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The Black Lunch Table (BLT) will host an edit-a-thon during the annual CAA Annual Conference 2020 hosted in Chicago, IL.

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

Event description
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) creates a space to encourage people of color and women to join the Wikimedia movement while also asking white male editors to focus on gaps in coverage on Wikimedia. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.

The conference is celebrating the Centennial of Women’s Suffrage in the United States, while also acknowledging the discriminatory practices that limited voting rights for Indigenous women and women of color, even after the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920. Together with the Committee on Women in the Arts 50 percent of the conference's content will reflect this theme.

Considering these important underrepresented groups together BLT will create a focus list of Chicago based Black and/or women artists and help participants create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of these 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. In addition to the task list below, foundational texts to the thinking around BLT will be available to read and cite, some titles included below.

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

About the College Art Association Annual Conference
The CAA Annual Conference brings together over 5,000 art historians, artists, designers, and visual arts professionals in all stages of their careers. Each year we offer over 300 sessions, selected by the CAA Council of Readers and the Annual Conference Committee, representing the vast scholarship and practice of CAA members. CAA 2020 includes a full program of workshops, distinguished speaker panels, opportunities to network, and a celebrated Book and Trade Fair.

Event details

 * Date: Thursday, February 13, 2020
 * Time: 10:30 am – 1:30 pm CST
 * Location: Columbia College The Hokin Project Gallery 623 S. Wabash Avenue, 1st Floor Chicago, IL 60605
 * 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

 * 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

 * |Wiki Image Guide
 * Where to find them.
 * Dos and Donts
 * Asking an artist for images.

Suggested articles to edit
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College Art Association Members + Presenters on the Focus List
'These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify'' according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines before you create a new page. Thanks!'''


 * Arnold Kemp
 * Huey Copeland
 * Kellie Jones
 * Amanda Williams (artist)
 * Patience Adamu
 * Veronique d'Entremont
 * Rikki Byrd
 * Melanee Harvey
 * Kaelyn D. Rodríguez
 * Jo-Ann Morgan
 * Seph Rodney
 * Kymberly N. Pinder
 * Krista Thompson (art historian)
 * Courtney J. Martin
 * LeRonn P. Brooks
 * Richard J. Powell
 * Camara D. Holloway

Attendees

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