The Black Lunch Table (BLT) is a United States-based oral-history archiving project founded in 2005, focused on the lives and work of Black artists. [1] Its work includes oral archiving, salons, peer teaching workshops, meetups, and Wikipedia edit-a-thons. [2] The BLT brings people together to engage in dialogues about the writing, recording, and promoting inclusive art history. [1] [3] [4] One of its aims is to address the racial and gender bias on Wikipedia by encouraging Wikipedia articles about African-American artists. [5] [6] [7]
Artists Jina Valentine and Heather Hart founded the Black Lunch Table (BLT) in 2005 with an event at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture artist residency. [1] [8] [9] The BLT has hosted edit-a-thons at a range of institutions and settings including Boston University, Rutgers, The New School, BRIC Arts Media, and others. [3] [7] [9]
BLT gained non-profit status in 2019. [10]
As of 2020, the organization has hosted 72 Wikipedia events in six countries, creating 385 new articles and uploading 727 new images. [11] The organization has received funding from Mellon Foundation, the Warhol Foundation, the Logan Foundation, Ruth Foundation, Ford Foundation, the Wikimedia Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Art, among other sources. [10]
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) is a United States-based oral-history archiving project founded in 2005, focused on the lives and work of Black artists. [1] Its work includes oral archiving, salons, peer teaching workshops, meetups, and Wikipedia edit-a-thons. [2] The BLT brings people together to engage in dialogues about the writing, recording, and promoting inclusive art history. [1] [3] [4] One of its aims is to address the racial and gender bias on Wikipedia by encouraging Wikipedia articles about African-American artists. [5] [6] [7]
Artists Jina Valentine and Heather Hart founded the Black Lunch Table (BLT) in 2005 with an event at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture artist residency. [1] [8] [9] The BLT has hosted edit-a-thons at a range of institutions and settings including Boston University, Rutgers, The New School, BRIC Arts Media, and others. [3] [7] [9]
BLT gained non-profit status in 2019. [10]
As of 2020, the organization has hosted 72 Wikipedia events in six countries, creating 385 new articles and uploading 727 new images. [11] The organization has received funding from Mellon Foundation, the Warhol Foundation, the Logan Foundation, Ruth Foundation, Ford Foundation, the Wikimedia Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Art, among other sources. [10]