Women’s Art Register Secretary Caroline Phillips recently spoke on the Adrianne Wadewitz Panel at the World of Wikipedia 2022 (WOW2022) conference Diversity, Diaspora and Digitality: The Worlds of Wikimedia and Beyond at the University of Sydney.

This year we are saddened to have seen two W.A.R. Life Members and legends pass away, and we would like to acknowledge the work and life of both Pat Hillcoat and Jan Delaney.

The Leaving Your Legacy: A Guide for Australian Artists forum was a one day program of presentations and accompanying Advice Hub, designed to help artists navigate the complexities of estate planning. Leading industry specialists presented comprehensive information on tax, law, archiving and conservation.

As a fitting farewell to the George Paton Gallery in its current location, the Women’s Art Register took part in When you think about feminism, what do you think? George Paton Gallery, Feminisms 1975–2022. The show, curated by Sandie Bridie and Emma Shaw, with Caroline Phillips, mapped 50 years of feminist exhibitions and projects in the gallery.

The Leaving Your Legacy forum is a one day program of presentations and accompanying Advice Hub, designed to take you through the complexities of estate planning for artists. Comprehensive information on tax, law, archiving and conservation will be presented by leading industry specialists.

We are thrilled to be taking part in When you think about feminism, what do you think? George Paton Gallery, Feminisms 1975–2022. The show will map 50 years of feminist exhibitions and projects in the gallery.

Archiving Care is a participatory, process-based sculptural work led by artists Claire Field and Caroline Phillips. Participants are invited to consider what acts of care they have recently given or received, and to then share these acts in a material form that contributes to a growing sculptural archive and accompanying digital database.

Join us at the Festival of Women, where you’ll find choirs, artisans, performers, educational institutions, health care organisations, not-for-profits and individuals connecting and collaborating on the sisterhood canvas.

Another fantastic International Women's Day spent writing women artists from our collection into history on Wikipedia. Our IWD Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon was hosted this year by the Richmond branch of Yarra Libraries on Saturday 12 March.

We’ll be joining Melbourne Art Library for the final discussion in their Distribution Series, part of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art’s (ACCA’s) Who’s Afraid of Public Space? program. The series explores experimental modes of sharing information and the values of the public library.

We're excited to be participating in the Festival of Women on 26 March 2022. The inclusive festival celebrates the rich diversity of women on the North Richmond Estate, Melbourne, and in the wider community. It is also an opportunity to celebrate the work of organisations, groups and individuals that support women and gender diverse people.

The second session of our Art Text Book Group is coming up in December. If you missed the first one, not to worry—this session will be exploring a new set of texts. The reading group aims to jumpstart the thinking around decolonising our readings, to be able to have a broader and nuanced understanding of the challenges ahead in presenting and positioning the Women's Art Register archive.

Common Threads will see the Women’s Art Register revisit its rich feminist archive through the critical lens of decolonising and with a future vision of inclusivity.

A huge congratulations to our Secretary Caroline Phillips on her well-deserved win in the recent Yarra Community Awards! Caroline was awarded for her amazing contribution to the arts in the City of Yarra.

Seen and Unseen: Expressions of Koorie Identity is on show at the Koorie Heritage Trust until 21 November. We’re thrilled that lockdown was lifted just in time so that people are able to view this incredible exhibition in person.

As the largest general reference work on the internet, Wikipedia is hugely popular. But did you know that less than 10% of the editors on Wikipedia are women, and only 18% of Wikipedia biographies are about women? When it comes to women artists and creators, that number is even lower. Join the Women's Art Register and Wikimedia Australia for a virtual Wikipedia editing session on Wednesday 16 June to amplify the voices of Australian women artists.

We are incredibly lucky to have such a passionate team of volunteers here at the Women's Art Register. Without these wonderful individuals, we simply wouldn't exist! One of our team, Leia Alex, was recently interviewed by the City of Yarra for a video and blog they put together to celebrate Yarra's volunteers.

In case you missed our recent Preserve Your Story workshop series, the screen recordings and handouts are now available online. The series of four workshops provide an overview of simple conservation and archiving techniques to care for your collections at home.

As part of the recent Flesh after Fifty: Changing images of older women in Art program, we hosted the Preserving Your Future forum with our partners And Also Presents. Held at Abbotsford Convent on Thursday 18 March, it was a fantastic evening with plenty of opportunity for discussion between the audience and speakers.

Another fantastic International Women's Day spent writing women artists from our collection into history on Wikipedia. Our IWD Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon was hosted this year by the Richmond branch of Yarra Libraries on Saturday 6 March.