The fall is a great time to start planning for Support Women Artists Now Day/SWAN Day 2018. To get inspired for your event next March, check out these winning photos from our SWAN Day 2017 Photo Contest.
Many women artists have wondered whether there were any laws they could use to fight the pervasive gender discrimination they have experienced. Study after study has shown that these women […]
The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture has just published Arts Became the Oxygen: An Artistic Response Guide. The free, downloadable, 74-page booklet is an excellent new resource for artists who are […]
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 […]
Guest Blog by Laura Stradiotto. In a mining community about four hours north of Toronto, a group of Canadian women with lived experience in sex work and their allies have […]
Guest Blog by Kim Bridgford. How much do you know about women poets? Can you name women poets from other centuries or other countries? Did you know that the first recorded […]
“You can’t promote gender equality without thinking about motherhood and childcare.” -Matilde Dratwa, Founder of Moms-in-Film Imagine a room of 100 people all working in the film industry. They are […]
Guest Blog by Sarah Diamond Burroway. “I am Appalachia. In my veins Runs fierce mountain pride; the hill-fed streams Of passion; and stranger, you don’t know me!” […]
By Elana Gartner. Waking the Feminists has been an extraordinarily successful campaign for gender parity in Irish theatres. In a relatively short period of time, Irish feminists persuaded seven major theatres, […]
By Anne E. Johnson. Not every feminist wants to be called a “broad.” At the writers’ organization Broad Universe, however, that’s exactly how members refer to themselves. The road has […]
Activist Spotlight: Catherine Aselford, DC SWAN Day. Ten years ago, when Catherine Aselford saw the announcement for the very first SWAN Day, she immediately sent WomenArts a note saying it […]
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 […]