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Crafting a Better Wikipedia: Women of Color in the Renwick Gallery

Take this opportunity to get involved with the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery and the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative by joining us for our edit-a-thon: Crafting a Better Wikipedia: Women of Color in the Renwick Gallery!

During this Edit-a-thon, any participant with computer and internet access can create or improve Wikipedia articles for 41 women of color featured in the exhibit This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, on view at the Renwick Gallery until April 2, 2023. The exhibit marks the 50th anniversary of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, the nation’s premier museum dedicated to American craft.

As one of the web’s most visited reference sites, Wikipedia serves as a starting point for many who want to learn about art and artists. However, less than 19% of Wikipedia biographies in English represent women, and less than 10% of Wikipedia editors identify as women. These percentages are even lower for biographies of women artists who have engaged with historically marginalized craft practices like quilting, ceramics, and basketry.

This event is cohosted by the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery and the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative. No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary; training will be provided. No background in art history is required. Attendees of all wiki experience levels are encouraged to join to learn and share more about these 41 wonderful artists.

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March 30, 2023

1:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST (United States)

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No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary; training will be provided.

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Reference material[edit]

First American Art Magazine style guide: https://firstamericanartmagazine.com/submissions/faam-style-guide/
American Indian Magazine: https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/search

Articles to edit[edit]

Dawn Nichols Walden, basket weaver and artist [1]Wikidata Item
Jeannine Marchand, American cermacist [2][3]Wikidata Item
Valerie Pourier, Oglala-Lakota artist [4][5] Wikidata Item
Linda Nguyen Lopez, American ceramicist [6][7][8][9] Wikidata Item
Linda Sormin, Canadian artist [10][11]Wikidata Item
Sharon Kerry-Harlan, African-American artist [12][13]Wikidata Item
Sheila Kanieson Ransom, artist and basket maker [14][15][Wikidata Item
Anita Paillamil, Mapuche master weaver Wikidata Item
Syd Carpenter, African American artist known for her ceramic and sculpture work [16][17][18][19]Wikidata Item
Gail Tremblay, American writer and artist [20][21][22]Wikidata Item
Aram Han Sifuentes, Korean American Fiber Artist [23][24][25][26][27]Wikidata Item
Carolyn Crump, American quilting artist [28][29]Wikidata Item
Chawne Kimber, African-American mathematician and quilter [30][31][32][33][34]Wikidata Item
Chunghi Choo, jewelry designer and metalsmith [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]Wikidata Item
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, American fiber artist [43][44][45][46][47][48]Wikidata Item
Cristina Córdova, American-born, Puerto Rican sculptor [49] [50][51][52][53][54]Wikidata Item
Jane Osti, Cherokee pottery artist [55][56][57][58][59][60][61]Wikidata Item
Katrina Mitten, Native American artist [62][63][64][65]Wikidata Item
Kay Sekimachi, American fiber artist and weaver [66][67][68][69] Wikidata Item
Kelly Church, black ash basket maker [70][71][72][73][74][75] [76] Wikidata Item
Marie Z. Chino, Native American potter [77][78]Wikidata Item
Shan Goshorn, Eastern Band Cherokee artist [79][80][81][82][83][84] [85] Wikidata Item
Sonya Clark, Afro-Caribbean American fiber artist [86][87][88][89][90][91][92]Wikidata Item
Tanya Aguiñiga,artist, designer, and activist [93][94][95][96][97][98]Wikidata Item
Toshiko Takaezu, American ceramic artist, painter, sculptor, and educator [99][100][101][102][103]Wikidata Item
Julia Kwon, Korean-American Textile artist [104][105][106]Wikidata Item
Marlana Thompson, Akwesasne Mohawk beadwork artist, regalia maker, and fashion designer [107] [108] Wikidata Item
Vicki Lee Soboleff, Haida and Tlingit artist, dancer, and teacher who specializes in Haida basketry [109][110]Wikidata Item
Jiha Moon, Contemporary artist [111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118]Wikidata Item
Kukuli Velarde,Peruvian artist [119][120][121]Wikidata Item
Bisa Butler, American fiber artist [122][123][124][125][126][127][128]Wikidata Item
Dora De Larios, American ceramist and sculptor [129][130][131][132][133][134]Wikidata Item
Margarita Cabrera, Mexican-American artist and activist [135][136][137] [138]Wikidata Item
Olga de Amaral, Colombian textile and visual artist [139][140][141][142]Wikidata Item
Wendy Maruyama, artist, furniture maker, and educator [143][144][145][146][147][148][149]Wikidata Item
Maria Martinez, Native American artist [150][151][152][153][154]Wikidata Item

Articles to Create[edit]

Edith Bondie, American basket maker [155][156][157][158][159]Wikidata Item
Elizabeth F. Kinlaw, American basket maker [160][161][162][163][164]Wikidata Item
- A Measure of the Earth: The Cole-Ware Collection of American Baskets, By Nicholas R. Bell · 2013 - Google Books - [165]
Nadine Kariya, American jewelry artist [166][167][168][169][170]Wikidata Item
Carla Hemlock, Canadian Artist - has joint article with Babe Hemlock [171][172][173][174] [175] Indian Magazine pg. 51 Wikidata Item

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