Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/Davidson 2020 virtual

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When and Where
Date:Monday, April 27, 2020
Time:5 - 7 pm EST
Address:bit.ly/blacklunchtablemeet

Event description[edit]

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) will host an *online* edit-a-thon with Davidson College on April 27th, 2020 at 5 pm EST. We will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Black visual artists. A brief overview of the basics of Wikipedia editing will be given at the start of the edit-a-thon. We will have resources and a list of suggested artists, cultural creators, and institutions on hand. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required.

History of The Black Lunch Table[edit]

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) is an ongoing collaboration between artists Jina Valentine (Fishantena (talk)) and Heather Hart (Heathart (talk)) which intends to fill holes in the documentation of contemporary art history. In its 15 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 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. 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.

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About Davidson College[edit]

Davidson College is a small Liberal Arts College established in 1837 and located in Davidson, North Carolina.

Davidson College

Event details and Agenda[edit]

 Date: April 27th, 2020
 Time: 5-7 pm EST
 Location: *online* bit.ly/blacklunchtablemeet

Event Agenda:

-Create a user account (if new to Wikipedia)
-Create user page with at least one sentence
-Signin to Wikipedia edit-a-thon meetup page
-Make at least one edit to a Wikipedia page
Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, photographers, teachers, writers, journalists, curators, visitors, the curious...
What to Bring: Your laptop and a friend! 
Hashtag: #BlackLunchTable
Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on

Possible articles to edit[edit]

Our project focuses on visual artists of the African Diaspora, this event will specifically target articles about artists associated with North Carolina and Davidson College.

Suggested Artists[edit]

Suggested artist pages for revision and/or creation! Please add a name if you know an artist who needs a page or needs editing and is missing from our task list LINK. Please make sure suggestions “qualify” according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidelines. Thanks!

  1. Janelle Dunlap

North Carolina and Davidson affiliated artists[edit]

This list is automatically generated from data in Wikidata and is periodically updated by Listeriabot.
Edits made within the list area will be removed on the next update!

Article Birthplace Place of death Residence Educated at Employer Collection
End of auto-generated list.

Uploading photos[edit]

External links[edit]

Attendees[edit]

Lia Newman

Amanda R. Martinez

Emily Frazier-Rath


Mitch Anstey

Julia Lau