Muse Happenings and Events
Support a 5th World Conference on Women
February 25th, 2010 · Home, Muse Happenings and Events
Published by Jean Shinoda Bolen on Oct 12, 2009
Category: Women’s Rights & Empowerment
Region: GLOBAL
Target: United Nations: Secretary-General and all relevant components & NGOs.
Web site: http://www.5wcw.org/
Background (Preamble):
A UN 5th World Conference on Women (5WCW) would be the most influential and far-reaching women’s conference ever held. Grassroots activism and political leadership needs to be mobilized or it won’t happen.
The 4th conference was held in Beijing in 1995, drew over 40,000 participants, and led to the Beijing Platform for Action, which if implemented would have created a world where women’s rights and human rights were one in the same. The empowerment of women changes priorities: safety for women and children, nutrition, health and education, and concern for the environment are women’s concerns.
With the creation of a UN women’s super agency equivalent to UNICEF for children, authorized by the UN General Assembly in September 2009, it is possible that this new entity could organize a 5th world conference on women in 2015 (instead of a Beijing +20 review). The effect could be synergistic in advancing a women’s agenda. Because this would not be an official UN conference of governments — but rather a UN -sponsored conference of non-governmental organizations in civil society — it could not re-open the many excellent official documents already produced by the UN, but would focus on turning them into reality in the lives of women and girls globally.
The 21st century is an era of communication: networking via emails, cellphones and websites, information through youtube and live-stream coverage, simultaneous regional conferences via satellite broadcasting could reach people all over the world. The event would raise consciousness about unconscionable conditions as well as solutions that could focus on the work of NGOs. It would encourage the formation of women’s circles and mobilize a new wave of women’s movement activism. It would inform the world that the Beijing Platform for Action and UN Security Council Resolutions #1325 and its amendments on Women, Peace, & Security–if implemented, would bring about gender equality, end violence toward women and lead to peaceful solutions to conflicts.
A UN 5th women’s conference and the events preceding and following it would create a critical mass, a tipping point of aware and involved women and men.
Information on website: www.5wcw.org.
and in Urgent Message From Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World. www.jeanbolen.com
Signatories: (http://www.5wcw.org/who.html)
Isabel Allende, author, activist
Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, author Urgent Message From Mother, Jungian analyst,
Marilyn Fowler, founder US Women-Connect, Women’s Intercultural Network
Carol Hansen Grey, author, activist
Dr. Patricia Licuanan, President Miriam College, Philippines, Chair of prepatory meetings for Beijing conference
Susan Collin Marks, Search for Common Ground, Leadership Wisdom Initiative.
Patricia Smith Melton, founder PeaceXPeace
Joyce Oneko, founder Mama na Dada-Africa
Elly Pradervand, founder Women’s World Summit Foundation, Geneva
Zainab Salbi, president Women for Women International
Leticia Shahani, Secretary-General 3rd UN World Conference on Women (Nairobi)
Gloria Steinem, founder Ms. Magazine, author, activist
Alice Walker, author, activist
Rosemary Williams, founder Women’s Perspective
Lea Wyler, co-founder ROKPA International
PAGEANT DIRECTOR INSPIRED BY “THE MUSE” FOR 2009 2/26/2009
April 12th, 2009 · Home, Muse Happenings and Events
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Laguna Beach, CA – There is no downtime for Diane Challis Davy, the director of Laguna’s world-famous celebration of art in tableaux vivants – “living pictures” – the Pageant of the Masters. Even before last summer’s sold-out run of All the World’s a Stage closed, Challis Davy was meeting with her volunteer research committee and longtime Pageant scriptwriter Dan Duling to brainstorm about the production for summer 2009, The Muse. As always, Challis Davy’s enthusiasm is infectious.
“All the World’s a Stage was all about the joy of stage performance and the timeless excitement of the theatre,” the director said. “In The Muse, we’re going to dig deeper into the psyche to discover who or what motivates artists to create.” In ancient mythology, the Muses were the nine lovely daughters of Zeus and the Goddess of Memory. They personified the mysterious and, as some have described it, the “feminine,” process of inspiration, getting in touch with one’s inner wellspring of creativity. For Challis Davy, that’s something worthy of closer examination.
“Not all inspiration is divine, nor does it appear out of nowhere in a blinding flash,” she offered. “Behind every masterpiece is a story of fascination, love, passion and obsession.” For French impressionist Claude Monet, his wife was both muse and model for many of his most famous works. By contrast, Paul Gauguin’s travels to the South Seas radically transformed his art in bold, new ways. Paintings by Monet, Gauguin, Salvador Dali and Maxfield Parrish will be among the more than 40 artworks re-created on the Pageant stage in The Muse.
Every artist’s journey is uniquely dramatic, sometimes heartbreakingly so, as in the story of French sculptress Camille Claudel whose works will also be featured. Claudel’s art will be part of a larger tribute in the 2009 Pageant to the often under-appreciated contributions of women artists, including Frida Kahlo, Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt and others. “Women artists will surprise you,” Challis Davy noted. “They have had more than their share of obstacles to overcome and conventions to break.” In telling some of those stories, The Muse will offer both dramatic and comic counterpoint to centuries of art in which women have been repeatedly depicted as little more than pretty ornaments or helpless damsels in distress.
While assembling a stunningly beautiful and varied program of paintings, sculptures and decorative art for The Muse, Challis Davy once again promised a few theatrical surprises in the works, an essential part of this extraordinarily popular show that continues to excite audiences with its unique combination of artistry and stage magic.
For more information, see The Muse…
Saturday – March 28th, 2009 Celebrate SWAN DAY!!!
March 27th, 2009 · Home, Muse Happenings and Events
What is Swan Day? Announcing the Second International Support Women Artists Now Day! “SWAN Day/Support Women Artists Now Day is a new international holiday that celebrates women artists. It is an annual event taking place on the last Saturday of Women’s History Month (March). Please join us for the Second International SWAN Day on Saturday, March 28, 2009. 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.
See This Year’s SWAN Day Events: There are approximately 160 SWAN Day 2009 events in 11 countries“.
Clink on the link to find out more…SWAN DAY
Celebrate International Women’s Day March 8th, 2009
March 7th, 2009 · Home, Muse Happenings and Events
For global events on March 8th, 2009 and information click here International Women’s Day.
On this site you can search for events in your area and in 2010 plan for events to be listed with them: Click on the above link to search International Women’s Day 2009 EVENTS BY COUNTRY (946 events)
Currently 946 IWD events in 62 countries
InternationalWomensDay.com wishes to thank all those organizations, companies, governments and individuals who have added events. Each year International Women’s Day activity increases around the world. 2008 saw 684 events across 56 countries; 2007 saw 526 events across 46 countries. The IWD website has been running since 2001.
Women’s Festival March 7th-8th, 2009
February 23rd, 2009 · Home, Muse Happenings and Events
Share in Santa Barbara, California the Women’s Festival…
For more information… womensfestivals.org
One Night ONLY March 5th, 2009 A Film: A Powerful Noise
February 17th, 2009 · Home, Muse Happenings and Events
In honor of an early International Women’s Day, only on March 5th, 2009 at select theatres nationwide:
Click below for more information from: Madeleine K. Albright, Dr. Helene Gayle, Natalie Portman, Christy Turlington Burns, Nicholas D. Kristof and others about an evening with them and the film A Powerful Noise…
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY MARCH 8TH
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