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- EIN 04-3257661
- info@WomenArts.org
- 415-751-2202
- 3739 Balboa Street Ste 181 San Francisco CA 94121 USA
- http://www.womenarts.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts Services, Civil Rights, Performing Arts Centers, Women, Womens Rights
Mission: WomenArts (incorporated as The Fund for Women Artists, Inc.) is founded on the belief that women artists have the power to change the way women are perceived in our society. We want to make sure that artists have full access to the financial and other resources they need to do this crucial work. We focus mainly on women in theatre, film, and video, and we have two main goals: To Challenge Stereotypes - We challenge gender and other stereotypes by supporting the creation and appreciation of art that reflects the full diversity and complexity of women’s lives. To Increase Opportunities - We advocate for women artists to be paid fairly and to have more opportunities to make a living from their creative work.
Geographic areas served: Mainly US, some international
Programs: Online resources and swan day: womenarts provides a variety of free online services designed to increase the opportunities & visibility of women artists. We maintain a website with hundreds of pages of educational materials about funding opportunities and profiles of 1,600 women artists. We publish free newsletters with articles about inspiring women artists around the world and links to research studies and funding information. Our newsletters are sent to approximately 12,000 subscribers world-wide, and our facebook pages have approximately 4,500 fans. We answer a steady stream of email and phone questions about arts management issues. We also coordinate an annual international holiday called support women artists now day or swan day for short. We invite artists in all art forms to create events celebrating women artists during march (women's history month). We provide free online materials to help them plan and publicize their events, and we maintain the official swan calendar on our website. There were approximately 200 swan events during our 2014-15 fiscal year.