Harmony: Building Community Trust – Part 2 (9/23/11)
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar & Rene Yung In this installment of the Harmony Project News Arlene Goldbard interviews choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and multi-media artist Rene Yung about their […]
Category Archives: Arts & Social Justice
Harmony: Building Community Trust – Part 1 (9/8/11)
Marty Pottenger & the City Employees of Portland In this and the next installment of the Harmony Project News, Arlene Goldbard introduces three more women artists who have had successful […]
Harmony: Reasons for Artists and Activists to Collaborate – Part 2 (8/19/11)
The previous Harmony Project blog explored two of the many reasons that artists and activists collaborate. This week Arlene Goldbard interviews Sarah Crowell, the Artistic Director of Destiny Arts, and […]
Harmony: Reasons for Women Artists and Activists to Collaborate – Part 1 (8/5/11)
Since most activist groups struggle with limited time and resources, it can be challenging to persuade them to include artists in their work. This week, Arlene Goldbard talks to filmmaker […]
Harmony: The Meaning of Collaboration
By Arlene Goldbard The meaning of collaboration ought to be straightforward: its Latin root means “working together,” plain and simple. But in practice, artistic collaboration is a continuum. At one […]
Harmony: Introducing the WomenArts Cultural Partnership Project
The Harmony Project is a bold new addition to WomenArts’ ongoing efforts to bring the full power of women’s artistic creativity to the struggle for women’s rights and social justice. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
SWAN Day Is Coming Next Week!
Be Sure Your Events Are On the Calendar! In This Issue • Be On Our SWAN Day List Next Week • Sophie Dowllar Organizes SWAN Day Kenya • SWAN Day Boosts Filmmaker Louise […]
Interview with Sophie Dowllar, SWAN Day Kenya
By Deborah Steinberg Sophie Dowllar is the programming manager of the 5 Centuries Human Rights Theatre Group in Kenya, which uses theatre to engage communities in addressing and solving their […]
WPA Artist Mary Perry Stone Honored for SWAN Day
Dayton, OH – On Friday, February 5, 2010, 70 people, including Dayton’s mayor, braved a snowstorm to attend the opening reception of “Art Makes Us Human,” an exhibit of work […]
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 […]
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 […]