Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Women in the Arts 2016

In honor of Women's History Month and the ArtAndFeminism Wikipedia Project, the National Museum of Women in the Arts is organizing and hosting the fourth annual Women in the Arts workshop and edit-a-thon. The event will focus on improving Wikipedia entries related to notable women artists and art world figures. Activities will include new editor orientation and training. Coffee and lunch are generously provided courtesy of Wikimedia DC.

Please be aware of our Safe Space Policy.

Event information
While all participants of all genders are welcome to sign up, this event is focused on encouraging women editors.
 * Date: Sunday, March 6, 2016
 * Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
 * Who: Anyone with a laptop! No advanced technical skills required!
 * What to bring: Photo ID and a laptop computer (extension cords and power strips are also nice)
 * Where:
 * National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW Washington, DC 20005 (Map)
 * or
 * Participate virtually by joining the conversation at http://piratepad.net/womeninthearts2016 and on Twitter at #wia16 AND #ArtAndFeminism. Please hashtag both #ArtAndFeminism and #wia16 in social media so that we can contribute to the international campaign as well as track our local contributions.


 * RSVP required: Sign up directly below or email [mailto:hslania@nmwa.org hslania@nmwa.org]. This event is free of charge, but we will need an advance count of attendees.

Those working on articles and are on social media should list the page they are working on and add #NowEditingAF. This will show up on Art and Feminism's Social Media Dashboard. You should look there too to scan anyone you're looking to work on.

Goals

 * To encourage inexperienced editors (especially women) and show them how they can contribute to Wikipedia
 * To improve a selection of Wikipedia articles related to women artists, critics, dealers, and other women in the visual arts
 * To increase awareness of the research resources freely available through libraries, archives, and museums

Questions?

 * 1) Do I need to have any Wikipedia experience to participate?  No experience required!  However, you may wish to register a user account on Wikipedia in advance of the event.
 * 2) Do I need to have extensive knowledge on visual arts? Nope! You will be finding information about the artists through our resources. The important thing is knowing how to choose a good source to get your information from.
 * 3) your question here

List of articles we will be working on
Volunteers should feel free to add the names of notable women in the arts who need a better Wikipedia presence, especially ones whose articles could be improved by the inclusion of research resources from the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The list is not intended to be comprehensive, but rather to provide a starting point for work by edit-a-thon participants. If you are not sure where to start, don't hesitate to ask for help! Please add the #ArtAndFeminism tag to all edits on Wikipedia made for this event.

Existing articles in need of improvement or expansion

 * 1) Suggested Topics from Art+Feminism
 * 2) WikiProject Women artists Worklist
 * 3) Kati Horna
 * 4) Chakaia Booker

New article requests

 * 1) See: Requested articles to be created from WikiProject Women Artists

Websites, library catalogs, & databases

 * Library Catalog, National Museum of Women in the Arts
 * Research databases, National Museum of Women in the Arts
 * Collections and Biography Search, Smithsonian American Art Museum
 * Smithsonian Collections Search Center, Smithsonian-wide collection holdings
 * Archives of American Art collection descriptions, oral history interviews, & Journal articles: use the search box at aaa.si.edu
 * google books citation tool http://reftag.appspot.com/

National Museum of Women in the Arts
Images of works created before 1923 from the National Museum of Women in the Arts Collection Highlights Page can be added to the appropriate Wikipedia page. Artists with images include Cecilia Beaux, Rosalba Carriera, Lavinia Fontana, Ellen Day Hale, Angelica Kauffman, Judith Leyster, Berthe Morisot, Clara Peeters, Elisabetta Sirani, Anne Vallayer-Coster, and many more.

Smithsonian American Art Museum
Numerous works of art appear on the American Art Museum website, though many have copyright restrictions. If you have questions about the specifics of using a particular image, talk to SAAM staff.

Adding a Sandbox
If you have a username, you can create your own sandbox in your userspace. You can find your user sandbox [ here]. (And if it doesn't exist yet, feel free to create it!) For easy access, there is a "Sandbox" link at the top right of every page. You can also put My sandbox on your userpage.

Choosing the best form of name
Need help choosing the best form of name for a new biographical article? Try Getty Union List of Artists Names and/or Library of Congress Name Authorities

Adding artist infoboxes
The template for artist infoboxes is here: Template:Infobox artist

Artist stub templates

 * Template:US-artist-stub
 * American artist stub templates

Artist biography article template

 * Artist biography article template

Help after the event

 * The Wikipedia Teahouse, a friendly place to ask questions and help new editors get started
 * WikiProject Women Artists, an ongoing WikiProject dedicated to ensuring quality and coverage of biographies of women artists
 * N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:
 * IRC/wikipedia-en-help

Articles created

 * 1)   Kati Horna, Hungarian-born Mexican photographer
 * 2)   Alma Eikerman
 * 3)   Draft:Association of San Francisco Women Artists

Articles improved

 * 1) Anne Noggle, WWII aviator and photographer; improved footnotes and sectioning and links to this article
 * 2) Leslie Labowitz-Starus, a Los Angeles-based performance artist; reorganized article, added contents box and artist infobox, updated two citations
 * 3) Kay Brown (Artist)
 * 4) WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution
 * 5) Imogene Robinson Morrell
 * 6) Judy Pfaff
 * 7) Nancy Spero
 * 8) Louise Bourgeois
 * 9) Elizabeth Murray (artist)
 * 10) Chakaia Booker
 * 11) Dindga McCannon
 * 12) Molly Bang
 * 13) List of feminist art magazines
 * 14) Suzy Lee
 * 15) Betye Saar
 * 16) Sylvia Plachy
 * 17) Shantell Martin
 * 18) Claudette Johnson
 * 19) Judy Baca
 * 20) Henrietta Shore

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


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