Art and Feminism in Australia

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| keywords = Art and feminism
| description = What we've been up to for Art+Feminism in Australia.
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===Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery===
In the lead up to International Women's Day and as part of the National Gallery of Australia's regional [https://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/know-my-name-australian-women-artists/ Know My Name touring exhibition], Wikimedia Australia partnered with Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery for an editathon on 10 February.  The theme "Making Women Count" was a great motivation for 11 new editors to increase the visibility of their regional women and non-binary artists. 

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File:Entrance to the Know my Name exhibition at the NGA November 2020.jpg|Entrance to the Know my Name exhibition at the NGA November 2020.
File:Know My Name 2024.jpg|Alice Woods facilitating the Know My Name edit-a-thon at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.
File:Know My Name Event Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery 2024 01.jpg|A group photo of some Mornington Peninsula Regional Galley editors.
File:MPRG team.jpg|Jane German and Dunja Rmandic, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
File:Know My Name Event Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery 2024.jpg|Pru Mitchell and Paralympic athletics competitor Jan Randles at the Know my Name event at Mornington Peninsula Regional Galley.
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See more details and photos in our recent [[Know My Name|blog post]]. The event Dashboard shows the articles that were improved:
*Know My Name Edit-a-thon [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Mornington_Peninsula_Regional_Gallery,_Wikimedia_Australia,/Know_My_Name_Edit-a-thon_Mornington_Peninsula_(2024-02-10) Event Dashboard]

=== Women's Art Register ===
On Saturday 9 March, right after International Women's Day Victorians met at the Richmond Library for an annual Art+Feminism workshop hosted by the Women's Art Register and the Library.
[[File:Women's Art Register IWD 2022 Art+Feminism Edit-a-thon 08.jpg|thumb|Women's Art Register Internation Womens Day Event in 2022]]

The [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Womens_Art_Register/Art_and_Feminism_Vic_(2024)/home Event Dashboard] shows the 17 mostly new editors created 6 new articles on Australian women artists and updates to another 12 artists. New articles feature:
* Elizabeth Gertsakis
* Sandy Kirby
* Maria Kozic
* Leopoldine Mimovich
* Merren Ricketson
* Meredith Rogers

=== National Gallery of Australia ===
On Saturday 16 March in Canberra, Wikimedia Australia partnered with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Australia National Gallery of Australia] to celebrate Art+Feminism in 2024 with our annual edit-a-thon in the gallery library.
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We have been partnering with the NGA for four years with regular editathons, some online but also in person. This year was no exception, building on previous years especially [https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2023/Contents/Australia_report the 2023 event].  

A group of 15 mostly new editors joined some of the NGA staff, volunteers and WMAU staff. It was a productive afternoon using the National Gallery's library to access artist's files, books and journals for quality references and a chance to see some rare books 'behind the scenes'.

26 articles have been expanded and improved, and three new articles include:
*Hermia Boyd
*Kathleen Sauerbier
*The Print Circle
See our impact from the day here:

* [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/National_Gallery_of_Australia/Know_My_Name_Edit-a-thon_Canberra_(16_March_2024) Event Dashboard]

To help us track our overall impact we have created a [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/know_my_name/overview Know My Name Dashboard] for the events over 4 years.

Wikimedia Australia is proud to be part of the global Art+Feminism community and contributing to increasing the visibility of women and non-binary artists, as well as introducing more new editors to Wikipedia and Wikidata in the near future.