Join us at The Architecture and Allied Arts (A&AA) Library, 200 Lawrence Hall, 1190 Franklin Blvd, University of Oregon on Saturday, March 5th from noon to 5pm for a communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to art and feminism. We will provide tutorials for the beginner Wikipedian, reference materials, and refreshments.
University of Oregon
Event information
Date: Saturday, March 5, 2016
Time: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Venue: Architecture and Allied Arts Library (AAA) Libraries - 200 Lawrence Hall, 1190 Franklin Blvd,
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403
Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, we urge you to stop by to show your support. We invite people of all gender identities and expressions, particularly trans- and cis-gendered women, to participate.
List of suggested articles to edit/create
Work in progress. Please feel free to expand the list!
Artists' biographies to improve
Research, add content, citations; copy edit, format, etc.:
Cecilia Alvarez - known for her oil paintings and murals depicting themes of feminism, poverty, and environmental degradation in the United States and Latin America. Her work is collected by the Seattle Art Museum
Marie Watt (1967- ) - a contemporary artist living and working in Portland, Oregon. Part Seneca, Watt has created work in many different media centered on contemporary Native American themes; at Hallie Ford NW Gallery Marie Watt .
Gertrud Bing (1892–1964) was a scholar and Director of the Warburg Institute
Mary Ann Caws (born 1933) is an American author, art historian and literary critic
Katherine McCook Knox known for her art criticism of a portrait by G. P. A. Healy of Abraham Lincoln as a commemorative stamp during the Lincoln Sesquicentennial in 1959
Mika Natif is an Israeli-born American scholar of art history specializing in art of the Islamic World, especially Mongol art. She is the author of Eros and Sexuality in Islamic Art
Draft:Beka Economopoulos - Director of the art, activism, technology, and theory non-profit "Not An Alternative". She is also co-founder and director of The Natural History Museum
Draft:Chido Govera - Farmer, campaigner, and educator based in Zimbabwe. The founder of The Future of Hope Foundation, she has promoted mushroom cultivation as a sustainable source of food and income in impoverished regions of the world
Draft:Jolene Rickard - A Tuscarora artist, curator and visual historian at Cornell University, specializing in issues of indigeneity in a global context. Rickard co-curated two of the four permanent exhibitions for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.
Draft:Abigail Satinsky - Writer, grassroots organizer, and curator of socially-engaged art. Co-founder of InCubate and Threewalls. Author of the book Support Networks
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
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!
Join us at The Architecture and Allied Arts (A&AA) Library, 200 Lawrence Hall, 1190 Franklin Blvd, University of Oregon on Saturday, March 5th from noon to 5pm for a communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to art and feminism. We will provide tutorials for the beginner Wikipedian, reference materials, and refreshments.
University of Oregon
Event information
Date: Saturday, March 5, 2016
Time: 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Venue: Architecture and Allied Arts Library (AAA) Libraries - 200 Lawrence Hall, 1190 Franklin Blvd,
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403
Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, we urge you to stop by to show your support. We invite people of all gender identities and expressions, particularly trans- and cis-gendered women, to participate.
List of suggested articles to edit/create
Work in progress. Please feel free to expand the list!
Artists' biographies to improve
Research, add content, citations; copy edit, format, etc.:
Cecilia Alvarez - known for her oil paintings and murals depicting themes of feminism, poverty, and environmental degradation in the United States and Latin America. Her work is collected by the Seattle Art Museum
Marie Watt (1967- ) - a contemporary artist living and working in Portland, Oregon. Part Seneca, Watt has created work in many different media centered on contemporary Native American themes; at Hallie Ford NW Gallery Marie Watt .
Gertrud Bing (1892–1964) was a scholar and Director of the Warburg Institute
Mary Ann Caws (born 1933) is an American author, art historian and literary critic
Katherine McCook Knox known for her art criticism of a portrait by G. P. A. Healy of Abraham Lincoln as a commemorative stamp during the Lincoln Sesquicentennial in 1959
Mika Natif is an Israeli-born American scholar of art history specializing in art of the Islamic World, especially Mongol art. She is the author of Eros and Sexuality in Islamic Art
Draft:Beka Economopoulos - Director of the art, activism, technology, and theory non-profit "Not An Alternative". She is also co-founder and director of The Natural History Museum
Draft:Chido Govera - Farmer, campaigner, and educator based in Zimbabwe. The founder of The Future of Hope Foundation, she has promoted mushroom cultivation as a sustainable source of food and income in impoverished regions of the world
Draft:Jolene Rickard - A Tuscarora artist, curator and visual historian at Cornell University, specializing in issues of indigeneity in a global context. Rickard co-curated two of the four permanent exhibitions for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.
Draft:Abigail Satinsky - Writer, grassroots organizer, and curator of socially-engaged art. Co-founder of InCubate and Threewalls. Author of the book Support Networks
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
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!