WomenArts Gives Statera Foundation a $25,000 SWAN Day Challenge Grant
Executive Director Martha Richards announces that WomenArts has chosen Statera Foundation to lead SWAN Day 2019 and has given them a $25,000 Challenge Grant.
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SWAN Day Kenya Celebrates Its 11th Year With Over 70 Artists!
The theme of SWAN Day Kenya 2018 is Closing the Gap: Connecting Artists, and over 70 female artists will participate in the day-long festival this year.
SWAN Day Houston Shows Interconnections of Artists
One of Houston’s most celebrated Hollywood movie directors, Michelle Mower, will be sharing her industry insights at SWAN Day Houston this Saturday.
Martha’s Birthday Message – Finding Hope in a Ukulele
WomenArts Executive Director Martha Richards discovers the joys of playing a ukulele and the ways that creativity can help us survive tough times.
Women in Theatre Mobilize at Berkshire Leadership Summit
WAM Theatre hosted the Berkshire Leadership Summit to help mid-career theatre women acquire the skills and confidence they need to get top leadership jobs.
Art Became the Oxygen: An Excellent Resource Guide for Artist-Activists
The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture has just published Arts Became the Oxygen: An Artistic Response Guide. The free, downloadable, 74-page booklet is an excellent new resource for artists who are looking for creative ways to respond to current events. It is packed with lively descriptions of artists who are helping communities respond, recover, and rebuild […]
Happy Support Women Artists Now Day 2017!
Dear Friends, It is hard to believe that it is the 10th Anniversary of Support Women Artists Now Day already! What a fantastic decade it has been! I always love compiling the giant list of SWAN events below and learning more about everyone’s work. It is so clear that our movement for gender parity in […]
Lydiah Dola Wins First Prize in the SWAN Day Song Contest
We are delighted to announce that Lydiah Dola won the $1,000 first prize in the SWAN Day Song Contest for her song SWAN Girls. Dola is a composer, singer, guitarist, and a social activist born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, who uses her voice and power for social and environmental change. Dola knows a lot […]
Make a Resolution to See Work by Women This Year!
Are you looking for a New Year’s resolution that will help women artists and be a lot of fun? Would you be willing to see one film or play by a woman every week this year and Tweet about it? If so, be sure to check out the two inspiring initiatives described below, #52FilmsByWomen and […]
Michaela Goldhaber Joins WomenArts as Associate Editor
WomenArts is proud to announce that Michaela Goldhaber has joined the WomenArts staff as Associate Editor of the WomenArts Blog. As we previously announced, WomenArts is looking for new voices for the WomenArts Blog, and we will be publishing one guest blog per week from January through June 2017 as part of our celebration of the […]
Announcing Martha’s SWAN Day Song Contest!
I am happy to report that as part of my birthday celebration this year, I have decided to create a Support Women Artists Now Day Song Contest. I am making a gift of $1,500 to WomenArts today to create cash prizes for songs that celebrate the diversity and power of women’s creativity. [Update: Thanks to the generosity […]
Make a Gift to WomenArts for Giving Tuesday!
When times are tough, how many times have you turned on some music or picked up a good book? And didn’t you feel better afterwards? We all know the healing power of the arts on an individual level. At WomenArts, we constantly see that healing power on a global level. We get letters from women […]
Want to Write for the WomenArts Blog?
As part of our celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Support Women Artists Now Day/SWAN Day this year, we want to feature new voices in the WomenArts Blog. We are looking for reporters who can help us cover more of the inspiring work that women artists are doing, the latest research on gender parity in […]
Get Ready for SWAN Day 10!
It is hard to believe, but March 25, 2017 will be the 10th Anniversary of Support Women Artists Now Day/SWAN Day! We have big plans for SWAN Day 10, and we hope you will join in the fun. SWAN Day is a grassroots effort that is coordinated by WomenArts through our website. Everyone is invited […]
An Election Guide for Women Artists
Although the mainstream media have been providing non-stop coverage of the Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump presidential campaigns, the arts have not been mentioned much. To fill this gap, WomenArts Executive Director Martha Richards compares the positions of the candidates on a few key issues that directly affect women artists. Equal Pay – Women working full-time […]