Current | BLT Pride Bingo | Resources | Task List | Join us! | Event Archive | About |
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When and Where | |
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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 |
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 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 Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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.
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.
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:
June 2024 +/- | |
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Exeter | June 8, 2024 |
Los Angeles Wiknic | June 8, 2024 |
London 205 | June 9, 2024 |
Cascadia Wikimedians general meeting |
June 9, 2024 |
Bay Area Wikipedians | June 13, 2024 |
Oxford 101 | June 16, 2024 |
BLT Office Hours | June 23, 2024 |
Perth 81 | June 23, 2024 |
Edinburgh 16 | June 29, 2024 |
July 2024 +/- | |
WikiClub Toronto Meetup | July 7, 2024 |
London 206 | July 14, 2024 |
BLT Office Hours | July 28, 2024 |
Full Meetup Calendar •
Events calendar on Meta For meetups in other languages, see the list on Meta |
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
This list is automatically generated from data in
Wikidata and is periodically updated by
Listeriabot.
Edits made within the list area will be removed on the next update!
Alphabetical by first letter
Click here for editing resources.
Current | BLT Pride Bingo | Resources | Task List | Join us! | Event Archive | About |
![]() | |
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 |
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 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.
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.
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:
June 2024 +/- | |
---|---|
Exeter | June 8, 2024 |
Los Angeles Wiknic | June 8, 2024 |
London 205 | June 9, 2024 |
Cascadia Wikimedians general meeting |
June 9, 2024 |
Bay Area Wikipedians | June 13, 2024 |
Oxford 101 | June 16, 2024 |
BLT Office Hours | June 23, 2024 |
Perth 81 | June 23, 2024 |
Edinburgh 16 | June 29, 2024 |
July 2024 +/- | |
WikiClub Toronto Meetup | July 7, 2024 |
London 206 | July 14, 2024 |
BLT Office Hours | July 28, 2024 |
Full Meetup Calendar •
Events calendar on Meta For meetups in other languages, see the list on Meta |
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
This list is automatically generated from data in
Wikidata and is periodically updated by
Listeriabot.
Edits made within the list area will be removed on the next update!
Alphabetical by first letter
Click here for editing resources.