Support Women Artists Now Day (SWAN Day) is a new international holiday that celebrates women artists. It will be an annual event taking place on the last Saturday of Women's History Month (March).

As a symbol of international solidarity, there will be events all over the world featuring women artists on SWAN Day. The public will be encouraged to attend these events and to make donations to their favorite women artists.

By focusing attention on the work of women artists, SWAN Day will help people imagine what the world might be like if womens' art and perspectives were fully integrated into all of our lives. 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.

What is the History behind this?

The idea for SWAN Day grew out of a collaboration between The Fund for Women Artists 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.