African American Artists Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Kick off African American History Month with a lively Wikipedia editing session driven to increase the visibility of African American visual artists. No experience necessary; training session at 12:30 PM for newcomers. Please bring your own laptop; a limited number of computers will also be available. Refreshments provided. For advance research assistance, call the Mia Library: 612.870.3117. Click to see the Wikipedia Meetup page.
Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits, expansion, or new entries during the edit-a-thon, but you are welcome to work on anything you like. These names are drawn from African American artists represented in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
| Artist’s name | Biographical information |
| Mequitta Ahuja | born 1976 |
| Benny Andrews | 1930-2006 |
| Henry Bannarn | 1910-1965 |
| Romare Bearden | 1911-1988 |
| Mary Lee Bendolph | born 1935 |
| John Biggers | 1924-2001 |
| Frank J. Brown | 20th century |
| Elizabeth Catlett | 1915-2012 |
| Nick Cave | born 1959 |
| Willie Cole | born 1955 |
| Frank E. Cummings III | born 1938 |
| Roy DeCarava | 1919-2009 |
| Beauford Delaney | 1901-1991 |
| John E. Dowell Jr. | born 1941 |
| William Edmondson | 1874-1951 |
| Charles Gaines | born 1944 |
| Sam Gilliam | born 1933 |
| William Howard | c.1805-c.1870 |
| Sedrick Huckaby | born 1975 |
| Richard Hunt | born 1935 |
| Clementine Hunter | 1886/7-1988 |
| Lois Mailou Jones | 1905-1998 |
| Gwendolyn Knight | 1914-2005 |
| Jacob Lawrence | 1917-2000 |
| Glenn Ligon | born 1960 |
| Kerry James Marshall | born 1955 |
| Julie Mehretu | born 1970 |
| Clarence Morgan | born 1960 |
| Gordon Parks | 1912-2006 |
| Carl Robert Pope | born 1961 |
| Martin Puryear | born 1941 |
| Betye Saar | born 1926 |
| Reginald Sanders | 1921-2001 |
| Lorna Simpson | born 1960 |
| Vincent D. Smith | 1929-2003 |
| Mitchell Squire | born 1958 |
| Renee Stout | born 1958 |
| Bob Thompson | 1937-1966 |
| James VanDerZee | 1886-1983 |
| Kara Walker | born 1969 |
| Carrie Mae Weems | born 1953 |
| Charles W. White | 1918-1979 |
| Kehinde Wiley | born 1977 |
| Fred Wilson
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born 1954 |
| John Woodrow Wilson | 1922 – 2015 |
Presented by the Library Affinity Group.
Free; tickets required. To register, call 612.870.6323 or reserve online.