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

Exterior of 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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when

March 30, 2023

1:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST (United States)

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Virtual

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

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• Create a Wikipedia account
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• Find an article to edit!
• Ask questions in the Zoom chat

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• --DCCraftgirl (talk) 19:24, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
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• --Wasabi533 (talk) 16:04, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Reference material

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

Articles to 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

• 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

Outcomes

Article creation

• Nadine Kariya
• Edith Bondie
• Elizabeth F. Kinlaw