Pérez Art Museum Miami's Wikimedian Program Confronts Wikipedia's Gender Gap in Art
The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) has launched a Wikimedian in Residence program to combat gender bias on Wikipedia, where under 20% of biographies are about women. In 2024, PAMM will feature solo exhibitions for seven femme-identified artists: Tania Candiani, Marcela Cantuária, Carla Gannis, Kate Kapshaw, Calida Rawles, Cecilia Vicuña, and Antonia Wright. The program has edited or created articles for artists including Maria José Arjona and Autumn Casey. Wikipedia, founded in 2001, has over a billion monthly page views. Only 20% of users identified as women, and less than 7% as gender diverse. PAMM collaborates with Art+Feminism to reduce Wikipedia's gender gap and amplify Latine American and Caribbean art histories.
Key facts
- Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) runs a Wikimedian in Residence program targeting Wikipedia's gender bias.
- Fewer than 20% of Wikipedia biographies are about women, though 49% of readers are women.
- In 2023, only 20% of Wikipedia users identified as women, and under 7% as gender diverse.
- PAMM dedicated 2024 solo exhibitions to seven femme-identified artists.
- The program has edited or created Wikipedia articles for over a dozen artists.
- Wikipedia has over 60 million articles in 341 languages and gets over a billion monthly page views.
- Art+Feminism, founded in 2014, is a key collaborator in addressing Wikipedia's gender gap.
- Wikipedia articles for artists Marcela Cantuária, Leslie Martinez, and Carol Prussia survived deletion attempts.
Entities
Artists
- Maria José Arjona
- Autumn Casey
- Karon Davis
- Danielle De Jesus
- Kathia St. Hilaire
- Ad Minoliti
- Njaimeh Njie
- Rachel Papo
- Naudline Pierre
- Calida Rawles
- Anastasia Samoylova
- Ilana Savdie
- Marcela Cantuária
- Leslie Martinez
- Carol Prussia
- Tania Candiani
- Carla Gannis
- Kate Kapshaw
- Cecilia Vicuña
- Antonia Wright
Institutions
- Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
- Wikimedia Foundation
- Art+Feminism
Locations
- Miami
- United States
- South Florida