Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/SixtyCriticsCollab
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| Applications Open: | June 4th, 2024 |
| Application Deadline: | July 1st, 2024 |
| Finalists Notified: | July 22nd - July 26th |
CROWDSOURCING THE CANON[edit]
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) Wikipedia initiative mobilizes the creation and improvement of Wikipedia articles that pertain to the lives and works of Black artists. Central to the documentation of an artist’s life and work on Wikipedia are reliable, citable written works. Sixty Inches From Center (Sixty) is a worker-led organization and publishing platform that produces collaborative projects about artists, archival practice, art history, and culture in Chicago and the Midwest.
BLT’s x Sixty’s collaboration will create an opportunity for emerging Black art critics and writers writing on Black artists, with a focus on contemporary exhibitions to be published. The underrepresentation of Black artists on Wiki mirrors the imbalance in coverage of Black artists in general publishing and critical arts writing. We aim to increase the quantity and quality of citations possible for articles about contemporary Black artists on Wikipedia. BLT’s x Sixty collaboration bridges the citation gap that exists between an artist's career and the criticism they receive–discourse that is crucial to fulfilling Wikipedia's notability requirements.
Call for Writers[edit]
As a part of a new editorial collaboration with Black Lunch Table, we are announcing an open call for writers to pitch critical essays, journalistic takes, exhibition reviews (solo or two-person shows), and/or deep dives into the lives and practices of Black artists based in the Midwest, especially those whose Wiki pages lack sufficient citations. See a list of topics in the 'Who or What to Write About for the Collab' section below.
This call will prioritize those who have a clear commitment to researching, curating, or writing about Black cultural production and artistic practices. Sixty defines the Midwest as the interconnected Native lands and diverse communities overlapping the arbitrary colonial boundaries of North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Each piece has a suggested length of up to 1,000 words.
To submit, please fill out Sixty’s pitch submission form on our “Pitch to Sixty” page. To indicate that you are submitting to this project by writing in “BLT x Sixty Critics” for your work’s genre in the Google Form. We are accepting pitches through July 1, 2024.
| June 2024 +/- | |
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| Exeter | June 8, 2024 |
| Los Angeles Wiknic | June 8, 2024 |
| London 205 | June 9, 2024 |
| Cascadia Wikimedians general meeting |
June 9, 2024 |
| Bay Area Wikipedians | June 13, 2024 |
| Oxford 101 | June 16, 2024 |
| BLT Office Hours | June 23, 2024 |
| Perth 81 | June 23, 2024 |
| Edinburgh 16 | June 29, 2024 |
| July 2024 +/- | |
| BLT Office Hours | July 28, 2024 |
| Full Meetup Calendar • Events calendar on Meta For meetups in other languages, see the list on Meta | |
Not a writer or can't pitch right now?[edit]
There are other ways that you can improve the quality/presence of Black artists on wiki right now. You can:
- Add a photo to wikicommons
- Suggest a name of an artist who should be on our task list
- Get a user name and start editing with BLT
Black Lunch Table's task list is made up of Black visual artists who are under-represented on Wikipedia. We welcome additions to our list so long as they are within our scope. We encourage editors to suggest artists who do not have a page or whose page is a stub over adding an artist who already has a substantial page and presence. Please always defer to Wikipedia's NOTABILTY guidelines for new pages.
BLT Photobooth[edit]
Photographs and images are an important part of Wiki as well. For this project, we will pair a photographer to photograph the artist written about in your contribution. See portraits form past BLT Photobooths below:
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Che Gossett -
Danny Simmons -
Nic Kay -
Derrick Adams -
Abigail DeVille -
Sajda Musawwir Ladner -
Dindga McCannon -
Rashayla Marie Brown -
Basil Kincaid -
Tiona Nekkia McClodden -
Sam Vernon -
Joiri Minaya -
Cey Adams
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Who or What to Write About for the Collab[edit]
- Exhibition Reviews (solo or two-person shows) - see a list of upcoming Midwest shows
Below are lists of suggested artists to edit from some Midwestern states and cities.
