Wikipedia:Meetup/Boulder/ArtAndFeminism 2016

Please join us for a fun, inclusive one-day event that brings together diverse communities to create and improve Wikipedia articles related to women in the arts. Despite its wide reach, Wikipedia suffers from a severe gender imbalance: since most editors are men, articles conform to men's interests and perspectives. In an effort to change this, we are gathering diverse women and allies together to celebrate women's cultural achievements and discuss openly ongoing challenges caused by structural sexism. (Learn more about the gender gap at WikiProject Women. More about Art+Feminism campaign on their page.)

This event is hosted by the CU Boulder Libraries and the Boulder Feminist Initiative and is open to the community.

Event information
''Please bring a laptop if possible. There will be a limited number of computers available.''
 * Date: Saturday, March 5, 2016
 * Time: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
 * Location: University of Colorado Boulder, Norlin Library, Room E260, Boulder, CO 80309
 * Cost: Free!

What to expect
No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; as needed throughout the event, tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers. Women editors, especially women of color and diverse gender expression, are particularly encouraged to attend. If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you can get a head start with this this training module.

Resources for editing

 * Art+Feminism Editor Resources
 * Gender gap resources.
 * CU Boulder Libraries Research resources for Women in Art

Suggested topics
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.
 * Suggested Topics from Art+Feminism
 * A list of Wikipedia articles in "WikiProject Women artists" that need improving

Colorado women artist articles to edit or create
Here are some suggestions (below) for Colorado women artists who currently lack articles or whose articles need expansion or editing. Please utilize the resources of the CU Libraries and don't hesitate to ask for help! Please feel free to add more artists!

See also: Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks

Articles improved
Alphabetical by first letter
 * 1) Amy Cutler --
 * 2) Barbara Chase-Riboud --
 * 3) Camille Billops --
 * 4) Cao Fei --
 * 5) Diary of a Madman (short story) --
 * 6) Elizabeth Catlett --
 * 7) Emma Amos (painter) --
 * 8) Fede Galizia --
 * 9) Ghada Amer --
 * 10) Herta Herzog --
 * 11) Kristin Kuster --
 * 12) Lina Kostenko: Notes of a Ukrainian Madman --
 * 13) Maggi Hambling --
 * 14) Margaret Taylor-Burroughs --
 * 15) Maria Abella de Ramirez --
 * 16) Martha Jackson Jarvis --
 * 17) Notes of a Ukrainian Madman, see also Lina Kostenko --
 * 18) Selma Burke --
 * 19) Tomoko Sawada --
 * 20) Tracey Emin --
 * 21) Wangechi Mutu --

Articles created
Alphabetical by first letter

Participants - Sign Up Here!
Prior to the event:

Don't worry! If you haven't edited Wikipedia before and don't have a Wikipedia User Name yet, we will help you on the day of the event! And remember to have fun!
 * 1) Do you have a Wikipedia User Name?
 * No? Create a Wikipedia account
 * Yes? Go to Step #2
 * 1) 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

Apologies

 * 1) Gaurav (talk) 02:53, 20 February 2016 (UTC) -- I don't think I'll be able to make it after all, although I'll swing by if I can. Sorry!

Attendees

 * 1) Awatkins123 (talk) 17:42, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 2) Composery (talk) 22:28, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 3) Fagthulhu (talk) 20:08, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 4) Foreignsquid (talk) 03:43, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 5) Loriemerson (talk) 21:00, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 6) Myprettybonnet (talk) 20:07, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 7) Oleksiy.golubov (talk) 01:36, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 8) Pataphyz (talk) 20:06, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 9) Postmodemgrrrl (talk) 17:33, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 10) Zenmasterjustin (talk) 22:28, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * 11) Zero Serenity (talk - contributions) 17:06, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
 * 12) अभय नातू (talk) 01:12, 22 February 2016 (UTC)