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Mar. 29: Plan an Event for Support Women Artists Now (SWAN) Day!

You Are Cordially Invited To
Put Yourself on the SWAN Day Map!

Are you planning an event for Support Women Artists Now Day?
If so, you can now post that event on the official SWAN Day website at www.SwanDay.org.

You can click on the link to Host an Event or find a place to celebrate by clicking on Search for events.

Once you have posted your event, you can use the tools in Manage Your Event to send your friends the link, track their RSVPs, and post announcements and pictures on your page.

After your event, you will be able to post reports with pictures and videos. The reports will be a great way to share your celebration with women around the world.

Here are a few tips and guidelines for posting your event:

1) WHAT TYPE OF EVENT CAN I POST? You can post a party, performance, parade, exhibit, or any event that celebrates women artists. You can choose to make the event public or private. You do not need to know any programming, and your email address will not be visible unless you type it in the box describing your event.

2) HOW CAN I FIND OTHERS TO WORK WITH? If you are looking for collaborators to help you create a SWAN Day event, please use the word "Seeking" and indicate your location in your heading. For instance, if you wanted to organize a theatre event in San Francisco, you would put "Seeking Theatre Artists in San Francisco" as the title of your event. Also, don't forget to look on the WomenArts Network at www.WomenArts.org/network when you need to find women artists. There are over 1,000 artist profiles on the WomenArts Network, and you can search by art form, region, theme and more. You can email any artist on the network from her profile page.

3) CAN I USE THE OFFICIAL SWAN DAY LOGO? Yes, you can download the official SWAN Day logo in the Publicity Tools section of our website at: www.SwanDay.org/publicity. The Fund for Women Artists retains the copyrights to the image, but there is no charge to use it to publicize or fundraise for SWAN Day events. We have also published a page of Publicity Basics which includes SWAN Day Feature Story Ideas to pitch to reporters.

4) WHAT IF MY EVENT IS NOT ON MARCH 29? You are welcome to post any SWAN Day event happening in March or early April on our website. We would like as many events as possible on the weekend of March 29, but your desire to celebrate women artists is more important than the exact date of your event.

5) DOES IT COST ANYTHING? There is no charge for posting your event. This is a free service provided by The Fund for Women Artists.

6) CAN I GET A GRANT TO DO MY EVENT? The Fund for Women Artists is not offering SWAN Day grants, but we encourage you to use your event to raise funds for yourself or other women artists in your community. In the Fundraising Tools section of our website at www.SwanDay.org/fundraising, we have posted a Sample Fundraising Letter that you can use to approach potential donors. We have also posted a page of Fundraising Basics with advice about approaching individual donors.

8) WHAT IF I LIVE OUTSIDE THE U.S.? We welcome artists from outside the U.S. to post SWAN Day events on our site. If you select a country other than the U.S. on the sign-up page, you will be able to post your event without filling in the state and zip code fields. Please let us know if you have any difficulties with the software or if you need help creating your listing in English.

About 20 SWAN Day events have already been posted, and you can look at what others are doing to get ideas for your event.

Be brave! Have fun! Tell your friends! Support Women Artists Now Day is a holiday for us!!

Starts	02/12/2008
Ends	03/29/2008
Issues	Gender/Women, Media, Youth, Equal Opportunities, Digital Divide, Digital Media, Fair Representation, Media Literacy, Identity
Homepage	www.swanday.org
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Posted on February 12, 2008 in Event / Call to action by jengallardo