Art + Feminism: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, 2020

The Arts Council Windsor & Region (ACWR) is a non-profit organization that serves all disciplines of individual artists, arts organizations and non-arts partners in promoting, developing and realizing creative activity. Our energies are focused on providing our community with valuable services like Artspeak Gallery, Art.Work workshops, Individual grant consultation, an in-office resource library, and our website which hosts resources, a community arts calendar, and profiles of our members and their work.

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With ACWR and the University of Windsor - Leddy Library, participate in the fourth annual Art+Feminism: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon!

Arts Council-Windsor & Region

Arts Council Windsor &amp; Region, in partnership with the University of Windsor - Leddy Library, will host the fourth Art+Feminism: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to take place on Wednesday, March 18 at Arts Council Windsor &amp; Region. We invite people of all gender identities to take part! This international event is designed to improve the coverage of gender, feminism and the arts on Wikipedia and to encourage female editorship. This Edit-a-thon is FREE and will include tutorials for beginner Wikipedians, ongoing editing support, reference materials, free kid-friendly activities, and light refreshments. We would prefer that you pre-register - however, walk-ins are welcome!RESEARCH PRE-EVENTMarch 17th @ 530PMArts Council Windsor &amp; Region Becoming an Information Ancestor: How to Preserve Your Own Digital Stuff and Help Others Do the Samewith Devon Mordell, Digital Scholarship and Archiving Librarian, University of Windsor - Leddy LibraryA pre edit-a-thon research information session and talk, will be held to discuss how to register as a wikipedia editor, create citations, conduct research and more.EDIT-A-THONMarch 18th @ 530PMArts Council Windsor &amp; RegionOnly 10% of Wikipedia editors identify as women. The Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon is seeking to change that statistic by offering a a do-it-yourself and do-it-with-others research and teaching session for editing and contributing to Wikipedia. Tutorials will be provided for those who are new to the editing process.People of all gender identities and expressions, transgender women, cisgender women, and non binary are invited to join us for this day of communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to art and feminism.1. We encourage you to create a Wikipedia username prior to the Edit-a-thon: HERE2. Connect to our event Dashboard: HERE3. PLEASE BRING A LAPTOPVISITING EDITORS: Imogen Clendinning - is a video artist and arts administrator who hails from North Bay ON, and resides in Windsor. Clendinning has participated in group exhibitions in North Bay and Windsor, as well as, film screenings across Ontario. Her practice involves activating antiquated media technologies and found films, re-editing and appropriating in order to find new meaning. Clendinning received her MFA from the University of Windsor in 2019. Clendinning is currently the programming coordinator at Article Inc.; Windsor’s artist run centre dedicated to the support and development of contemporary arts in Canada.Devon Mordell - is the Digital Scholarship and Archiving Librarian at the University of Windsor, located on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, which includes the Ojibwa, the Odawa and the Potawatomi. She trained as a visual artist during the heady format wars of the early 2000s and so, has a deep understanding and appreciation for the issues surrounding the preservation of digital artworks. Her current research explores community outreach initiatives in personal digital archiving. About Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon:Every March since 2014, people have gathered at 280+ events across six continents, to create and improve thousands of Wikipedia pages for artists like Rebecca Belmore, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Ana Mendieta, and Augusta Savage with the focus of addressing the fact that female artists are underrepresented on Wikipedia. Only 10% of Wikipedia editors identify as women. The Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon is seeking to change that statistic by offering a do-it-yourself and do-it-with-others research and teaching session for editing and contributing to Wikipedia. This program is presented in association with Art+Feminism, an international campaign to improve content on women and the arts on Wikipedia, and to encourage women to participate in the online encyclopedia. For more information, please visit: HEREThank-you to our Sponsors and Partners: Ontario Arts Council, and the University of Windsor - Leddy Library

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