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When and Where
Date:	Friday, April 21, 2017
Time:	2:30 pm – 5:30 pm EST
Address:	Mugar Memorial Library with BU Arts Initiative at Boston University 771 Commonwealth Avenue Estin Room – 302 Boston, MA 02215

Black Lunch Table Editathon at Boston University hosted by BU arts initiative. Mugar Memorial Library.

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The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project will host an edit-a-thon at Mugar Library with BU Arts Intiative at Boston University from 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm EST on Friday, April 21, 2017. This is the first of a two-day editathon, the second is on Saturday. Join us for a morning of social Wikipedia editing! A training session will be held at 2:30pm but help is available throughout the event. Refreshments and skills will be provided. BRING YOUR LAPTOP and feel free to bring a friend!

Event description

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project with the BU Arts Initiative at Boston University will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of visual artists from the African Diaspora living or working in the Boston area. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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, cultural creators, and institutions on hand.

History of The Black Lunch Table

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.

BU Arts Initiative

Our mission at the BU Arts Initiative is to ensure the integral role of the arts in the educational experience of every BU student. We support faculty, student, and staff projects, making sure the arts are deeply embedded within the cultural and intellectual fabric of the University.

In coordination with the Provost’s Arts Council, and with the support of our Student Advisory Council, we work to:

• Raise the visibility of and bring recognition to the breadth and excellence of the arts at BU
• Increase student access to and engagement with the arts at BU and in the Boston area, so that BU students develop an active and participatory role in the arts as a meaningful element of their BU experience
• Support integration of the arts into the curriculum and faculty development of high quality, interdisciplinary, inclusive arts programming
• Support student and staff initiatives that build community by engaging individuals in the practice of, participation in, and intellectual dialogue around art and art making
• Encourage meaningful opportunities for the BU community and the Boston area community to connect via the arts

Event details

• Date: Friday, April 21, 2017
• Time: 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm EST
• Location: Mugar Library – Estin Room – 302, Boston University, 771 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
• 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 Laptop!. Tablets are more difficult.
• 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

Wikipedia Meetups

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San Diego 110	April 22, 2024 (2024-04-22)
North Carolina Earth Day	April 23, 2024 (2024-04-23)
Edinburgh 15	April 27, 2024 (2024-04-27)
BLT Office Hours	April 28, 2024 (2024-04-28)
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Auckland 22	May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04)
Leeds 6	May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04)
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London 204	May 12, 2024 (2024-05-12)
US Mountain West online	May 14, 2024 (2024-05-14)
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BLT Office Hours	May 26, 2024 (2024-05-26)
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Attendees

• LOOKING FOR ADMINS TO JOIN US IN PERSON OR REMOTELY...
• If you are able, please also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row).
• If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day of.

RSVP

Please add your name below if you are planning to attend.

1. Heathart (talk) 13:38, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
2. Rosallye (talk) 19:35, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
3. Teacher 2017 (talk) 19:37, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
4. Fishantena (talk) 21:14, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

Possible articles to edit

Suggested artist pages for revision and/or creation! This event-specific list focuses on important visual artists/art workers/collectors of the African Diaspora who have some connection to the Boston area and are under-represented on Wikipedia. Our master list can be found under our Tasks tab. Please add a name if you know a artist of the African Diaspora note 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!

• see also Black Lunch Table – Task list
• see also List of African-American visual artists

• Alfred J. Smith
• Allan Crite
• Arnold Hurley
• Calvin Burnett (artist)
• Camilo Alvarez
• Chico Colvard
• Dana Chandler
• Dell Hamilton
• Dick Stroud Shihan
• Edmund Barry Gaither
• Edward McCluney
• Ekua Holmes
• Ellen Banks
• Elma Lewis
• The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art
• Gary Rickson
• Jerry Pinkney
• John Woodrow Wilson
• L'Merchie Frazier
• Leo Robinson
• Lois Mailou Jones
• Lovett Thompson
• María Magdalena Campos Pons
• Marjorie Saintil­-Belizaire
• Milton Derr
• National Center of Afro-American Artists
• Nettrice R. Gaskins
• Renée Green
• Richard Stroud
• Richard Yarde
• Robert Freeman (artist)
• Salem Mekuria
• Stephen Hamilton
• Steve Locke
• Tomashi Jackson

