Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/UTSC 2017





Sign up via Outreach Dashboard The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project will host an edit-a-thon at Doris McCarthy Gallery at University of Toronto Scarborough from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm EST on Friday, March 17, 2017. Join us for a morning of social Wikipedia editing! Training sessions will be held at 10am and at 2pm but help is available throughout the event. Drinks, snacks, and skills will be provided. BRING YOUR LAPTOP and feel free to bring a friend! We recommend you download this campus map with transit and parking information, to help you find the gallery (especially if it's your first time on the U of T Scarborough campus): http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~dmg/downloads/visit/GettingtoDMG.pdf

Event description
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at Doris McCarthy Gallery will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of visual artists from the African Diaspora living or working in the Toronto area. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.

All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. A brief overview of the basics of Wikipedia editing will be given at the start of the edit-a-thon. We will have a library resources and a list of suggested artists, cultural creators, and institutions on hand.

History of The Black Lunch Table
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) is an ongoing collaboration between artists Jina Valentine and Heather Hart  which intends to fill holes in the documentation of contemporary art history. In its 10 year existence, the BLT has taken a variety of forms relating to this most recent iteration, in the form of the Wikipedia edit-a-thon. BLT’s aim is the production of discursive sites (at literal and metaphorical lunch tables), wherein cultural producers of color engage in critical dialogue on topics directly affecting our communities. They endeavor to create spaces, online and off, mirroring the activity and creativity present in sites where Blackness and Art are performed.

Doris McCarthy Gallery
The mandate of the Doris McCarthy Gallery is to be a visionary professional art gallery dedicated to the collection, presentation and dissemination of contemporary art in all media.

DMG goals include:
 * To showcase Canadian and international artists of exceptional merit at all stages of their careers from diverse backgrounds within carefully considered curatorial contexts;
 * To further general knowledge and critical perspectives toward contemporary art by creating opportunities for local artists and audiences to experience and engage with works by artists from other regions and countries;
 * To be a place of scholarship through residencies, workshops, symposia, exchanges or other projects that enhance understanding, encourage dialogue, provide new skills and experiences of contemporary art;
 * To serve as an archive and resource of contemporary art for academic, arts and educational communities;
 * To publish critical and theoretical texts so as to document and contribute to the current contemporary art discourse;
 * To build a unique and substantial collection of contemporary art;
 * To engage in networking, information sharing, and the development of a strong national and international network of contemporary art galleries, curators and artists;
 * To stimulate the communities of the University of Toronto Scarborough (students, faculty, staff and alumni);
 * To develop new audiences for contemporary art in diverse communities;
 * To develop an important collection of Doris McCarthy’s artworks and to care for her complete personal and artistic archives.

Event details

 * Date: Friday, March 17, 2017
 * Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm EST
 * Location: Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC), 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4
 * Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, teachers, writers, journalists, curators, visitors, the curious...
 * Experienced or new Wikipedians (We will provide assistance with Wikipedia formatting and syntax)
 * Amateur historians or research pros (We will have a selection of resources available for your use)
 * What to Bring:  A Laptop! . Tablets are more difficult.
 * Hashtag: #BlackLunchTable
 * Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
 * Training: Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Presentation

Agenda

 * Presentation / overview
 * Editing time
 * Goals: Create user account (if new to Wikipedia), create user page with at least one sentence, sign up for editathon on this Wikipedia Meetup page, make at least one edit to a Wikipedia page
 * For more information about ongoing scheduled meetups see Black Lunch Table Meetup page

