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When and Where | |
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Date | March 9, 10, and 11th, 2021 Facilitated by Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery |
Time | Login Anytime (drop in support sessions each day 12-2pm) |
City, Province | Vancouver, British Columbia |
Location | Online |
Event information
- Register: Please email belkin.rsvp@ubc.ca to RSVP to attend, and [Please Register Here] after rsvping.
- Event Date: DAY 1: Tuesday March 9, 2021. DAY 2: Wednesday March 10, 2021. DAY 3: Thursday March 11, 2021
- Time: Login Anytime (Drop-in support sessions each day 12-2pm)
- Location: Online - facilitated by Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
- Wikipedia How-to get started Workshop: Thursday February 25, 2021 from 5:30-6:30pm
- Citation Workshop: Wednesday March 3, 2021 from 1-2pm
- Hosts: User:Jaydendr, User:YasmineSemeniuk, User:FriDaInformation, User:Asthejayflies, User:BaharMohazabnia
- Participants: No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; tutoring will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers at the Workshops and on event days at Drop-in support sessions from 12-2pm
Details
Wikimedia’s gender trouble is well documented. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity is not. It demonstrates an alarming absence in an increasingly important repository of shared knowledge.
Each March, art communities around the world converge to correct Wikipedia’s gendered biases and improve the content of under-represented persons on the tenth most visited site in the world. Help balance the gender imbalance by creating and editing Wikipedia articles about women, non-binary, people of colour, and Indigenous artists, as well as feminist and activist art movements.
Vancouver is hosting its seventh annual edit-a-thon at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery on the University of British Columbia campus, at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and at The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford. We invite people of all gender identities and expressions to participate in a communal updating of Wikipedia’s entries on art and feminism. We are committed to creating a safe space for all participants.
- No Wikipedia editing experience is necessary.
- Wikipedia training, reference materials will be provided.
- Workshops will be provided: at the Edit-a-thon event & at How-to-edit training workshops before the event (see details above).
Art+Feminism is a rhizomatic campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia and to encourage female editorship. Wikipedia's gender trouble is well documented. In a 2011 survey, Wikimedia found that less than 13% of its contributors are female. The reasons for the gender gap are up for debate: suggestions include leisure inequality, how gender socialization shapes public comportment, and the contentious nature of Wikipedia's talk pages. The practical effect of this disparity, however, is not. Content is skewed by the lack of female participation. Many articles on notable women in history and art are absent on Wikipedia.
Together, let’s change things.
Suggested articles
Below is a list of articles that would benefit from edits and expansion during the edit-a-thon.
- As this is a Vancouver-based event, a Vancouver focus is suggested - but not required.
Feel free to add suggested pages to the lists below. See also: Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks
- Please indicate if you are working on a page or updating a topic / artist / heading by putting your name next to it below.
Suggestions for notable artists / writers / curators / contributors, etc. without articles
- Gisele Amantea
- Matilda Aslizadeh
- Maya Beaudry
- Scott Benesiinaabandan
- Sabine Bitter
- Kati Campbell
- Fabiola Carranza
- Nelly César Marin
- Bopha Chhay
- Barb Choit
- Darryll Dawson Jr
- Michele di Menna
- Wendy Dobereiner
- Barry Doupé
- Deborah Edmeades
- Julie Favreau
- Maggie Groat
- Kay Higgins
- Maegan Hill Carroll
- Annette Hurtig
- Eleanor King (artist)
- Suzanne Kite
- Jaymyn La Valee
- Maryse Larivière
- Marilou Lemmens
- Julian Yi-Jong Hou
- Brady Marks
- Lauren Marsden
- Guadalupe Martinez
- Draft: Zinnia Naqvi
- Ann Noël Williams
- Denise Oleksijczuk
- Diane Roberts (artist)
- Genevieve Robertson
- Rhoda Rosenfeld
- Marion Scemama
- Erin Siddall
- Zoya Siddiqui
- Sara Siestreem
- Madiha Sikander
- Juliana Speier
- Erica Stocking
- Nabidu Taylor
- Kara Uzelman
- William Wasden Jr
- Sarah Wendt
- Lindsey Mae Willie
- Damla Tamer
- Ada Smailbegovic
- Feminist Land Art Retreat
- Amy Kazymerchyk
- Nicole Britta Ondre
- Vanessa Disler
- Sojourner Truth Parsons
- Arvo Leo
- geetha thurairajah
- Alison Yip
- Tegan Moore
- Anna M. Szaflarski
- Tobin Gibson
- Derya Akay
- Nathalee Paolinelli
- Andrea Actis
- Ariel Parkinson
- Kati Campbell
- Maxine Gadd
- Tom Field (artist)
- Sam Perry (artist)
- Sebastian De Line
- Camille Georgeson-Usher
- Kite (artist)
- Heidi Aklaseaq Senungetuk
- Greg Staats
- Dylan Robinson
- Maxine Gadd
- Cate Rimmer
- Artspeak Gallery
- Dr. Carol E. Mayer
Suggestions for notable artists / writers / curators / contributors, etc. as part of a project by the Or Gallery
- Eddy Firmin (Montreal)
- Marie Helene Cauvin (Montreal)
- Marie Laure S Louis (Montreal)
- Cecila Bracmort (Montreal)
- Esther Calixte-Bea (Montreal)
- Schaël Marcéus (Montreal)
- Quentin VerCetty (Montreal)
- Dana Edmonds (Montreal)
- Curtiss Randolph (Montreal)
- Caroline Douville (Montreal)
- Garfield Morgan (Montreal)
- Frantz Patrick Henry (Montreal)
- Jega Delisca (Scarborough)
- Braxton Garneau (Edmonton)
- Rancee Buddan (Edmonton)
- Chukwudubem Ukaigwe (Winnipeg)
- Iyunade Ogunmodede (Winnipeg)
- Ekene Emeka-Maduka (Winnipeg)
- Mel Monoceros (Winnipeg)
- Kemi Craig (Victoria)
- Andrea Searle (Victoria/Squamish)
- Orene Askew (Dj O Show) (Vancouver/Ottawa)
- Nuzi Collective (Betty Mulat and Samira Warsame)
- Lucie Chan (Vancouver)
- Manuel Pina (Vancouver)
- Marvin Luvualu António (Toronto)
- Nura Ali (Vancouver)
- Chipo Chipaziwa (Vancouver)
- Vanessa Richards (Vancouver)
- Kiera Boult (Toronto/Hamilton)
- June Clark (Toronto/New York)
- Karma Clarke Davis (Berlin)
- Jim Shirley (Nunavut/New York)
- Spatial-esk (Toronto)
- Draft:Anna Binta Diallo
- Matheiu Lacroix
- Andrea Actis
- Deborah Edmeades
- Sally Frater
Suggestions for notable artists / writers / curators / contributors, etc. with articles that need major or moderate editing or updating
Suggestions for notable artists / writers / curators / contributors, etc. with articles that need minor editing or updating
For additional suggestions, check out the list of artists from the 2021 Art+Feminism Vancouver Meetup or the 2020 Art+Feminism Vancouver Meetup. Many still need articles created or expanded upon.