Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/UMBC2020

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Black Lunch Table
@ UMBC, CIRCA
When and Where
Date:Monday, October 9th, 2020
Time:1-4pm EST
Address:Please RSVP on Eventbrite

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Event description[edit]

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) will host an Editing Workshop, an *online* edit-a-thon with UMBC CIRCA, on October 9th, 2020 at 1pm EST. We will learn about how to create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Black visual artists. An introduction with a brief overview of the basics of Wikipedia editing will be given at the start of the edit-a-thon along with some context for the BLT project. We will have resources and a list of suggested artists, cultural creators, and institutions on hand. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. RSVP on Eventbrite here.

History of The Black Lunch Table[edit]

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) is an ongoing collaboration founded by artists Jina Valentine (Fishantena (talk)) and Heather Hart (Heathart (talk)) which intends to fill gaps in the documentation of contemporary art history. In its 15 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 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. 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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Want to know even more about BLT? Watch THIS short intro video!

About CIRCA[edit]

The Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA) is an interdisciplinary research center of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at UMBC dedicated to promoting inquiry and experimentation in and across the Arts disciplines. CIRCA supports innovative project-based research in the Arts, encompassing Dance, Music, Theatre, and the Visual Arts, by faculty, students, and visiting scholars, and promotes the development of interdisciplinary and collaborative projects that advance research in the Arts. CIRCA is committed to enhancing the local, national, and global reputation of the Arts at UMBC and to fostering innovative research and diverse viewpoints through hosting guest lectures, panel discussions, workshops, and sponsoring performances. UMBC CIRCA

Event details and Agenda[edit]

 Date: October 9th, 2020
 Time: 1-4 pm EST
 Location: 

Event Agenda:

-Create a user account (if new to Wikipedia)
Sign in to the event with the big blue button:
To sign up for this event: Log in or create an account.
-Create user page with at least one sentence
-Signin to Wikipedia edit-a-thon meetup page
-Make at least one edit to a Wikipedia page
Who should attend: UMBC communities! Also artists, historians, students, photographers, teachers, writers, journalists, curators, visitors, the curious...
What to Bring: Enthusiasm and focus 
Hashtag: #BlackLunchTable
Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - live doc to keep track of what each of us are working on

Uploading photos[edit]

Possible articles to edit[edit]

You may edit any article you wish and we encourage you to select an article that is historically marginalized. This following event-specific lists (→) of suggested articles focus on notable alumni of University of Maryland of the Black diaspora. Please add a name if you know of 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!


This is a link to Drafting Articles.

List of notable African American alumni and faculty of UMBC[edit]

go here


You can suggest artists here who fit our scope but are missing from our table below:



Baltimore area visual artists of the Black Diaspora[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 Occupation Educated_at Employer
Acha Debela teacher Ahmadu Bello University
Morgan State University
Maryland Institute College of Art
Ohio State University
Albert Huie painter OCAD University
University of Toronto
Camberwell College of Arts
Antonio McAfee visual artist
photographer
Corcoran College of Art and Design
Clifford Owens artist
Derrick Adams visual artist
performance artist
painter
sculptor
art exhibition curator
Pratt Institute
Columbia University
Columbia University School of the Arts
Maryland Institute College of Art
Jacolby Satterwhite visual artist
video artist
performance artist
animator
University of Pennsylvania School of Design
Maryland Institute College of Art
James A. Porter art historian
historian
painter
University of Paris
Howard University
New York University
Joyce J. Scott artist
jewellery designer
Maryland Institute College of Art
Rochester Institute of Technology
Kumasi J. Barnett artist University of Maryland, Baltimore
Ohio State University
Mequitta Ahuja painter
artist
visual artist
Hampshire College
University of Illinois at Chicago
Nettrice Gaskins digital artist
university teacher
Pratt Institute
Art Institute of Chicago
Georgia Institute of Technology
Boston Arts Academy
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum artist University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Maryland Institute College of Art
Maryland Institute College of Art
Roland Freeman photographer
art historian
Shinique Smith artist Tufts University
Maryland Institute College of Art
Zoë Charlton artist
teacher
University of Texas at Austin
Florida State University
End of auto-generated list.

Attendees[edit]