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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?

Jocelyn Braxton Armstrong


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

While doing some research for a class assignment on Jocelyn Braxton Armstrong, I noticed that there were no Wikipedia pages about her. There is some type of gap present here in Wikipedia. I believe that it is important to create and put up some information about her because of her representations of feminism, gender bias and inequalities. Her various pieces of work, especially the ones in her “I Am She” exhibition, demonstrate the struggles and accomplishments women face in society. Jocelyn not only brings past and present issues but also she incorporates future problems that could still exist. In order to be more inclusive of women in this website, there should be articles on what women do to help contribute or fight against these social norms that are set for women. People should be aware that there are great artists out there that should not be put into special categories because of what gender they are. One of her works in which feminism is shown, would be in her exhibition of “I Am She”. The ceramic sculpture named “I Have A (Feminist) Dream” is a great example of showing what women are capable of being. Here the wings helps represent their freedom in chasing and accomplishing their dreams. It shows that women have dreams and that being a woman, should not stop them from trying to achieve this goal. No restrictions, gender norms or anything can stop them. It’s these type of messages that should be demonstrated to the public, in order to spread the awareness of people like Jocelyn.


 * 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.)

Jocelyn Braxton Armstrong was born in 1958 in Greenwich, Connecticut. She is currently living in Westport, CT and has a studio in Bridgeport, CT. Jocelyn attended the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1980, where she got her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. In Manhattan, she spent around 20 years as a fashion stylist and an editor. In 2001, she changed her focus and became a ceramic artist. These porcelain ceramic sculptures mostly being black or white and formed so that they look stitched together. Some of her sculptures have been showcased regionally and nationally. A couple of venues were, BWAC Gallery (Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY), Phoenix Gallery (NYC), Mesa Contemporary Arts (Mesa, AZ), Sherrie Galerie (Columbus, OH), and The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (Ridgefield, CT). Her work is also shown in the Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for feminist Art: Feminist Art Base (Brooklyn, NY). Many of her well known pieces come from the exhibition of “I Am She”. In this exhibition, she brings up issues involving feminism, the gender bias that women face in society and inequalities. Jocelyn has received various awards like the Emerging Artist Awards in 2008 from American Style Magazine. As well as receiving an Artist Fellowship Grant from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism the same year. In the “Annual Art of the Northeast USA Exhibition” at the Silvermine Guild Arts Center in New Canan, Conneticut, she won First Prize in Sculpture in 2006 and 2008. With this same art center, she is a juried member.


 * 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.)

http://www.artslantstreet.com/artists/show/94659-jocelyn-braxton-armstrong?tab=PROFILE https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/jocelyn-braxton-armstrong http://artspacenh.org/artists/Jocelyn_Braxton_Armstrong http://www.figurativeartist.org/portfolio/jocelyn-braxton-armstrong-2/ http://landfillart.org/jocelyn-braxton-armstrong/ http://www.jocelynbraxtonarmstrong.com/ceramic-sculpture-installation/i-am-she/354