Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/UTSC 2017

BLT @ UTSC 2017

When and Where
Date:	Friday, March 17, 2017
Time:	10:00 am - 4:00 pm EST
Address:	Doris McCarthy Gallery University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) 1265 Military Trail Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4 CANADA

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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

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

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 Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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 (Fishantena (talk)) and Heather Hart (Heathart (talk)) 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.

• 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

• 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

Wikipedia Meetups

June 2024 +/-
Exeter	June 8, 2024 (2024-06-08)
Los Angeles Wiknic	June 8, 2024 (2024-06-08)
London 205	June 9, 2024 (2024-06-09)
Cascadia Wikimedians general meeting	June 9, 2024 (2024-06-09)
Bay Area Wikipedians	June 13, 2024 (2024-06-13)
Oxford 101	June 16, 2024 (2024-06-16)
BLT Office Hours	June 23, 2024 (2024-06-23)
Perth 81	June 23, 2024 (2024-06-23)
Edinburgh 16	June 29, 2024 (2024-06-29)
July 2024 +/-
BLT Office Hours	July 28, 2024 (2024-07-28)
Full Meetup Calendar • Events calendar on Meta For meetups in other languages, see the list on Meta

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• 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)[reply]
2. Gstan1915 (talk) 15:29, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
3. Puggers26 (talk) 15:30, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
4. Annmac299 (talk) 15:28, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
5. Nonarchival (talk) 15:49, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
6. Eep133 (talk) 16:13, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
7. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 16:33, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
8. SBCS97 (talk) 17:18, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
9. Skeptik 225 (talk) 17:18, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
10. TooTall96 (talk) 17:40, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
11. Kittykittywhiskers (talk) 19:32, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
12. Kandykat7370 (talk) 19:48, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
13. SuperTruper (talk) 19:54, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
14. .Underfire. (talk) 20:01, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
15. Purplejeans (talk) 20:01, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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

Wikidata task list

Article	Gender	Occupation	Place of birth	Residence
Anique J. Jordan	female	visual artist writer	Scarborough	Toronto
Ato Seitu	male	visual artist	Kingston	Toronto
Beth Lesser	female	photographer writer	New York	Toronto New York
Brendan Fernandes	male	performance artist	Kenya	New York City Canada Chicago
Busejé Bailey	female	visual artist teacher video artist television producer	Jamaica	Halifax Toronto
Camille Turner	female	performance artist curator teacher	Kingston	Toronto
Charmaine Lurch	female	sculptor		Toronto
Christina Leslie	female	photographer		Toronto
Danilo McCallum	male	visual artist	Toronto	Toronto
Deanna Bowen	female	visual artist video artist television producer	Oakland	Toronto Vancouver
Denyse Thomasos	female	visual artist	Port of Spain
Dionne Simpson	female	visual artist	Jamaica	Toronto
Dominique Fontaine	female	curator	Port-au-Prince	Montreal
Earl Modeste	male	banker arts administrator		Toronto
Eliscer Elliott	male	graffiti artist writer	Montreal	Toronto Saint Vincent
Erika DeFreitas	female	visual artist	Toronto	Toronto
Fatimah Tuggar	female	videographer video artist	Kaduna
Jah Grey	male	visual artist		Toronto
Jalani Morgan	male	photographer	Scarborough	Toronto
Jan Wade	female	visual artist	Hamilton	Toronto Vancouver
Jesse Boles	male	photographer	Mongolia	Toronto
Jessica Karuhanga	female	performance artist		Toronto
Jon Blak	male	photographer		Toronto
Jordan Clarke	female	visual artist	Toronto	Toronto
Julie Crooks	female	art historian curator exhibition curator		Toronto
June Clark	female	sculptor collagist	Harlem	Toronto
Jérôme Havre	male	sculptor	Paris	Toronto Germany Montreal
Kara Springer	female	visual artist	Bridgetown	Toronto Detroit
Karen Carter	female			Toronto
Karen Miranda Augustine	female	writer	Toronto	Toronto Scarborough
Kenneth Montague	male	arts administrator curator dentist	Windsor	Toronto
Komi Olaf	male	visual artist slam poet	Kaduna	Toronto
Kwame Delfish	male	drawer	Toronto	Toronto
Marvin Luvualu Antonion	male	visual artist	Saint Petersburg	Toronto
Megan Morgan	female	visual artist photographer	Paget Bermuda	Toronto
Melinda Mollineaux	female	photographer	London	Trinidad Lethbridge Ottawa
Michael Fernandes	male	experimental artist	Trinidad	Trinidad
Michelle Jacques	female	curator	Toronto	Toronto Victoria Halifax
Michèle Pearson Clarke	female	writer filmmaker photographer	Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago Toronto
Natalie Wood	female	multimedia artist curator	Trinidad	Trinidad Toronto
Nigel Scott	male	photographer	Kingston	Toronto Paris Tokyo New York City
Oluseye	male	visual artist	Lagos	Toronto Lagos
Pamela Edmonds	female	curator exhibition curator	Montreal	Toronto Halifax
Patrick Nichols	male	photographer		Toronto
Quentin VerCetty	male	new media artist		Toronto
Roger McTair	male	writer filmmaker university teacher poet film director	Trinidad and Tobago	Toronto
Roland Jean	male	entrepreneur	Port-au-Prince	Montreal Toronto New York City
Sandra Brewster	female	visual artist art educator community organizer multimedia artist	Toronto	Pickering Port of Spain St. Norbert, Winnipeg Cape Town
Sarah Michelle Brown	female	writer film director actor film producer	Toronto	Toronto New York City
Simon Willms	male	photographer		Toronto
SoTeeOh	male	photographer	Toronto	Kensington Market
Stan Douglas	male	visual artist	Vancouver
Stella Fakiyesi	female	visual artist photographer	Nigeria	Toronto Hampstead
Syrus Marcus Ware	trans man	visual artist curator	Montreal	Toronto
Tim Whiten	male	painter	Inkster
Valerie Mason-John	female	writer	Cambridge
Wade Hudson	male	photographer	Jamaica	Toronto
Wayne Salmon	male	visual artist	Jamaica
Winsom Winsom	female	visual artist	Jamaica
Yannick Anton	male	photographer
Zun Lee	male	photographer artist	Germany	Toronto Philadelphia Chicago Atlanta

Alphabetical by first letter

Pages improved

1. Afrofuturism -- Heathart (talk)
2. Brendan Fernandes -- SBCS97 (talk)
3. Camille Turner -- Purplejeans (talk)
4. Deanna Bowen -- Kittykittywhiskers (talk)
5. Demetrius Oliver -- Heathart (talk)
6. Elicser Elliott -- Heathart (talk)
7. Erika DeFreitas -- Eep133 (talk)
8. Fatimah Tuggar -- Annmac299 (talk)
9. Jérôme Havre -- OhanaUnited (talk), .Underfire. (talk)
10. June Clark (artist) -- TooTall96 (talk), Heathart (talk)
11. Sandra Brewster -- Kandykat7370 (talk)
12. Syrus Marcus Ware -- Puggers26 (talk), SuperTruper (talk)
13. Valerie Mason-John -- Skeptik 225 (talk), TooTall96 (talk)

Pages created

1. Elicser Elliott -- Nonarchival (talk), OhanaUnited (talk)
2. Sandra Brewster -- OhanaUnited (talk), Kandykat7370 (talk)

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

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