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Hurray for the women artists in Kenya and New York who have organized amazing celebrations for this Saturday!
03/28/2025

Hurray for the women artists in Kenya and New York who have organized amazing celebrations for this Saturday!

WomenArts congratulates our colleagues in Nairobi, Kenya and in New York City who are hosting events celebrating women artists this Saturday.

Andrea Assaf's "11 Reflections: San Francisco", a multi-media performance that explores the Arab-American experience in ...
10/03/2024

Andrea Assaf's "11 Reflections: San Francisco", a multi-media performance that explores the Arab-American experience in a post-911 world, is one of five projects that is co-sponsoring in 2024 as part of its partnership with San Francisco's Brava for Women in the Arts.

Andrea Assaf's "11 Reflections: San Francisco" is one of five shows that WomenArts is co-sponsoring at Brava for Women in the Arts in 2024.

Congratulations to Mary D. Watkins on the opening of her opera about Fannie Lou Hamer at the Strand Theatre in Boston to...
09/20/2024

Congratulations to Mary D. Watkins on the opening of her opera about Fannie Lou Hamer at the Strand Theatre in Boston tonight!

White Snake Projects is presenting an opera by Mary D. Watkins that is a powerful reminder of the intense struggle over voting rights in the U.S. in the 1960s.

During this election season, Free Press is asking people to fight back against misinformation and disinformation. It is ...
07/27/2024

During this election season, Free Press is asking people to fight back against misinformation and disinformation. It is more important than ever for all of us to remember to always check the sources of information before we share it.

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Kenyan women artists have celebrated Support Women Artists Now Day for 16 years in spite of political and economic uphea...
05/07/2024

Kenyan women artists have celebrated Support Women Artists Now Day for 16 years in spite of political and economic upheavals in their country. As women artists in other countries face similar challenges, what survival skills can we learn from our sisters in Africa?

Kenyan women artists celebrated their 16th Support Women Artists Now Day this year in spite of difficult conditions in their country. What can they teach us about surviving political and economic upheavals?

One of my favorite theatres Berkeley is in danger of closing.   Please donate to the theatre at https://givebutter.com/A...
04/30/2024

One of my favorite theatres Berkeley is in danger of closing. Please donate to the theatre at https://givebutter.com/AuroraSpring24 if you can or sign their petition asking the Berkeley City Council for $500,000. https://chng.it/MGS4CZkk79
This is the company that produced "Leni" (an excellent play about Leni Riefenstahl) by former WomenArts staff member Sarah Greenman, "Hurricane Diane" by Madeleine George, and many other plays by women playwrights. Donate: https://givebutter.com/AuroraSpring24

Get IN and INvest to save Aurora Theatre Company today!

WomenArts founder Martha Richards writes about feminist scholar bell hooks, who urged us all to use radical love to tran...
03/30/2024

WomenArts founder Martha Richards writes about feminist scholar bell hooks, who urged us all to use radical love to transform society. She was right! We need love and imagination to get the world back on track!

Feminist scholar, bell hooks, urges us to transform society with radical love.

Monumental Women, the group that created the Women's Rights Pioneers monument, is forming a coalition to re-create Augus...
03/22/2024

Monumental Women, the group that created the Women's Rights Pioneers monument, is forming a coalition to re-create Augusta Savage's masterpiece, "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

Monumental Women created the first monument to real women in NY's Central Park. Now they are launching a new initiative.

Check out a great new documentary about women Taiko drummers at Women Arts Day on March 23 in NY or online!
03/15/2024

Check out a great new documentary about women Taiko drummers at Women Arts Day on March 23 in NY or online!

A powerful coalition of groups dedicated to advancing women in the arts will host a free screening of a documentary about women Taiko drummers.

Golden Thread Productions celebrates International Women's Day with "What Do the Women Say? Expressions of Joy"
03/07/2024

Golden Thread Productions celebrates International Women's Day with "What Do the Women Say? Expressions of Joy"

Golden Thread Productions celebrates International Women's Day in San Francisco with music, dance, and theatre.

WomenArts kicks off Women's History Month with a blog about Kiki Smith's amazing book: "Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Ye...
03/01/2024

WomenArts kicks off Women's History Month with a blog about Kiki Smith's amazing book: "Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 Years of What Women Wore"

In her beautiful new book, “Real Clothes, Real Lives-200 Years of What Women Wore,” Kiki Smith asks what we can learn about women’s lives by studying their clothes.

Funda Demirel is an inspiring Turkish artist and activist who is helping women heal from domestic violence and gain econ...
06/05/2023

Funda Demirel is an inspiring Turkish artist and activist who is helping women heal from domestic violence and gain economic independence by teaching them traditional Turkish handicrafts.

Funda Demirel is an artist, educator, and activist who trains women and girls in traditional Turkish art forms to help them recover from domestic violence and gain economic independence.

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