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Participants will receive the coveted Archives of American Art barnstar!

Women in the Arts Meetup & Edit-a-thon

In honor of Women's History Month, the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and National Museum of Women in the Arts are teaming up to organize a workshop and edit-a-thon focused on improving Wikipedia entries related to notable women artists and art world figures. Activities will include new editor orientation and training, and a behind-the-scenes presentation from the Archives of American Art staff. Coffee and lunch generously provided courtesy of Wikimedia DC.

When: Friday, March 29, 2013; 10:00am - 5:00pm

Who: Up to 20 volunteers,* plus staff from the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. No advanced technical skills required!
*While all participants of all genders are welcome to sign up, this event is focused on encouraging women editors.

What to bring: Photo ID and a laptop computer

Where: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; 750 9th St NW, Suite 2200, Washington, D.C., 20001 (View Map)

OR

participate virtually by joining the conversation at http://piratepad.net/womeninthearts2013 and on Twitter at #wia13.

RSVP Required: Email User:Sarasays at (snyders (at) si.edu) or sign up directly below. This event is free of charge, but due to space and security badge requirements, participation is limited to 20 volunteers.

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 female artists, critics, dealers, and other women in the visual arts
To increase awareness of the research resources freely available through libraries, archives, and museums

Schedule

**Women in the Arts Meetup & Edit-a-Thon - Schedule**
Time	Activity	Location
10:00	Meet	Lobby of 750 9th St. NW (Victor Building) Washington, D.C. Photo ID required for entry
10:00-11:00	Welcome and Editing Tutorial	Archives of American Art conference room
11:00-11:15	Break
11:15-12:00	Curatorial staff presentation: women in the Archives	Archives of American Art conference room
12:00-1:00	Lunch generously provided by Wikimedia DC
1:30-4:30	Edit-a-thon	Archives of American Art conference room
4:30-5:00	Visit to the exhibition "A Day at the Museum," in the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery	Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture (across the street)

Questions? Add your own

What should I bring?

Laptop & photo ID. The Archives has a limited number of computer work stations you may utilize during the edit-a-thon, but they are not located in the main conference room.

How do I RSVP?

Add your name to the list below, or email snyders (@) si.edu. Space is limited to 20 non-staff participants, so if you something changes and you can't make it, please remove your name from the list so that we can give the spot to someone from the waitlist.

Can I take photographs?

You're welcome to bring your own camera, and staff will go over photography policies at the beginning of the event.

List of articles we will be working on

UNDER CONSTRUCTION! Each section should be alphabetical by last name. 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 Smithsonian or 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.

Mid-length articles

Anna Ancher - artist, suggested book: A World Apart: Anna Ancher and the Skagen Art Colony.
Louise Dahl-Wolfe - artist, suggested book: Louise Dahl-Wolfe: a Retrospective Exhibition.
Lois Mailou Jones - artist, suggested book: Lois Mailou Jones: a Life in Vibrant Color.
Josefa de Óbidos - artist, suggested book: The Sacred and the Profane: Josefa de Óbidos of Portugal.
Doris Lee - artist, Doris Lee Papers in NMWA,
Edmonia Lewis - artist, Artist biography, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection, online exhibition from 1996, museum blog post, Edmonia Lewis on the Luce Center website (includes video).
Alma Thomas - artist, biography from Smithsonian American Art Museum, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, biography from Luce Center website, information about Red Abstraction (with audio), information about Light Blue Nursery, Alma Thomas papers
Carrie Mae Weems - artist, suggested book: Carrie Mae Weems.

