WomenArts — Looking Back and Looking Forward!
In This Issue: • Martha Richards Reflects on Sixty Years of Stubborn Creativity>> • The WomenArts Calendar Is Now Online>> • Special Thanks to Our Programmer, Hemalatha Manickam>> • Benefit […]
Being Thankful for the Arts
WomenArts asked one of our favorite novelists, Susan Stinson, to write about why she persists in the arts in spite of the financial hardships. We loved her response below, and hope you do […]
Harmonious Collaborations: Melodia Women’s Choir of New York City Premieres New Work by Woman Composer
Melodia Women’s Choir of New York City is an ensemble of 35 singers who perform an eclectic mix of women’s choral music under Artistic Director Cynthia Powell, often shining the […]
Two Inspiring Shows about Women Construction Workers
Two beautiful productions have focused on women construction workers in recent months. Shotgun Players in Berkeley is currently presenting This World in a Woman’s Hands, which is about women who worked as ship-builders […]
WomenArts Mourns the Passing of Suzanne Fiol, Photographer, Curator, and Founder of New York City’s ISSUE Project Room
WomenArts joins avant-garde artists and appreciators in mourning the death of Suzanne Fiol, photographer, curator, and founder of ISSUE Project Room, one of New York’s most important performance spaces devoted […]
San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Proves People Want Art – and Does Right By Women
Last weekend, music lovers in San Francisco enjoyed what has become a much-anticipated annual event: the free – yes, FREE – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park. Friday, […]
Mourning Mercedes Sosa, Legendary Argentine Folk Singer
WomenArts joins fans around the world in mourning the death of the legendary Argentine folk singer and human rights activist, Mercedes Sosa. Sosa was forced into exile in the 1970’s […]
Nonprofits and the Corporate Model: Bad for Social Change?
Can truly radical social movements bring about change when they work within a nonprofit structure modeled on a corporate capitalist model? Brandi Rose, a graduate student in the Arts in […]
WomenArts Theatre & Film Funding Newsletters for October Are Now Online
WomenArts posts free monthly newsletters listing upcoming funding, festival and other opportunities for theatre and film/video artists. The newsletters place an emphasis on listings for women, people of color, and socially-engaged artists. […]
The Fund for Women Artists Celebrates 15 Years:
New Energy, New Name, New Blog
Martha Richards FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear Friends, As many of you know, I started The Fund for Women Artists with a small group of […]
Pete Seeger, Joe McCarthy, & Glenn Beck
Although it was fifty-three years ago, I can still remember the day that the legendary folk singer Pete Seeger came to perform at my grammar school. It was 1956, and I was […]
The Grace Lee Project
I saw a great film over the weekend called The Grace Lee Project. It’s a very funny piece about stereotypes of Asian-American women. The filmmaker, Grace Lee, discovers that everyone […]
Estelle Parsons is Amazing in August: Osage County
I saw the touring production of “August: Osage County” with Estelle Parsons last night. It was such a treat to see a beautifully written drama where 7 of the 13 […]
Women in Theatre Seek Equality by 2020
Women theatre artists held a conference in New York last week to launch a new initiative called 50/50 in 2020. In response to the fact that women playwrights, directors, and […]
Artists Invited to Participate in Obama’s United We Serve Campaign
President Obama’s United We Serve program is designed to encourage Americans to do community service as volunteers in order “to help meet growing social needs resulting from the economic downturn.” […]