If you are registered to vote in San Francisco, please join with more than 70 local arts and homelessness organizations to support Proposition S, a measure that seeks to reclaim the city’s Hotel Tax Fund as a stable source of funding for the arts and low-income housing. When San Francisco’s Hotel Tax Fund was created in 1961, […]
The Democrats have asked for input about their party platform in preparation for their annual convention at the end of this month. The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture has created an online petition asking them to include the creation of more jobs for artists as a goal in their platform. I helped draft this […]
If you had a place of your own, what would it be? A Place of Her Own is a residency/workshop program where 15 women artists, mainly Asian-American, ages 25 – 72, have been creating art to find answers to that question. Their work will be exhibited from May 19 through June 30 at the Manilatown Heritage […]
On April 18, 2016, the Dallas Museum of Art unveiled Pas de Deux (Plaza Monument), an outdoor sculpture featuring two larger than life figures by the acclaimed British sculptor, Rebecca Warren. This is a milestone for women in the male-dominated world of sculpture. Warren’s piece is one of the first commissioned works by a living […]
Andi Zeisler was born in the 1970s and she witnessed the intense backlash against feminism in the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1995, the same year that WomenArts was founded in Massachusetts, Zeisler co-founded Bitch Magazine: A Feminist Response to Pop Culture in Oregon. Since pop culture has such a deep influence and is so pervasive, […]
The International Centre for Women Playwrights has established the 50/50 Applause Awards to increase awareness about women playwrights and to applaud theatres that achieve gender parity in their playwright selections. Anyone can nominate a theatre through the ICWP’s online nomination form. Nominations must be submitted by May 20, 2016.You can nominate any theatre that has […]
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The We Are Here! Festival (WAH! Fest) will provide a dynamic platform for diverse women choreographers, musicians and visual artists creating contemporary work through a feminist lens this Friday, April 29 through Sunday, May 1 at San Francisco’s Dance Mission Theater. Presented by CALI & CO dance/Matt EL music in partnership […]
HAMBURG, GERMANY – The second annual SWAN Day Hamburg will feature visual art and music by refugee and migrant women artists currently living in Germany on Sunday, May 1 from 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. The event is being organized by Aster V. Delgado, a painter who was born in the Philippines and has lived in […]
I knew that one day I would write an opera about the struggle of African Americans, because an opera would give me the space to express the fear, the anger, the sorrow, the love, the faith, the determination, the joy of working together for a higher cause . . . It was my way of paying […]
WomenArts mourns the passing of Anna Patty Duke Pearce, better known as Patty Duke, on March 29, 2016 at age 69. Duke played on Broadway starting at age 12 as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker and received rave reviews. She won an Oscar in 1962 at age 16 for her work in the film […]
Flagship Ensemble Presents Site-Specific Second Skin SANTA MONICA, CA – The Flagship Ensemble presents Second Skin, a site-specific ghost play written, directed and performed by women on the beaches of San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Monica between April 14 and May 15.Get all dates, locations, and ticket information>> Told in three interconnected monologues, Kristin Idaszak’s Second […]
“This year’s SWAN Prague Festival will feature over 30 women artists from around the world, and every artist will bring something unique . . . We felt there was a need to do something different, to support and promote women artists and creativity while stressing important social issues .” – Maša Hilčišin, SWAN Prague […]
“Every single year this event somehow significantly changes a woman’s artistic career. A sisterhood is formed . . . artists start producing their own events with SWAN sisters, or they meet someone who buys their most expensive painting, or they are simply inspired to continue on their artistic path when they were thinking about giving […]
I always love reading the listings that people submit for our SWAN Day Calendar because they give me a snapshot of a world that I do not see in the news. The papers are full of endless violence and discord, but SWAN Day lets me see a world of women who continue to dream and create […]
“SWAN is the only space that brings peace and fun as we continue talking about our struggles. I organize a lot of political work . . . SWAN Day is different. After a SWAN Day event, one always feels energized , rejuvenated and complete. It’s a platform that brings its own kind of energy and healing.” […]