Start or stub-length articles

Lola Alvarez Bravo - artist, NMWA Lola Alvarez Bravo Artist Profile, NMWA bringing reference: Lola Alvarez Bravo: In Her Own Light.
Amalia Amaki - artist, NMWA bringing reference: Amalia Amaki: Boxes, Buttons and the Blue.
Mirella Bentivoglio - artist, NMWA bringing reference: The Visual Poetry of Mirella Bentivoglio.
Dorr Bothwell - painter, printmaker, art instructor, Finding aid to the Dorr Bothwell papers, 1965 oral history interview with Dorr Bothwell
Abastenia St. Leger Eberle - sculptor, work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, work in the Met's collection (same title), biography from National Museum of Wildlife Art
Margaret Foley - sculptor, work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum w/text, artist biography from Luce Foundation Center website, details on object in Brooklyn Museum of Art, details on object in Post Road Gallery
Eugenie Gershoy - artist, Finding aid to the Eugenie Gershoy papers, 1964 oral history interview with Eugenie Gershoy, "Fantasy and Humor in Sculpture," ca. 1940, Images on Commons
Sarah Goodridge - miniaturist A to Z of American Women in the Visual Arts; [1]; [2]
Katharine Kuh - curator, dealer, writer, advocate for modern art, Finding aid to the Kuh papers in the AAA, Finding aid to the Avis Berman research material on Katharine Kuh in the AAA
Constance Stuart Larrabee - photojournalist, NMWA bringing reference: Constance Stuart Larrabee: WWII Photo Journal.
Elizabeth Nourse - Elizabeth Nourse sketchbooks and scrapbooks,
Anna Claypoole Peale - miniaturist, Q and Art: Anna Claypoole Peale; [3]; bring reference: The Peale Family: Creation of a Legacy 1770-1870.
Sarah Miriam Peale - miniaturist Concise Dictionary of Women Artists;
Irene Rice Pereira - Irene Rice Pereira papers SI; Irene Rice Pereira Papers NMWA; NMWA bringing reference: Irene Rice Pereira's Library : a Metaphysical Journey.
Ginny Ruffner - artist, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, biography from the Luce Center website, information on A Girl's Guide to Fashion Evolution, information on Inventing the Music of Beauty, About the artist in Art Guide, oral history with Ginny Ruffner in AAA, Ginny Ruffner papers in AAA
Miriam Schapiro - artist, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, information about her work Dollhouse (including audio), artist biography on Luce Center website (with video), oral history with Schapiro in AAA, Greeting cart from Schapiro to Nancy Drysdale in AAA
Bernarda Bryson Shahn - painter, printmaker, and illustrator, Finding aid to the Bernarda Bryson Shahn papers, 1983 oral history interview with Bernarda Bryson Shahn
May Stevens - artist, NMWA bringing reference: May Stevens.
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig - painter

Articles to be created

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

Harriete Estel Berman - sculptor, work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, biography on Luce Foundation Center website, artist's website, the artist in the Contemporary Museum of Craft
Rosalind Bengelsdorf - painter, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, biography on the Luce Foundation Center website, Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne Papers in AAA
Bessie Stough Callender - sculptor, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, biography on the Smithsonian American Art Museum website, biography from the Luce Foundation Center website
Margret Craver - artist, biography on the Smithsonian American Art Museum website, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, biography on the Luce Center website, information on Muffineer from the Luce Center website, information on Brooch from the Luce Center website, Oral history with Margret Craver Withers (same person) in AAA, Margret Craver Withers papers in AAA
Carol Kreeger Davidson - artist, NMWA bringing reference: The Abstract Figure: Carol Kreeger Davidson, a Retrospective.
Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson - painter, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, biography on Luce Foundation Center website
Claude Raguet Hirst - artist, NMWA bringing reference: Claude Raguet Hirst: Transforming the American Still Life.
Anne Marguerite Hyde de Neuville - watercolorist Anne Marguerite Hyde de Neuville, [4]; [5]; [6]; [7]; [8]; [9];
Ellen Lanyon - artist, NMWA bringing reference: Ellen Lanyon.
Eva Levina-Rozengolts - artist, NMWA bringing reference: Eva Levina-Rozengolts: Her Life and Work.
Janice Lowry - artist, Janice Lowry papers,
- LA Times obit, Nelson, Valerie J. (2009-10-02). "Janice Lowry Gothold dies at 63; artist and journal writer taught in Orange County". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
Nan Mason - detailed description of her papers, photo on Commons
Elizabeth McCausland - art critic and writer, collection summary, detailed description of her papers, Archives of American Art Journal article
Evelyn Metzger - artist, NMWA bringing reference: The Age of Grandeur and a Woman Who Lived It Artist Evelyn Metzger.
Evelyn Hunter Nordhoff - bookbinder, printmaker [10]
Edna Reindel - artist, Edna Reindel Papers NMWA, 1944 Edna Reindell Paints Women at War ~ Article & Photos, CLARA biography of Edna Reindel, American Art Archives Summary of Edna Reindel papers, 1918-1990, Items pertaining to Edna Reindel in New York art libraries, House and Garden Covers by Edna Reindel.
Katherine Schmidt - painter, Schmidt papers in AAA, 1969 oral history with Schmidt in AAA, works by Schmidt in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, artists bio on the SAAM website
Mary Jane Simes - miniaturist, work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection
Faye Tso - folk artist, works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, biography from the Luce Center website, information on Bean Pot from the Luce Center website, Chuck and Jan Rosenak Research Material in AAA
Rose Williams (artist) - folk artist, work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, biography on the Luce Center website, Chuck and Jan Rosenak Research Material in AAA

Resources for Citations and Images

Websites, library catalogs, & databases

Smithsonian Libraries Tools for the Researcher - links to resources, both free and subscription only
Smithsonian Collections Search Center - a mega database of Smithsonian collection holdings
Archives of American Art collection descriptions, oral history interviews, & Journal articles: use the search box at aaa.si.edu

Images that can be added to articles

NMWA

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.

AAA

Thousands of individually cataloged items appear in our Image Gallery. Hundreds of thousands more, described at the folder level, can be found in Terra Foundation Center for Digital Collections. Not all of them are necessarily free from copyright restrictions. If you have questions about the specifics of using a particular image, talk to AAA staff.

