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African American Artists Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Minneapolis Institute of Art
When and Where
DateSaturday, January 28, 2017
Time12–4 pm CT
Address2400 Third Avenue South
City, StateMinneapolis, MN 55404
WebsiteAfrican American Artists Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Map + parkingDirections, Maps, and Parking

Kick off African American History Month with a lively Wikipedia editing session. Please join Mia's Library Affinity Group's campaign to improve coverage and increase visibility of African American visual artists in Wikipedia.

Event information edit

  • Event Title: African American Artists Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
  • Date: Saturday, January 28, 2017
  • Time: noon — 4:00 p.m. CST
  • Location: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Target Wing Atrium, Friends Community Room & Library, 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404.
  • Hosts: Meg Black, Susan Jacobsen, Janice Lurie, and Mia Wikipedia
  • Edit-A-Thon Team Members: Kay Beaudrie, Katie Hill. And a special thank you to our Wikipedia mentor, McGhiever.

Details edit

Please bring a laptop with you as we will only have a limited number available for use.

No Wikipedia experience necessary; training session at 12:30 p.m. for newcomers on the day of the event. Library resources will be on hand for researching artists in the museum's collection. We will also be providing light refreshments and will be presenting a specially designed award cookie for those attendees that add content during the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon.

Register edit

Free, tickets required. To register, call 612-870-6323 or reserve online [1]. As this is our second Wikipedia event, we will also need experienced Wikipedians to assist others who are new at editing. Please email Meg Black at mblack@artsmia.org or Janice Lurie at jlurie@artsmia.org if you would be willing to help or let us know on the day of the event or on the Participants section below.

If you haven't edited in Wikipedia before, we will help you register for an account. Mia's library [2]is open Tuesday-Friday 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and its staff is available for providing assistance in setting up a Wikipedia personal account and for research in preparation for editing Wikipedia. You can search our library's collection online through our catalog Mia Library Catalog. We also have numerous subscription research databases on art that you can access while in the library.

Participants edit

And if you already have a Wikipedia account, please add your Wikipedia username to this section (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row, add your username and talk page by using three tildes):

JLLurie (talk) 16:58, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Shaded0 (talk) 06:28, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Paul2520 (talk) 02:34, 15 December 2016 (UTC) - I've never attended a Wikipedia meetup before, but have contributed for a couple of years. I'm happy to help new editors in whatever ways I can.[reply]

Mgblck (talk) 18:38, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Jonathunder (talk) — Possibly.

Joejyoung (talk) 19:55, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

RachelWex (User talk:RachelWex) Weather permitting I will be there in person...otherwise we will need to discuss remote participation possibilities.

Fllydbyns (talk) 16:11, 20 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

KyBdr (talk) 20:52, 24 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Smbooker (talk) 19:57, 26 January 2017 (UTC) — I am a Wiki editing novice, but I've messed with WordPress and some other web page editing in the past.[reply]

Sherickfran (talk) 22:29, 26 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Haun0011 (talk)

Benjaminmettey (talk) 14:42, 27 January 2017 (UTC) - This is my first time attending a Wiki meetup, but am looking forward to it![reply]

Mtesterman (talk) 16:14, 27 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Rlarsonbender (talk)

Tanitani05 (talk) 18:05, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

DET (talk) 18:26, 28 January 2017 (UTC)davidevanthomas[reply]

Cstockmann (talk) 18:08, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Tenthrowamy (talk) 18:18, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Clquinn (talk) 18:20, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Kconnair (talk) 18:22, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Rjbuck (talk) 18:24, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Jcawes (talk) 18:29, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Terasaface (talk) 19:04, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Marylee wiki (talk) 21:31, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

List of articles edit

Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits, expansion, or new entries during the edit-a-thon, but you are welcome to work on anything you like. These names are drawn from African American artists represented in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Names of artists appearing in red need to have articles created in Wikipedia.


Artist's name Biographical information User(s) working on it
Mequitta Ahuja [3] born 1976
Benny Andrews 1930–2006
Henry Bannarn [4] 1910–1965
Romare Bearden [5] 1911–1988
Mary Lee Bendolph [6] born 1935 Jcawes (talk) 19:04, 28 January 2017 (UTC) Shaded0 (talk) 19:41, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
John Biggers 1924–2001
Frank J. Brown 20th century SAchoell12363, Jonathunder
Elizabeth Catlett [7] 1915–2012
Nick Cave (performance artist) [8] born 1959
Willie Cole [9] [10] born 1955
Frank E. Cummings III [11] born 1938 Paul2520 (talk)
Roy DeCarava 1919–2009
Beauford Delaney 1901–1991
John E. Dowell Jr. born 1941 Paul2520 (talk)
William Edmondson [12] 1874–1951
Charles Gaines (artist) [13] born 1944
Sam Gilliam born 1933
Russell T. Gordon 1936–2013
William Howard (artist) [14] c.1805–c.1870
Sedrick Huckaby born 1975 Terasaface (talk) 20:44, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Richard Hunt (sculptor) born 1935
Clementine Hunter 1886/7–1988
Lois Mailou Jones [15] 1905–1998
Gwendolyn Knight 1914–2005 AnnWS12 (talk) 20:25, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Jacob Lawrence [16] 1917–2000
Glenn Ligon [17] born 1960
Kerry James Marshall [18] born 1955
Julie Mehretu born 1970 Mtesterman (talk) 22:08, 28 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Clarence Morgan (artist) [19] born 1960
Gordon Parks 1912–2006
Carl Robert Pope born 1961
Martin Puryear born 1941
Betye Saar born 1926
Reginald Sanders 1921–2001
Lorna Simpson [20] born 1960
Vincent D. Smith [21] 1929–2003
Mitchell Squire [22] born 1958
Renee Stout [23] born 1958
Bob Thompson (painter) [24] 1937–1966
James Van Der Zee 1886–1983
Kara Walker [25] born 1969 DET
Carrie Mae Weems born 1953 Clquinn (talk)
Charles Wilbert White [26] 1918–1979
Kehinde Wiley [27] born 1977
Fred Wilson (artist) [28] born 1954
John Woodrow Wilson [29] 1922–2015

Resources edit

Results edit

After the Wikipedia edit-a-thon, share results of your work here

 
This is a photo from our October 2015 Mia Library Affinity Group Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon. It was our first Wikipedia event


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