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Date: | Saturday, June 25th, 2022 |
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) will host an online edit-a-thon that focuses on important but underrepresented Black visual artists, curators, and art workers on Saturday, June 25th, 2022. An overview of Wiki basics, an introduction to the Wikimedia Community, and how to update and edit articles will be held at the beginning of the session. No specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required and help will be available throughout the event. The event is free and open to all.
Date: Saturday, June 25th, 2022 Location: Oxbow
Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, photographers, teachers, writers, journalists, curators, the curious... What to Bring: Your laptop and a friend!
Agenda: * Introduction * Presentation /Wiki Overview * Editing time / Questions * Goals: Create a user account (if new to Wikipedia), create user page with at least one sentence, sign up for edit-a-thon on this Wikipedia Meetup page, make at least one edit to a Wikipedia page * BLT Wiki onboarding presentation * Etherpad:BlackLunchTable - Keep track of live editing during our session * Resources and How-to's
Black Lunch Table (BLT)is a nonprofit organization and sixteen-year ongoing artist collaboration. BLT’s primary aim has been the production of discursive sites, wherein cultural producers engage in dialogue on a variety of critical issues.
Black Lunch Table Wikimedians mobilize the creation and improvement of a specific set of Wikipedia articles that pertain to the lives and works of Black artists. In the field of mainstream contemporary art, Black artists are still marginalized within our field.
Wikipedia estimates that 77% of their editors are white and 91% of their editors are men. Our work shifts this demographic and empowers people to write their own history. Our sessions and events, including BLT Photobooth and edit-a-thons, equip new editors with the skills and resources to create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles and encourages existing editors to focus on Wikipedia knowledge gaps.
July 2024 +/- | |
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WikiClub Toronto Meetup | July 7, 2024 |
London 206 | July 14, 2024 |
Oxford 102 | July 21, 2024 |
BLT Office Hours | July 28, 2024 |
Perth 82 | July 28, 2024 |
San Diego 111 | July 29, 2024 |
Brixton 1 | July 30, 2024 |
Seattle | July 30, 2024 |
August 2024 +/- | |
NC Triangle Wiknic | August 6, 2024 |
Seattle Wiknic | August 11, 2024 |
San Diego 112 Wiknic | August 17, 2024 |
BLT Office Hours | August 25, 2024 |
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Although our project focuses on visual artists of the Black Diaspora, you are welcomed to edit whatever you want. Please add an article below that you think we should focus on. These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidelines before you create a new page. Thanks!
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!
Article | Gender | Occupation | Place of birth | Residence |
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Alvin D. Loving | male | painter | Detroit | |
Beverly Buchanan | female | artist visual artist land artist |
Fuquay-Varina | Ann Arbor Michigan |
Gabrielle Civil | female | artist performance artist teacher writer |
Detroit | Detroit |
Gilda Snowden | female | artist | Detroit | |
Jibade-Khalil Huffman | male | visual artist | Detroit | |
Kara Springer | female | industrial designer visual artist |
Bridgetown | Toronto Detroit |
LaShun Beal | male | artist | Detroit | Houston |
Marshall Purnell | male | architect | Grand Rapids | |
Mequitta Ahuja | female | painter | Grand Rapids | Baltimore |
Mequitta Ajuha | female | visual artist | Grand Rapids | |
Ming Smith | female | visual artist photographer |
Detroit | |
Oliver Jackson | male | jazz musician | Detroit | |
Robert S. Duncanson | male | painter | Fayette Seneca County |
Cincinnati Montreal London Detroit Monroe |
Teka Selman | female | visual artist curator |
Detroit | |
William Joshua Blackmon | male | painter | Albion | Milwaukee |
Photographs and images are an important part of Wiki as well. If you are interested in uploading images use the below resources to learn how and make sure you have the right licensing for all images uploaded.