Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/RISD 2019



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
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 Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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
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.

Event details

 * 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

 * 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.

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


 * Victor Pacheco (artist)
 * Tomashi Jackson
 * Carla Edwards
 * K. Funmilayo Aileru
 * Jennifer Packer
 * Bolaji Campbell
 * Claudia Ford
 * RaMell Ross
 * Ayana Evans
 * Jasmine Elizabeth Johnson
 * Kym Moore
 * Julie A Strandberg
 * Simone Leigh
 * Kambui Olujimi
 * Faith Ringgold
 * Ruth Simmons
 * David Hammons
 * Harry Belafonte
 * Emory Douglas
 * Robert Reid
 * Mahler Ryder
 * Arnold Prince
 * Peju Layiwola

Artists of the African diaspora who have exhibited at RISD

 * Gordon Parks
 * Ernest Withers
 * Rashid Johnson
 * Kara Walker
 * Horace Pippin
 * Wifredo Lam
 * Ariel Jackson
 * Chris Ofili
 * Alison Saar
 * Faith Ringgold
 * Steffani Jemison
 * Iona Rozeal Brown
 * Joyce Scott
 * Carrie Mae Weems
 * Howardena Pindell
 * Kudzanai Chiurai
 * Donna Bruton
 * Glenn Ligon
 * Roy DeCarava
 * Albert Chong
 * Reginald L. Jackson
 * Renee Stout
 * Tony Cokes

Artists of the African diaspora who are RISD alumni

 * Julie Mehretu
 * Deana Lawson
 * RaMell Ross
 * Tavares Strachan
 * Therman Statom
 * Wilmer Jennings
 * Doreen Garner
 * Bathsheba Okwenje

Attendees

 * Fishantena (talk) 05:26, 5 March 2019 (UTC)


 * 138.16.120.46 (talk) 15:36, 12 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Qianliao (talk) 18:15, 13 March 2019 (UTC)


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 * Consonantvowelconsonant (talk) 18:15, 13 March 2019 (UTC)


 * JamArtDown (talk) 18:15, 13 March 2019 (UTC)


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 * Arismol (talk) 18:16, 13 March 2019 (UTC)


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 * Stellamocha (talk) 18:20, 13 March 2019 (UTC)


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 * Hell books (talk) 18:31, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

henry Joel I want to join the group
 * 129.0.78.219 (talk) 11:02, 24 April 2019 (UTC)