Lacy Hale is a nationally recognized, award winning fine artist, mural artist, printmaker and the creator of the No Hate in My Holler project. She has served on the board of the Kentucky Arts Council. She was voted Appalachian Artist of the year in 2022 and 2023 and was a 2023 Americans for the Arts Johnson Fellowship Finalist and a 2024 United States Artists USA Fellows Nominee. The single thread running throughout her work is the desire to uplift her central Appalachian community.