SWAN Festival

SWAN Festival SWAN Day/Support Women Artists Now Day is a new international holiday that celebrates women artists. Yordanka Fandakova.

It is an annual event taking place on the last Saturday of March (Women’s History Month) and the surrounding weeks. The official date of the Fourth International SWAN Day is Saturday, March 26, 2011, and it will also be celebrated throughout the months of March and April 2011. By focusing attention on the work of women artists, SWAN Day helps people imagine what the world might be like if women’s

art and perspectives were fully integrated into all of our lives. People celebrate this new holiday by participating in SWAN Day events and by making donations to their favorite women artists. 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. There have been over 500 SWAN Day events in 14 countries in the first three years of SWAN Day. To see a list of the 2010 events, please click here: List of SWAN Day 2010 Events>>
To see the planned events for 2011: SWAN Day Calendar>>

For the first time in Europe, this event will have its own stage, where more than a dozen art forms will be united. There are over 500 SWAN Day events in 14 countries in 4 continents - America, Australia, Europe and Africa in the first three years of the celebration of SWAN Day. In Europe so far this holiday was celebrated in Berlin, Cologne (Germany), Paris (France), Cardiff (Wales) and Rome (Italy) through various forms of art - exhibitions, media meetings, presentation of new talent, etc. but never with such continuity and diversity, as this will happen in Sofia between 6th and 10th April 2011. Organizers of the festival are “Art Nova" Foundation and “Wonderland Events”. Partners of the festival are: Sofia Municipality, Café "Memento”, " Intelligent Systems" Ltd., Accounting "Correct-VLV” Ltd. , Association “Krav Maga Bulgaria”, “Healthy Living”, “Sound Creative Team”, “Grunberg Luxury Chocolate”, “Rank Growers”, Samos Chamber of Commerce, Social Me, Zoom Box Studio and others. The First Festival of Women in Arts will be held under the patronage of the Mayor of Sofia Municipality Mrs. Some of the participants in the First Festival of Women in Arts "SWAN" (Support Women in Arts Now) are Tatiana Foreva (ceramic sculptures), Marietta Despova (landscaping, decoration), Greta Stefanova (art makeup), Zlatka Timonova (folklore dances choreographer), Lena Zaharieva (hand-made cards, packaging, decoration), Nina Koleva (glass paintings), Tania Evtimova (actress, director), Maja Dulgucheva (writer), Dessi Dimova (composer , musician), , Jazz Academy (5 jazz singers) Blagovesta Markova (art hairdresser), Sonia and Angie (Rockacocka - art sneakers), Anna (late art), Nadya Petrova (Healthy Living), Boryana Yankova (choreographer lady style hip hop), Syana Karapanova (wooden figures), Aliona Petrishka (puppet maker), Vera Petkova (photographer), Art Unity, students from New Bulgarian University. The concept of the organizers of the First Festival of Women in Arts "SWAN" is to launch a series of SWAN events that will become an integral part of events in Bulgaria, celebrating Women in Arts through the whole year. SWAN Day (Support Women in Arts Now Day) е нов международен празник, който почита жените в изкуствата. Този ден се чества ежегодно в последната събота на месец март и седмиците около него.

Официалната дата на Четвъртия Международен SWAN Day е събота, 26 март 2011г. и ще се празнува през целите месеци март и април 2011

В първите три години от празнуването на SWAN Day има над 500 SWAN Day събития в 14 страни.

За първи път в цяла Европа това събитие ще има и своята сцена, където ще бъдат обединени над десет форми на изкуството. Има над 500 SWAN Day събития в 14 страни в 4 континента - Америка, Австралия, Европа и Африка в първите три години от празнуването на SWAN Day. В Европа този празник досега е бил отбелязван в Берлин, Кьолн (Германия), Париж (Франция), Кардиф (Уелс), и Рим (Италия) чрез различни форми на изкуството – изложби, срещи на медии, представяне на нови таланти и др, но никога със такава продължителност и разнообразие, каквато ще се случи в София между 6 и 10.04.2011г.

Организатори на фестивала са Фондация „Арт Нова" и Wonderland Events. Партньори на фестивала са: Столична община, “ Café “Memento”, “Intelligent Systems” Ltd., Счетоводна къща „ВЛВ-Корект” ООД, , Сдружение “Крав Мага България”, “Grunberg Luxury Chocolates”, “Sound Creative Team”, “Здравословен живот”,“Rank Growers” , Samos Chamber of Commerce, Social Me, Zoom Box Studio и др.

Първият Фестивал на Жените в Изкуствата “SWAN” се осъществява с любезното съдействие на Столична община, под патронажа на г-жа Йорданка Фандъкова.

