The Women in the Arts and Media Coalition will honor Martha Richards, the Founder and President of WomenArts, with its 2020 Elsa Rael VintAge Award in an online ceremony on […]
Are you looking for an inspiring musical event that celebrates an African-American heroine of the civil rights movement? Do you like to sing? If so, check out the two Zoom […]
WomenArts stands in solidarity with the many individuals and organizations calling for racial justice in these troubled times. Many women artists of color have been addressing racial issues through their […]
WomenArts is a proud supporter of the Bay Area Women’s Theatre Festival, a thrilling collaboration of 40 of the best theatre companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. A producing team […]
A Special Note from Martha Richards, Executive Director of WomenArts – Since I am turning 70 this week, I have been thinking a lot about the values and people that […]
Special Guest Blog by Amelia Parenteau. Elizabeth Vega is an “artivist” – an artist and activist who understands that art is its own form of powerful resistance. She has dedicated […]
Colectivo Moriviví creates public art that advocates for social justice. They have developed a community-based method to create murals that address domestic violence, racism, and other social issues.
Frances McDormand ended her Oscar acceptance speech with a call for more “inclusion riders” in Hollywood contracts as a way of increasing intersectional gender parity in films.
Made In Her Image is a non-profit dedicated to advancing girls and non-binary youth of color in film, media, and technology. It’s goal is to nurture future film pioneers and revolutionaries.
Sound Theatre’s 2018 season is called “The Human Family: Toward A Radical Inclusion,” and features artists living with disability in classic comedies, a world premiere, and a reading series.
Pakistan’s Theatre Wallay is using theatre to help communities reclaim schools, movie theaters, and other public spaces which have been targeted as venues for terror.
There will be over 250 Women’s Marches this Saturday and Sunday to mark the anniversary of the protests of President Trump’s inauguration.
WomenArts Executive Director Martha Richards discovers the joys of playing a ukulele and the ways that creativity can help us survive tough times.
The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture has just published Arts Became the Oxygen: An Artistic Response Guide. The free, downloadable, 74-page booklet is an excellent new resource for artists who are […]
Guest Blog by Laura Stradiotto. In a mining community about four hours north of Toronto, a group of Canadian women with lived experience in sex work and their allies have […]