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Black Lunch Table
@ Ox Bow School of Art
When and Where
Date:Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Time:6:30-8:30
Address:3435 Rupprecht Way, Saugatuck, MI 49453
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The Black Lunch Table (BLT) will host an edit-a-thon at Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists Residency, on Sunday, June 9, 2019 from 10-2pm. We will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Black visual artists.

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 resources and a list of suggested artists, cultural creators, and institutions on hand.

Event description[edit]

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of artists from the African Diaspora. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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.

History of The Black Lunch Table[edit]

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 13 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.

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About OxBow School of[edit]

Founded in 1910, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency is a separately incorporated nonprofit organization offering year-round programs that cater to degree-seeking students, professional artists, and those new to the field. Students from schools across the country visit Ox-Bow to study and make art on the school’s 115-acre campus in Saugatuck, Michigan, 150 miles northeast of Chicago.


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Event details[edit]

  • Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2019
  • Time: 6:30-8:30
  • Location: 3435 Rupprecht Way, Saugatuck, MI 49453
  • Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, photographers, 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: Your laptop and a friend!
  • Hashtag: #BlackLunchTable
  • Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
  • Training: Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Presentation

Agenda[edit]

  • 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

Uploading photos[edit]

Possible articles to edit[edit]

Black Lunch Table tasks[edit]

Although our project focuses on visual artists of the African 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!

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Black OxBow Faculty[edit]

These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines before you create a new page. Thanks!

Black OxBow Alumni & Visiting Artists[edit]

These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines 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
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
End of auto-generated list.