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{{Infobox recurring event
|name= Art+Feminism
|logo= ArtAndFeminism logo with wordmark.svg
|status=Active
|last={{start date|2017|03|11}}
|frequency=Annually
|location=70 venues in 17 countries (2015)
|years_active={{age|2014|02|01}}
|first={{start date|2014|02|01}}
|attendance=1,300 (2015)
|organized=[[Siân Evans (librarian)|Siân Evans]]<br/>[[Jacqueline Mabey]]<br/>[[Michael Mandiberg]]<br/>Laurel Ptak
|website = https://www.artandfeminism.org
}}
'''Art and Feminism''' (stylized as '''Art+Feminism''') is an annual worldwide [[edit-a-thon]] to add content to [[Wikipedia]] about [[female]] artists. The project, founded by [[Siân Evans (librarian)|Siân Evans]], [[Jacqueline Mabey]], [[Michael Mandiberg]], and Laurel Ptak,<ref name=ArtNews20150310>{{cite web|url=http://www.artnews.com/2015/03/10/artfeminisms-2015-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-adds-334-articles-on-female-artists/ |title=Art+Feminism’s 2015 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Adds 334 Articles on Female Artists |publisher=ARTnews |date=2015-03-11 |accessdate=2016-03-11}}</ref> has been described as "a massive multinational effort to correct a persistent bias in Wikipedia, which is disproportionately written by and about men".<ref name=ArtNews20140206>{{cite web|url=http://www.artnews.com/2014/02/06/art-and-feminism-wikipedia-editathon-creates-pages-for-women-artists/ |title=101 Women Artists Who Got Wikipedia Pages This Week |publisher=ARTnews |date= |accessdate=2016-03-11}}</ref>

In 2014, Art+Feminism's inaugural campaign attracted 600 volunteers at 30 separate events.<ref name=ArtNews20150310/><ref name=ArtNews20140206/> The following year, 1,300 volunteers attended 70 events in 17 countries, on four continents.<ref name=ArtNews20150310/>

==Establishment==
Art+Feminism started when [[Artstor]] librarian [[Siân Evans (librarian)|Siân Evans]] was designing a project for women and art for the [[Art Libraries Society of North America]].<ref name="Good 2015">{{cite web |url= http://magazine.good.is/articles/making-the-internet-less-sexist |title=Mass Wikipedia Edit To Make The Internet Less Sexist |first=Laura |last=Feinstein |work=magazine.good.is |publisher=[[Good Worldwide]] |date=2 March 2015 |accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref> Evans talked with fellow curator [[Jacqueline Mabey]], who had been impressed by Wikipedia contributors' organization of [[edit-a-thon]] events to commemorate [[Ada Lovelace]].<ref name="Good 2015"/> Mabey spoke with [[Michael Mandiberg]], a professor at the [[City University of New York]] who had been incorporating Wikipedia into classroom learning. Mandiberg in turn talked with Laurel Ptak, a fellow at the art and technology non-profit [[Eyebeam (organization)|Eyebeam]], who agreed to help plan the event.<ref name="Good 2015"/> The team then recruited local Wikipedians Dorothy Howard, then [[Wikipedian in residence]] at [[Metropolitan New York Library Council]]; and Richard Knipel, then representing the local chapter of Wikipedia contributors through Wikimedia New York City.<ref name="Good 2015"/>

One reason for establishing the Art+Feminism project included responding to negative media coverage about Wikipedia's cataloging system.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.wired.com/2015/03/wikipedia-sexism/ |title=Meet the Editors Fighting Racism and Sexism on Wikipedia |first=Issie |last=Lapowsky |work=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=5 March 2015 |accessdate=17 October 2015}}, citing
*{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/wikipedias-sexism-toward-female-novelists.html |title=Wikipedia’s Sexism Toward Female Novelists |first=Amanda |last=Filipacchi |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=24 April 2013 |publisher=[[New York Times Company|NYTC]] |location=[[New York, NY|New York]] |issn=0362-4331 |accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref> The project continues to fill content gaps in Wikipedia and increase the number of female contributors.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://observer.com/2015/02/moma-to-host-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-to-repair-art-world-gender-imbalance/ |title=MoMA to Host Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon to Tackle Gender Imbalance |first=Brianna |last=McGurran |work=[[The New York Observer]] |date=18 February 2015 |accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201503130900 |title=Wikipedia's Gender and Race Gaps: Forum |first=Michael |last=Krasny |authorlink=Michael Krasny (talk show host)|work=[[Forum (KQED)|Forum]] |publisher=[[KQED-FM]] |date=13 March 2015 |accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref> Only about 17 percent of biographies on Wikipedia are about women and only about 15 percent of Wikipedia editors are female.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-38243211|title=As it happened: Wikipedia edit-a-thon|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> McKensie Mack was appointed Director of Art+Feminism in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.artandfeminism.org/mckensie-mack-appointed-director/|title=McKensie Mack Appointed Director|last=|first=|date=2018-07-19|work=Art + Feminism|access-date=2018-10-20|language=en-US}}{{Self-published source}}</ref>

==Events==
[[File:Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon at the Museum of Modern Art March 7, 2015 (English Subtitles).webm|thumb|right|Video from an Art+Feminism [[edit-a-thon]] at the [[Museum of Modern Art]], 2015]]

