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Women Have Happy SWAN Days
All Over the World!

Thanks so much to all of you who are participating in the second international SWAN Day.  Whether you are organizing a public event, posting materials online, creating a private celebration, or attending an event, you are part of a world-wide movement that is growing stronger every year.

There are SWAN Day 2009 events all over the U.S. and in cities as far flung as Shanghai, Nairobi, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Madurai, and Jerusalem. (See the list below.) These celebrations remind us that women artists all over the world are enriching their communities and creating positive change every day.

 



SWAN Day Shanghai

Swans by Lucy Zhou

Swans Made out of
Bleach Bottles by
Lucy Zhou

Featured Artist at
SWAN Day Shanghai


Please join us in celebrating women artists on SWAN Day and every day. Together we will build
a world where women artists get the respect they deserve!

Best Wishes for a Happy, Peaceful, and Prosperous SWAN Day!

Martha Richards, Executive Director, The Fund for Women Artists

Remember to Take Pictures and Post Your Reports!

Once your event is over, you can go to the SWAN Day Map and you will see a new link at the top of your event page that says "This event has already taken place. If you attended this event, please submit a report."  If you click on the link you will be able to upload text, pictures, videos, or press links.  Anyone who attends an event can post a report about it.   To see an example, check out this report about the Muse Art Show in Bakersfield, CA. Please click here to see the report>>


List of SWAN Day 2009 Events

For more detailed information about tickets or directions to any of these events, you can visit the SWAN Day Map at http://events.WomenArts.org and search for events in your region.

United States Events (Scroll to bottom or click here for International Events)

