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In This Issue
Broadway Women Celebrate SWAN Day At Lincoln Center We are thrilled to announce that leading Broadway theatre artists will be celebrating SWAN Day this year with a special panel presentation at the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center. It is a sign that SWAN Day is becoming a bridge connecting women at all levels in the arts and opening up wonderful possibilities for partnerships that will advance us all SWAN Day at Lincoln Center is presented by New York’s League of Professional Theatre Women in conjunction with Curtain Call, their stunning exhibit in the library’s gallery featuring the work of 110 women costume, set, and lighting designers from the 1890’s to 2009. The Panelists
From Sketch to Finished Design Broadway designer Carrie Robbins and Barbara Cohen- Stratyner of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts worked for three years to assemble this exhibit which features many design sketches side-by-side with the completed costumes. Robbins says her goals were to show “the zigzagging paths designers take in the journey from early sketches to completed designs” and “to introduce young people to careers they may have never heard of.” Full List of SWAN Day Events We have put together a list of SWAN Day 2009 events for the press at: www.WomenArts.org/swan/SWANDay2009Events.htm. We have events all over the U.S. and in cities as far flung as Shanghai, Nairobi, Berlin, Buenos Aires, and Jerusalem. Thanks so much to all of you who are organizing events. As you will see, you are in excellent company! Over 20 New York SWAN Day Events Over 20 other SWAN Day events are happening in New York City, including among others:
You can find out more about these and other events all over the world on the SWAN Day Map. (Link no longer exists) |
CURTAIN CALL Exhibit Celebrates
Carrie Robbins Costume Designer Carrie Robbins describes Curtain Call as “a one time only, never seen before and probably never seen again exhibition.” She adds, “Like the designer’s creations, this exhibition is temporal. The costumed figures will bask in the light, and then disappear.” In the exhibit, she has focused on the artist’s process and has arranged the items so that visitors will see things they would not see from the stage. Since Robbins wants to encourage others to be designers, we asked her what it takes to be successful. Her answer? “TENACITY – and you must like working with people.” Meet Martha Richards Our Executive Director Martha Richards will be in New York for SWAN Day. If you would like to meet her, come to the Lincoln Center Library event! Costume Sketches for
Carrie Robbins, Designer
Completed Costumes for “Death in Venice” Catalogue: A beautiful 112 page full-color catalogue is available for $25. To order,please click here>> The SWAN Day Panel at Performance Collaboration: Tour the ExhibitAfter the Panel! To read about this |
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New! Write A SWAN Day Letter to the Editor It’s Easy With Our New Software! We have just installed new software which will give you access to hundreds of newspaper editors around the U.S. Just type in your zip code, and the program will take you to a page that lists the newspapers in your region and gives you the email addresses and phone numbers of the editors. We have included a letter about SWAN Day that you can just click and send or you can insert your own text. To try it out, please click here>> The Letters to the Editor section is one of the most widely read sections of most newspapers. It’s a good place to make short statements (usually about 200 words) to express your opinions about current issues or events. Our program will tell you the circulation number for each paper so that you can see how many readers you will be reaching. If your letter gets published, please be sure to let us know! Help With Your SWAN Day Press Releases Where to Send Them – Most newspapers accept press releases by email, and so there is still a little time to publicize your event. You can use our Letters to the Editor feature to find names of newspapers in your region, or you can look online for their websites. If the paper has a reporter or editor assigned to the arts, send your release to that person. Otherwise, just send it to the main editor or news room of the paper. What to Say – If you need help figuring out what to say, check out our Publicity Tools section. We have an article with advice about publicity basics at: www.womenarts.org/wa/swan-day/swan-publicity-tools/ and sample press releases at: www.womenarts.org/swan/publicity/press_releases.htm You can also see the press releases that The Fund for Women Artists has sent out in recent weeks at: www.womenarts.org/press/PressReleases.htm |
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A Countdown to SWAN Day Checklist BEFORE YOUR EVENT:
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About The Fund for Women Artists SWAN Day is a project of The Fund for Women Artists, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women artists get the resources they need to do their creative work. There is an overview of our goals and services in the About Us section of our website at www.WomenArts.org/share.SWAN Day 2009 is made possible by generous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Starry Night Fund of the Tides Foundation, and the Leo S. Guthman Fund, and by gifts of time, energy and money from artists and arts supporters around the world. |