Monday, March 18, 2019
SWAN Day 2019 Takes Flight -- Under New Leadership
www.clydefitchreport.com: Women have made waves of progress since the passage of the 19th Amendment nearly a century ago. Even so, it seems like the most recent movement is like a tsunami, crashing through society to wash away pervasive injustice, once and for all. In arts, culture and entertainment, just look at the list of winners at this year’s Oscars for powerful evidence. But women in the arts have fought hard for gender equality for some time. Back in 2008, for instance, the arts service organization WomenArts launched its first Support Women Artists Now (SWAN) Day, a worldwide empowerment event that is flying high now more than ever.
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I clicked on this article not having a single clue what SWAN and I am glad to have clicked on the article to find out about this wonderful day. It is amazing to hear about a day that is focused on bringing together women and celebrating women rather than just trying to fight externally. I am surprised that this eleven-year-old organization is something that I’ve never heard of before. I think there needs to be more organizations like SWAN. Yes, there needs to be organizations fighting for equal rights but having organizations to just celebrate specific minority groups is fantastic. Melinda Pfundstein and Martha Richards make some amazing points about how 70% of theatre ticket buyers are women and that the consumers deserve to see themselves being represented. Also when she talks about male critics not understanding female work, I completely agree. I find it interesting to read about how nonprofit organization is taking over the leadership of a day when I would think that SWAN day should be its own nonprofit organization.
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