Surprise: There’s a gender gap in Wikipedia content.
But international campaign Art+Feminism is out to close that divide via events like the Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon, which aims to “improve content on women and the arts on Wikipedia, and to encourage women to participate in the online encyclopedia,” says an event description.
Bring a laptop to the Cincinnati Art Museum — and ideas for Wikipedia entries that need to be updated or created, if you have them — and listen to a brief tutorial on how to update posts before you begin. All gender identities and expressions are encouraged to participate.
It’s also a perfect time to check out the museum’s current Women Breaking Boundaries, which displays works from the permanent collection created by females from the 17th century to modern times — including Georgia O’Keeffe, Mary Cassatt and Chiyo Mitsuhisa — and encourages visitors to “think critically about gender, representation, and diversity and how that translates to the museum’s collecting practices and gallery installations,” says the museum.
A gallery map highlighting works by women artists and works with strong female subjects is available at the museum entrance. Women Breaking Boundaries is part of ArtsWave’s Power of Her initiative and is on view through April 12, 2020.
6-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12. Free; RSVP not required. Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Mount Adams, cincinnatiartmuseum.org.
This article appears in Nov 27 – Dec 10, 2019.