SWAN Day - Project Preview

This event is part of an international celebration of women artists. The name is derived from the idea to Support Women Artists Now. “Women artists are creating change in their communities and around the world,” said Martha Richards, co-founder of SWAN Day. “This day of celebration will help people imagine what the world would be like if women’s art and perspectives were fully integrated into all of our lives. The long term goal of SWay is to inspire communities to recognize and support women artists as a basic element of civic planning.” SWAN Day is an annual event facilitated by WomenArts (www.womenarts.org) a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women artists get the resources they need to do their creative work.

American artist Stacy Gibboni will preview her work in progress entitled Define Me - In a 1000 words or more. A two thousand five hundred and counting, piece installation partly installed in the studio. The work recently described by author and critic Owen Edwards as "one word pictures inviting free association". For this project the artist is collecting dictionaries. Please donate a Dictionary in any language and become part of the project. Gibboni is represented in Italy by Spazio Bevacqua Panigai www.spaziobevacquapanigai.pjoon.com

Irish artist Deirdre Kelly will present her ongoing work Personal Territories involving maps and collage in her studio at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica where she is resident aritist. The Scuola Internazionale di Grafica di Venezia was founded in 1969. Now recognized as the leading international Visual Arts, Graphic Design, Book-Arts and Printmaking studio in Venice, it attracts practicing artists from all over the world www.scuolagrafica.it