Feminist Trailblazer Holly Near Performs at Wolf Trap
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Singer, songwriter and cultural activist Holly Near will be celebrating the release of her new CD, Peace Becomes You, with a concert at The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap […]
Singer, songwriter and cultural activist Holly Near will be celebrating the release of her new CD, Peace Becomes You, with a concert at The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1645 Trap […]
As the world celebrates the 6th International SWAN Day this year, Kenya is celebrating its 50th anniversary jubilee year and has just gone through a contentious presidential election. WomenArts stands […]
Rhodessa Jones, one of the leaders of the “arts as social activism” movement, will perform her new solo piece “The Resurrection of SHE” at San Francisco’s Brava for Women in […]
As a follow-up to last week’s post on the Los Angeles Female Playwrights’ Initiative, this week we’ll be taking a look at the movement that spawned the West Coast group: […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dear Friends, Our Support Women Artists Now/SWAN movement is growing because of the hard work of so many smart, talented artists full of spunk and determination like the seven women […]
IN THIS ISSUE Letter from the Executive Director New This Year – SWAN Festival Bulgaria! SWAN Day Highlights from Hartford, Pittsburgh, Miami, New York, Chicago & Northampton FROM THE EXECUTIVE […]
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 […]
A generous individual has agreed to match the next $5,000 that WomenArts receives in new gifts this month. Can you spare $5, $10, $25, or more to help us make […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
WomenArts asked one of our favorite novelists, Susan Stinson, to write about why she persists in the arts in spite of the financial hardships. We loved her response below, and hope you do […]