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The Dress Project: Exploring Women’s Power Through Women’s Clothes

Special Guest Post By Ophra Wolf. Seventeen vastly different dresses hang suspended just off the wall, visible to passers-by through the large storefront windows of the Space Create Gallery in […]

This entry was posted in Art Forms, Dance, Music, Video, Video Included in the Post on January 5, 2017 by Ophra Wolf.

Make a Resolution to See Work by Women This Year!

52 Plays by Women-Oil by Ella Hicks

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 […]

This entry was posted in Art Forms, Film, Theatre, Video on January 2, 2017 by Martha Richards.

Michaela Goldhaber Joins WomenArts as Associate Editor

Michaela Goldhaber

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 […]

This entry was posted in Art Forms, WomenArts on January 2, 2017 by Martha Richards.

Announcing Martha’s SWAN Day Song Contest!

Martha Richards

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 […]

This entry was posted in Art Forms, Arts & Social Justice, Music, SWAN, WomenArts on December 14, 2016 by Martha Richards.

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 […]

This entry was posted in SWAN, WomenArts on November 29, 2016 by Martha Richards.

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 […]

This entry was posted in SWAN, WomenArts, Writers/Literature on November 28, 2016 by Martha Richards.

Get Ready for SWAN Day 10!

Sandra Oh

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 […]

This entry was posted in SWAN, Video Included in the Post, WomenArts on November 27, 2016 by Martha Richards.

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 […]

This entry was posted in Arts & Economics, Arts & Politics, Arts & Social Justice on November 4, 2016 by Martha Richards.

Vote “Yes” on San Francisco’s Proposition S

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 […]

This entry was posted in Arts & Politics on October 25, 2016 by Martha Richards.

A New Guide To Holocaust Plays By & About Women

Special Guest Post By Cynthia L. Cooper For the past two years Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel, Founder and Executive Director of Remember the Women Institute in New York City, has been […]

This entry was posted in Arts & Politics, Arts & Social Justice, Spoken Word & Poetry, Theatre on September 22, 2016 by Cindy Cooper.

Tell Your Legislators That Artists Need Jobs!

Lenore Thomas at Work

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 […]

This entry was posted in Arts & Economics, Arts & Politics, Arts & Social Justice, Employment, US Department of Arts & Culture on July 15, 2016 by Martha Richards.

Asian-American Women Artists Create “A Place of Her Own”

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 – […]

This entry was posted in Art Forms, Arts & Social Justice, Visual Arts on May 12, 2016 by Martha Richards.

Dallas Museum of Art Unveils New Rebecca Warren Sculpture

Rebecca Warren, Sculptor

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 […]

This entry was posted in Art Forms, Visual Arts, Women Leaders in the Arts on May 12, 2016 by Martha Richards.

Andi Zeisler’s New Book Tackles Commercialization of Feminism

Andi Zeisler & Anita Sarkeesian

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 […]

This entry was posted in Arts & Economics, Arts & Social Justice, Video Included in the Post, Writers/Literature on May 6, 2016 by Martha Richards.

Nominate a Theatre for an Applause Award for Gender Parity

Applause Award Logo

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. […]

This entry was posted in Art Forms, Theatre, Video Included in the Post, Writers/Literature on May 6, 2016 by Martha Richards.

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