Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/Black History Month 2018

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The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project for the first time will host two simultaneous edit-a-thons in two different cities: CLICK HERE FOR CHICAGO  or '''CLICK HERE FOR NEW YORK  These edit-a-thons focus on important but underrepresented visual artists of the African Diaspora from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm CST on Thursday, February 8, 2018''' at the MCA Chicago and NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering with Triangle Arts Association. A training session will be held at the beginning, but help is available throughout the event. All levels welcomed.

Please bring your laptop and feel free to bring a friend!

Event description
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project with Triangle Arts Association at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Digital Future Lab will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of New York area visual artists from the African Diaspora and their work. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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 and music on hand.

History of The Black Lunch Table
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) is an ongoing collaboration between artists Jina Valentine and Heather Hart  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.

Agenda

 * 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