Rhodessa Jones, one of the leaders of the “arts as social activism” movement, will perform her new solo piece “The Resurrection of SHE” at San Francisco’s Brava for Women in […]
A free screening of the powerful new documentary “Girl Rising” will be offered as a joint SWAN event by New York Women in Film & Television, SAG-AFTRA, School of Visual […]
Selected SWAN Events: Amuse Bouche – Women Aerialists in NY Do Benefit for Women in Cameroon BlacK*acrobat (led by long-time WomenArts member Kiebpoli Calnek) and Upsidown Productions (led by Madeline […]
Women around the world are invited to watch two live-streamed performances of Words of Choice on the Internet and to participate in the post-show discussions of this dynamic pro-choice theatre […]
WomenArts invites our members — and everyone who wants to end violence against women — to join the One Billion Rising campaign and rise up on V-Day’s 15th Anniversary, Thursday, […]
Women artists are responding to the recent shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School and elsewhere by organizing for more gun control legislation. In Washington, D.C. there will be a March […]
Women played a decisive role in the 2004 presidential elections by voting at higher rates than men. According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the rate of voter turnout […]
Dear Friends, We wanted to share the important message below from Americans for the Arts about arts policy issues in the upcoming elections. Martha Richards, Executive Director WomenArts From Americans […]
Be sure to watch the first episode of Women, War & Peace tonight on your local public broadcasting station. This extraordinary series of documentary films produced by Abigail Disney, Pamela […]
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 Tuesday, March 13, I saw Lenelle Moïse’s latest work in progress, Ache What Make, at the month-long Women Center Stage Festival in New York.Moïse is Haitian-American, and “Ache What […]
I visited Northampton, Massachusetts on February 16 for the first official SWAN 2012 event – a production of Truth, a new folk opera about the fiery abolitionist and women’s rights […]
Since Tuesday, November 2 is Election Day in the United States, we want to honor all of the women who fought so hard to obtain the vote in the U.S. […]
Dear Friends, WomenArts is sweet sixteen this year, and we have so much to celebrate. We have now had over 700 Support Women Artists Now/SWAN events in 21 countries, and […]
Note to readers: This article is part of the WomenArts Harmony Project. The full series of articles is posted in the Harmony section of our website. Arlene Goldbard has been interviewing […]