Art & Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

On International Women's Day, join Surrey Art Gallery and Rungh to address the gender gap on Wikipedia and create braver digital public spaces that are caring, equitable, and inclusive. The Gallery invites participants to browse their permanent collection, library books, and research material to develop and deepen content on topics related to BIPOC, gender nonconforming artists, and feminisms.

Art + Feminism is an international initiative that builds a community of activists committed to closing information gaps related to gender, feminism, and the arts, beginning with Wikipedia. For over ten years, they have welcomed anyone and everyone of all gender identities and expressions to attend or organize Art + Feminism events to edit Wikipedia—the largest public internet resource.

In collaboration with scholarship partners The University of British Columbia (UBC-ACAM and UBC-ACRE), Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Simon Fraser University (SFU CCMS), and The Black Arts Centre, the 2025 Rungh Wikipedia scholarship recipients will share their in-process research focussing on underrepresented artists. Participants are welcome to discuss, share, create new entries, or come up with ideas for enriching existing wiki articles or creating new ones. Pre-researched artists and artworks from the Gallery’s permanent collection will also be available for entry.

No prior knowledge or practice of editing Wikipedia is required. However, to create new entries, participants must be registered Wikipedia users and have made ten previous edits on existing pages.

Drop-ins are welcome. For more information, please contact artgallery@surrey.ca.