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 […]
Category Archives: Film
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Other Fabulous LGBT Artists on the WomenArts Network & on the Web
Our June 2005 newsletter features interviews with three lesbian artists, but there are a lot more doing wonderful work. You can find them on our free online artist directory, the […]
NY Times Claims Hollywood Is “A Gender-Balanced Model”
On Sunday, April 24, 2005, The New York Times ran an article on the cover of its Arts and Leisure section with the title, Hollywood’s New Old Girls’ Network by […]
Artists’ Groups Working for Peace
(Note: This list was compiled in 2005 and is by no means exhaustive.) The Accidental Activist The solo show by Lysistrata Project Co-Founder Kathryn Blume. www.theaccidentalactivist.com After the Fall: Artists […]
Peace Begins With A Vision
Celebrating Artists Working for Peace Since we have just marked the second anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, we are featuring three artists this month who are exploring issues […]
What Else Can We Do For Women Filmmakers?
Other Ways to Help Women Filmmakers and See Eye-opening Films? Rent movies made by women Movies By Women has compiled a list of movies made since 2000: www.moviesbywomen.com/moviesbywomenfilms.htm You can […]