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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

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 * Mother (subsection - 'in art')


 * Article Evaluation
 * I would like to expand the 'in art' subsection of this article to include more information about depictions and representations of mothers and motherhood in art, and also in culture (i.e. not just in visual art). This section says little about the way that mothers are represented and why, other than the reference to 18th century Enlightenment representations. I would like to expand the topic by including information about non-mainstream depictions of motherhood in art and culture that more accurately reflect the complexities and diversities of this topic, as experienced by mothers. Ideals of motherhood in western culture have been established over thousands of years, as one of the oldest themes in religious and historical art (Buettner). Stewart Buettner’s article examines the way four western women artists worked within this lineage as modernist artists in the 19th century: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907), and Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945). The article discusses how their work focused on the intimacy between mother and child and reinforced some of the ideals of ‘good motherhood’. I don’t agree with some of the author’s interpretations of these paintings. More research could support alternative interpretations. Some of the contemporary works that could be included that depict alternatives to these ideals are as follows. In her 2020 photography collection, Solana Cain explored the meaning of joy for Black mothers to challenge the fact that, “there are not nearly enough images that depict Black motherhood and joy - whether in mainstream media or even educational texts on pregnancy, birth or postpartum” (Quammie). At the same time, works that focus on difficult or negative aspects of motherhood have not been met with positive responses, as with the reaction to Rachel Cusk’s 2001 autobiographical book, A Life’s Work.


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 * Buettner, Stewart. “Images of Modern Motherhood in the Art of Morisot, Cassatt, Modersohn-Becker, Kollwitz.” Woman’s Art Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, autumn 1987 - winter 1987, pp. 14-21. Accessed Jan 27, 2022, https://www.jstor.org/stable/1358300 . Cusk, Rachel. “I was only being honest.” The Guardian, March 21, 2008. Accessed Jan 27, 2022, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/mar/21/biography.women .  Quammie, Bee. “The tenderness and tenacity of Black motherhood.” Maclean’s, May 5, 2021. Accessed Jan 27, 2022, https://www.macleans.ca/society/the-tenderness-and-tenacity-of-black-motherhood/#gallery/gallery-honouring-black-motherhood-by-solana-cain/.

Option 2

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 * Vancouver Mural Festival


 * Article Evaluation
 * This is listed as one of the suggested articles on the ECUAD Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. There is currently no page on Wikipedia for this topic. Some of the key themes could include the opportunities the festival has provided for visibility for the art of Indigenous, Black and marginalized communities, as well as art addressing social issues. In contrast, another theme is the role it has played in gentrification and subsequent displacement. Kevin Griffin’s article discusses the Black Strathcona Resurgence Project, a project led by Krystal Paraboo as part of the mural festival, whose goal is to include Black artists and highlight the Black community and Black history in Vancouver, such as the history of Hogan’s Alley. Kate Dooley’s article discusses this and the significant work by Indigenous artists included in the festival as the “reclaiming of spaces”.  Former Vancouver City Councillor Melody Ma critiques the mural festival for supporting “artwashing” that helps property developers to “renovict” artists and arts and culture organizations from the same neighbourhoods where the festival operates. She argues that the City of Vancouver should not financially subsidize these efforts that ultimately support property developers and harm arts and culture in Vancouver.


 * Sources
 * Griffin, Kevin. “Black Strathcona Resurgence Project part of Vancouver Mural Festival.” Vancouver Sun, July 19, 2021. Accessed Jan 27, 2022, https://vancouversun.com/news/black-strathcona-resurgence-project-part-of-vancouver-mural-festival . Ma, Melody. “Vancouver Should Stop Subsidizing Developers’ Artwashing and Protect Creative Spaces.” The Tyee, August 26, 2019. Accessed Jan 27, 2022, https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2019/08/27/Stop-Subsidizing-Artwashing-Developers-Protect-Creative-Spaces/ . Dooley, Kate. “Artists Celebrating Diversity: Vancouver Mural Festival Reclaims Spaces.” SAD Magazine, September 9, 2020. Accessed Jan 27, 2022, https://www.sadmag.ca/blog/2020/9/9/artists-celebrating-diversity-vancouver-mural-festival-reclaims-spaces.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Or Gallery


 * Article Evaluation
 * This is listed as one of the suggested articles on the ECUAD Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, and no page exists for it on Wikipedia. ARCLines: Or Gallery as it Began covers key aspects of the history of Or Gallery, an artist-run centre located in Vancouver. The centre was founded by the artist Laiwan in April 1983 and taken over by artist Ken Lum in October 1983. It then followed a model of exhibitions and performances curated by a changing resident director and curator who was also a practicing artist. An interview between Michael Turner and Reid Shier situates the Or Gallery in the context of various artist-run centres (ARCs) that were created in Vancouver in the 1980s and 1990s. ARCs were created as an alternative space to commercial galleries, to make space for “the kind of critically oriented or experimental work that younger artists were engaging at the time” (67). Another source that I haven’t had the chance to access but I believe would be very helpful is Food for Thought edited by Sarah Edmonds. It includes a series of first-hand recollections and interviews with artists and curators who have direct experience of the gallery, which may provide information on significance of the gallery’s contributions to art and culture in Vancouver. However, this is published by Or Gallery so may not be a strong source by Wikipedia standards. Another source could be Vancouver Anthology edited by Stan Douglas. This book situates the Or Gallery in the wider context of the development of artist-run centres and art practices that were emerging as alternatives to the mainstream art institutions of the time.


 * Sources
 * “ARCLines: Or Gallery as it Began.” ArcPost, http://arcpost.ca/articles/or-gallery . Accessed Jan 27, 2022. Douglas, Stan, editor. Vancouver Anthology. Talonbooks, 2011. Edmonds, Sarah, editor. Food for thought: Or Gallery 1983 to 2003. Or Gallery, 2004. Shier, Reid, and Michael Turner. “Upon Further Reflection.”Filip, Issue 14, 2011, pp. 66-75.

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