A NON-PROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1978 BY ARTIST-ACTIVIST LINDA STEIN. ITS MISSION IS TO ENCOURAGE GENDER JUSTICE LEADING TO SOCIAL AND BUSINESS PARITY, PROTECTION OF THE VULNERABLE, AND GLOBAL PEACE.

THROUGH COLLABORATIVE ASSOCIATIONS WITH ARTS PROFESSIONALS AND EXPERTS, HAWT ADDRESSES CORE ISSUES OF EMPOWERMENT BY FOCUSING ON THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF OPPRESSION, ESPECIALLY SEXISM, RACISM AND HOMOPHOBIA.

HAWT PRIDES ITSELF ON ITS STATUS AS A LABORATORY OF SOCIAL CHANGE OPENING DIALOGUE THROUGH ITS INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, READINGS, VIDEOS AND LECTURES. IN ITS MULTIFACETED APPROACH TO COMMUNICATION, IT SUPPORTS EVENTS STAGED AT ITS OWN VENUE, THE ART CLUB IN LOWER MANHATTAN’S TRIBECA AS WELL AS ON LOCATION AT UNIVERSITIES, MUSEUMS, COMMUNITY CENTERS AND THEATERS.

IN ITS ONGOING CREATIVE ACTIVITIES, HAWT HAS WORKED WITH AND EMPLOYED MANY PROFESSIONALS IN ADDITION TO VISUAL ARTISTS, INCLUDING DANCERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, PERFORMERS, HISTORIANS, SOCIOLOGISTS, EDUCATORS AND MUSICIANS.

HAWT IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION WITH TAX-EXEMPT, 501(c)(3) STATUS, SUPPORTED, IN PART, BY CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS FROM INDIVIDUALS, FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONS.