“Finding ‘a place of your own’ demands much self-reflection. It’s not just a matter of asking what you want, but rather letting go of external influences and discovering what remains.” […]
The Eighth International Support Women Artists Now Day/SWAN Day will be celebrated around the world on Saturday, March 28 and throughout March and April. This is a grassroots “do it […]
She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry is an excellent film directed by Mary Dore about the outrageous, often brilliant women who created the women’s liberation movement in the late 1960s. The film takes […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has snubbed women directors and writers once again with this year’s Oscar nominations. No women were nominated in the Best Director, Best Original […]
Film critic Jan Lisa Huttner (also known as The Hot Pink Pen and the co-creator of SWAN Day urges everyone to see Amy Adams’ portrayal of the painter Margaret Keane in Big Eyes. […]
The Playwrights Guild of Canada, in partnership with eight stellar Canadian arts organizations, has announced the launch of Equity in Theatre, a new campaign to promote gender equity in theatre. Led […]
Golden Thread Productions, a feisty San Francisco theatre company that focuses on plays about the Middle East, is offering discounts to two irreverent shows from Toronto that challenge expectations of Middle […]
The International Centre for Women Playwrights is honoring 67 theatres in 9 countries with 50/50 Applause Awards for 2014. The awards are given to theatres that have produced 50% or […]
Although the WomenArts staff is officially on vacation this summer, we are briefly back this week to congratulate our friend and colleague, Jan Lisa Huttner (also known as The Hot […]
Composer Mary D. Watkins and WomenArts Executive Director Martha Richards will be interviewed on The Morning Blend with Irene Thornton, a radio show on WEIB 106.3 FM, on Thursday, April […]
In response to the recent racial harrassment incidents at Amherst Regional High School and elsewhere, WomenArts and Mount Holyoke College are reaching out to schools and community groups in Western […]
Thanks so much to all of you who are participating in the Seventh International Support Women Artists Now/SWAN Day. Whether you are organizing an event, attending an event, spreading the […]
This Saturday, March 29th, the Maiden Voyage Theatre Ensemble will celebrate SWAN Day with a choral reading of Beah Richards’ famous poem, A Black Woman Speaks at 3:00 pm at the […]
The singers have completed their first week of rehearsals for the East Coast premiere of Dark River: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story, and the word from conductor Ng Tian Hui […]
On Sunday, March 30th, 2014 at 3:00 pm, Legros Cultural Arts, will host a SWAN Day event commemorating the life and achievements of Chantal Legros, their Founder and Executive Director […]