Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/Magnum Foundation 2018



The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project will host an edit-a-thon focusing on important women-identifying photographers of the African Diaspora from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET on Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Magnum Foundation, 59 East 4th Street, 7W, New York, NY 10003. A training session will be held at the beginning, but help is available throughout the event. This event is free.

Photographer Zalika Azim will be taking free portraits for Wikipedia in our Black Lunch Table photo booth!

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

Event description
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project will host a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to teach, create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of women identifying photographers from the African Diaspora, Black artists featured in the Magnum Foundation programming 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 Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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. Please bring a laptop and a friend!

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 Magnum Foundation
The Magnum Foundation is a nonprofit organization that expands creativity and diversity in documentary photography, activating new audiences and ideas through the innovative use of images. Through grantmaking and mentorship, Magnum Foundation supports a global network of social justice and human rights-focused photographers and experiments with new models for storytelling.

More here.

About Zalika Azim
Zalika Azim is a New York-based conceptual artist, archivist and curator. Conceptualizing her practice predominantly through photography, Zalika works in installation, performance, collage and sound to investigate the complexities of history, memory, locality and the body as they relate to the construction of personal and collective narratives.

A graduate from the New York University, Zalika holds a BFA in Photography and Imaging from the Tisch School of the Arts and a BA in Social and Cultural Analysis focused in Africana, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Zalika is currently works at the Studio Museum in Harlem and as a Teaching Artist with Aperture Foundation's youth program On-Sight.

More here.

Event details

 * Date: Saturday, October 27, 2018
 * Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
 * Location: Magnum Foundation 59 East 4th Street, 7W, New York, NY 10003
 * 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)
 * What to Bring: Your laptop and a friend!
 * Hashtag: #BlackLunchTable #magnumfoundation
 * 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. Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - List the article you're working on in this live doc to keep track and avoid duplicate work! These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines before you create a new page. Thanks!

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


 * Adama Delphine Fawundu
 * Adreinne Waheed
 * Akili-Casundria Ramsess
 * Alicia Grullon
 * Allison Jane Hamilton
 * Anastasia Warren
 * Andrea Cauthen
 * Angélica Dass
 * Angélica Ekeke
 * Bee Walker
 * Berette Macaulay
 * Cam St. Claire
 * Chanel Thervil
 * Colette Veasey-Cullors
 * Courtney Garvin
 * Crystal Whaley
 * Cydni Elledge
 * Danielle Babou
 * Deborah Willis
 * Delphine Diallo (Fr: | Delphine Diallo)
 * Diane Wah
 * Eman Helal
 * Emilie Regnier
 * Endia Beal
 * Eurila Cave
 * Eyerusalem Jiregna
 * Fabiola Jean-Louis
 * Fanta Diop
 * Fatoumata Diabaté
 * Groana Melendez
 * Haleigh Nickerson
 * Hélène Amouzou
 * Hernease Davis
 * Hilina Abebe
 * Imari Dusauzay
 * Iris Lapaix
 * Jaimee Todd
 * Jaimie Milner
 * Janice Bond
 * Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
 * Johanne Rahaman
 * Johnette Iris Stubbs
 * Joiri Minaya
 * Juliana Kasumu
 * June DeLairre Truesdale
 * Karisha (Kay) Hickman
 * Kauthar Umar
 * Kay Hickman
 * Keisha Scarville
 * Kerika Fields
 * Khadija M. Farah
 * Khanya Brann
 * Kia Chennelle Dyson
 * Laeïla Adjovi
 * Lafotographeuse
 * Lauri Lyons
 * Laylah Amatullah Barrayn
 * Le'Andra Leseur
 * Lindeka Qampi
 * Lola Flash
 * Louise Ozell Martin
 * Lynsey Weatherspoon
 * Maheder Haileselassie
 * Malika Umar
 * Malyka Diagana
 * Manyatsa Monyamane
 * Marcia Michael
 * Marcia Wilson
 * Margarita Corporan
 * Melissa Bunni Elian
 * Michelle Agins
 * Mildred Harris Jackson
 * Miora Rajaonary
 * Miranda Barnes
 * Mmekutmfon Essien
 * Mouna Jemal Siala
 * Msia Kibona Clark
 * N. Corren Conway
 * Nadia Alexis
 * Naima Green
 * Ngadi Smart
 * Nicky Woo
 * Nicole Najmah Abraham
 * Nicole Washington
 * Nina Robinson
 * Nydia Blas
 * Oriana Koren
 * Phillis Kwentoh
 * Qiana Mestrich
 * Rachel Eliza Griffiths
 * Rahima Gambo
 * Régine Romain
 * Rhynna M. Santos
 * Roni Nicole Henderson
 * Ruby Melton
 * Sable Elyse Smith
 * Sabrina Thompson (photographer)
 * Sabriya Makini Simon
 * Salimah Ali
 * Samantha Box
 * Shani Jamila
 * Shayma Idris
 * Shellyne Rodriguez
 * Sophia Allison
 * Stacey Tryell''
 * Stephanie Mei-Li
 * Suné Woods
 * Susan J. Ross
 * Tamara Fleming
 * Tinnetta Bell
 * Tonika Johnson
 * Tye Moores
 * Valerie Caesar
 * Victoria Ford
 * Widline Cadet
 * Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko
 * Yodith Dammlash
 * Yosra El-Essawy
 * Zalika Azim
 * Zarita Zevallos
 * Zoriada Lopez-Diago
 * Viewfinders: Black Women Photographers by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
 * MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn
 * Sistagraphy Collective

Attendees
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