Women in the Arts Series: SWAN Day 2010 Photos (Click Here)
What is SWAN Day?
SWAN
Day/Support Women Artists Now Day is a new international holiday that celebrates women artists. It is an annual event taking
place on the last Saturday of March (Women's History Month).
By focusing attention on the work of women artists,
SWAN Day helps people imagine what the world might be like if women's art and perspectives were fully integrated into
all of our lives.
People celebrate this new holiday by participating in SWAN
Day events and by making donations to their favorite women artists. The long term goal of SWAN Day is to inspire communities
around the world to find new ways to recognize and support women artists as a basic element of civic planning. There were
over 170 SWAN Day 2009 events in 12 countries.
The
History of SWAN Day
The idea for SWAN Day grew out of a collaboration between WomenArts and Chicago's
WITASWAN (Women in the Audiences Supporting Women Artists Now). WITASWAN is an informal alliance of women who are using their
power as consumers to increase opportunities for women artists. It began as an initiative of the Illinois chapter of the American
Association of University Women. The complete history of WITASWAN is at www.films42.com/witaswan.asp.
LCA will host our 2nd Annual "Women in the Arts" series in
honor of SWAN Day.
"Women in the Arts "series 2010
March
21, 2010
Art Exhibit & Reception
2pm-6pm
Shetler Studios
12 Floor
244 West 54th Street
New York, New York
Donation $20.00
March 23, 2010
Women in music
Featuring:Teresa
Nash, Penelope Thomas, Aminah Cole, Lynn Sherr
7pm-9pm
Houndstooth
520 8th Avenue
New
York, New York
Donation $10.00
March 27, 2010
Women Artists Networking Event
Special
Guests: Lise Ramos-Filmmaker, Patricia Brintle-Visual Artists, Noreen Crayton-Vocalist, Janet Foster-Casting Director
6pm-9pm
Shetler Studios
Penthouse 1
244 West 54th Street
New York, New York
Donation:$15.00
Refreshments will be served
March 28, 2010
Women in Dance (new works in progress by women choreographers)
Alvin Ailey Studios
405 West 55th Street
6th Floor Studio B
6pm-8pm
Donation:$15.00