SAAM

Numerous works of art appear on the American Art Museum website. Not all of them are necessarily free from copyright restrictions. If you have questions about the specifics of using a particular image, talk to SAAM staff.

Useful templates for artists

Adding artist infoboxes

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

Artist stub templates

Help after the event

Wikipedia:Teahouse, a friendly place to help new editors get started

RSVP

Attendees

Due to space constraints, attendance is limited to 20 non-staff attendees and 20 staff attendees. While you do not have to be a woman in order to attend, the event will be focused on encouraging female editors and working on articles related to women in the visual arts. RSVPs beyond the first 20 names in each category should consider themselves to be on the waitlist. Waitlisted individuals will be contacted in the event that a space opens up.

Farmbrough's revenge⇔ †@1₭ 23:09, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
Sarah Osborne Bender (The Phillips Collection)
Caitlin M. (via email)
CarolMooreDC 02:33, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
friend of Smokey the Bear (from Meetup)
Geraldshields11
Djembayz
mijotoba (talk) (not a woman, but interested in the project, that said if there is no space and an eager female editor to be encouraged wants to attend, I'll bow out)
Kate K. (via email)
Dominic 21:38, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
TaraInDC (talk)
Dana Allen-Greil
Jim Kuhn (via email)
Shira Loev Eller
Karen O'C. (via email)
Lee Viverette (via email)
Federica Limone (Intern at The Phillips Collection)
Harej (talk) 13:06, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
your name here
your name here
All names beyond 20 should consider themselves on the waitlist; you will be contacted if a space opens up

Smithsonian & NMWA staff

Sarasays (talk) (AAA)
Bathlander (talk) (SAAM)
Callahanb (talk) (SAAM)
Barbara (AAA)
Doug Dunlop (SIL)
Bettina (AAA)
Heather Slania (NMWA)
Elizabeth Botten (talk) (AAA)
HolmesE (talk) (SAAM)
Kelly (AAA)
meghaninmotion (talk) (SIA)
Anaerose (talk) (AAG)
Traci Christensen (NMWA)
Laura Hoffman (NMWA)
Giselle Bustos
Jessica Hemphill (AAG intern)
Judy (AAA)
Digitaleffie (talk) 16:38, 28 March 2013 (UTC) (Smithsonian Institution Archives)
Karen (AAA)
Becky (SAAM)

Participating remotely

Gobōnobō ⁺ ^c
Lyndsay
SarahStierch (talk) 23:21, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
--Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 01:24, 21 March 2013 (UTC) - no promises, as I have work all day, but if I can do some things remotely I will
Jennifer Page (NMWA)
ESM Will do my best to help a bit!
Nora Lockshin (SIA)
Léna (talk) 23:05, 28 March 2013 (UTC) Will try to create Germaine Chaumel from a translation of the French article :) Also, feel free to warn me when you're satisfied with an article, I will translate it for fr:wikipedia.

Results / Outcomes

At least 5 new user accounts registered
Please tag any photos of the event uploaded to Wikimedia Commons with Category:Women in the Arts 2013 editathon.
Faye Tso stub article
Helped improve the National Museum of Women in the Arts article. Dominic·t 19:45, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Improved the Eugenie Gershoy article; started on Katharine Kuh. Kate User:aluktk
uploaded artist's images [11]; [12]; [13]
Started the article on Evelyn Hunter Nordhoff. User:Penelopeoc
Improved the article on Margaret Foley--Sloev (talk) 20:01, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Started Claude Raguet Hirst - Gobōnobō ⁺ ^c
Expanded the Edith Halpert article beyond stub, uploaded image User:sarahobender
Created article for Carol Kreeger Davidson. --Heatherslania (talk) 20:09, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Refined and added sources/citations and relevance to Lois Mailou Jones--meghaninmotion 20:05, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Created article for Céline Marie Tabary, colleague of Lois Mailou Jones and champion of African American art in DC as faculty at Howard University --meghaninmotion 20:05, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Created article for Ellen Lanyon--Bettinche (talk) 20:23, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Expanded article for I. Rice Pereira - broke biography into multiple sections, added content, references, and external sources Bathlander (talk) 20:08, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Added categories to multiple new articles. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 20:10, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Edit and Proofread done for Ancher and Dahl-Wolfe articles (friend of Smokey the Bear)
Created article for Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne --Anaerose (talk) 20:17, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Created Germaine Chaumel. Léna (talk) 20:45, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Translated Lluïsa Vidal from its Catalan version. ESM (talk) 21:27, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Updated Rachel Feinstein; will do some ref cleanup on Lois Mailou Jones and will at least do some Wikicleanup of article. Would be nice to get images of work for both. CarolMooreDC🗽 22:17, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Expanded article for Mirella Bentivoglio --Federica Limone

Articles created

Articles improved