3/03/2017

Coalition News for March 2017





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SAVE THE DATE
for these upcoming free Coalition events in March:

Conversations in America: Under the Gun an evening of curated short pieces about gun violence
at SVA Theater on Monday evening, March 20

SWAN Day Film, Panel, & Reception
(w/ WomenArts, NYWIFT, & SAG-AFTRA)
at SVA Theater on Saturday afternoon, March 25

AND DON"T FORGET:
SWAN Day is Saturday, March 25
but there are celebrations of women's artistic work all month!
Check out all listed events on the WomenArts SWAN Day Calendar
and add your own events to the calendar as well.
from the League of Professional Theatre Women - FREE EVENT!

LPTW Oral History: 
Tony Award Nominee Laura Linney 
Interviewed By James Naughton


An interview with three-time Tony Award 
& three-time Academy Award nominee

Laura Linney interviewed by James Naughton.


Monday, March 6

6pm

The Bruno Walter Auditorium
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
at Lincoln Center
At the corner of 65th Street & Amsterdam

This program is produced by Betty Corwin,
with Pat Addiss and Sophia Romma.
  

Free admission. First come, first seated.  
This program is made possible, in part, with public funds from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and with funds from the NYS Council on the Arts, a state agency, with support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. The Oral History Project also enjoys continued support from the Edith Meiser Foundation. 
CLICK HERE to read about the event in Broadway World!
  from our Special Advisor, Sherry Eaker




Discount for Coalition Member Org Members!

See Presenters Maurice Hines, Paul Shaffer, 
Justin Vivian Bond, and more!
All tickets include the After-Party


  

Ticket Info
 
To Purchase Coalition Discount Tickets




The Bistro Awards: recognizing, encouraging, nurturing, and educating 
cabaret, jazz, and comedy artists for 32 years through our insightful reviews 
and our annual awards - the oldest award of its kind in the industry. 
  from Encompass New Opera Theatre








SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017, 2:30 PM 

Manhattan School of Music | Greenfield Hall 
122nd Street and Broadway, New York, NY 10027

Starring: Frank Basile, Anthony Inneo, Melanie Long, Wilma Wever
Directed by: Nancy Rhodes
Music Director/Pianist: Mara Waldman

Also by Edward Thomas:
 Desire Under The Elms; Six Wives; Ballad for a Firing SquadAlso by Joe Masteroff:
 Cabaret; She Loves Me; The Warm Peninsula
Call 718-398-4675 or email encompassopera@yahoo.com to reserve seats.
Audience Talkback and Reception to follow.

This program is a collaboration with 
Opera Index, Manhattan School of Music, and American Opera Projects.


At Encompass, we believe in the power of music to uplift and enrich the human spirit. We hope that you will help us continue this mission in 2017 with a tax-deductible contribution, and make this year our best one yet. We need musical spirit more than ever, and we thank you for your support.




Get Ready for the 10th Anniversary of SWAN Day!






Get Ready for the 10th Anniversary of Support Women Artists Now Day!
New Contest - $500 Prize for the Best SWAN Photo! 

Ebony Amber in SWAN hat
Dear Women in the Arts & Media Coalit,

This year is the 10th Anniversary of Support Women Artists Now Day/SWAN Day and it is going to be SWANTASTIC!

We are kicking off SWAN Month with our new SWAN Photo Contest.  Do you have a SWAN dress, hat, shirt, pants, shoes, bicycle, surf board, motor-boat, second home - anything with swans on it that you can be photographed in, on, or near?  

If so - have someone take a picture and enter the SWAN Photo Contest. We are offering two first prizes of $500 - one for the best individual shot, and one for the best group shot. We will create other prizes and categories depending on what we receive. 

We are especially interested in pictures of people (any gender), but if you have a particularly adorable pet who gets into the SWAN spirit, we will welcome those pictures too. (But try not to give your pet a SWANferiority complex).

Go to the SWAN Photo Guidelines & Online Entry Form>>

Refresher Course - What is SWAN Day? 

For those of you who are new to SWAN Day, SWAN stands for Support Women Artists Now.  
Jan Lisa Huttner & Martha Richards
SWAN Day is a holiday that was conceived by film critic Jan Lisa Huttner (also known as the Hot Pink Pen) and WomenArts Executive Director Martha Richards, while they were sharing a pizza after doing a conference presentation together in Bloomington, IL in April 2007.

The two activists had been looking for ways to build larger audiences for women artists and to build solidarity among women artists worldwideThey decided to declare an international holiday. Over the next months Huttner and Richards met with other women's groups and individual women artists to promote the idea.

