SWAN Day Berlin was celebrated for the second time on Saturday, March 28, 2009.

SWAN Day or Support Women Artists Now Day is a new international holiday which takes place every year on the last Saturday in March. The purpose of SWAN Day is to recognize and honor the cultural contributions of women artists** and their power to bring about positive change in society.


The festival SWAN Day Berlin 2009 was curated and presented by Shannon Sullivan and Joey Juschka of Performance Lab Berlin.

The event consisted of films by international filmmakers, music, installations, spoken word performances, interactive information stands and open discussions. Only artistic works by women were presented; all were invited to attend the festival as guests.

-> SWAN Day Berlin 2009



2008 was the first year in which SWAN Day was celebrated. The response worldwide was enormous: over 160 events were celebrated in 11 countries on 4 continents. In 2009 there were over 170 SWAN Day vents in 12 countries.

The four-day SWAN Day Berlin 2008, initiated and presented by Performance Lab Berlin, was the only festival of its kind in Western Europe.

-> Archive SWAN Day Berlin 2008



SWAN Day was initiated by the -> Fund for Women Artists and
-> WITASWAN.


** Together with the Fund for Women Artists we define "woman" as a person born as a woman or a transgender person living and identifying as a woman.