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Art History Exhibition Seminar
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The Art Library, Rutgers
The Art Library, Rutgers
When and Where
Date:Tuesday, March 23, 2021
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Heather Hart, Black Lunch Table co-founder, joins Assistant Professor Amber N. Wiley's Exhibition Seminar Art History class to share and discuss Wikipedia as a tool for writing underrepresented narratives.

Event description edit

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 Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.

History of The Black Lunch Table edit

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) 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.

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Event details edit

  • Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2021
  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

Possible articles to edit 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.

  • Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - List the article you're working on in this live doc to keep track and avoid duplicate work!

These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines and info for Bios of Living People before you create a new page. Here is a great page on notability in regards to artists and artworks. Thanks!

Black Women Artists in the Zimmerli Art Museum's collection edit

Models for writing a page about an artwork edit

Many artwork pages begin as sections on the artist's page. Once you have enough information to warrant an independent page, here is a good example of how to format/write one:

Attendees edit

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