Illinois[edit]
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Misc[edit]
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| Alicia Henry | visual artist |  | ||||
| Jeff Donaldson | American artist (1932-2004) |
Chicago[edit]
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| Article | description | Place | start time | end time | coordinate location | image |
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| Amanda Williams | visual artist | |||||
| Angela M. Rivers | artist and curator | |||||
| Arnold J. Kemp | American artist | |||||
| Barbara Jones-Hogu | American artist | |||||
| Bethany Collins | American visual artist | |||||
| Brendan Fernandes | Kenyan-Indian-Canadian dancer and visual artist |  | ||||
| Candida Alvarez | American visual artist |  | ||||
| Carlos Rolón | American visual artist |  | ||||
| Caroline Kent | Artist | |||||
| Dawoud Bey | African American artist | |||||
| Derrick Woods-Morrow | American visual artist | |||||
| Dread Scott | American artist (born 1965) |  | ||||
| Ebony G. Patterson | Jamaican artist |  | ||||
| Edra Soto | visual artist | |||||
| Frederick J. Brown | American visual artist | |||||
| Frohawk Two Feathers | artist | |||||
| Gerald Williams | American artist | |||||
| Hamza Walker | American curator | |||||
| Harold Mendez | chicago-born Artist (born 1977) | |||||
| Jeff Donaldson | American artist (1932-2004) | |||||
| Jessica Vaughn | American visual artist |  | ||||
| Jina Valentine | American artist |  | ||||
| Kamau Amu Patton | American artist | |||||
| Kamilah Rashied | American Curator | |||||
| Kerry James Marshall | American painter and professor | |||||
| Krista Franklin | African-American poet and visual artist | |||||
| LaToya Ruby Frazier | African American photographer and professor |  | ||||
| Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly | American sculptor (1937-2012) | |||||
| McArthur Binion | American visual artist | |||||
| NIC Kay | American performance artist | |||||
| Najjar Abdul-Musawwir | American painter | |||||
| Naomi Beckwith | American curator | |||||
| Napoleon Jones-Henderson | American weaver and multimedia artist | |||||
| Nate Young | American artist | |||||
| Nick Cave | African-American fabric sculptor, dancer, and performance artist |  | ||||
| Nina Chanel Abney | American artist | |||||
| Nyeema Morgan | American visual artist |  | ||||
| Paula Wilson | American visual artist | |||||
| Rashayla Marie Brown | American artist | |||||
| Rashid Johnson | American artist and film director (1977- ) |  | ||||
| Ray Noland | American artist | |||||
| Red Jordan Arobateau | American author, playwright, poet and painter | |||||
| Senam Okudzeto | British artist | |||||
| Senga Nengudi | American artist, curator (b. 1943) |  | ||||
| Shawné Michaelain Holloway | American new media artist and digital feminist | |||||
| Simone Leigh | African American artist | .jpg) | ||||
| Tempestt Hazel | American Curator | |||||
| Theaster Gates | artist |  | ||||
| William Pope.L | American artist | |||||
| Yashua Klos | American visual artist |  | ||||
| Yesomi Umolu | British museum curator | |||||
| Yvonne Edwards Tucker | American ceramicist and sculptor | |||||
| Zun Lee | Canadian photographer |
Kansas[edit]
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Misc[edit]
| Article | description | Place | start time | end time | coordinate location | image |
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| Betsy Graves Reyneau | American painter |  |
Wisconsin[edit]
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Misc[edit]
| Article | description | Place | start time | end time | coordinate location | image |
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| Donna Bruton | visual artist |
Columbus[edit]
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| Article | description | Place | start time | end time | coordinate location | image | ||||||
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| Linda Goode Bryant | American film director and gallerist |  | ||||||||||
| Ming Smith | African American photographer | .jpg) | ||||||||||
| Nanette Carter | American visual artist | |||||||||||
| Odili Donald Odita | Nigerian-American artist | |||||||||||
| Sean M. Johnson |
visual artist (*1981) ♂ |
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| Seteria Dorsey |
artist ♀ |
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Indianapolis[edit]
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Misc[edit]
| Article | description | Place | start time | end time | coordinate location | image |
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| William Edouard Scott | African American artist (1884-1964) |  |
Detroit[edit]
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| Article | description | Place | start time | end time | coordinate location | image | ||||||||
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| Eric Pryor | American arts administrator and painter | |||||||||||||
| Franchesca G. Lamarre | Artist | |||||||||||||
| LaKela Brown | American artist | |||||||||||||
| Oliver Jackson | American jazz drummer | |||||||||||||
| Richard Lewis | American painter | |||||||||||||
| Teka Selman |
visual artist and curator ♀ |
