SWAN Day Berlin 2008 took place from March 27 - March 30, 2008.
The four-day festival consisted of:

* performances and installations of selected works by female artists/ female-led ensembles, see the -> artists and their -> pieces

* -> workshops on planning, financing and marketing your artistic project

* -> open discussions on the role of women in the performing arts

* -> an Open Space that provided artists and interested audience members with the opportunity to meet and network. The Open Space included further performances and a short film program, such concluding the festival SWAN Day Berlin 2008.

To download the full program of SWAN Day Berlin 2008 - our invitation to the festival - as a pdf file -> click here



Were you a visitor of SWAN Day Berlin 2008? Let us know your thoughts about the event by -> posting a report on the Fund for Women Artists' web page.

You'll be able to -> read all reports that have been posted on the web site about other SWAN Day events worldwide.



SWAN Day Berlin 2008 took place at -> Pumpwerk,
a new Berlin space for the performing arts. We'd like to thank the Pumpwerk and its Artistic Director Mihkail Honesseau.

Many, many thanks go to the -> Fund for Women Artists for their valuable help and their enthusiasm, their support of women artists, and for announcing and coordinating SWAN Day - the internationally held holiday that celebrates women artists.


Many thanks for the photography of SWAN Day Berlin 2008 go to -> Marion Borriss, for the videography to -> Elisbeta Wilken.

We'd also like to thank our other supporters and media partners: the -> Prenzlberger Ansichten, and:





Many, many thanks to everybody who helped at the festival itself; thank you everybody who gave their time and money in support of SWAN Day Berin 2008.



If you'd like to support SWAN Day Berlin, please click -> this link to donate online by credit card. If you live outside the USA, please make sure to choose the option "Other" from the drop-dowm menu "State/ Province".

To make it easy for you to donate to SWAN Day Berlin we have arranged for a fiscal sponsorship with the Fund for Women Artists who set up an online donation page especially for SWAN Day Berlin. Any donation you make over this web site will be passed on directly to us and will be used for -> SWAN Day Berlin 2009. Your donation is completely tax deductible.

In our SWAN Day Berlin -> donation letter (Europe) you'll find more information on how you can make a gift by wire-transfer; if you live in the US, please download our -> donation letter (US) for the appropriate information.


Thanks again a lot for your interest, your help and support!