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International Alliance for Women in Music Board Member Nominations IAWM has openings for the 2019-2021 board!   We're looking for enthusiastic members who are passionate about building awareness of women’s participation and contributions to musical life. We have a new  website , some new awards and are excited about our future! We’re holding our annual election to engage additional members to help us grow IAWM and advocate for women in music! TIMETABLE: We are accepting nominations through  August 15,2018 . Feel free to either self-nominate or nominate someone else you believe would be a great addition to our board. Nominees must be IAWM members. By  August 30, 2018 , nominees should send us a ONE-page resume and a statement of 200 words or less telling us why you’d like to participate on IAWM’s board.  On  September 1, 2018 , we’ll send out an on-line voting poll for all members to participate. Polling will close Septembe...

Intermedia: Redefining American Music at the Turn of the Third Millennium   This article is a condensed version of: The Feminine Musique': Multimedia and Women Today (2004) Outside the realms of traditional art forms, intermedia incorporates digital video, sound synthesis, virtual reality, interactive audiovisual installations, the Internet, and a limitless array of technological innovation. With such a broad range of technological possibility at the composer’s fingertips, creativity reaches to the far ends of the imagination. Artists like Maryanne Amacher and Brenda Hutchinson create sound environments that evolve as participants interact with them. Carla Scarletti’s Internet gallery, Public Organ, invites Internet users to participate by submitting original artwork. Kristine H. Burns uses video generation and sound synthesis to create fluid visual images that captivate the audience, and Laurie Anderson performs large-scale multim...

Insightful Article - A Must Read: Full Article here:  http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/05/21/why-cant-great-artists-be-mothers/ "The art world is full of enduring stereotypes. There’s the  myth of the starving artist .  The crazy artist .  The hermit artist . And then there’s  the childless artist — a woman (yes, she’s usually  female ) so fervidly dedicated to her craft that there’s no room in her life for motherhood . Indeed, some of the greatest visual artists —  Georgia O’Keefe ,  Frida Kahlo , and  Lee Krasner  — had no children. Kids and their constant battery of needs, the argument goes, are incompatible with true creativity. Art is supposed to be an all-consuming enterprise —  and now modern parenting is too ." Related articles Street Artist Compares Donald Trump to Hitler Teaching for Artistic Behaviors An artist. What is it to you? ShowFlipper.com offers artists from 50 countries across the wor...

APRIL 13-19, 2015 IAWM Announces its 2015 International Congress: Women in Music Connect the World IAWM 20 th  Anniversary Congress 2015 13-19 April 2015 The International Alliance for Women in Music announces its 20 th -anniversary Congress 2015, to be held online, freely accessible to all with events available following a 24-hour GMT clock. Featured will be established and upcoming women professional and student composers, musicologists , music theorists , ethnomusicologists , educators, performers, and conductors who will contribute their knowledge and expertise online in performances, papers, workshops, demonstrations, and panel discussions. As we ascend the heights, share new discoveries, effect positive change, lead out, make appearances in new places, express music spirit-to-spirit, “Women in Music Connect the World.” As the title suggests, the Congress makes accessible the latest products in music of women’s work from around the globe, and offers them electronic...

MARCH 26-29, 2015 3RD HILDEGARD FESTIVAL OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS 2015 Hildegard Festival of Women in the Arts planned for  March 26-29, 2015 , at CSU Stanislaus . The theme of the festival is  “Storytelling: Narrative Arts in the New Century.” “STORYTELLING: NARRATIVE ARTS IN THE NEW CENTURY” CSU Stanislaus is pleased to announce our 3rd Hildegard Festival of Women in the Arts.  The Hildegard Festival is sponsored by the College of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences , and will convene on the CSU Stanislaus campus March 26-29, 2015. The purpose of the Hildegard Festival is to celebrate the creative work of women in the arts and to provide opportunities for participating artists to engage one another and gain familiarity with one another’s creative work. https://www.csustan.edu/music/music-festivals/hildegard-festival

--> Buffalo Celebrates Amazing Music and Art by Women this March If you enjoy the arts, from galleries full of innovative paintings and mixed media to stellar musical performances to innovative arts technology, you will be amazed at the amazing contemporary music and arts that you will encounter this year at the Women in the Arts Festival in Buffalo, New York . From a toddler-friendly music event on March 17th in Amherst to an exciting jazz band concert March 29th and gallery showings at the Kenan Center, there is something for every age and every arts lover this year. Hosted by a variety of institutions including Canisius College and Buffalo State, and including a wide array of stunning artists and musicians including Dr. Barbara Harbach and Caroline Mallonee and the Ladies First Jazz Band, this year promises to top previous years in variety and arts enjoyment. Women in the Arts Festival 2014 Friday, February 21-Friday, April 4 :   Art opening and ex...