Wikidata task list

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Article	Gender	Occupation	Place of birth	Residence
Alfred J. Smith	male	visual artist university teacher	Montclair	Washington, D.C. Boston
Arnold Hurley	male	visual artist university teacher		Boston Upper Marlboro
Calvin Burnett	male	painter	Cambridge	Boston Medway
Camilo Alvarez	male	curator gallerist	New York City	Boston
Chico Colvard	male	filmmaker
Dana Chandler	male	activist painter university teacher	Lynn	Boston
Dell M. Hamilton	female	visual artist curator scholar	New York City	Boston
Dick Stroud Shihan	male	painter university teacher sensei		Boston
Edmund Barry Gaither	male	exhibition curator curator art historian	Great Falls	Boston Roxbury
Edward McCluney	male	visual artist
Ekua Holmes	female	illustrator collagist visual artist	Roxbury	Boston
Ellen Banks	female	painter	Boston
Elma Lewis	female	educator art educator	Boston	Boston
Gary Rickson	male	painter	Boston	Boston
Jerry Pinkney	male	illustrator	Philadelphia
John Woodrow Wilson	male	visual artist lithographer drawer graphic artist sculptor painter muralist printmaker	Roxbury Boston	Boston
Leo Robinson	male	painter	Washington, D.C.	Boston
Loïs Mailou Jones	female	painter university teacher artist designer textile artist watercolorist	Boston
María Magdalena Campos-Pons	female	painter curator visual artist printmaker photographer performance artist sculptor video artist professor	Matanzas	Matanzas Province Boston Nashville
Milton Derr	male	painter university teacher	Milwaukee	Boston
Nettrice Gaskins	female	digital artist university teacher	Baltimore	Boston
Renée Green	female	artist visual artist art historian photographer television producer filmmaker installation artist	Cleveland	Boston
Richard Stroud	male	painter university teacher	Tarrytown Clifton Forge	Boston
Richard Yarde	male	painter	Boston	Boston Northampton
Robert T. Freeman	male	painter visual artist	Brooklyn	Boston
Steve Locke	male	painter university teacher	Cleveland	Boston

End of auto-generated list.

Outcomes

Alphabetical by first letter

Pages improved

1. Dana Chandler -- Heathart (talk)
2. Ekua Holmes -- Heathart (talk)
3. Google Doodle -- Heathart (talk)
4. Ralph Lemon -- Teacher 2017 (talk)
5. Steve Locke -- Fishantena (talk)

Pages created

1. Ekua Holmes -- Rosallye (talk)

Drafts

1. Nettrice Gaskins -- Heathart (talk)

Wikimedia Commons images added

1. Afrofuturism Amplifiied.jpg -- Rosallye (talk)
2. Nettrice Gaskins.jpg -- Rosallye (talk)
3. The Electrofunk Mixtape.png -- Rosallye (talk)
4. The Electrofunk Mixtape The PASEO Edition.jpg -- Rosallye (talk)

Wikidata items

1. Alfred J. Smith (Q29075848) -- Fishantena (talk)
2. Allan Crite (Q4730546) -- Fishantena (talk)
3. Camilo Alvarez (Q29525660) -- Fishantena (talk)
4. Chico Colvard (Q29524705) -- Heathart (talk)
5. Dell M. Hamilton (Q29514182) -- Fishantena (talk)
6. Edward McCluney (Q29529339) -- Fishantena (talk)
7. Ekua Holmes (Q29075901) -- Fishantena (talk)
8. Ellen Banks (Q28673746) -- Fishantena (talk)
9. María Magdalena Campos-Pons (Q6004250) -- Fishantena (talk)
10. Renée Green (Q7313843) -- Heathart (talk)
11. Robert T. Freeman (Q29527986) -- Fishantena (talk)
12. Steve Locke (Q19945995) -- Heathart (talk)
13. Tomashi Jackson (Q29527424) -- Fishantena (talk)

Wikipedia editing resources

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External links

• The Black Lunch Table
• Black Lunch Table – Wikipedia meetup page