Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/8th Floor 2017

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Black Lunch Table
@ The 8th Floor
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When and Where
Date:Saturday, December 9, 2017
Time:5:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST
Address:The 8th Floor
17 West 17th Street, NYC
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The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project will host an edit-a-thon focusing on important but underrepresented New York area visual artists of the African Diaspora from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation's The 8th Floor. A training session will be held at the beginning, but help is available throughout the event.

Please bring your laptop and feel free to bring a friend!

Event description edit

She has won multiple awards throughout her career. The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at The 8th Floor will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of New York area visual artists from the African Diaspora and their work. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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. We will have a library resources and a list of suggested artists and music on hand.

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 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.

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About The 8th Floor edit

The 8th Floor is an exhibition and events space established in 2010 by Shelley and Donald Rubin, dedicated to promoting cultural and philanthropic initiatives, and to expanding artistic and cultural accessibility in New York City. The 8th Floor is located at 17 West 17th Street and is free and open to the public. Schools groups are encouraged. Viewing hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11am to 6pm. the8thfloor.org

About The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation

The Foundation believes in art as a cornerstone of cohesive, resilient communities and greater participation in civic life. In its mission to make art available to the broader public, in particular to underserved communities, the Foundation provides direct support to, and facilitates partnerships between, cultural organizations and advocates of social justice across the public and private sectors. Through grantmaking, the Foundation supports cross-disciplinary work connecting art with social justice via experimental collaborations, as well as extending cultural resources to organizations and areas of New York City in need. sdrubin.org

Event details edit

  • Date: Saturday, Dec 9, 2017
  • Time: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST
  • Location: The 8th Floor, 17 West 17th St, NYC 10011
  • Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, 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: A list of links to good interviews about hip hop artists -- and please bring 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 edit

  • 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

Possible articles to edit 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!
  •   denotes Infobox is needed

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

You may also refer to this list from our very first edit-a-thon!

Supper Club artists edit

Artists included in Elia Alba's Supper Club portraits[1]

