Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/CABF
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| When and Where | |
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| Date: | Saturday, November 16, 2019 |
| Time: | 11:00 am – 2:00 pm ET |
| Address: | Chicago Athletic Association 12 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL |
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project will host an edit-a-thon at the The Chicago Art Book Fair, where participants will learn how to add and edit Wikipedia articles! A training session will be held at the beginning, but help is available throughout the event. Photographer Ireashia Bennett will take free portraits for Wikipedia at our Black Lunch Table photo booth!
Please bring your laptop and a friend! The more, the merrier! Snacks provided.
Event description
[edit]The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at Chicago Art Book Fair will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Chicago based Black artists. Together we will create & update texts 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.
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About The Black Lunch Table
[edit]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.
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About the Chicago Art Book Fair
[edit]The Chicago Art Book Fair is an experiment in showcasing emerging directions and diverse legacies within small press arts publishing. The fair features an international group of over 125 arts publishers, small presses, book artists, comics artists, zinemakers and printmakers, with satellite programming and after parties. Beginning in 2017, it drew over 6,000 guests. In 2019, the Chicago Art Book Fair will once again convene at the historic Chicago Athletic Association, at 12 S. Michigan Avenue.
The Chicago Art Book Fair is a project of No Coast (Aay Preston-Myint and Alexander Valentine (artist)), a collaborative venture which is equal parts master printer for artists and an affordable, publicly accessible distributor for contemporary art. No Coast says, "After our travels around the world to different art book fairs, collections, stores, galleries, and libraries, we hope to bring our experiences of many, varied arts publishing events to Chicago. While Chicago is and has been home to many yearly convenings of print enthusiasts, this is the first following the “Art Book Fair” model that has spread to so many communities in recent years."
Event details
[edit]- Date: Saturday, November 16th, 2019
- Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm CDT
- Location: Chicago Athletic Association
12 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL - 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 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
Uploading photos
[edit]Suggest additional articles to edit
[edit]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!
Black Book Artists
[edit]This event-specific list focuses on important Book artists of the African Diaspora who are un/der-represented on Wikipedia. Please add a name if you know someone appropriate who needs a page or needs editing.
Black Visual Artists of Chicago
[edit]This event-specific list focuses on important Black Chicago-based/born/affiliated visual artists who are un/der-represented on Wikipedia. Please add a name if you know someone appropriate who needs a page or needs editing.
You can suggest artists here who fit our scope but are missing from our table below:
Suggested articles to edit
[edit]These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines before you create a new page. Thanks!
Chicago-based artists
[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!
Wikipedia editing resources
[edit]Where to start...
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Outcomes
[edit]List of Articles created
[edit]Metrics
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- The Black Lunch Table
- Black Lunch Table – Wikipedia meetup page