Wikipedia:Meetup/Vancouver/ArtAndFeminism 2024

Belkin Event Information

 * Register: [Please Register Here].
 * Event Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2024
 * Time: 11 am - 2:30 pm
 * Location: This is an in-person editing will take place at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.
 * Wikipedia How-to get started Workshop: In-person. Thursday, February 1 from 5:30 - 7 pm
 * Citation Workshop: In-person. Thursday, February 15 from 5:30 - 7 pm.
 * Hosts: User:FriDaInformation, User:Behanlon
 * Participants: No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; training will be provided for Wikipedia newcomers at the Workshops and on the event day.

Details
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.

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 annual Edit-a-thon at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery on the University of British Columbia campus. We invite people of all gender identities and expressions to participate. We are committed to creating a safe space for all participants.

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: 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:

 * Colleen Brown (artist) @Pusheen56
 * Azza El Siddique - @Pusheen56
 * Katie Kozak
 * Jenine Marsh @PickledBeans
 * Lucien Durey - @BBQ67710
 * Barbara Cole
 * Faraz Anoushahpour
 * Gisele Amantea
 * Patrick Cruz (artist)
 * Marilou Lemmens
 * Arvo Leo
 * Guadalupe Martinez
 * Carol Mayer @BaharMohazabnia
 * Melinda Mollineaux
 * Madiha Sikander
 * Damla Tamer
 * Kara Uzelman
 * Dana Qaddah - @BBQ67710
 * Heather Passmore
 * Christine D'Onofrio
 * Amy Kazymerchyk -@Fashionistar2024
 * Krystle Silverfox
 * Michelle Sound - @jessmariexox
 * Bopha Chhay - @Fashionistar2024

Suggestions for notable artists / writers / curators / contributors, etc. with articles that need major or moderate editing or updating

 * Judith Copithorne
 * Laiwan
 * Chrystal Sparrow
 * Karen Tam - @Lemoncalpis
 * Matilda Aslizadeh - @FriDaInformation
 * Abbas Akhavan
 * Claudia Cuesta
 * Jennifer Dickson
 * Marianna Schmidt
 * Ann Kipling- @ciara1616
 * Kate Craig - CCST501
 * Theodore Wan - @Girliepupborizzz
 * Granada Venne - @Girliepupborizzz
 * Anahita Akhavan

Suggestions for notable artists / writers / curators / contributors, etc. with articles that need minor editing or updating

 * Beau Dick
 * Skeena Reece
 * Kika Thorne
 * Ron Tran
 * Gathie Falk - @Lettuce33
 * Ghitta Caiserman-Roth
 * Molly Lamb Bobak
 * Elizabeth Wyn Wood- @ciara1616
 * Anne Ramsden - Nsmarch2000