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[[File:Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon at the Museum of Modern Art March 7, 2015.webm|thumb|center|600px|thumbtime=00:01| The second annual [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon] that was held at the Museum of Modern Art on March 7, 2015. This video is also available [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7PF5zUTaGo|on YouTube.com here], and [https://vimeo.com/122369598| Vimeo.com here]. A version with burned-in English language captions is available [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Art_%2B_Feminism_Edit-a-thon_at_the_Museum_of_Modern_Art_March_7,_2015_(English_Subtitles).webm#.7B.7Bint:filedesc.7D.7D|on Wikimedia Commons here], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Whe3nSrbhc|on YouTube.com here], and [https://vimeo.com/122458686| Vimeo.com here].]]

The Art+Feminism edit-a-thon seroes itself was the result of a collaboration between a number of artists, scholars, curators, librarians and Wikipedians. Specifically, it arose out of two separate conversations between the four co-organizers. [[w:User:Siankevans|Siân Evans]] and [[w:User:Failedprojects|Jacqueline Mabey]] had discussed trying to organize an event around art and feminism similar to the edit-a-thons geared towards Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) that take place every year on Ada Lovelace Day. Evans’ goal was to engage ARLiS NA’s Women and Art Special Interest group o build public knowledge and address gender disparities in art research. Mabey mentioned this to [[w:User:Theredproject|Michael Mandiberg]], a professor at CUNY Staten Island and the Graduate Center, because of his use of Wikipedia in teaching. Mandiberg had actually had a similar conversation earlier that day with curator Laurel Ptak. At the time, Ptak was a fellow at Eyebeam, a center for art and technology, where she was doing work around cyberfeminism, and he had encouraged her to hold an edit-a-thon focused on art, technology, and feminism.

After an initial meeting in the fall of 2013, we decided to hold an edit-a-thon and started the organizing process by getting a few local Wikipedia ambassadors involved, who were key to getting the trainings and satellite events up and running. Richard Knipel, of Wikimedia NYC and Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian in Residence at METRO, were instrumental in getting all the satellite events up and running. At the Art+Feminism edit-a-thons in 2014, we had around 600 participants in 31 locations and created 101 new articles, and improved 90.

Over the course of 2014, we received two grants from the Wikimedia Foundation (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Art%2BFeminism_Editathon_training_materials_and_network_building and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MMandiberg/Art%2BFeminism_Editathons), to build out our infrastructure, including a website, and design training materials. All this lead to what was an incredibly exciting, successful event.

We had approximately 200 participants come through [[w:Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]]: librarians, academics, curators, artists, art lovers, feminists, male allies, experienced Wikipedians, etc. Trainings were held throughout the day, in multiple locations across three floors of the Department of Education. New and experienced editors worked in a variety spaces: the mezzanine level, two classrooms, the Time Warner theatre, multiple lounges, and the library. The day was marked by a spirit of collaboration, with spontaneous volunteering and enthusiastic team editing.

WeThis year, we had approximately 200 participants come through [[w:Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]]: librarians, academics, curators, artists, art lovers, feminists, male allies, experienced Wikipedians, etc. Trainings were held throughout the day, in multiple locations across three floors of the Department of Education. New and experienced editors worked in a variety spaces: the mezzanine level, two classrooms, the Time Warner theatre, multiple lounges, and the library. The day was marked by a spirit of collaboration, with spontaneous volunteering and enthusiastic team editing.

There were over 75 events around the world, from small gatherings of friends to large groups at significant cultural institutions like [[w:Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art|LACMA]], the [[w:Walker Art Center]], and the [[w:Stedelijk_Museum_Amsterdam|Stedelijk Museum]]. We know that there were at least 400 new articles created, and another 500 articles with significant improvements.

There were over 75 events around the world, bringing together around 1500 participants, from small gatherings of friends to large groups at significant cultural institutions like [[w:Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art|LACMA]], the [[w:Walker Art Center]], and the [[w:Stedelijk_Museum_Amsterdam|Stedelijk Museum]]. We know that there were at least 400 new articles created, and another 500 articles with significant improvements.

A handful of the newly created articles include: [[w:Elise Forrest Harleston]], [[w:Amy Maria Sacker]], [[w:Janet Payne Bowles]], [[w:Lisl Steiner]], [[w:LaToya Ruby Frazier]], [[w:Kali (fine artist)]], [[w:Betty G. Miller]], [[w:Camille Henrot]], [[w:Sarah McEneaney]], [[w:Kyle DeWoody]], [[w:Jennie C. Jones]], and the [[w:Heresies Collective]]. Some of the improved articles include: [[w:Cecily Brown]], [[w:Elaine de Kooning]], [[w:Evelyn De Morgan]], [[w:Carol Shaw (video game designer)]], [[w:Coco Fusco]], [[w:Mierle Laderman Ukeles]], [[w:Valerie Hegarty]], [[w:Yael Bartana]], and [[w:Augusta Savage]]