The Second International SWAN Day is Off and Running!
In the February Issue The Second International SWAN Day is Off and Running How to Post a SWAN Day Event How to Find SWAN Day Events and Collaborators Be a […]
Include the Arts in our National Recovery Plan!
In This Issue: Tell Your Senators Today to Support the Arts Our Hot Pink Pen Creates a Ruckus! Update on the “Slumdog Millionaire” Controversy Our Hot Pink […]
Tell the Golden Globe Awards Committee To Recognize Women Directors!
The Golden Globe Award nominations have been announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and once again, no women have been nominated in the category of “Best Director.” This year […]
Join Us for SWAN Day 2009
In March 2008 Women From 11 Countries On 4 Continents Created A New International Holiday Will YOU Join Us In March 2009? The first international Support Women Artists Now Day […]
Announcing the Second International SWAN Day
In the October Issue: Announcing the Second International SWAN Day SWAN Day Fundraising Success Stories SWAN Day Ghana Seeks Collaborators Your Letters Win NEA Support for SWAN Day 2009! Other […]
Focus on the Federal Arts Budget
In This Issue of the SWAN Day News (Published September 11, 2008) Polls are showing that women’s votes may swing this year’s presidential election. This month we take a look […]
Happy SWAN Day 2008!
A Special Greeting from Martha Richards In Honor of The First Support Women Artists Now Day On behalf of The Fund for Women Artists, I send greetings to all of […]
SWAN Day: First Press Release 2/8/2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 8, 2008 Press Contact: Martha Richards, The Fund for Women Artists THE FUND FOR WOMEN ARTISTS ANNOUNCES SWAN DAY Support Women Artists Now Day is […]
Announcing the First International Support Women Artists Now Day!
Help Us Create a New Holiday for Women Artists on Saturday, March 29, 2008 The Fund for Women Artists is inviting all artists, arts supporters, and scholars to help us […]
Hurray! A New Feminist Art Center & Two Major Exhibits of Women’s Art!
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Opens in Brooklyn, New York Three cheers for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art which opened on March 23, 2007. Housed […]
List of Films Directed by Women
January ’05 – February ’06 Special thanks to Movies By Women for providing this information. | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | […]
Who Controls the Movie Chains?
A Big Obstacle for Women Directors Five Theatre Chains Control 53% of U.S. Movie Screens Note: According to the Theatre Owners Association there are 36,000 screens in the U.S. The […]
Pushing the Envelope: Our Guide to Taking on the Movie Industry
by Sarah Browning Thanks to the hard work of Professor Martha Lauzen, we’ve known the ugly news for several years: Hollywood is inhospitable to women directors. Only 5% of the […]
Other Artists Working on Reproductive Rights
Other Artists Who Tell the Silenced Stories The January 2006 newsletter of The Fund for Women Artists features interviews with three artists who tell personal stories from the struggle for […]
Telling the Stories We Need to Hear
Artists Explore Reproductive Freedom At current rates, about one in three American women will have had an abortion by the time she is 45 (Alan Guttmacher Institute). Think about it: […]