With the Art+Feminism campaign, I work to integrate art and craft knowledge into Wikipedia. Art+Feminism is a campaign improving coverage of cis and transgender women, non-binary folks, feminism and the arts on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is the largest and most popular reference work online, but its content is coded by the gender (and many other factors, including race and geography) of its editors. Less than 10% of Wikipedia editors are women or non-binary. As an organizer for Art+Feminism, I lead training sessions that teach people of all genders the basic tools and guidelines for editing Wikipedia. I pay special attention to editing about craft, whose mediums and discourse are often over-determined by gender.
In 2021, with Wikimedia NYC and other Wikimedians, I held a series of roundtables with people in the craft field to address Wikipedia and Wikidata needs around craft. Wikiproject:Craft was begun from these meetings. To see its impact or to participate, please follow this link to Wikiproject:Craft.
Image includes: ikat, dyed silk warp and undyed cotton weft, Smithsonian collection, image via Wikimedia Commons (public domain); Wikipedia logo (CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported)
Zine-making workshop led by Ritu Ghiya and Neta Boman at the 2019 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Manuel Molina Martagon, via Wikimedia Commons.