Attendees

 * LOOKING FOR ADMINS TO JOIN US IN PERSON OR REMOTELY...
 * If you are able, please also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row).
 * If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day of.
 * 1) Heathart (talk) 17:15, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 2) Gstan1915 (talk) 15:29, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 3) Puggers26 (talk) 15:30, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 4) Annmac299 (talk) 15:28, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 5) Nonarchival (talk) 15:49, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 6) Eep133 (talk) 16:13, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 7) OhanaUnitedTalk page 16:33, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 8) SBCS97 (talk) 17:18, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 9) Skeptik 225 (talk) 17:18, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 10) TooTall96 (talk) 17:40, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 11) Kittykittywhiskers (talk) 19:32, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 12) Kandykat7370 (talk) 19:48, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 13) SuperTruper (talk) 19:54, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 14) .Underfire. (talk) 20:01, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 15) Purplejeans (talk) 20:01, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Possible articles to edit
Suggested artist pages for revision and/or creation! This event-specific list focuses on important visual artists/art workers/collectors of the African Diaspora who have some connection to the Toronto area and are under-represented on Wikipedia. Our master list can be found under our Tasks tab. Please add a name if you know a artist of the African Diaspora note who needs a page or needs editing. Please do not add an artist who has a substantial page. We are trying to create new pages and beef up under-represented ones.

'These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify'' according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines before you create a new page. Thanks!'''

Click here for suggested resource articles for these people


 * Abdi Osman –
 * Anique J. Jordan –
 * Ato Seitu –
 * Beth Lesser –
 * Brendan Fernandes –
 * Buseje Bailey –
 * Camille Turner –
 * Charmaine Lurch –
 * Christina Leslie –
 * Danilo McCallum –
 * Deanna Bowen –
 * Denyse Thomasos
 * Dionne Simpson
 * Dominique Fontaine
 * Draft:Karen Miranda Augustine
 * Earl Modeste –
 * Elicser Elliott –
 * Erika DeFreitas –
 * Fatimah Tuggar
 * Gabrielle Civil
 * Jah Grey –
 * Jalani Morgan –
 * Jan Wade (artist)
 * Jérôme Havre –
 * Jesse Bole –
 * Jessica Karuhanga
 * Jon Blak –
 * Jordan Clarke (artist) –
 * Julie Crooks –
 * June Clark (artist)
 * Kara Springer
 * Karen Carter –
 * Kenneth Montague –
 * Komi Olaf –
 * Kwame Delfish –
 * Marvin Luvualu Antonion –
 * Megan Morgan –
 * Melinda Mollineaux
 * Michael Chambers –
 * Tribute: The Art of African Canadians by Neville Clarke (Available at the UTSC Library- Stacks N6549.5 .B53 C52 2005


 * Michael Fernandes (artist)
 * Michèle Pearson Clarke –
 * Michelle Jacques (curator)
 * Natalie Wood (artist) –
 * Nigel Scott (photographer) –
 * Oluseye –
 * Pamela Edmonds
 * Patrick Nichols –
 * Quentin VerCetty –
 * Roger McTair
 * Roland Jean
 * Sandra Brewster –
 * Sarah Michelle Brown
 * Simon Willms –
 * SoTeeOh –
 * Stan Douglas
 * Stella Fakiyesi –
 * Syrus Marcus Ware –
 * Tau Lewis –
 * Tim Whiten
 * Valerie Mason-John
 * Wade Hudson –
 * Wayne Salmon –
 * Winsom Winsom –
 * Yannick Anton –
 * Zun Lee –

Outcomes
Alphabetical by first letter
 * Pages improved
 * 1) Afrofuturism --
 * 2) Brendan Fernandes --
 * 3) Camille Turner --
 * 4) Deanna Bowen --
 * 5) Demetrius Oliver --
 * 6) Elicser Elliott --
 * 7) Erika DeFreitas --
 * 8) Fatimah Tuggar --
 * 9) Jérôme Havre -- ,
 * 10) June Clark (artist) -- ,
 * 11) Sandra Brewster --
 * 12) Syrus Marcus Ware -- ,
 * 13) Valerie Mason-John -- ,


 * Pages created
 * 1) Elicser Elliott -- ,
 * 2) Sandra Brewster -- ,


 * Images added
 * 1) Black Lunch Table editathon @ UTSC 01.jpg
 * 2) Black Lunch Table editathon @ UTSC 04.jpg
 * 3) Black Lunch Table editathon @ UTSC 03.jpg

Wikipedia editing resources
Click here for editing resources.