> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # A Wiki Edit-a-Thon Dedicated to Women Artists of Color - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/a-wiki-edit-a-thon-dedicated-to-women-artists-of-color/ - Published: 2020-08-11T22:36:41.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T15:51:56.000Z - Description: Here's a complete lists of the Wikipedia articles updated during this year's Edit-a-Thon, Black Artists Matter, focused on artists of the African diaspora in the National Museum of Women in the Arts’s collection. - Author: Valentina Di Liscia - Tags: News, Feminism, National Museum of Women in the Arts, wikipedia, Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:41 (2019, 2020, part 2) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/jacksonm_acc_cof2018-e1597181744609.jpg) Organized by the nonprofit organization [Art+Feminism](https://www.artandfeminism.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com) and Wikimedia DC, the region’s official outreach organization for Wikipedia, the annual [Wiki Edit-a-Thon](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/wikipedia-edit-a-thon/) enlists volunteers to help close the gender gap in Wikipedia’s coverage of female artists by creating new profiles and enhancing existing ones. The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) has hosted the edit-a-thons in person since 2014; because of the ongoing pandemic, this year’s edition was held entirely online today, August 11\. Titled [*Black Artists Matter*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Wikipedia%5FEdit-a-thon:%5FBlack%5FArtists%5FMatter?ref=hyperallergic.com), the event was dedicated to artists of color in the NMWA’s collection, with a focus on women from the African diaspora. Most of these artists, such as Zanele Muholi, Amy Sherald, and Alison Saar, already had Wikipedia pages. But even existing profiles require significant updating, proofing, and expanding: 1,085 words and 14 new references were added to African American photographer Lorna Simpson’s article, for example. In total, volunteers edited 85 articles and created two profiles, adding 17,200 words and 180 references to pages primarily about Black women. Some artists, like printmaker Delita Martin — whose work resides in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas, and the Mid America Print Council, among institutions — are still not represented on the website. Unfortunately, the absence of artists from the free online encyclopedia mirrors their underrepresentation in museum collections: a [survey of 18 major US museums](https://hyperallergic.com/artists-in-18-major-us-museums-are-85-white-and-87-male-study-says/) conducted by researchers at Williams College found that 85.4% of the works in institutional collections belong to white artists, and 87.4% are by men. When considering that Wikipedia is one of the [world’s most visited sites](https://www.alexa.com/topsites?ref=hyperallergic.com), the impact and importance of Art+Feminisn’s edit-a-thons comes into full view. Since 2014, over 18,000 people at 1,260 events worldwide have participated in the edit-a-thons, creating and improving nearly 84,000 articles on Wikipedia and sister pages. “Today’s event was great and really speaks to our overall mission: Art+Feminism is an intersectional feminist non-profit organization that directly addresses the information gap about gender, feminism, and the arts on the internet,” ​Kira Wisniewski, the organization’s executive director, told Hyperallergic. “Our work is centered on building an equitable global community striving to close the gaps in content and editorial representation on Wikipedia, ensuring that the histories of our lives and work are accessible and accurate.” A complete list of the profiles updates during today’s today’s edit-a-thon can be found below: [Agatha Bennett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha%5FBennett?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Akua Lezli Hope](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akua%5FLezli%5FHope?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Aline Réveillaud de Lens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aline%5FR%C3%A9veillaud%5Fde%5FLens?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Alison Dunhill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison%5FDunhill?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Alix Cléo Roubaud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alix%5FCl%C3%A9o%5FRoubaud?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Alma Thomas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma%5FThomas?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Amy Sherald](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy%5FSherald?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Andrea Kruis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea%5FKruis?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Angela Davis Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela%5FDavis%5FJohnson?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Angela M. Rivers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela%5FM.%5FRivers?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Anita Weschler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita%5FWeschler?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Anna Russell Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%5FRussell%5FJones?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Annie E. A. Walker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie%5FE.%5FA.%5FWalker?ref=hyperallergic.com) [April Bey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%5FBey?ref=hyperallergic.com) [April Sunami](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%5FSunami?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Bessie Harvey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie%5FHarvey?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Bisa Butler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisa%5FButler?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Bruce Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%5FJohnson%5F%28minister%29?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Caitlin Cherry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlin%5FCherry?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Candace Hill-Montgomery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candace%5FHill-Montgomery?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Candida Alvarez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candida%5FAlvarez?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Carrie Mae Weems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie%5FMae%5FWeems?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Chakaia Booker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakaia%5FBooker?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Clarissa Sligh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarissa%5FSligh?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Consuelo Jimenez Underwood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consuelo%5FJimenez%5FUnderwood?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Deborah Willis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah%5FWillis%5F%28artist%29?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Dwinita Larasati](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwinita%5FLarasati?ref=hyperallergic.com) [E Boyd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%5FBoyd?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Eileen O’Meara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen%5FO'Meara?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Elizabeth Colwell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%5FColwell?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Emma Amos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma%5FAmos%5F%28painter%29?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Faith Ringgold](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith%5FRinggold?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Ilah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilah%5F%28cartoons%29?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Ingrid Mwangi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid%5FMwangi?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Jen Lee (cartoonist)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jen%5FLee%5F%28cartoonist%29?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Joyce J. Scott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce%5FJ.%5FScott?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Juana Borrero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juana%5FBorrero?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Kay Brown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay%5FBrown%5F%28artist%29?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Kebedech Tekleab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebedech%5FTekleab?ref=hyperallergic.com) [LaToya Ruby Frazier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaToya%5FRuby%5FFrazier?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Laura Molina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura%5FMolina%5F%28artist%29?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Lisa Congdon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%5FCongdon?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Lisa Wainwright](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%5FWainwright?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Lorna Simpson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorna%5FSimpson?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Louisa Starr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa%5FStarr?ref=hyperallergic.com) [M. Asli Dukan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.%5FAsli%5FDukan?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Margaretta Mitchell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaretta%5FMitchell?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Marie Cochran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie%5FCochran?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Martine Syms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martine%5FSyms?ref=hyperallergic.com) [Mary A. 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