Free SWAN Screening of “Girl Rising” in New York
A free screening of the powerful new documentary “Girl Rising” will be offered as a joint SWAN event by New York Women in Film & Television, SAG-AFTRA, School of Visual […]
Category Archives: Arts & Social Justice
Amuse Bouche & Golden Thread
Selected SWAN Events: Amuse Bouche – Women Aerialists in NY Do Benefit for Women in Cameroon BlacK*acrobat (led by long-time WomenArts member Kiebpoli Calnek) and Upsidown Productions (led by Madeline […]
Join the Words of Choice Live-Streaming Event March 1 & 2
Women around the world are invited to watch two live-streamed performances of Words of Choice on the Internet and to participate in the post-show discussions of this dynamic pro-choice theatre […]
WomenArts Rises! Join the V-Day Campaign, Feb 14!
WomenArts invites our members — and everyone who wants to end violence against women — to join the One Billion Rising campaign and rise up on V-Day’s 15th Anniversary, Thursday, […]
Women Artists Organize for Gun Control
Women artists are responding to the recent shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School and elsewhere by organizing for more gun control legislation. In Washington, D.C. there will be a March […]
Women’s Votes Count – Be Sure to Vote! (Nov 5 2012)
Women played a decisive role in the 2004 presidential elections by voting at higher rates than men. According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the rate of voter turnout […]
Arts Policy Issues On Hold With Congressional Recess
Dear Friends, We wanted to share the important message below from Americans for the Arts about arts policy issues in the upcoming elections. Martha Richards, Executive Director WomenArts From Americans […]
Women, War & Peace: 5 Part Series on Women as Peacemakers
Be sure to watch the first episode of Women, War & Peace tonight on your local public broadcasting station. This extraordinary series of documentary films produced by Abigail Disney, Pamela […]
SWAN Celebrations in Kenya, Ohio, New York, and California
Dear Friends, One of the main goals of Support Women Artists Now/ SWAN Day is to help people imagine what the world would be like if women’s visions and perspectives […]
Lenelle Moïse Explores Haitian History in "Ache What Make"
On Tuesday, March 13, I saw Lenelle Moïse’s latest work in progress, Ache What Make, at the month-long Women Center Stage Festival in New York.Moïse is Haitian-American, and “Ache What […]
SWAN Season Starts with Inspiring Sojourner Truth Opera
I visited Northampton, Massachusetts on February 16 for the first official SWAN 2012 event – a production of Truth, a new folk opera about the fiery abolitionist and women’s rights […]
Women Artists Salute Women’s Suffrage
Since Tuesday, November 2 is Election Day in the United States, we want to honor all of the women who fought so hard to obtain the vote in the U.S. […]
WomenArts Is Sweet Sixteen! Help Us Celebrate!
Dear Friends, WomenArts is sweet sixteen this year, and we have so much to celebrate. We have now had over 700 Support Women Artists Now/SWAN events in 21 countries, and […]
Harmony: Finding Funds to Develop Community Partnerships
Note to readers: This article is part of the WomenArts Harmony Project. The full series of articles is posted in the Harmony section of our website. Arlene Goldbard has been interviewing […]
Harmony: How to Build Relationships With Non-Arts Groups
Note to readers: This article is part of the WomenArts Harmony Project. Arlene Goldbard has interviewed ten women artists who have been successful at building collaborations with non-arts organizations, and she […]