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Category Archives: SWAN
Check Out the Winners of the SWAN Day 2017 Photo Contest!
The fall is a great time to start planning for Support Women Artists Now Day/SWAN Day 2018. To get inspired for your event next March, check out these winning photos from our SWAN Day 2017 Photo Contest.
Lydiah Dola Wins First Prize in the SWAN Day Song Contest
We are delighted to announce that Lydiah Dola won the $1,000 first prize in the SWAN Day Song Contest for her song SWAN Girls. Dola is a composer, singer, guitarist, […]
Announcing Martha’s SWAN Day Song Contest!
I am happy to report that as part of my birthday celebration this year, I have decided to create a Support Women Artists Now Day Song Contest. I am making […]
Make a Gift to WomenArts for Giving Tuesday!
When times are tough, how many times have you turned on some music or picked up a good book? And didn’t you feel better afterwards? We all know the healing […]
Want to Write for the WomenArts Blog?
As part of our celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Support Women Artists Now Day/SWAN Day this year, we want to feature new voices in the WomenArts Blog. We are […]
Get Ready for SWAN Day 10!
It is hard to believe, but March 25, 2017 will be the 10th Anniversary of Support Women Artists Now Day/SWAN Day! We have big plans for SWAN Day 10, and […]
“We Are Here!” Festival Celebrates Women in Dance, Music & Visual Art
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The We Are Here! Festival (WAH! Fest) will provide a dynamic platform for diverse women choreographers, musicians and visual artists creating contemporary work through a feminist […]
SWAN Day Hamburg Features Refugee & Migrant Women
HAMBURG, GERMANY – The second annual SWAN Day Hamburg will feature visual art and music by refugee and migrant women artists currently living in Germany on Sunday, May 1 from […]
SWAN Events in California, New York & Houston
Flagship Ensemble Presents Site-Specific Second Skin SANTA MONICA, CA – The Flagship Ensemble presents Second Skin, a site-specific ghost play written, directed and performed by women on the beaches of San […]
SWAN Prague Festival Gathers Women From Many Countries
“This year’s SWAN Prague Festival will feature over 30 women artists from around the world, and every artist will bring something unique . . . We felt there was […]
SWAN Spoken Soul Festival Helps Women Artists Build Careers
“Every single year this event somehow significantly changes a woman’s artistic career. A sisterhood is formed . . . artists start producing their own events with SWAN sisters, or they […]
Happy Support Women Artists Now Day 2016!
I always love reading the listings that people submit for our SWAN Day Calendar because they give me a snapshot of a world that I do not see in the […]
SWAN Day Kenya 2016 Builds Bridges & Connects Artists
“SWAN is the only space that brings peace and fun as we continue talking about our struggles. I organize a lot of political work . . . SWAN Day is different. […]
“BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez” Featured in 2 New York SWAN Events
Sonia Sanchez, a poet and activist who describes herself as “a woman with razor blades between my teeth,” has helped to redefine American culture and politics for over 60 years as a […]