Download the Script & Sound for “Mixed Relief”
WomenArts is grateful to the playwrights of NewShoe for creating Mixed Relief, a one-act play that is designed to be a springboard for discussion about government arts funding past and […]
Category Archives: Arts & Social Justice
Special Issue: Focus on Haitian Women & Artists
Our hearts go out to the people of Haiti this week, and our thoughts are with all the members of our community who are in Haiti or who have family […]
Two Inspiring Shows about Women Construction Workers
Two beautiful productions have focused on women construction workers in recent months. Shotgun Players in Berkeley is currently presenting This World in a Woman’s Hands, which is about women who worked as ship-builders […]
Nonprofits and the Corporate Model: Bad for Social Change?
Can truly radical social movements bring about change when they work within a nonprofit structure modeled on a corporate capitalist model? Brandi Rose, a graduate student in the Arts in […]
Pete Seeger, Joe McCarthy, & Glenn Beck
Although it was fifty-three years ago, I can still remember the day that the legendary folk singer Pete Seeger came to perform at my grammar school. It was 1956, and I was […]
The Grace Lee Project
I saw a great film over the weekend called The Grace Lee Project. It’s a very funny piece about stereotypes of Asian-American women. The filmmaker, Grace Lee, discovers that everyone […]
Women in Theatre Seek Equality by 2020
Women theatre artists held a conference in New York last week to launch a new initiative called 50/50 in 2020. In response to the fact that women playwrights, directors, and […]
Celebrating Mother’s Day, 2009
In This Issue: Celebrating Mother’s Day! Isabel Allende Speaks to Women Artists Watch two videos with novelist Isabel Allende. Read more>> New Film About Artists Who Are Mothers We interview […]
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 […]
Telling the Stories We Need to Hear
Artists Explore Reproductive Freedom At current rates, about one in three American women will have had an abortion by the time she is 45 (Alan Guttmacher Institute). Think about it: […]
Art, Urgency, and the Human Heart – Interviews with Artists on Reproductive Rights
“People pay attention to and get shocked by the artistic portrayal of political incidents.” Ju-Yeon Ryu This month we are examining artwork that wrestles with the deeply personal and highly […]
Artists Respond to Hurricane Katrina
All of us at The Fund for Women Artists have been heartbroken by the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina and by the failure of emergency systems to aid and support […]
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 […]