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 […]
Category Archives: Arts & Politics
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 […]
The Fund for Women Artists Celebrates 15 Years:
New Energy, New Name, New Blog
Martha Richards FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear Friends, As many of you know, I started The Fund for Women Artists with a small group of […]
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 […]
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.” […]
SWAN Day Interview With Deborah Magdalena
Organizer of Miami’s Spoken Soul Festival Deborah Magdalena, spoken word artist and producer of Miami’s second annual SWAN Day Spoken Soul Festival, talks to Deborah Steinberg of The Fund for […]
Include the Arts in our National Recovery Plan!
In This Issue: Tell Your Senators Today to Support the Arts Our Hot Pink Pen Creates a Ruckus! Update on the “Slumdog Millionaire” Controversy Our Hot Pink […]
Focus on the Federal Arts Budget
In This Issue of the SWAN Day News (Published September 11, 2008) Polls are showing that women’s votes may swing this year’s presidential election. This month we take a look […]
Telling the Stories We Need to Hear
Artists Explore Reproductive Freedom At current rates, about one in three American women will have had an abortion by the time she is 45 (Alan Guttmacher Institute). Think about it: […]
Other Fabulous LGBT Artists on the WomenArts Network & on the Web
Our June 2005 newsletter features interviews with three lesbian artists, but there are a lot more doing wonderful work. You can find them on our free online artist directory, the […]
Peace Begins With A Vision
Celebrating Artists Working for Peace Since we have just marked the second anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, we are featuring three artists this month who are exploring issues […]