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The Black Lunch Table (BLT) will host an edit-a-thon in collaboration with the Flaxman Library at the School of the Art Institute Chicago.
Please bring your laptop and a friend! The more, the merrier! Snacks provided.
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project creates a space to encourage people of color and women to join the Wikimedia movement while also asking white male 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 Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.
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. In addition to the task list below, foundational texts to the thinking around BLT will be available to read and cite, some titles included below.
The Black Lunch Table (BLT), an official Wikimedia Movement Affiliate, 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 14 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.
July 2024 +/- | |
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WikiClub Toronto Meetup | July 7, 2024 |
London 206 | July 14, 2024 |
BLT Office Hours | July 28, 2024 |
Perth 82 | July 28, 2024 |
San Diego 111 | July 29, 2024 |
August 2024 +/- | |
San Diego 112 Wiknic | August 17, 2024 |
BLT Office Hours | August 25, 2024 |
Full Meetup Calendar •
Events calendar on Meta For meetups in other languages, see the list on Meta |
The John M. Flaxman Library is the college library for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Library staff collaborate with every program at the School to support teaching, learning and research across the entire curriculum at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Hundreds of thousands of books, magazines, movies and sound recordings are available on interdisciplinary topics in late 20th and 21st century art and design. Popular Special Collections include: the Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, the Randolph Street Gallery Archives and the 16mm Film Study Collection.
Although our project focuses on visual artists of the African Diaspora, you are welcomed to edit whatever you want. Please add an article below that you think we should focus on. These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidelines before you create a new page. Thanks!
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Current | BLT Bingo Archive | Resources | Task List | Join us! | Event Archive | About |
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) will host an edit-a-thon in collaboration with the Flaxman Library at the School of the Art Institute Chicago.
Please bring your laptop and a friend! The more, the merrier! Snacks provided.
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project creates a space to encourage people of color and women to join the Wikimedia movement while also asking white male 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.
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. In addition to the task list below, foundational texts to the thinking around BLT will be available to read and cite, some titles included below.
The Black Lunch Table (BLT), an official Wikimedia Movement Affiliate, 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 14 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.
July 2024 +/- | |
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WikiClub Toronto Meetup | July 7, 2024 |
London 206 | July 14, 2024 |
BLT Office Hours | July 28, 2024 |
Perth 82 | July 28, 2024 |
San Diego 111 | July 29, 2024 |
August 2024 +/- | |
San Diego 112 Wiknic | August 17, 2024 |
BLT Office Hours | August 25, 2024 |
Full Meetup Calendar •
Events calendar on Meta For meetups in other languages, see the list on Meta |
The John M. Flaxman Library is the college library for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Library staff collaborate with every program at the School to support teaching, learning and research across the entire curriculum at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Hundreds of thousands of books, magazines, movies and sound recordings are available on interdisciplinary topics in late 20th and 21st century art and design. Popular Special Collections include: the Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, the Randolph Street Gallery Archives and the 16mm Film Study Collection.
Although our project focuses on visual artists of the African Diaspora, you are welcomed to edit whatever you want. Please add an article below that you think we should focus on. These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidelines before you create a new page. Thanks!
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!
Where to start...
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