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ArtAndFeminism Edit-a-thon at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Herman B Wells Library, seen from IU Arboretum
When and Where
Date
Saturday March 7, 2015
Time
1-5pm
Address
1320 E 10th Street
City, State
Bloomington, IN (47405)
Indiana University Bloomington Meetup & Edit-a-thon
As part of the Art+Feminism campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia, the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries are hosting an edit-a-thon meetup. The event will focus on expanding or improving Wikipedia entries for notable women artists, including women artists from the state of Indiana. Activities will also include new editor orientation and training. Snacks will be provided!
Address: 1320 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405
We will have some computers available. Please bring your own laptop if you are able.
Register Here
Please add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row). If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day-of. You may also register by emailing Kristina Keogh at kmkeogh@indiana.edu
The following is a sampling of suggested articles to create or add upon. However, feel free to come up with your own ideas! In addition to the suggestions below, editors may consider cleaning up articles on more well-known women artists. Helpful updates could be as simple as: Making sure reference links are still appropriate and functional; Adding new inline citations/references; Adding a photo; Adding an infobox; Adding data to more fields in an existing infobox; Creating headings; Adding categories; etc. Editors may also choose to focus on women in design, performing arts, music, architecture, literature, philosophy, politics, etc.
Beaver Hall Group. Both the article about this group, the female equivalent of the Group of Seven (but it lasted longer and did more for exhibitions of the new art in Canada) and the artists in it, some of whom have no article at all: Lilias Torrance Newton, Anne Savage (artist), Nora Collyer, Emily Coonan, Mabel Lockerby, Mabel May, Kathleen Morris, Sarah Robertson, and Ethel Seath. (I've added them to the list of missing biographies or articles that need cleanup.) The article mentions a book & documentary, which don't have articles either, but would be good sources.
Here are some suggestions (below) for Indiana women artists who currently lack articles or whose articles need expansion or editing. Please utilize the resources of the IU Libraries and don't hesitate to ask for help!