When rock musician Jennifer Hill read about the first SWAN Day in 2008, she decided to create an event that would showcase women-fronted rock bands. SWAN Day Connecticut quickly grew […]
Building off of the success of last year’s inaugural standing-room only event, SWAN Day Dayton 2013 will be held on Saturday March 30th at 2pm at the Dayton Metro Library […]
Tressa Glover and Don DiGiulio of the No Name Players in Pittsburgh, PA have created a wonderful model for SWAN Days that give voice to the women in their community, […]
Miami’s SWAN Spoken Soul Festival is an annual three-day event that is building deep community connections and includes special outreach to young people. The festival organizers place an emphasis on […]
The sixth annual SWAN Day DC, produced by the Guillotine Theatre (formerly the Georgetown Theatre Company), will feature six hours of free performances this Saturday. The festival will start at […]
There are some terrific SWAN events over the next few days that will showcase the diverse voices of women in theatre. In New York, the Culture Project’s Women Center Stage […]
As of this morning, there are 95 events on the Support Women Artists Now/SWAN Calendar, with more added every day. Please be sure to post your event if you have […]
The Female Artist Collective of Greensboro North Carolina has really captured the Support Women Artists Now/SWAN spirit by declaring today as the first annual Female Artist Takeover Day in their […]
Congratulations to the women of Jamestown, New York who have organized a month of SWAN activities that will kick off on Saturday with an exhibit at 3rd On 3rd Gallery […]
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 […]
SWAN Day Celebrated By Liberated Muses in Washington, D.C. It’s hard to believe it’s been almost three months since the fifth international SWAN Day! We’re continuing to profile the amazing […]
Honoring the Past While Creating the Future:An Interview With Kim A. Clarke, Founder and Organizer of the Lady Got Chops Women’s History Month Jazz Festival Ten years ago, jazz bassist […]
Deborah Steinberg, our Director of Artist Services, has written two pieces for the WomenArts Blog this week about groups fighting for gender equality in theatre – the Los Angeles Female […]
Congratulations to the organizers of SWAN Festival Bulgaria for their second four-day SWAN celebration. The efforts have been led by musician Dessi Dimova of Art Nova Foundation. Dimova worked closely […]
The Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative, or LAFPI, was formed almost 2 years ago by playwrights Laura Shamas and Jennie Webb as a local, West Coast branch of the national […]