SWAN Day Houston Shows Interconnections of Artists
One of Houston’s most celebrated Hollywood movie directors, Michelle Mower, will be sharing her industry insights at SWAN Day Houston this Saturday.
Category Archives: Video
“Made in Her Image” Empowers Future Women Filmmakers
Made In Her Image is a non-profit dedicated to advancing girls and non-binary youth of color in film, media, and technology. It’s goal is to nurture future film pioneers and revolutionaries.
Women Film Directors Challenge Hollywood Sex Discrimination
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 […]
Art Became the Oxygen: An Excellent Resource Guide for Artist-Activists
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 […]
Lara Downes’ Unique Videos Link Women Poets and Composers
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 […]
Project ArmHer Challenges Stereotypes and Stigmatization
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 […]
Moms-In-Film Aims to Energize the Careers of Parents in Film & TV
“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 […]
Heroines of Sound Festival Honors Women in Electronic Music
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 […]
The Dress Project: Exploring Women’s Power Through Women’s Clothes
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 […]
Make a Resolution to See Work by Women This Year!
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 […]
SWAN Prague Festival Gathers Women From Many Countries
“This year’s SWAN Prague Festival will feature over 30 women artists from around the world, and every artist will bring something unique . . . We felt there was […]
Happy Support Women Artists Now Day 2016!
I always love reading the listings that people submit for our SWAN Day Calendar because they give me a snapshot of a world that I do not see in the […]
Is Your SWAN Event Accessible to All?
Whether you are hosting an art exhibition, a concert, a play or a party for SWAN Day, there are many steps you can take to make sure that you are […]
Chinese Whispers Uncovers Forgotten History of Chinese Pioneers
“From the time of the Gold Rush through the end of the 19th century, over a quarter million Chinese came to work on the railroads, in mining, agriculture, fisheries, industries […]
Super SWAN Spotlight: Crazy Love in Pittsburgh
“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 […]