Guest Blog by Lou Fancher. Lara Downes is a critically-acclaimed American pianist who is creating a unique series of five-minute videos that feature women writers reading their work while Downes […]
Special Guest Blog by Lea Marshall A dancer glides across the floor in a long arc, arms outstretched, ending in a hypnotic spin. The audience breathes with her, delighting in her […]
Guest Reporting by Sandra Bogdanovic. Women in electronic music were celebrated at the Heroines of Sound festival in Berlin, Germany in December 2016. Founded by Bettina Wackernagel and the Berlin […]
Special Guest Post By Ophra Wolf. Seventeen vastly different dresses hang suspended just off the wall, visible to passers-by through the large storefront windows of the Space Create Gallery in […]
It is hard to believe, but March 25, 2017 will be the 10th Anniversary of Support Women Artists Now Day/SWAN Day! We have big plans for SWAN Day 10, and […]
Andi Zeisler was born in the 1970s and she witnessed the intense backlash against feminism in the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1995, the same year that WomenArts was founded […]
The International Centre for Women Playwrights has established the 50/50 Applause Awards to increase awareness about women playwrights and to applaud theatres that achieve gender parity in their playwright selections. […]
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The We Are Here! Festival (WAH! Fest) will provide a dynamic platform for diverse women choreographers, musicians and visual artists creating contemporary work through a feminist […]
Flagship Ensemble Presents Site-Specific Second Skin SANTA MONICA, CA – The Flagship Ensemble presents Second Skin, a site-specific ghost play written, directed and performed by women on the beaches of San […]
“SWAN is the only space that brings peace and fun as we continue talking about our struggles. I organize a lot of political work . . . SWAN Day is different. […]
Sonia Sanchez, a poet and activist who describes herself as “a woman with razor blades between my teeth,” has helped to redefine American culture and politics for over 60 years as a […]
“Being surrounded by all of these amazing women coming together and supporting each other like crazy . . . Respecting each other like crazy . . . It’s a reminder […]
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, […]
Congratulations to the women of LAVU and Raddox Studio in the Czech Republic who will be presenting the first SWAN Prague this Saturday. A highlight of the evening will be […]
Congratulations to Denver’s innovative Athena Project Festival for their astonishing growth over the past three years. Founded in 2013 to boost women’s artistic presence in Denver’s theatres and the wider […]