Lydiah Dola Wins First Prize in the SWAN Day Song Contest
We are delighted to announce that Lydiah Dola won the $1,000 first prize in the SWAN Day Song Contest for her song SWAN Girls. Dola is a composer, singer, guitarist, […]
We are delighted to announce that Lydiah Dola won the $1,000 first prize in the SWAN Day Song Contest for her song SWAN Girls. Dola is a composer, singer, guitarist, […]
Activist Spotlight: Mya Kagan, The Future is Female Festival. The Future Is Female Festival was created by playwright Mya Kagan in response to the results of the 2016 presidential election. During […]
Special Post by Michaela Goldhaber. Lauren Gunderson is currently the most produced living playwright in the U.S. according to American Theatre’s analysis of the 2016-17 season. There will be 16 productions […]
Special Guest Blog by Adryan Russ. Many women in Hollywood have a hard time getting work, but women composers have it harder than most. According to Martha Lauzen’s Celluloid Ceiling […]
Activist Spotlight: Jane Vogel, Age & Gender Equity in the Arts. Age & Gender Equity in the Arts, an innovative non-profit based in Portland, Oregon, is the brainchild of Jane Vogel, […]
Special Guest Post by Michelle Marie Robles Wallace. Ingrid Hernández is a visual artist and sociologist based in Tijuana, a city bordering the U.S. that is one of Mexico’s fastest […]
Special Guest Post by Maria Hlohowskyj Chawne Kimber is making some of the most powerful artworks today about race, language, women’s rights, and police brutality—all with a needle and thread. […]
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 […]
By Carly Nairn. Many men as well as women were disturbed by the sexism expressed during the recent presidential campaign. Gabe Fowler, the intrepid owner of New York’s comic book […]
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 […]
Are you looking for a New Year’s resolution that will help women artists and be a lot of fun? Would you be willing to see one film or play by […]
WomenArts is proud to announce that Michaela Goldhaber has joined the WomenArts staff as Associate Editor of the WomenArts Blog. As we previously announced, WomenArts is looking for new voices for […]
I am happy to report that as part of my birthday celebration this year, I have decided to create a Support Women Artists Now Day Song Contest. I am making […]
When times are tough, how many times have you turned on some music or picked up a good book? And didn’t you feel better afterwards? We all know the healing […]