Част от участниците в Първия Фестивал на Жените в Изкуствата „SWAN” (Support Women in Arts Now) са Татяна Форева (керамика), Мариета Деспова (озеленяване, декорация), Грета Стефанова (арт грим), Златка Тимонова (хореограф народни танци), Лена Захариева (hand-made картички, опаковки, декорации), Нина Колева (картини на стъкло), Таня Евтимова (актриса, режисьор), Мая Дългъчева (писателка), Деси Димова (композитор, музикант), Благовеста Маркова (aрт фризьор), Art Unity, Вера Петкова (фотограф), Боряна Янкова (хореограф Lady Style Hip Hop), Ана (лате арт), Надя Петрова (уъркшоп здравословно готвене), Сияна Карапанова (дървени фигури), студенти от Нов Български Университет и много други.

Концепцията на организаторите на Първия Фестивал на Жените в Изкуствата „SWAN” е да поставят началото на серия от събития, които да се превърнат в неизменна част от събитията, празнуващи се в национален мащаб в България.

25/03/2017

. We have been delighted with the responses, and we plan to keep the SWAN spirit going by sharing these blogs, songs, and photos with you in the coming months.

That is how Kenya celebrates SWAN Day 2017!
25/03/2017

That is how Kenya celebrates SWAN Day 2017!

SWAN Day Kenya celebrates its 10th Anniversary with a day-long festival of music, dance, spoken word, and visual art. The theme for this year’s...

25/03/2017

HAPPY SWAN DAY 2017 to all women artists out there! Честит Международен Ден на Жените в Изкуствата 2017!

An inspiring story by one of our youngest participants in two of the previous editions of SWAN Festival Bulgaria!
01/04/2016

An inspiring story by one of our youngest participants in two of the previous editions of SWAN Festival Bulgaria!

MEET OUR NEW TEAM MEMBER JOINING THE INDIA PROJECT: KRISSI SILIANOVA

'I am a Bulgarian girl who was raised and educated on the island Samos in Greece. In 2005 I joined Tang Soo Do which became a passion and a way of life. At the age of 18 I moved to The Netherlands where I initiated my higher education and continued with my Tang Soo Do training. For the past 2,5 years I have been teaching Tang Soo Do and nearly a year ago I was promoted to 1st Dan Black Belt. Currently, I am studying Applied Safety and Security Management in The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS).'

'My motive to join FairFight begins with my initial involvement in events that empower women. In 2011, I joined the international “Support Women in Arts Now (SWAN) Festival” in Sofia, Bulgaria for the first time. I joined the festival as an English translator for my mother who is an artist in Modern Abstraction on Glass. The second time I joined the event in 2013, I represented both my mother and myself, as this year’s theme was to discuss the negative and positive experiences of the art performed by each of the female participants. Since then I have been inspired to become an advocate of female equality in the society.'

'Through FairFight I can especially help girls who are underrated in their communities in combination with my Tang Soo Do knowledge. What will make me happy in the end of this project is to see girls and women discovering the bright colours in their lives after all the darkness they have been unfairly experiencing.'

26/03/2016

Happy SWAN Day to all the amazing women artists involved in SWAN events this year. It is truly an honor and an inspiration to work on SWAN Day every year and see women all over the world doing incredible work. Thank you for all that you do!!!!

31/01/2016

Let's celebrate Swans of ALL colors.

27/01/2016

SWAN Day is a grassroots effort that is being coordinated by WomenArts through our website. Everyone is invited to help us create this new holiday. No fees or application forms are required. Ways To Participate Organize Arts Events for SWAN Day - There have been over 1,000 SWAN Day events in 24 cou…

27/01/2016

Here's a shoutout to our fantastic Super SWANs in Bulgaria! There are fabulous SWAN Day celebrations each year in Sofia-- here are folk dancers from the first SWAN Day in 2009.

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Логото на SWAN Festival 2015 е на заглавната страница на International SWAN Day уебсайт!
07/09/2015

Логото на SWAN Festival 2015 е на заглавната страница на International SWAN Day уебсайт!

Thanks so much to all of you who are participating in the Eighth International SWAN Day. Whether you are organizing an event, attending an event, spreading the word, or giving a gift to your favorite woman artist, you are part of a growing world-wide movement. There are SWAN 2015 events all over the…

22/04/2015

УВАЖАЕМИ УЧАСТНИЧКИ В ПЕТИЯ SWAN FESTIVAL В БЪЛГАРИЯ
Уведомяваме ви, че утре след 12:00 часа картините ви ще бъдат в галерията на Арт Рентал в Софарма Бизнес Център, от където можете да ги вземете всеки делничен ден от 10:30 до 19:00. Благодарим ви за проявеното търпение и разбиране относно организацията по връщането на работите. Ако имате допълнителни въпроси можете да се обръщате към Силвия Павлова.
Благодарим ви за участието и до нови срещи.

16/04/2015

УВАЖАЕМИ УЧАСТНИЧКИ В ПЕТИЯ SWAN FESTIVAL В БЪЛГАРИЯ,
Изложбата Mall of Sofia приключи, картините ви са в склада на Арт Рентал в мола. Ще ви уведомим, когато ги докарат в галерията в Софарма Бизнес Център, от където можете да си ги вземете. Надяваме се това да стане в рамките на няколко дни.
Пожелаваме Ви творческо вдъхновение!
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