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Gap analysis

 * What is the title of the article in which you identified a gap. If no article exists at all, what should the title be?

Art Hoe Collective


 * Document the gap you found, describe how you identified it, and analyze its impact on knowledge.

There is currently no Wikipedia page for the Art Hoe movement. The Wikipedia page should exist because of the importance of the Art Hoe Collective to current youth culture. The art hoe collective would be easy to dismiss, as it exists entirely online, on social media such as Instagram and twitter. While the art takes a somewhat different form than most contemporary art, and there is very little scholarship on the movement, I would argue that the impulse to disregard the movement has a lot to do with adultism. The Art Hoe Collective exists in an online sphere that is where young people spend a lot of their time and have their ideas influenced, and often are exposed to ideas of feminism and anti-oppression for the first time. This is an art movement that is created by young queer people of color as a space for queer people of color. Because of this, the art movement has created and those ideas of feminism and anti-racism associated with it have been, from the start, very accessible to young people. It is an artistic movement and curation project that reflects a current visual aesthetic embraced by many young people in terms of art and personal style. Additionally, celebrities like Willow Smith and Amandla Stenberg have endorsed and participated in the project, adding to the popularity among teenagers. In August and September of 2015, the collective and its founders gained more attention from the media and the public.


 * Propose a paragraph of new or substantially edited content based on reliable sources. (If you are editing existing content, post the current version along with your edited version, and clearly mark which is which.)

The Art Hoe or “Art Ho” movement or collective is a youth led artistic movement and art curation project. It was founded by fifteen year old Mars, who contributes to the popular website Rookiemag, and Jam, a 24 year old artist from Toronto. The movement was created by queer people of color, including Jam and Mars, to be an inclusive art movement that would address the lack of inclusivity and lack of people of color and women in the art world. The movement consists of art by mostly artists of color, and much of the art deals with issues of race and gender. The art includes images of the black artists superimposed onto famous works of art, pointing out the lack of people of color prominent in the art world. The movement exists online, particularly on Instagram and Tumblr. The founders created specific Instagram and Tumblr accounts called the Art Hoe Collective. This is the main venue for the artwork, and is curated by the founders and other artists and members of the movement such as Olufemi and Sage Adams.

Celebrities like Amandla Stenberg and Williow Smith have participated in the movement, resulting in much of the popularity. Stenberg has used her celebrity to further public awareness of social justice issues. This has included creating a video about cultural appropriation as well as pointing out the racism inherent in Kylie Jenner wearing cornrows.

Young people today came of age with the internet, and are now using the internet to become informed about social issues. The Art Hoe Collective coincides with this trend.


 * List the reliable sources that could be used to improve this gap. (You can use the Cite tool from the editing toolbar above to input and format your sources.)


 * Lewis, T. (2015, 10). 10 THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. Essence, 46, 64-64,66. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/docview/1718117671?accountid=14784
 * Valenti, J. (2015, August 26). It's about time young women get credit for their feminism | Jessica Valenti. Retrieved February 18, 2016, from http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/26/young-women-feminism-intersectionality
 * Moyer, J. (2015, July 13). Kylie Jenner slammed by Amandla Stenberg for cornrows. Retrieved February 18, 2016, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/07/13/kylie-jenner-upbraided-by-amandla-stenberg-for-cornrow-fetish/
 * Frizzell, N. (2015, August 19). #Arthoe: The teens who kickstarted a feminist art movement. Retrieved February 18, 2016, from http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/aug/19/arthoe-teens-kickstart-feminist-art-movement-instagram-tumblr
 * Blay, Z. (2015, August 31). How The 'Art Hoe' Movement Is Redefining The Selfie For Black Teens. Retrieved February 17, 2016, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/art-hoe-movement-redefining-selfie_us_55df300ce4b08dc09486a020