       
Name of Event City State Organizer
A Conversation With Edith Head Tucson AZ Susan Claassen
Bisbee SWAN Bisbee AZ Maralyce Ferree
A Real Blues Tea Party Oakland CA Mechelle LaChaux
Reparations! Los Angeles CA Kay Benjamin
2009 Women of Color Day
Diversity Event 		 Sacramento CA Suzanne Brooks
The Climate Clown Cabaret San Francisco CA Molly Nicholas
South Asian Women's Performance San Francisco CA Susan Kanga
Women Artists on Immigration:
Artists Talks		 Los Angeles CA Sandra Mueller
Muse Bakersfield CA Jen Raven
Broadsides Screenplay Reading Series Venice CA Susan diRende
Asian American Women, Feminism,
and the Arts		 San Francisco CA Cynthia Tom
SAA Squared Highland Park CA Kathy Gallegos
Poetry for the People
Women Poet's Showcase		 Berkeley CA Aya de Leon
A Real Blues Tea Party Oakland CA Mechelle LaChaux
Who Does She Think She Is? (Film) San Jose CA Alejandra Chaverri
The Labyrinth of Desire San Diego CA Esther Emery
PICASSA - Women Artists at UCSF  San Francisco CA Julie  Berlin
Releasing the Dancer Within -
Women over 50 Who Dance 		Albany CA Greacian Goeke
Goldfish in Alaska Santa Cruz CA Gina Hayes
Falling for Grace
Reel Film Festival for Women		 Beverly Hills CA Sarah Elmaleh
From Funk to Feminism:
Women See Women 		 Napa  CA The  di Rosa Preserve
SWAN Day:
Women Artists of Silicon Valley		 San Jose CA Patti Linder-Dodd
The Knight Who Was Afraid of the Dark/Musical North Hollywood CA Kristy Pace
SWAN Day in Martinez Martinez CA Cathy Riggs
Goddess Abstract Painting Workshop San Rafael CA Maria Nikl
Max Dashu Salon plus Global Women's Art Oakland CA Max Dashu
Wickie Stamps San Francisco CA Wickie Stamps
Bad Dates Arcata CA Tinamarie Ivey
San Francisco Women's Film Festival San Francisco CA Scarlett Shepard
Gwen Avery Sings at Bird & Beckett San Francisco CA Teresa Baum
The Awakened Heart:
Painting as Sacred Practice		 Healdsburg CA Shiloh McCloud
Celebration of Women Artists Everywhere Oakland CA Lanell Dike
Heather & Goliath
Reel Film Festival for Women		 Beverly Hills CA Heather Louise Parker
Donut Heaven
Reel Film Festival for Women		 Beverly Hills CA Annetta Marion
Reading of Rapture Makes Perfect  San Francisco CA Roberta D'Alois
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano San Francisco CA San Francisco Performances
Arm Candy Los Angeles CA Maria Lake
The Muse Project Gallerie Sunday Soiree Denver CO Beth Rypkema
Latin Quarter Jazz Collective Middletown CT Nick Mathis
SWAN Day CT 2009 Festival Hartford CT Jennifer Hemphill
In Our Right Minds: Performance Fairfield CT Dale Allen
Mary McFadden: Goddesses Washington DC National Museum of Women in the Arts
National Assoc. of Women Artists:
Celebrating 120 Years of Women Artists 		Washington DC National Museum of Women in the Arts
DC SWAN Day
Georgetown Theatre Company		 Georgetown DC Catherine Aselford
Georgetown Theatre Co.  
Deep Belly Beautiful
by Jacqueline E. Lawton		 Washington DC Jacqueline Lawton
Women in the Arts 2009 Doral FL Martha  Beillard
Raize It Up Live!!! Miami Beach FL Soulflower Amn
Spoken Soul Festival 2009 Miami FL Deborah Magdalena
All Mixed Up-- a Faustian Cabaret Tallahassee FL Terry  Galloway 
Rose Weiss, Mother of Miami Beach Oakland Park FL Carrie Sue Ayvar
Some Are People
A Comedy About Gender		 Milledgeville  GA Karen  Berman
Closing Night Awards Ceremony Honolulu HI Annetta Marion
Women in the Arts:
Celebrating Local Female Art		 Chicago IL Gabriella  Boros
Magnolia - A Play by Regina Taylor Chicago IL Goodman Theatre
Voces De Mujeres ( Women's Voices) Chicago IL Carolina Reyes
Beyond Boundaries: Women of Courage River Forest IL Andrea Harris
Talk.in Feminism Today:
Sex Let's Get Real		 Evanston IL Jamie  O'Reilly
Women's Video and Film Presentation Chicago IL Jane  Stevens
5th Annual WITASWAN Film Program Chicago IL Jan Lisa Huttner
Projecting Oranges - staged reading Chicago IL Cyra K. Polizzi
Magnolia - Play by Regina Taylor Chicago IL April Johnston
SWAN Day at Actors Theatre of Louisville Louisville KY Sue Massek
Fabric, Flames, and Fervor -
Girls of the Triangle		 Louisville KY Looking for Lilith
Women of Color Springfield MA Rosemary Woods
The Power of Women in the Arts Great Barrington MA Jennifer Browdy
de Hernandez
Swan Day at Commonwealth Sports Club Boston  MA Ruth Rieffanaugh
SWAN Day Performing Arts Festival 2009 Cambridge MA Emily Beattie
SWAN Day March Madness
Women on the Edge Playwrights Festival  		 Boston MA International Center of Women Playwrights
In It For The Long Haul: Discussion of Survival Strategies for Women Artists
Northampton MA Andrea Hairston
Collage Party & Potluck Sheffield MA Jessica Treat
The First [W]rites Series Cambridge MA Hortense Gerardo
SWAN Day Composers Festival Boston MA Eva Kendrick
Our Voices Together:
Celebrating Women Playwrights 		 Auburndale MA Playwrights  Platform
Have There Really Been No Great
Women Artists? 		Williamstown MA Sarah Lees
Storytelling with Sue Protheroe Lee MA Sue Protheroe
Berkshire Women in Film Great Barrington MA Eugenie Sills
The Writing Process Sheffield MA Elise Title
Jazz with Francesca Tanksley Great Barrington MA Francesca Tanksley
Julie Wosk - Alluring Androids,
Robot Women and Electronic Elves		 Lenox MA Julie Wosk
Ain't I a Woman? Pittsfield MA Barrington Stage
Dancing Through Life with Purpose:
The Nia Technique		 Great Barrington MA Peg Noonan
Disappointments, Daring, and
Derring-Do		 Great Barrington MA Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez
Inneractive Jam Session Mt. Rainer MD Dehejia Maat
Goddess Radio The Internet   MD Swan Spirit
All Women South Indian Instrumental Concert Lanham MD Lalitha Swaminathan
DIWAN, A Forum for the Arts Dearborn  MI Happy/L.A. Hyder
Staged Reading of Deborah Stein's Wallflower Minneapolis MN Molly Budke
Quilters St. Paul MN Stacey Poirier
Art Party & Fundraiser Durham NC Jeanette Stokes
Womanimation Concord NH Toni Pennacchia
We Live By The Whistle:
Voices of Sterling Hill Mine Women		 Ogdensburg NJ Jeanne Austin
Someone Must Wash the Dishes:
An Anti-Suffrage Monologue		 Bernardsville NJ Michele La Rue
Tales Well Told Bridgewater NJ Michele La Rue
Creating Contemporary Female Artists Albuquerque NM UNM Students and Alumni 
SWAN Day 2009 -
Women's Empowerment Network 		Las Vegas NV Women's Empowerment Network Las Vegas
Collaboration Awards Ceremony New York NY Deborah Savadge
Fire Throws New York NY Rachel Dickstein
The Lonely Soldier New York NY Helen Benedict
Rooftops New York NY Wreckio Ensemble
Goddess on Earth Installation Nyack NY Terri Kayden
Lady Got Chops:
Women's Month Jazz Fest		 Brooklyn NY Kim Clarke
Goddess on Earth Nyack NY Lisa Levart
Girls Write Now Day New York NY Morgan Baden
Melodia Women's Choir performance New York NY Jenny  Clarke
Stella Rising New York NY E.B. Weiss
The Opposite of War Bronx NY Jessica Danser
New Works 09 New York NY Abby Felder
Women's Project Spring Carnival
Open House Benefit		 New York NY Diane Alianiello
Benefit for Linda Hudson Harlem NY Nick Mathis
The Opposite of War Bronx NY Jessica Danser
An Evening with Playwrights
Kia Corthron and Migdalia Cruz		 New York NY Revolution Books
Still Dreaming America Bronx NY Rosamond King
Broadway Theatre Women Discuss Performance Collaborations
at Lincoln Center Library 		New York NY Alexis Greene
SWAN Day Smile-A-Thon & Variety Show:
Benefit for Artist/Activist Sini Anderson		 Brooklyn  NY Natalie  Agee
Illustrator & Author Book Talk and Signing Elmsford NY Valerie Griffith
Women in the Arts Networking Event New York NY Chantal Legros
Spirit Of Sisterhood Presents
Women In the Arts		 Bronx  NY Betty Murray
Women's Short Film Showcase New York NY Terry Lawler
Narrow River Singers
11th Annual Spring Concert		 Orient NY Margaret Ann Cowden
La Vie En Rose New York City NY Judith Jarosz
From A Place Of Passion:
An Evening Of Women In Dance		 Queens NY Amina Heckstall
Words of Choice In Performance New York City NY Cindy Cooper
The Feminine Musique Presents
Women Composers 		Lawrence NY Tammy Hensrud
Alone Together Portland OR Kate Sanderson
SWAN Day PDX Celebration and
Art Showcase		 Portland OR Ana Ammann
Swan Day Potluck Luncheon Normal Square PA Alessandra Crum
Exhibition: Plastic at the Plastic Club Philadelphia PA Bonnie MacAllister
Aristophanes' Lysistrata Harrisburg PA Tara Bradway
A Celebration of Women Artists Pittsburgh PA No Name Players
A Conscious Balance Park City UT Maren Bargreen
From Womenarts Homesteading to
Cajun Dancing 		Salt Lake City UT Nan Weber
Samantha 'Rastles' the Woman Question Hampton VA Jane Curry
Clarity: Creativity Salon Norfolk VA Donna Drozda
Ignis Fatuus Staged Reading at GRACE Reston VA The Hub Theatre
Helen Pafumi
Janice Perry: Being Derrida Burlington  VT Janice  Perry
Here, There & Everywhere Port Townsend WA Mara Lathrop
Isis: Women Arts Festival Seattle WA Kathryn Hightower
SWAN Day 2009 @ The Pioneer Building Seattle WA Laurie Fronek
Smart Women Project Monona WI Jan Levine Thal
Underground by Tammy Hoier Morgantown WV Vickie Trickett
       
