Tell Your Legislators That Artists Need Jobs!
The Democrats have asked for input about their party platform in preparation for their annual convention at the end of this month. The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture has […]
Category Archives: Arts & Economics
Andi Zeisler’s New Book Tackles Commercialization of Feminism
Andi Zeisler was born in the 1970s and she witnessed the intense backlash against feminism in the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1995, the same year that WomenArts was founded […]
Defending the Arts at Holiday Gatherings
For many people working in the arts, the holidays can be extremely challenging. Many of us are on tight budgets, but we are bombarded with advertisements telling us that our […]
In Spite of Oscar Snubs, Some Women Make Big Bucks
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has snubbed women directors and writers once again with this year’s Oscar nominations. No women were nominated in the Best Director, Best Original […]
Canadian Theatre Women Address Gender Inequality
The Playwrights Guild of Canada, in partnership with eight stellar Canadian arts organizations, has announced the launch of Equity in Theatre, a new campaign to promote gender equity in theatre. Led […]
Legal Tender: Women & the Secret Life of Money
When the Recession broke in 2008, writer Christian McEwen noticed that the media focused almost exclusively on male stories – either the scandalous behavior of the men on Wall Street or […]
Believe in the Currency of Kindness – A Birthday Message from Martha Richards
Dear Friends, I wrote the piece below for my birthday last year. It was my most popular piece ever, and so I decided to run it again. Please feel free […]
Two Great New Books by Arlene Goldbard
“Thousands of years ago, art aided our survival as a species. Today, culture is the laboratory in which we nurture compassion and discover how to improvise a livable future. And […]
Works By Women SF Explores Tactics for Gender Parity
This is a big week for discussions of gender parity in the Bay Area theatre community! While Theatre Bay Area is hosting a fascinating series of interviews on Howlround where […]
Theatre Women Take Action in the Bay Area
Countless women artists have suffered through conferences where the gender discrimination that they face every day is never mentioned. On the rare occasion when gender issues are discussed, it is […]
SWAN Events with Martha Richards – Women Center Stage Director’s Weekend
(New York, NY) On Sunday, March 11, I attended the matinee and evening segments of the Women Center Stage Directors Weekend, a showcase where 12 women directors were asked to […]
NYSCA
REPORT ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN: A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT? Prepared for the New York State Council on the Arts Theatre Program by Susan Jonas and Suzanne Bennett (January 2002) Executive […]
SWAN SEASON BEGINS!
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 […]
THERE’S STILL TIME TO ORGANIZE A SWAN DAY EVENT!
NEW WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL IN NY Athena Film Festival Celebrates Women & Leadership The inaugural season of the Athena Film Festival: A Celebration of Women and Leadership starts today, Thursday, […]
WomenArts Newsletter: Funding ideas for SWAN Day events
CHALLENGE GRANT SUCCESS!!! Carol Jenkins Picks Our Raffle Winners Thanks so much to all of you who contributed to our December Challenge Grant campaign. We are happy to report that […]