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Help WomenArts Match a $5,000 Challenge Grant!
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’s WomenROCK Collective Celebrates Four Years of Empowering Female Artists in the Music Industry
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 […]
Recognizing Artists as Workers
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 […]
New Shoe Shares a Play About Women of the WPA
WomenArts is collaborating with NewShoe and Cherry Lane Theatre to do a special SWAN Day event in New York designed to stimulate more discussion about federal arts funding. NewShoe, a […]
Download the Script & Sound for “Mixed Relief”
WomenArts is grateful to the playwrights of NewShoe for creating Mixed Relief, a one-act play that is designed to be a springboard for discussion about government arts funding past and […]
Special Issue: Focus on Haitian Women & Artists
Our hearts go out to the people of Haiti this week, and our thoughts are with all the members of our community who are in Haiti or who have family […]
Taking the SWAN Message To the Mountain Tops!
In This Issue: • Join Us for Support Women Artists Now Day in 2010>> • It’s Never Too Late to Donate!>> • Visit the New WomenArts Store>> • Post Your […]
Being Thankful for the Arts
WomenArts asked one of our favorite novelists, Susan Stinson, to write about why she persists in the arts in spite of the financial hardships. We loved her response below, and hope you do […]
Harmonious Collaborations: Melodia Women’s Choir of New York City Premieres New Work by Woman Composer
Melodia Women’s Choir of New York City is an ensemble of 35 singers who perform an eclectic mix of women’s choral music under Artistic Director Cynthia Powell, often shining the […]
Pete Seeger, Joe McCarthy, & Glenn Beck
Although it was fifty-three years ago, I can still remember the day that the legendary folk singer Pete Seeger came to perform at my grammar school. It was 1956, and I was […]
Women in Theatre Seek Equality by 2020
Women theatre artists held a conference in New York last week to launch a new initiative called 50/50 in 2020. In response to the fact that women playwrights, directors, and […]
Artists Invited to Participate in Obama’s United We Serve Campaign
President Obama’s United We Serve program is designed to encourage Americans to do community service as volunteers in order “to help meet growing social needs resulting from the economic downturn.” […]
Celebrating Mother’s Day, 2009
In This Issue: Celebrating Mother’s Day! Isabel Allende Speaks to Women Artists Watch two videos with novelist Isabel Allende. Read more>> New Film About Artists Who Are Mothers We interview […]
Interview With Pamela Tanner Boll,
Director of “Who Does She Think She Is?”
A Film About Artists Who Are Mothers Pamela Tanner Boll is an artist, writer, filmmaker, activist and mother of three sons. She directed Who Does She Think She Is?, a […]