International Events      
     
Name of Event City, Country Organizer
All Women Theatre Buenos Aires, Argentina Elisa Araujo
Ballads, Burgundy and Brie Maffra, Australia   Mandy Rowe
Samedi Arts Des Femmes Saint-Jerome, Quebec, Canada   Samantha May
SWAN Day Shanghai - Artist
Gathering & Writing Workshop		 Shanghai, China   Alice Tuan
SWAN Day Berlin 2009 Berlin, Germany   Shannon Sullivan
Empowering Women Artists Tamale, Ghana   Abdulai Danaah
Women's Art & Craft Bazaar Madurai, India   Mariska Vanakaliyamma
Are You Happy Yet? Jerusalem, Israel   Gabriella Lev Theatre Company Jerusalem
Indigenous Healing Arts Therapy Springfield Garden Park,  Jamaica Gloria  Simms
Building Bridges, Connecting Artists Nairobi, Kenya   Sophie Dowllar

About The Fund for Women Artists

SWAN Day is a project of The Fund for Women Artists, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women artists get the resources they need to do their creative work. There is an overview of our goals and services in the About Us section of our website at www.WomenArts.org/share.

SWAN Day 2009 is made possible by generous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Starry Night Fund of the Tides Foundation, the Leo S. Guthman Fund, The Sister Fund, and by gifts of time, energy and money from artists and arts supporters around the world.

The Fund for Women Artists is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Federal Employer I.D.
#04-3257661. All contributions are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.

Please feel free to reprint any portion of this newsletter, but please give credit to The Fund for Women Artists. (©WomenArts.org 2009) This newsletter was originally published on March 27, 2009.
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