Women composers are creating amazing, cutting-edge work these days, and one of the best places to learn about them is Composers Now. Composers Now was founded by Tania León, a powerhouse conductor and composer, whose works are performed around the world. Born in Havana, León is a champion of women composers and composers of color.
Look What SHE Did! seeks to inspire women and girls by creating short films about remarkable women who have changed the world. In honor of Women’s History Month, they will be featuring stories of female resilience starting with a new film about labor leader Dolores Huerta,
The Women’s Voices Theater Festival in Washington, DC launched on September 8, 2015, and that is great news for women playwrights. During September and October 2015, over fifty theatres in the Washington, […]
This is a big week for discussions of gender parity in the Bay Area theatre community! While Theatre Bay Area is hosting a fascinating series of interviews on Howlround where […]
As the world celebrates the 6th International SWAN Day this year, Kenya is celebrating its 50th anniversary jubilee year and has just gone through a contentious presidential election. WomenArts stands […]
Honoring the Past While Creating the Future:An Interview With Kim A. Clarke, Founder and Organizer of the Lady Got Chops Women’s History Month Jazz Festival Ten years ago, jazz bassist […]
Dear Friends, One of the main goals of Support Women Artists Now/ SWAN Day is to help people imagine what the world would be like if women’s visions and perspectives […]
On Thursday, March 15 and Friday, March 16, Tressa Glover and Don DiGiulio of the No Name Players presented SWAN Day Pittsburgh. I attended the Thursday night performance and I […]
Please join me tonight, Thursday, March 15 for Support Women Artists Now Day/SWAN Day Pittsburgh produced by the No Name Players at The New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East […]
(New York, NY) On Sunday, March 11, I attended the matinee and evening segments of the Women Center Stage Directors Weekend, a showcase where 12 women directors were asked to […]
Dear Friends, Hurray for women’s creativity! There are already 100 events listed on our official SWAN Calendar! Be sure to post your events if you want us to include them […]
Dear Friends, Our Support Women Artists Now/SWAN movement is growing because of the hard work of so many smart, talented artists full of spunk and determination like the seven women […]
Note to readers: This article is part of the WomenArts Harmony Project. Arlene Goldbard has interviewed ten women artists who have been successful at building collaborations with non-arts organizations, and she […]
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar & Rene Yung In this installment of the Harmony Project News Arlene Goldbard interviews choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and multi-media artist Rene Yung about their […]
Marty Pottenger & the City Employees of Portland In this and the next installment of the Harmony Project News, Arlene Goldbard introduces three more women artists who have had successful […]