Supporting Women and the Arts

March 2009 Blog Posts (4)

Arts Action Alert - Take Action Now!

A Repost from The American for the Arts Advocacy Organization:

March 31, 2009

Today, hundreds of dedicated arts supporters from across the country have come together in Washington, DC for National Arts Advocacy Day, a united effort to tell Capitol Hill how important culture is to our communities, how much arts education means to our children, and how much the arts improve our daily lives. 83 National CoSponsors have helped us shape this united arts message to… Continue

Added by Theresa on March 31, 2009 at 12:16pm — No Comments

Identity Issues Affecting Puerto Rican Girls: An Artist Speaks

Repost of Identity Issues Affecting Puerto Rican Girls: An Artist Speaks

In her essay The Myth of the Latina Woman/ Just Met a Girl Named Maria, Judith Ortiz Cofer describes her Puerto Rican upbringing in a strict Catholic home in New Jersey, where she was taught to behave like a proper señorita. Cofer explains that the conflicting messages she received as a child, were those commonly propagated by Puerto… Continue

Added by maya escobar on March 29, 2009 at 2:12pm — No Comments

Have you noticed 11:11 ?

I think from here on you will notice even more :)

Someone wrote that 11:11 - The bridge or transitional zone between the old energy world of duality and the New Energy world of Oneness.

A kind of wake-up reminder, a call of the highest order, as confirmation that one's spiritual awareness/ awakening journey is right on track.

Of course it could be any other symbol, number or sign, it is just a way to remember, to notice something we forgot, or something we did not… Continue

Added by Griselda Tello on March 8, 2009 at 11:09pm — 1 Comment

2009!

How did it get to be 2009 so soon? I am working on women poetry & print hand-made book with Gloria Alvarez, Emila Garcia, Yolanda Gonzalez, Leslie Gutierrez-Saiz, Poli Marichal, Reina Prado, Pat Payne, Carmen, and Alice Vogel. Its called Impermancia.

Added by Victoria Delgadillo on March 5, 2009 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment