Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/Cape Town 2018



The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project will host our FIRST overseas edit-a-thon focusing on important but underrepresented South African visual artists of African descent from 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm SAST on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at A4 Arts Foundation, 23 Buitenkant St, Zonnebloem, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa. A training session will be held at the beginning, but help is available throughout the event.

A photographer will be taking free portraits for Wikipedia and for open source use!

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

Event description
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at A4 Arts Foundation will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of South African visual artists of African descent and related subjects. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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
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.

About the A4 Arts Foundation
A4 ARTS is a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting the arts in southern Africa. We understand the arts as a reciprocal resource, a catalyst for innovation, and a medium of collectivity.

A4 is focused towards practitioners, and seeks to accommodate and share exploratory creative processes. The space of A4 is a peopled place - embedded and adaptable, grounded and fluid - and we see ourselves as a part of and participants within a complex ecosystem.

More here.

Event details

 * Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2018
 * Time: 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm SAST
 * Location:  23 Buitenkant St, Zonnebloem Cape Town, 7925, South Africa
 * 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 #A4arts #wikipedia
 * 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.

Possible articles to edit
Suggested artist pages for revision and/or creation! This event-specific list focuses on important New York area visual artists of the African Diaspora who are under-represented on Wikipedia. Please add a name if you know someone appropriate who needs a page or needs editing. Please do not add an artist who has a substantial page. We are trying to create new pages and beef up under-represented ones. These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines before you create a new page. Thanks!
 * Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - List the article you're working on in this live doc to keep track and avoid duplicate work!
 * denotes Infobox is needed

You can suggest artists here who fit our scope but are missing from our table below:


 * Lionel Davis
 * Sophie Peters
 * Xolile Makatya
 * Billy Mandindi
 * Velile Soha
 * Wonder Martinus

The Cape Town related artists
'These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify'' according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines before you create a new page. Thanks!''' Below are visual artists of Black African descent who intersect with Cape Town:


 * Tumelo Mosaka
 * Tony Gum
 * iQhiya Collective
 * Lady Skollie
 * Bronwyn Katz
 * Buhlebezwe Siwani
 * Khanyisile Minto-Mbongwa (Lhola Amira)
 * Bonolo Kavula
 * Charity Kelapile
 * Lungiswa Gqunta
 * Thandiwe Msebenzi
 * Sisipho Ngodwana
 * Thuli Gamedze
 * Andile Dyalvane
 * Mlondolozi Hempe
 * Jabu Nadia Newman
 * Stephanie Mzee
 * Loyiso Mkize
 * Mohau Modisakeng
 * Haroon Gunn-Salie
 * Athi Patra Ruga
 * Nandipha Mntambo
 * Igshaan Adams
 * Kemang Wa Lehulere
 * Sarah Summers (filmmaker)

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

Attendees

 * 1) Great11 (talk) 16:18, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 2) Iamshiba (talk) 11:24, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 3) Bestpetowner (talk) 11:25, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 4) Fishantena (talk) 11:27, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 5) Studiointaglio (talk) 11:28, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 6) -Masssly (talk) 12:25, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 7) Heathart (talk) 13:01, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 8) --Pharos (talk) 13:01, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 9) Jim.henderson (talk) 13:04, 17 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Goodaz (talk) 17:41, 22 December 2018 (UTC)