In honor of Women's History Month and the ArtAndFeminism Wikipedia Project, the Newcomb Archives & Vorhoff Library Special Collections and the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University are organizing and hosting New Orleans' second annual Art+Feminism edit-a-thon. The event will focus on improving Wikipedia entries related to notable women artists and art world figures, with an emphasis on artists from the Gulf South. Activities will include new editor orientation and training. Coffee and snacks will be provided. Happy hour to follow at The Other Bar.

When

Friday, March 4, 2016

2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Who

All are welcome! No advanced technical skills required.

The purpose of Art + Feminism is to encourage women, transgender and non-binary individuals, and other gender minorities to contribute to Wikipedia. Less than 10% of Wikipedia editors identify as female; even fewer identify as transgender or non-binary. This represents an alarming absence in an increasingly important repository of shared knowledge. Therefore we invite people of all gender identities and expressions, particularly transgender, cisgender, and gender nonconforming women, to address this absence by attending an in-person, communal updating of Wikipedia’s entries on art and feminism.

What to bring

A laptop computer (extension cords and power strips are also nice). We will try to provide some laptops to borrow, but please bring your own if possible.

Where

Newcomb Art Museum, New Orleans, LA (view map)

RSVP requested

Sign up directly below or email craub1@tulane.edu. This event is free of charge, but we will need an advance count of attendees.

• To encourage inexperienced editors (especially women, transgender and non-binary individuals, and other gender minorities) and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia
• To improve a selection of Wikipedia articles related to women artists, critics, art historians, and other women in the visual arts
• To increase awareness of the research resources freely available through libraries, archives, and museums

1. Do I need to have any Wikipedia experience to participate? No experience required! However, we encourage you to register a user account on Wikipedia in advance of the event.

Volunteers should feel free to add the names of notable women in the arts who need a better Wikipedia presence, especially ones whose articles could be improved by the inclusion of research resources from the Newcomb Archives & Vorhoff Library Special Collections and the Newcomb Art Museum. The list is not intended to be comprehensive, but rather to provide a starting point for work by edit-a-thon participants. If you are not sure where to start, don't hesitate to ask for help.

See: Suggested Topics from Art+Feminism

• May Lesser Hyman
• Mary Given Sheerer
• Florestine Perrault Collins
• Joanna Harcourt-Smith
• Mignon Faget
• Elizabeth Catlett
• Lynda Benglis
• Tee Corinne
• Caroline Durieux
• Angela Gregory
• Sadie Irvine
• Ida Kohlmeyer
• Newcomb Pottery
• Women's Caucus for Art
• Kate Clark

See: Requested articles to be created from WikiProject Women Artists

• Mary Anne de Boisblanc
• Jean Bragg
• Dorothy J. Coleman
• Julie Dermansky
• Jane Whipple Green
• Harriet Coulter Joor
• Darlene Olivo
• Donna Pierce
• Wendi Schneider
• Frances Swigart Steg
• Rosalie Roos Weiner
• Jessalyn Benson Zurik

• Research databases and encyclopedias (recommended for research on women and gender), Tulane University
• Research databases and encyclopedias (all), Tulane University
• Archival collections, Newcomb Archives & Vorhoff Library Special Collections
• Tulane library catalog, Tulane University (limit results locations to anything with "Vorhoff" in the title)

• Research databases, National Museum of Women in the Arts
• Collections and Biography Search, Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Archives of American Art collection descriptions, oral history interviews, & Journal articles: use the search box at aaa.si.edu

Images of works created before 1923 can be added to the appropriate Wikipedia page.

Need help choosing the best form of name for a new biographical article? Try Getty Union List of Artists Names and/or Library of Congress Name Authorities

The template for artist infoboxes is here: Template:Infobox artist

• Template:US-artist-stub
• American artist stub templates

• {{under construction | placedby = | comment = Article in progress, [[Wikipedia:Meetup/New Orleans/ArtAndFeminism 2015]] }}

• The Wikipedia Teahouse, a friendly place to ask questions and help new editors get started.
• WikiProject Women Artists, an ongoing WikiProject dedicated to ensuring quality and coverage of biographies of women artists.
• N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help during, before, or after the event:

Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help

• #wikipedia-en-help ^connect

Alphabetical by first letter

1. Lynda Benglis -- Laurenstroh (talk)
2. Mignon Faget -- Aidaverri (talk)
3. Selma Burke -- Carrollton1833 (talk)

Alphabetical by first letter

1. Harriet Coulter Joor -- SamBruner (talk)
2. Mary Anne de Boisblanc -- Jaguarzinnias (talk)
3. Rosalie Roos Weiner -- Craub (talk)

• Newcomb Archives & Vorhoff Library Special Collections
• Newcomb Art Museum
• Art+Feminism Meetup page
• Art+Feminism

Prior to the event:

1. Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?

   No? Create a Wikipedia account

   Yes? Go to Step #2

2. Sign up! Add your Wikipedia User Name to this section by clicking the blue button below (follow instructions). Your name will be added to the bottom of this page
   

1. Aidaverri (talk) 15:32, 4 March 2016 (UTC) -- Aida Verri[reply]
2. Beth Bahls
3. Carrollton1833 (talk) -- Chianta Dorsey
4. Craub (talk) 22:28, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
5. Ice Queen Palace (talk) 20:45, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
6. Jaguarzinnias (talk) 05:09, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
7. Kmbaker2 (talk) -- Kourtney Baker
8. Laurenstroh (talk)
9. Morgan Maiolie -- 98.164.87.44 (talk) 22:57, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
10. Ms.Briar Rose (talk) 02:48, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
11. SamBruner (talk) 19:46, 4 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]