Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/RutgersFeb2020



The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project will host an edit-a-thon at Rutgers' Art Library focusing on important but underrepresented visual artists, curators and art workers of the African Diaspora on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 from 2pm-5pm. A training session will be held at the beginning but help is available throughout the event. This event is free.

Please bring your laptop to join the editing! Limited space, so please RSVP here. Snacks provided.

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 Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.

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 13 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 Art Library
New Brunswick Libraries (NBL) serve the full spectrum of teaching, research and public service activities at RU–NB. Library faculty and staff are committed to meeting the needs of a diverse population through outstanding service, collections, tools, instruction, and partnerships. The Art Library has over 90,000 volumes related to the Arts. Stop by the Art Library to check out its exhibition spaces!

Event details

 * Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2020
 * Time: 2pm-5pm
 * Location: Art Library, Rutgers–New Brunswick, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
 * 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 edit-a-thon 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 notable alumni of Rutgers University of the Black diaspora. 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

Rutgers Alumni or faculty of the Black Diaspora who are visual artists:

 * Chakaia Booker
 * Denyse Thomasos
 * Howard McCalebb
 * Lavett Ballard
 * Cheryl Dunye
 * Lloyd McNeill
 * Mel Edwards
 * Sondra Perry
 * Steffani Jemison
 * Vivian E. Browne
 * Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz
 * Wayne Hodge
 * Zachary Fabri
 * Didier William
 * American Artist
 * Jennie C. Jones
 * William Pope.L
 * Heather Hart
 * Phillip R. Robinson
 * Raque Ford
 * Clifford Owens
 * Malcolm Peacock
 * Sedrick Chisom
 * Nell Painter
 * Jahi Sabater
 * Aubrey J. Kauffman
 * Brett Gordon

official list here

Link to list of Visual Artists of the Black Diaspora from New Jersey:
click here

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


 * suggest names here



Attendees

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