Wikipedia:Meetup/Chicago/ArtAndFeminism 2017/School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Event information

 * Date & Time: Saturday, March 11, 2017, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
 * Location: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, John M. Flaxman Library, 37 S. Wabash, 6th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
 * Cost: Free, but please sign up (below)
 * Twitter / Instagram / Facebook Hashtag: #ArtAndFeminism / #ArtAndFeminism / #ArtAndFeminism
 * Facebook event page
 * Please bring a photo ID and a laptop with you!

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 might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.

Participants - Sign Up Here!
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 * Yes? Go to Step #2
 * 1) Sign up! Sign in to our event page with your Wikipedia User Name at the event dashboard.

Attendees: hsd606 (talk) (Co-organizer) I JethroBT drop me a line 08:22, 21 February 2017 (UTC) geriatricgretch (talk)

Get started: Learn to edit!
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List of articles to edit
Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon.

See also: Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks

Women artists who worked in Chicago & the Midwest
Here are a few names of women who worked in Chicago for inspiration:


 * Ahuja, Mequitta (b1976)
 * Applebroog, Ida (b1929)
 * Barbier,Annette (b1950)
 * Brown, Maxine
 * DeGenevieve, Barbara (1947-2014)
 * Duckworth, Ruth (1919-2009)
 * Hart, Claudia (b1955)
 * Holmes, Tiffany (b1964)
 * Laurel, Brenda
 * Mitchell, Joan (1925-1992)
 * O'Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986)
 * Sandor, Ellen (b1942)
 * Spero, Nancy (1926-2009)
 * Zeisler, Claire (b1903)

Women artists who worked in Chicago & the Midwest whose pages need editing
These wikipedia pages all need editing:


 * Bertucci, Lina (b1955)
 * Bushell, Colleen
 * Cruz-Neira, Carolina
 * Dolinsky, Margaret
 * Fron, Janine
 * Giloth, Copper Frances
 * Malagrino, Silvia (b1950)
 * Manning, Abina
 * Patten, Mary
 * Plapys, Dana
 * Rasmussen, Mary
 * Rossi, Barbara (b1940)
 * Rothenberg, Ellen
 * Smith, Kay
 * Sullivan, Catherine (b1968)
 * Sykes,Barbara
 * Truckenbrod, Joan
 * Veeder, Jane

Resources for Editing and Research

 * Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Resources
 * Wikipedia Notability rules
 * Gender gap resources and articles about the gender gap on Wikipedia
 * Chicago Tribune Archive, New York Times Archive, JSTOR and other subscription databases available on-campus only at Flaxman Library or off-campus with SAIC login

Adding Citations

 * Websites
 * Newspapers
 * Magazines/Journals
 * Books

Articles improved
Alphabetical by first letter
 * 1) Avant-Garde Jazz -- adding women musicians --
 * 2) Barbara DeGenevieve --, ,
 * 3) Barbara Rossi --, , ,
 * 4) Hackney Flashers -- feminist collective UK --, ,
 * 5) Joanne Aono --,  -- Flagged for deletion
 * 6) Nora Chapa Mendoza --, ,
 * 7) Sabina Ott --
 * 8) Silvia Malagrino -- ,

Articles created
Alphabetical by first letter


 * Redlinks


 * SANDBOX


 * No known pages