General Resources
- Female Artists on Wikiart.org 436 artists of all time periods and nationalities, including links to artworks, biographical information, and related references.
- Women artists on Artcyclopedia Over 850 artists, browsable by time period. Each entry includes overview information, and an index to known artworks and reference materials.
- American Women Artists Biographical profiles of contemporary American women artists.
- Works by women at the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art An index to art by women held at the Met, with cross references to related material.
Connecticut Resources
- Connecticut Digital Collections, Connecticut State Library (Lib Guide | Digital Collection)
- Black Women of Connecticut: Achievements Against the Odds. Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1984 (book)
- Available in Trinity College Library: Connecticut Collection (Level 1) ; QUARTO E185.93.C7 B63 1984
Trinity College Resources
*These resources may require a Trinity login for access
- Connecticut Resources at the Trinity Library (Lib Guide)
- Trinity College Digital Respository (Digital Collections)
Resources by Artist
Orphan pages (these pages need links to other Wikipedia pages):
Art+Feminism maintains an ongoing list of pages in need of edits. Below you’ll find a more New England-specific list of artist and organization pages to edit during the event. Know of an artist or organization we should add to our list? Email us.
Anna Hyatt Huntington (Sculptor)
Rachel Platten (Trinity alum and musician)
Pages that need Citations:
Anna Hyatt Huntington (Sculptor)
Rachel Platten (Trinity alum and musician)
Lucia Chase (dancer, actress, ballet dancer)
Clarice McLean (founding director of the Artists Collective, Inc.)
Laura Nyro (songwriter and singer)
Rose Ponselle (opera singer)
Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Amelia Watson (painter)
Pages that could be expanded:
Artist Collective, Inc. (an interdisciplinary cultural institution in Hartford, CT)
Matilda Browne (painter)
Research Resources for this artist
Artwork in CTDA: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/270002:32
Marietta Canty (actress, community activist)
Hartford Changemakers Lib Guide (Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library)
Lucia Chase (dancer, actress, ballet dancer)
Vera Curtis (opera singer)
Sheila Levrant de Bretteville (graphic designer, artist and educator)
Isabella Doerfler (artist)
Rebecca Field Jones (artist, founder of West Hartford Art League)
Laicita Gregg (artist)
Clarice McLean (founding director of the Artists Collective, Inc.)
Ann Plato (educator and author)
Hartford Changemakers Lib Guide (Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library)
Gwen Reed (actress and educational advocate)
Hartford Changemakers Lib Guide (Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library)
Theodate Pope Riddle (architect)
Margo Rose (puppeteer)
Laura Thurston (poet)
Trinity International Hip Hop Festival
Amelia Watson (painter)
Laura Wheeler Waring (painter and educator)
Research Resources for this artist
Hartford Changemakers Lib Guide (Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library)
Pages that may not meet Wikipedia’s Notability requirements:
Stub pages, or existing short articles:
Daisy Maud Bells (painter)
Gladys Kelly Fitch (painter)
Jeanette Sheepperd Harrison Loop (painter)
Clarice McLean (founding director of the Artists Collective, Inc.)
Dotha Bushnell Hillyer (arts philanthropist)
Subjects without a Wikipedia page (listed with possible sources of research and documentation):
Anna Held Audette (painter, printmaker, and photographer)
Research Resources for this artist
Florence Griswold Museum exhibit
Fine Art newsletter re: New Haven Lawn Club exhibit
Arts and Crafts Club of Hartford (Crafts club formed before 1909)
Research Resources for this organization
See the Connecticut State Library collections guide for introductory information.
Gertrude Blanks (storyteller, actress)
Research Resources for this artist
Hartford Changemakers Lib Guide (Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library)
Antoinette Brim-Bell (Connecticut’s Poet Laureate (2022-2025)
Research Resources for this artist
Susan Clinard (sculptor)
Research Resources for this artist
See “biography” on her website for introductory information.
Beatrice Cuming (illustrator)
Research Resources for this artist
See the Connecticut State Library biography for introductory information.
Somaly Hay (Cambodian court dancer)
Research Resources for this artist
Marguerite Hanson (painter)
Research Resources for this artist
Sybil Huntington May (painter)
Research Resources for this artist
See sample artwork in the collections of the CT Museum of History and Culture:
Katherine Stewart Lawson (sculptor)
Research Resources for this artist
See the Connecticut State Library collections guide for introductory information.
Edith Dale Monson (painter and educator)
Research Resources for this artist
See the Connecticut State Library collections guide for introductory information.
Lois North (painter)
Research Resources for this artist
See the Connecticut State Library collections guide for introductory information.
Bessie M. Proffitt (Jazz singer and civic leader)
Research Resources for this artist
Hartford Changemakers Lib Guide (Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library)
Refugee Artists Sewing Circle
Research Resources for this artist
Elinor Sears (artist)
Research Resources for this artist
See the Connecticut State Library collections guide for introductory information.
Site Projects, Inc. (public artworks nonprofit)
Research Resources for this organization
Organization Website: https://siteprojects.org/
Cheryl L. Smith (Co-Founder of The Artists Collective, Dance Teacher, and Community Organizer)
Research Resources for this artist
Black Women of Connecticut: Achievements against the Odds
Hartford Changemakers Lib Guide (Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library)
Hartford Courant:
July 7 2021 Courant Obit
Harriet V.S. Thorne (photographer)
Research Resources for this artist
Grace Treadwell (painter)
Research Resources for this artist
See the Connecticut State Library collections guide for introductory information.
Fatima Vejzovic (weaver)
Research Resources for this artist
Cornelia Vetter (painter)
Research Resources for this artist
See the Connecticut State Library collections guide for introductory information.
Lynne Williamson (former director of the CT Cultural Heritage Arts Program, Mohawk-Mississauga)
Research Resources for this organization
The Women Painters of Hartford (now Connecticut Women Artists)
Research Resources for this organization
- See the organization’s site for information: http://www.ctwomenartists.org/about/cwa-history/