New York-based artists edit

Additional New York-based artists



Wikidata task list 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 Gender Occupation Place of birth Residence
Aaron Gilbert male painter
visual artist
Abigail DeVille female artist New York City The Bronx
Adama Delphine Fawundu female filmmaker
photographer
Brooklyn New York City
Aisha Cousins female artist Boston
Aisha Tandiwe Bell female artist New York City Brooklyn
New York City
Ajuan Mance female artist United States of America
Akintola Hanif male photographer
filmmaker
journalist
Newark
Alejandro Guzmán male visual artist Vega Baja New York City
Alex Rivera male filmmaker
film director
university teacher
New York City
Angel Otero male painter San Juan
Arnaldo Morales male painter
conceptual artist
Ponce
Ayana Evans female performance artist Cleveland New York City
Brandon Coley Cox male visual artist Baltimore New York City
Brendan Fernandes male visual artist
dancer
sculptor
choreographer
performance artist
Kenya New York City
Canada
Chicago
Carl E. Hazlewood male curator Guyana
Carlos de León Sandoval male visual artist
Carrie Hawks female filmmaker
designer
Grand Rapids New York City
Chitra Ganesh female artist
printmaker
Brooklyn Brooklyn
Chloe Bass female performance artist
installation artist
conceptual artist
university teacher
visual artist
Manhattan
New York City
Brooklyn
Christie Neptune female visual artist
photographer
video artist
performance artist
installation artist
Brooklyn
Clifford Owens male performance artist
writer
exhibition curator
Baltimore Elmhurst
Coco Fusco female writer
performance artist
visual artist
New York City New York City
Dahlia Elsayed female artist New York City
Danny Simmons male painter
poet
philanthropist
New York
David Antonio Cruz male artist Philadelphia
Dawit Petros male visual artist Asmara New York City
Derrick Adams male visual artist
performance artist
painter
sculptor
exhibition curator
Baltimore New York City
Brooklyn
Dread Scott male visual artist Chicago
Duron Jackson male visual artist
Elizabeth Axtman female photographer
visual artist
television producer
Andrews Air Force Base New York City
Sacramento
Elizabeth Colomba female visual artist
painter
drawer
Épinay-sur-Seine New York City
Épinay-sur-Seine
Ezra Wube male visual artist Addis Ababa Addis Ababa
Brooklyn
Fatima Jamal trans woman visual artist Atlanta Brooklyn
Atlanta
Firelei Báez female visual artist Santiago de los Caballeros New York City
Hank Willis Thomas male photographer
conceptual artist
Plainfield
Hayat Hyatt male filmmaker
video artist
writer
Brooklyn
Ilana Harris-Babou female video artist
sculptor
Brooklyn Williamstown
New York City
Vermont
Iliana Emilia García female visual artist Santo Domingo
Ivan Monforte male artist Mérida
Jacolby Satterwhite male visual artist
video artist
performance artist
animator
television producer
Columbia Columbia
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Jaishri Abichandani female artist Mumbai
Jamel Shabazz male photographer Brooklyn
Jaret Vadera male artist Toronto
Jasmine Murrell female visual artist
photographer
sculptor
performance artist
painter
installation artist
Detroit Brooklyn
Jayson Keeling male visual artist
photographer
Brooklyn Long Island City
Jeffrey Gibson male painter
sculptor
installation artist
Colorado Springs Colorado
Brooklyn
Hudson
Germantown
Jessica Vaughn female visual artist Brooklyn
Chicago
Joiri Minaya female visual artist
performance artist
New York City New York City
Dominican Republic
Belgium
Juana Valdes female visual artist Cabañas
Kalup Linzy male photographer
television producer
Clermont Florida
Brooklyn
Kambui Olujimi male visual artist
installation artist
performance artist
photographer
sculptor
Brooklyn
Kameelah Janan Rasheed female writer
visual artist
archivist
East Palo Alto Brooklyn
East Palo Alto
Karina Skvirsky female artist Ecuador
Keisha Scarville female visual artist Brooklyn Brooklyn
Kenya (Robinson) female artist Landstuhl Gainesville
Brooklyn
Landstuhl
Kimberly M. Becoat female visual artist Harlem Brooklyn
New York City
Harlem
Kiyan Williams non-binary performance artist Newark Newark
New York City
Stanford
Kumasi J. Barnett male artist Brooklyn
New York City
Baltimore
Kwesi Abbensetts male photographer Guyana Brooklyn
New York City
LaTasha Nevada Diggs female visual artist
poet
sound artist
Harlem
LaToya Ruby Frazier female photographer
educator
curator
video artist
performance artist
installation artist
book artist
university teacher
Braddock Chicago
New Brunswick
New York City
Legacy Russell female writer
visual artist
curator
exhibition curator
Manhattan
New York City
Lina Puerta female visual artist
Lisa Iglesias female visual artist Queens
Lorraine O'Grady female photographer
performance artist
conceptual artist
video artist
Boston
Malik Nashad Sharpe non-binary choreographer London
Maren Hassinger female sculptor
dancer
university teacher
Los Angeles
Michael Paul Britto male artist New York City New York City
Mickalene Thomas female painter
photographer
collagist
television producer
Camden
Miguel Luciano male visual artist San Juan
Mildred Beltre female artist Brooklyn
New York City
Monstah Black male visual artist
performance artist
choreographer
Brooklyn
NIC Kay non-binary performance artist
choreographer
The Bronx
Chicago
Pioneer Works Center For Art and Innovation
Naima Green female photographer Philadelphia
Nia Witherspoon female visual artist Brooklyn
Phoenix
Nickola Pottinger female visual artist
Nicolas Dumit Estevez male artist
Nicole Awai female visual artist
multimedia artist
Port of Spain Austin
Brooklyn
Nina Buxenbaum female visual artist
painter
teacher
Brooklyn
Niv Acosta trans man performance artist
choreographer
Manhattan New York City
Los Angeles
Nkiruka J. Oparah female visual artist Brooklyn
Oasa DuVerney female visual artist
artist
graphic artist
interdisciplinary artist
sculptor
Queens Brooklyn
Ola Ronke Akinmowo female visual artist Brooklyn Bedford–Stuyvesant
Olalekan Jeyifous male visual artist
lecturer
designer
Nigeria Brooklyn
Otto Neals male painter
sculptor
illustrator
New York City
Pat Evans female model
make-up artist
New York City
Paul Mpagi Sepuya male photographer
artist
San Bernardino
Rachelle Mozman female visual artist New York City
Rafael Sanchez male visual artist Havana
Rajkamal Kahlon female visual artist Berlin
Rashawn Griffin male visual artist Los Angeles
Rasu Jilani male entrepreneur
exhibition curator
Raynes Birkbeck male visual artist
painter
The Bronx Manhattan
Madrid
Rico Gaston male visual artist
Ruddy Roye male photographer Jamaica Bedford–Stuyvesant
Russell Frederick male visual artist
Sabaah Folayan female film director
screenwriter
Crown Heights
Salome Asega female artist
researcher
Las Vegas Brooklyn
Sam Vernon female visual artist Brooklyn New York City
Oakland
Queens
Sanford Biggers male artist
printmaker
Los Angeles New York City
Harlem
Saya Woolfalk female artist
Scherezade García female visual artist
painter
Santo Domingo
Sean M. Johnson male visual artist Columbus
Shaun Leonardo male artist Queens
Shinique Smith female artist
installation artist
painter
sculptor
textile artist
collagist
Baltimore
Simone Leigh female sculptor
ceramicist
filmmaker
Chicago Brooklyn
Sol'Sax male visual artist
Stan Squirewell male visual artist Washington, D.C.
Steffani Jemison female artist Berkeley Brooklyn
Berkeley
Stephanie Dinkins female visual artist
artist
professor
photographer
new media artist
Perth Amboy Brooklyn
Taha Clayton male painter Houston Brooklyn
Toronto
Houston
Tahir Hemphill male multimedia artist New York City New York City
Queens
Taja Lindley female visual artist
Terence Nance male filmmaker
actor
film director
Dallas Brooklyn
The Very Black Project
Tourmaline trans woman activist
LGBTQI+ rights activist
artist
Boston New York City
Massachusetts
Tracey Worley female visual artist
Wanda Raimundi female visual artist The Bronx
Wangechi Mutu female painter
visual artist
sculptor
drawer
collagist
installation artist
Nairobi Nairobi
Kenya
New York City
William Villalongo male artist
printmaker
Hollywood Brooklyn
Yashua Klos male visual artist Chicago Brooklyn
Chicago
Zachary Fabri male visual artist
End of auto-generated list.