Outside the United States, the 2015 event received media coverage at locations including Australia,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/where-are-all-the-australian-feminist-writers-on-wiki-20150305-13whkj.html |title=Where are all the Australian feminist writers on Wiki? |first=Clementine |last=Ford|author-link=Clementine Ford (writer) |work=dailylife.com.au |date=6 March 2015 |accessdate=17 October 2015|archivedate=27 August 2016|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827145253/http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/where-are-all-the-australian-feminist-writers-on-wiki-20150305-13whkj.html}}</ref> Canada,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/celebrating-womens-success-theres-a-wiki-for-that-295572241.html |title=Celebrating women's success? There's a wiki for that |first=Jessica |last=Botelho-Urbanski |work=[[Winnipeg Free Press]] |date=9 March 2015 |accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref> Cambodia,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.phnompenhpost.com/wiki-activists-help-write-cambodian-womens-history |title=Wiki activists help to write Cambodian women’s history, Post Weekend, Phnom Penh Post |first=Bennett |last=Murray |work=[[The Phnom Penh Post]] |date=7 March 2015 |accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref> India,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.deccanherald.com/content/464071/edit-thon-women-bridge-wikimedia.html |title=Edit-a-thon for women to bridge Wikimedia gender gap |first=H M |last=Shruthi|work=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=7 March 2015 |accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref> New Zealand,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/capital-life/capital-day/67027282/Blessed-are-the-geeks-shaping-history |title=Blessed are the 'geeks' shaping history | Stuff.co.nz |first=Andrea |last=O'Neil |work=stuff.co.nz |date=6 March 2015 |accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref> and Scotland.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2015/03/05/dundee-to-join-in-global-feminism-arts-campaign/ |title=Dundee to join in global feminism arts campaign |first=Bob |last=Malcolm |work=deadlinenews.co.uk |date=5 March 2015 |accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref> Inside the United States the event received media coverage at the flagship location in New York,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/moma-to-host-wikipedia-editing-marathon-to-improve-coverage-of-women-in-the-arts/?_r=1 |title=MoMA to Host Wikipedia Editing Marathon, to Improve Coverage of Women in the Arts |first=Jennifer |last=Schuessler |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=6 March 2015 |accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref> and also in California,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.eastbayexpress.com/CultureSpyBlog/archives/2015/03/04/east-bay-schools-to-host-art-and-feminism-wikipedia-edit-a-thons |title=East Bay Schools to Host Art and Feminism Wikipedia Edit-A-Thons |first=Sascha |last=Bos |work=eastbayexpress.com |date=4 March 2015 |accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://sdcitybeat.com/article-13948-wikipedias-women-problem.html |title=Wikipedia’s women problem |first=Kinsee |last=Morlan |work=sdcitybeat.com |date=2 March 2015 |accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref> Kansas,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://kcur.org/post/kansas-city-edit-thon-aims-close-gender-gap-wikipedia |title=Kansas City Edit-A-Thon Aims To Close Gender Gap On Wikipedia |first=Lisa |last=Rodriguez |work=kcur.org |date=27 March 2015 |accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref> Pennsylvania,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://news.psu.edu/story/345990/2015/02/23/arts-and-entertainment/college-arts-and-architecture-host-%E2%80%98edit-thon%E2%80%99 |title=College of Arts and Architecture to host ‘Edit-a-Thon’ to improve Wikipedia Cove |first=Amy Milgrub |last=Marshall |work=news.psu.edu |date=23 February 2015 |accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref> Texas,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dailytexanonline.com/2015/03/04/ut-school-of-information-to-host-feminist-wikipedia-edit-a-thon |title=UT School of Information to host feminist Wikipedia Edit-a-thon |first=Megan |last=Kallus |work=[[The Daily Texan]]|date=4 March 2015 |accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref> and West Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://wvpublic.org/post/wiki-gender-gap-be-discussed-morgantown |title=Wiki Gender Gap to Be Discussed in Morgantown | West Virginia Public Broadcasting |first=Glynis |last=Board |work=wvpublic.org |date=3 March 2015 |accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref>

==Reception==

Content contributed by participants in the editing events is tracked in a coordinating forum on Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.artnews.com/2015/03/10/artfeminisms-2015-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-adds-334-articles-on-female-artists/ |title=Art+Feminism’s 2015 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Adds 334 Articles on Female Artists |first=Hannah |last=Ghorashi |work=[[ARTnews]] |date=10 March 2015 |accessdate=18 October 2015}}</ref>

In November 2014, ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' magazine named Evans, Mabey, Michael, Richard Knipel, Dorothy Howard, and Ptak as "global thinkers" for addressing [[gender bias on Wikipedia]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://globalthinkers.foreignpolicy.com/#chroniclers/detail/evans-mabey-mandiberg-ptak-howard-knipel |title=A World Disrupted: The Leading Global Thinkers of 2014 | Siân Evans, Jacqueline Mabey, Michael Mandiberg, Richard Knipel, Dorothy Howard, Laurel Ptak |author=staff |work=[[Foreign Policy]] |date=November 2014 |accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Women in Red]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|ArtAndFeminism}}
* {{Official website|https://www.artandfeminism.org/}}
* [[Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism|Art+Feminism]] at [[Wikipedia:Meetup|Wikipedia Meetup]]
* {{Cite journal|url=https://bitchmedia.org/post/an-epic-edit-a-thon-takes-aim-at-wikipedias-gender-gap|title=An Epic Feminism Edit-a-thon Takes Aim at Wikipedia's Gender Gap|first=Sarah|last=Mirk|authorlink=Sarah Mirk|date=January 24, 2014|journal=[[Bitch (magazine)|Bitch]]}}
* {{cite web|url=http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/02/19/wikipedias-art-feminism-edit-a-thon/|title=Wikipedia's Art & Feminism Edit-A-Thon and the Gender Gap|first=Caitlin|last=Cogdill|date=February 19, 2014|publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]]}}

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