Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/RISD 2019

BLT @ RISD
w/ Black Lunch Table
	Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2015 at the Fleet Library
When and Where
Date:	Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Time:	1:15 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Address:	Rhode Island School of Design ; Fleet Library; 2437, 15 Westminster St,; Providence, RI 02903

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The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project will host an edit-a-thon focusing on visual artists of the African Diaspora from 1:15 pm – 4:00 pm EST on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at Rhode Island School of Design's Fleet Library, 2437, 15 Westminster St, Providence, RI 02903. A training session will be held at the beginning, and help is available throughout the event.

Bring your laptop and bring a friend. The more, the merrier! Snacks provided.

Event description[edit]

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) Wikimedia edit-a-thon at RISD will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to visual artists of 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 Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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.

About The Black Lunch Table[edit]

The Black Lunch Table (BLT), an official Wikimedia Movement Affiliate, 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 14 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.

More about BLT here.

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Event details[edit]

Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Time: 1:15 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Location: Rhode Island School of Design
Fleet Library
2437, 15 Westminster St,
Providence, RI 02903
Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, photographers, librarians, archivists, 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 guidlines before you create a new page. Thanks!

Providence-based / RISD-affiliated visual artists of the African diaspora[edit]

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

Artists of the African diaspora who have exhibited at RISD[edit]

Artists of the African diaspora who are RISD alumni[edit]

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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
Aaron Gilbert	male	painter visual artist
Ajuan Mance	female	artist
Albert Chong	male	photographer sculptor installation artist	Kingston	Colorado Boulder Kingston New York City San Diego
Alva Rogers	female	writer performer actor visual artist singer puppeteer	New York City	New York City
André Leon Talley	male	journalist autobiographer	Washington, D.C.
Andrianna Campbell	female	art curator art historian		New York City
Ariel Jackson	female	visual artist	New Orleans Louisiana
Carrie Mae Weems	female	photographer visual artist	Portland	Syracuse
Chitra Ganesh	female	artist	Brooklyn	Brooklyn
Coco Fusco	female	writer	New York City	New York City
Deana Lawson	female	photographer	Rochester
Demetrius Oliver	male	artist photographer	Brooklyn
Donna Bruton	female	visual artist teacher	Wisconsin
Edmund Barry Gaither	male	art curator curator	Great Falls	Boston Roxbury
Edward Mitchell Bannister	male	painter visual artist	New Brunswick	Boston Providence St. Andrews
Ellen Gallagher	female	painter	Providence
Glenn Ligon	male	painter visual artist	The Bronx
Howardena Pindell	female	painter visual artist	Philadelphia
Iona Rozeal Brown	female	painter
Joyce J. Scott	female	artist	Baltimore
Julie Mehretu	female	visual artist	Addis Ababa
Kara Walker	female	artist	Stockton
Kudzanai Chiurai	male	painter	Harare
Linda Hiwot	female	visual artist	Providence
Nancy Elizabeth Prophet	female	artist	Warwick	Paris Atlanta Rhode Island
RaMell Ross	male	film director artist
Reginald L. Jackson	male	visual artist educator	Massachusetts
Renee Stout	female	painter	Junction City
Roy DeCarava	male	photographer university teacher	New York City	Bedford–Stuyvesant
Saya Woolfalk	female	artist
Steffani Jemison	female	artist	Berkeley	Brooklyn Berkeley
Tavares Strachan	male	artist
Therman Statom	male	painter	Winter Haven
Tony Cokes	male	artist educator	Richmond
Wilmer Jennings	male	visual artist

End of auto-generated list.

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Outcomes[edit]

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External links[edit]

The Black Lunch Table
Black Lunch Table – Wikipedia meetup page

Attendees[edit]

Fishantena (talk) 05:26, 5 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

138.16.120.46 (talk) 15:36, 12 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Qianliao (talk) 18:15, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ilookoutmywindowandseeatree (talk) 18:15, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Consonantvowelconsonant (talk) 18:15, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

JamArtDown (talk) 18:15, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Westik97 (talk) 18:16, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Arismol (talk) 18:16, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ambiguousbrown (talk) 18:16, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Epipremnum (talk) 18:16, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hallonfil (talk) 18:17, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Stellamocha (talk) 18:20, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Rnabed1894 (talk) 18:21, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hell books (talk) 18:31, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

129.0.78.219 (talk) 11:02, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

henry Joel I want to join the group

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