Wikipedia editing resources edit

Where to start...
 
  1. Rules on Visual Art, Murals, Graffiti and Sculpture are different!
  2. Follow instructions to upload your images here...
  • Create or update Wikidata!
Wikidata is central storage for the structured data of its Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wikisource, and others.
  1. Go to Wikidata
  2. Read Wikidata's Introduction!
  3. Search for the person or subject
  4. If none exists, you can 'Create a new item'
  5. Look at another similar item to follow format... for example human female instead of female animal.
  6. To add a field, click 'Add Statement'
Wikidata + AuthorityControl
  • Create or update Authority Control!
Update Wikidata using Virtual International Authority File (VIAF.org)
  1. Go to VIAF.org
  2. Search for person (last name, first name)
  3. At bottom of page, where it says History of VIAF, expand section. See Werner Herzog example
  4. Add each listed Authority to Wikidata if its info is not already populated in Wikidata
  5. Add {{Authority control}} after External links section above Categories
  6. Refresh Wikipedia page
  • Click here for many more editing resources

Outcomes edit

Alphabetical by first letter
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Black Lunch Table editathon at Rubin Foundation's The 8th Floor.
Black Lunch Table editathon at Rubin Foundation's The 8th Floor.
Black Lunch Table editathon at Rubin Foundation's The 8th Floor.
Pages improved
Pages created
  1. Juana Valdes -- Megs (talk)
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  2. Aisha Tandiwe Bell (Q28860138) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  3. Akintola Hanif (Q28871516) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  4. Alejandro Guzmán (Q45121856) -- Pharos (talk)
  5. Alex Rivera (Q4717691) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  6. Angel Otero (Q4762240) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  7. Arnaldo Morales (Q18378084) -- BrillLyle (talk)
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  9. Brandon Coley Cox (Q28865175) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  10. Brendan Fernandes (Q20631047) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  11. Charles Jones (Q2360278) -- Vizzylane (talk)
  12. Chitra Ganesh (Q5102296) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  13. Chloe Bass (Q28854701) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  14. Christie Neptune (Q43387532) -- Pharos (talk)
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  46. Kimberly M. Becoat (Q28860134) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  47. Kiran Chandra (Q28858892) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  48. Kiyan Williams (Q28855062) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  49. LaToya Ruby Frazier (Q19667999) -- BrillLyle (talk)
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  52. Lorraine O'Grady (Q6681667) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  53. Madge Smith (Q43009413) -- Jeremyb (talk)
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  56. NIC Kay (Q43387649) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  57. Nicole Awai (Q28854642) -- BrillLyle (talk)
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  59. Pat Evans (Q43388112) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  60. Paul Mpagi Sepuya (Q16222039) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  61. Rashawn Griffin (Q28871451) -- BrillLyle (talk)
  62. Ray Candy (Q7297295) -- Vizzylane (talk)
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Metrics edit

Extended content
  • Articles Created: 19
  • Articles Edited: 186
  • Total Edits: 633
  • Editors: 16
  • Words Added: 36.1K
  • Article Views: 696
  • Commons Uploads: 6

References edit

  1. ^ Alba, Elia (2013). "About the Project". The Supper Club.

External links edit

Attendees edit

  1. Heathart (talk) 06:45, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Pharos (talk) 06:31, 23 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Megs (talk) 16:35, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Mozucat (talk) 22:11, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Vizzylane (talk) 21:01, 8 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Shanluan (talk) 04:32, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Fishantena (talk) 19:17, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Wfurio (talk) 22:45, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  9. QuanieB90 (talk) 22:46, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Sarareisman (talk) 22:47, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  11. NiamaS (talk) 22:48, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Georgebolster (talk) 22:49, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Jeremyb (talk) 23:49, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Manusfrank (talk)