In December 2007, Huttner announced the event to the press, and Richards used the WomenArts mailing list to invite people all over the world to create events celebrating women artists and to post them on the free SWAN Calendar on the WomenArts website. The first SWAN Day was held on March 29, 2008. In the past nine years there have been over 1,500 SWAN events in 36 countries!  Read more about SWAN Day's history>>

SWAN Day is officially on the last Saturday of March, and we encourage people to celebrate it throughout the month of March (Women's History Month) or whenever the spirit moves them. Every day is a good day to support women artists!!

SWAN Day is a completely do-it-yourself effort. You are welcome to celebrate in any way you see fit - whether that is getting together with friends, writing a check to your favorite woman artistorganizing a performance, or producing a whole SWAN festival. The goal is simply to put the spotlight on the creativity and accomplishments of women artists so that we can inspire each other.
 
Want to Organize a SWAN Event? 

Your SWAN event can be a performance, exhibit, rally, parade, workshop, reading, or any activity that draws attention to women artists or raises money for women artists in your community. We have posted Publicity Tools and Fundraising Tools to help you organize your event, and you can download our official SWAN Day logo for free.  If you have questions, please feel free to contact us.

If you post your event on the SWAN Calendar, we will include it when we publish our giant list of SWAN events on SWAN Day.(See last year's list>>) Also, we pick events from the SWAN Calendar to share with women artists around the world through our newsletters and social media during March and April. Posting on the SWAN Calendar is the best way to let us know about your work since our staff reviews every calendar listing before it goes live on our website.

We have made it easy to post your event. Just follow the directions in our Step-by-Step Guide. If you already have a Facebook Event Page, we can import it to the SWAN Calendar for you. Just use our Facebook event form to send us the link.

This Week on the SWAN Calendar
Ghostlight Now & Then
Ghostlight Now & Then
Barbara Kahn's Ghost Light Now & Then is a "time-fluid" play. During an inexplicable seismic event in 2017, two women are flung through a window into the Greenwich Village Theater in the early twentieth century, where they encounter the ghosts of past productions who haunt the site.

The show will be performed at Theatre for the New City, 155 First Ave (between 9th & 10th Sts),
New York, NY. Runs March 2 - March 12, Thursdays - Sundays. Read more on the SWAN Calendar>>

Art by Victoria Manganiello
Do I Contradict Myself?
Do I Contradict Myself? presents the work of six women textile artists responding to this excerpt from Walt Whitman's poem, Song of Myself - "Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes."   This exhibit is part of the Spring Break Art Show at 4 Times Square, New York, NY. 
 

Featured artists are Colette Aliman, Maeve Broome, Fanny Gentle, Alexandra Goldberg, Yunjung Kang, & Victoria Manganiello.  March 1 - 6.  Read more on the SWAN Calendar>>

Recent Posts on the WomenArts Blog 

WomenArts is doing a weekly series of paid guest posts and spotlight articles on women arts leaders. Here are the past five posts: 
If you would like to write an article for us, please check out our Blog Submission Guidelines>> 

Looking for Theatre or Film Opportunities or Grants? 
Free Monthly #StageOpps and #ScreenOpps Newsletters Can Help!

Women in the Arts and Media Coalition in collaboration with WomenArts is publishing free newsletters for theatre and film/video artists listing submission opportunities, grants, auditions, residencies and more. You can follow #StageOpps and #ScreenOpps on Twitter or see the latest issues by visiting the Coalition's website.

To submit listings for the #StageOpps or #ScreenOpps newsletters, please write to: stageopps@womenartsmediacoalition.org or screenopps@womenartsmediacoalition.org.

3/02/2017

You're Invited! Join our Awards Celebration & Big Mingle on 3/31







It's Women's History Month. Support gender parity by buying tickets to shows from our online directory of Qualifying Productions.



It's Women's History Month. 
Support gender parity by buying tickets to shows from our online directory of 
Qualifying Productions. 
At Parity Productions, we hire 50% women and transgender playwrights, directors, and designers on every production. And we provide extensive and free promotional support to productions that meet the 50% hiring standard in the form of social media, e-blasts, PR support, and placement in our online directory of Qualifying Productions.

Congratulations to March 2017's Qualifying Productions.

If your production qualifies, click here to submit. 















Your Production Here
What Does it Take to Run Our Qualifying Productions Program?

We spend 35-40 hours per month researching Qualifying Productions, which includes reaching out to individual producers. Additionally, other production companies submit their shows to us regularly. We check each submission thoroughly to ensure it meets the 50% Qualifying standard. 

We then create imagery and social media content for each production and send out a monthly press release garnering additional promotion for Qualifying Productions. A total of 60-65 hours spent on our Qualifying Productions program per month.  



Help support our unique, vital mission. Become a Sustaining Donor for as little as $5 per month

If you are a fan of our Qualifying Productions program, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Pinterest


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