Internationally acclaimed jazz singer, Melba Joyce, will be featured at the 7th annual Women in Jazz Festival this Saturday, April 13. The festival will run from 1 p.m. until 9:30 […]
Singer, songwriter and cultural activist Holly Near will be celebrating the release of her new CD, Peace Becomes You, with a concert at The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap […]
As the world celebrates the 6th International SWAN Day this year, Kenya is celebrating its 50th anniversary jubilee year and has just gone through a contentious presidential election. WomenArts stands […]
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 […]
As a follow-up to last week’s post on the Los Angeles Female Playwrights’ Initiative, this week we’ll be taking a look at the movement that spawned the West Coast group: […]
The Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative, or LAFPI, was formed almost 2 years ago by playwrights Laura Shamas and Jennie Webb as a local, West Coast branch of the national […]
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 […]
Dear Friends, Our Support Women Artists Now/SWAN movement is growing because of the hard work of so many smart, talented artists full of spunk and determination like the seven women […]
IN THIS ISSUE Letter from the Executive Director New This Year – SWAN Festival Bulgaria! SWAN Day Highlights from Hartford, Pittsburgh, Miami, New York, Chicago & Northampton FROM THE EXECUTIVE […]
TWO NEW YORK THEATRE FESTIVALS Two New York SWAN events will celebrate women in theatre in the coming weeks. The League of Professional Theatre Women will host their annual New […]
A generous individual has agreed to match the next $5,000 that WomenArts receives in new gifts this month. Can you spare $5, $10, $25, or more to help us make […]
San Francisco, CA, June 16, 2010 On Wednesday, June 16th, 2010, San Franciscans will pack The Independent to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the WomenROCK Collective, a group that has […]
Be Sure Your Events Are On the Calendar! In This Issue • Be On Our SWAN Day List Next Week • Sophie Dowllar Organizes SWAN Day Kenya • SWAN Day Boosts Filmmaker Louise […]
Dayton, OH – On Friday, February 5, 2010, 70 people, including Dayton’s mayor, braved a snowstorm to attend the opening reception of “Art Makes Us Human,” an exhibit of work […]
It is always exciting at this time of year to hear from people who are organizing SWAN Day events for next month. As the calls and emails come in, I […]