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"For Morris, feminism remains a very dynamic movement and the role of feminism today is to allow curators to think about the multiple ways that the movement, as an idea, can be engaged." - Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art curator Catherine Morris discusses #art, #feminism and ‪#‎JudithScott‬ with huffpostarts 

Bittersweet, but true - this the last week to catch Wangechi Mutu: A Fantastic Journey at the Brooklyn Museum's Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art before it heads to Miami and Chicago. The artist reshapes the installation at each venue, creating an immersive environment that you definitely want to experience in person. The exuberant quality of the work has inspired magical experiences throughout the Museum, from a dance party in October and an inspiring First Saturday in December to an evening of Off The Wall Afrofuturist programing in February and a fierce set by Venus X, Mutu’s DJ of choice for last weekend’s women-centered March First Saturday.

Luckily, after the exhibition closes March 9th, we’ll still have access to a wealth of material that has come online in the last few weeks—an in-depth interview with the artist for Culture/Context; an in-gallery conversation between Mutu and fellow Brooklyn-artist Mickalene Thomas for Artinfo.com; an oral history conducted by photographer and scholar Deborah Willis for Bomb; and  an-artist guided tour through the show for OkayAfrica.com. The Brooklyn Museum’s videos documenting the installation process and Mutu’s In Conversation program will also keep memories of the exhibition alive on our website for years to come.   

Kathleen MacQueen, a participant in our edit-a-thon, has been contributing to Wikipedia since 2010.

“Now,” she writes, “when I look something up on Wikipedia, I find myself logging in consistently to correct grammar, clarify meaning, and add factual content. I was pleased to hear about the Edit-a-thon because I thought I might re-focus my contribution once again to filling the gaps rather than just making corrections. Working with facilitators the day of the edit-a-thon, we came up with a plan that would make use of my knowledge of contemporary art.”

Kathleen decided to focus her efforts on contemporary artists featured by the EASCFA’s Feminist Art Base. She began by comparing the list of FAB artists to Wikipedia entries, noting who has a page and who doesn’t, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of the content. She wrote, “We were all shocked when at the end of an hour I had come up with major contemporary women artists who are inadequately represented on Wikipedia, such as Ida Applebroog, Eleanor Antin, and Ghada Amer! I’m not even through the A’s yet!”