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SWAN Day Statements to Print In Programs
or Read At Your Events
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Please feel free to use any of the copy on this page that suits your needs, and to make cuts as needed, but please be sure to credit Martha Richards for her statement and WomenArts for the others.
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Special Greeting from Martha Richards
Brief Description of SWAN Day
Longer Description of SWAN Day
Special Greeting from Martha Richards
Executive Director of WomenArts
On behalf of WomenArts, I send greetings
to all of the women artists and their supporters who are
celebrating the third international Support Women Artists Now Day.
When we celebrate SWAN Day, we are coming together to
use our creativity for positive change. We are bringing new
harmony to the world through our songs and building
movements infused with the grace of our dance. We are
making pictures that open people's eyes, and telling
stories that heal people's hearts.
On SWAN Day we celebrate our global unity and also the
unique individual voices of the women artists next door.
There are thousands of talented women artists all over the
world who are making wonderful contributions to their
communities year after year. SWAN Day is a day to recognize
and thank these women.
Please take some time to make a direct connection with
at least one woman artist on SWAN Day. Talk to her in
person, give her a call, write her a note, or send her a gift -
do anything that shows that you appreciate her creativity.
There is tremendous power in these simple acts of respect
and recognition, and they provide models of the supportive
attitudes and behavior that we want to spread around
the world.
Thanks so much to all of you for making SWAN Day 2010 a wonderful success. We encourage you to seek out the work of 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 Happy, Peaceful, and Prosperous SWAN Day,
Martha Richards Executive Director
WomenArts
Brief Description of SWAN Day
SWAN Day/Support Women Artists Now Day is a new international holiday that celebrates women artists. It is an annual event that is celebrated as part of Women's History Month on the last Saturday of March and during the surrounding weeks. For more information, please visit www.swanday.org.
Longer Description of SWAN Day
SWAN Day/Support Women Artists Now Day is a growing worldwide movement that spotlights the contributions of diverse women artists. Whether their art involves a longing for cross-cultural understanding, a passion for social justice, or a sheer love of the arts, women are expressing solidarity with each other and sharing their visions with their communities through a wide range of SWAN Day events.
The second annual SWAN Day was celebrated in March 2009 with over 170 events in 14 countries. There were festivals, film screenings, play readings, concerts, exhibits, community forums, and parties - all featuring women artists. The holiday was officially recognized by the Mayors of New York, Boston, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Portland, OR, and several smaller cities.
People celebrate this new holiday by participating in SWAN Day events and by making donations to their favorite women artists. SWAN Day is celebrated on the last Saturday of March and the surrounding weeks. The long term goal of SWAN Day is to inspire communities around the world to find new ways to recognize and support women artists.
SWAN Day is administered by WomenArts through its websites at www.womenarts.org and www.swanday.org. Everyone is invited to help create this new holiday. There are no fees or application forms required. For more information, please visit www.swanday.org.
SWAN Day 2010 is made possible by generous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Lambent Fund of the Tides Foundation, the Leo S. Guthman Fund, the Sister Fund, the Loreen Arbus Foundation, and by gifts of time, energy and money from artists and arts supporters around the world.
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