundaries. We partner with venues across the city, creating opportunities for our passionate audiences to meet artists in their own neighborhoods. Fire Museum Presents started our work of building relationships with artists and diverse audiences in the San Francisco Bay Area in January 2001 and over the years we have presented over 600 events, primarily live music performances but also dance, film screenings, video premieres and theater. We have occasionally presented and co-presented events in Mattancherry, Kerala, India. We hosted our first Philadelphia event in May 2007 and incorporated as a non-profit in June of 2023.

Michelle Anne Harris (she/they) is a Philadelphia based artist and Co Director of Big Ramp, where she is Head of Special Programs and Community Outreach. Her art and teaching practices are rooted in her background as a trauma informed early childhood art educator. Michelle has an interdisciplinary approach to creating that includes printmaking, photography, painting, book arts, poetry and sculpture. She received her Master of Fine Arts Degree in printmaking from Cranbrook Academy of Art and her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in photography and art education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Michelle has developed educational art programming for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Art Institute of Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, and Mural Arts Philadelphia.

Kim Altomare (he/they) is an artist living and working in Philadelphia, PA. Altomare received their MFA from Yale School of Art (2019) and their BFA from Tyler School of Art (2013). Their work has been included in group and solo exhibitions at Fleisher Arts Memorial, Vox Populi, and Pilot Projects. Altomare has performed and read at Ulises, Vox Populi and Partners and Son. Residencies include the Ora Lerman Trust, Lafayette College's Experimental Printmaking Residency, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and Yale Summer School of Art.