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Milwaukee[edit]
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| Article | description | Place | start time | end time | coordinate location | image |
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| Blanche Brown | American artist | |||||
| Christopher McIntyre | American visual artist | |||||
| Della Wells | artist | |||||
| Evelyn Patricia Terry | American visual artist | |||||
| George Tillman, Jr. | American film director |  | ||||
| Mikal Floyd-Pruitt | American visual artist | |||||
| Milton Derr | American artist | |||||
| William Joshua Blackmon | American artist (1921-2010) |
Kansas City[edit]
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| Article | description | Place | start time | end time | coordinate location | image |
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| Carmen Cartiness Johnson | African American artist | |||||
| Lauren Woods | American artist | |||||
| Thomas Blackshear | American visual artist |  |
Minneapolis[edit]
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Misc[edit]
| Article | description | Place | start time | end time | coordinate location | image |
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| Mike Cloud | American visual artist |
Wichita[edit]
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Misc[edit]
| Article | description | Place | start time | end time | coordinate location | image |
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| Lamont Hamilton | American visual artist |
Cleveland[edit]
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| Article | description | Place | start time | end time | coordinate location | image |
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| Bob Ragland | artist | |||||
| Charles Sallee | American artist | |||||
| Dorothy Dehner | American artist (1901-1994) | |||||
| John L. Moore | American visual artist | |||||
| MaPo Kinnord | American artist |
Saint Paul[edit]
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Misc[edit]
| Article | description | Place | start time | end time | coordinate location | image |
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| Justin Sutherland | American celebrity chef |
Cincinnati[edit]
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| Article | description | Place | start time | end time | coordinate location | image |
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| Beuford Smith | American photographer | |||||
| Jennie C. Jones | American artist |  | ||||
| Ralph Lemon | American choreographer and visual artist | |||||
| Robert Seldon Duncanson | African American artist (1821-1872) | .jpg) | ||||
| Terence Hammonds | American artist |
St. Louis[edit]
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| Article | description | Place | start time | end time | coordinate location | image |
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| E. Simms Campbell | American cartoonist (1906-1971) | |||||
| Jim Lee | Korean American comics artist, writer and publisher |  | ||||
| Jules Arthur | American drawer, born 1970 | |||||
| Oliver Lee Jackson | American painter | |||||
| Phillip Lindsay Mason | artist | |||||
| Tunde Adebimpe | American musician, actor, director and visual artist |  |
About Black Lunch Table[edit]
Black Lunch Table (BLT) is a nonprofit organization and nineteen-year ongoing artist collaboration.BLT’s primary aim has been the production of discursive sites, wherein cultural producers engage in dialogue on a variety of critical issues.
Black Lunch Table Wikimedians mobilize the creation and improvement of a specific set of Wikipedia articles that pertain to the lives and works of Black artists. In the field of mainstream contemporary art, Black artists are still marginalized within our field.
Wikipedia estimates that 77% of their editors are white and 91% of their editors are men. Our work shifts this demographic and empowers people to write their own history. Our sessions and events, including BLT Photobooth and edit-a-thons, equip new editors with the skills and resources to create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles and encourages existing editors to focus on Wikipedia knowledge gaps.
About Sixty Inches from Center[edit]
Sixty Inches From Center is a worker-led organization and publishing platform that produces collaborative projects about artists, archival practice, art history, and culture in Chicago and the Midwest. We are a collective of arts workers, writers, editors, artists, curators, librarians, and archivists who promote and prioritize the preservation of culture within Indigenous, diasporic, queer, and disability communities of our region.
We believe that the stories of artists, cultural workers, archivists, organizers, memory workers, and writers within Indigenous, diasporic, queer, and disability communities are essential to understanding history and creating inclusive future canons that align with the more liberated and just worlds that reflect our dreams and realities. Our stories need to be preserved and promoted simultaneously, so we work with local and national archives while providing platforms and capsules for the cultural practices of our people.