Wikipedia:Meetup/Madison/ArtAndFeminism 2014

UW–Madison School of Library and Information Studies
  • Date: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 1–5 p.m. CST. Join us for as little or as long as you like.
  • Venue: UW–Madison SLIS Library computer lab, 4191 Helen C. White Hall (fourth floor), 600 N. Park Street, Madison, WI. Paid parking available underneath White Hall (on Park) and next to the post office (on Lake). Metered parking on Langdon.
  • Cost: Free
  • Participants: The event is public and all are welcome! No Wikipedia editing experience necessary. We'll do an overview at the beginning of the event, and tutoring will be available for newcomers as needed. Female editors are particularly encouraged to attend.
  • RSVP by signing your username below! If you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, you might try this training module which will help explain a lot of things, including how to add your signature.
  • What to Bring: Computers (25) are available in the computer lab, though attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptops (and power cords). Consider preparing your sources in advance, if you have some in mind.

Confirmed Madison attendees

Potential article topics

From Wisconsin

Famous Wisconsin: Artists and Architects

Levy, Hannah Heidi (2004). Famous Wisconsin: Artists and Architects. Oregon, WI: Badger Books.
(Remember to check these against the GNG!)

Rural Artists of Wisconsin

Barton, John Rector (1948). Rural Artists of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin Press.
(Remember to check these against the GNG!)

Chazen

List of women artists from Wisconsin in the Chazen collection: [1]
(Remember to check these against the GNG!)
  • Sadie Benning, video maker and artist, also of Le Tigre, born in Milwaukee
  • Jeanne Gomoll, feminist science fiction, attended and lived in Madison
  • Claire Van Vliet, printmaker and typographer, lived in Madison
  • Sonya Clark, assemblage artist (sculptor), Madison professor
  • Susan Stuart Frackelton, painter from Milwaukee
  • Alicia Ostriker, feminist poet, graduated from Madison
  • Jill Soloway, television writer, graduated from Madison
  • Belle Case La Follette, women's suffrage activist
  • Annie Laurie Gaylor, feminist activist, born in and graduated from Madison
  • Gerda Lerner, women's studies pioneer, Madison professor
  • Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, lawyer, graduated from Madison
  • Julie A. Nelson, feminist economist, graduated from Madison
  • Georgia O'Keeffe, painter, lived near Madison
  • more...
  • Suggested from Chazen
    (Remember to check these against the GNG!)
    • List of women artists from Wisconsin in the Chazen collection: [2] (wikified above)
    • Sylvia Fein, painter [3]
    • Eleanor Moty, metalsmith, not in Chazen collection, but art dept. emeritus [4]
    • Teresa Faris, local metalsmith [5]
    • Museum of Wisconsin Art search: [6]
    • National Museum of Women in the Arts search: [7]
    • "AND of course please use images from our online database--we would appreciate a link to the page and credit/IDs for the images" [8]
    Other ideas
    Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism#Suggested Topics

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