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Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
When and Where
Date:
Tuesday, November 10th, 2015
Time:
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Address:
Museum of Modern Art Education and Research Center 4 West 54th Street New York, NY 10019
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project hosted its third edit-a-thon on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, Basquiat: Still Fly @ 55 from 6:00 pm - 8:30 p.m. The
Museum of Modern Art staff, and folks from the local community, met in the museum's library for an evening of social Wikipedia editing.
Event description
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at
The Museum of Modern Art will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Black artists. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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. We will have library resources and a list of suggested topics on hand.
November 10, 2015: Basquiat: Still Fly @ 55 -- third BLT editathon
History of The Black Lunch Table
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) is an ongoing collaboration between artists Jina Valentine (
Fishantena (
talk)) and Heather Hart (
HartValentine (
talk)) which intends to fill holes in the documentation of contemporary art history. In its 10 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.
MoMA
Since 1929,
The Museum of Modern Art has been a catalyst for conversation around art of the past and the present, the established and the experimental.
Event details
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Time: 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Come when you can, stay as long as you would like!
Location: MoMA Library, located on the 6th floor of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building at the
Museum of Modern Art, 4 West 54 Street (between 5th/6th), New York, NY 10019
Please note that this entrance is 1 block north of the main 53rd Street entrance, closer to 5th Avenue
Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, teachers, curators, visitors...
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; we will also pull related materials from the MoMA Archives)
Join us for Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Basquiat Still Fly @ 55, a social evening of creating, updating, and improving Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of black artists. Hosted at The Museum of Modern Art Library in celebration of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 55th birthday and in partnership with AfroCROWD, NYU Africana Studies Program, Black Lunch Table, and Basquiat: Still Fly @ 55, this meetup will focus on closing the multicultural and gender gaps in Wikipedia.
All are invited, and no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience is required. We will provide training on editing Wikipedia, WiFi, reference materials, light refreshments, and childcare (sponsored by Afrocrowd). Please bring your laptop, power cord, and ideas for articles that need to be updated, translated, or created. All languages and beginners welcome. Light Refreshments will also be available.
Organized by The Museum of Modern Art in collaboration with AfroCROWD, NYU Africana Studies, Black Lunch Table, and Basquiat: Still Fly @ 55.
Agenda
AfroCROWD MOMA / Black Lunch Table - presentation / overview by
Aliceba (
talk)
AfroCROWD Presentation [Link to come]
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 one edit to a Wikipedia page
Suggested artist pages for revision and/or creation! Please add a name if you know a Black artist of note who needs a page. Please do not add an artist who has a substantial page. We are trying to create new pages and beef up under-represented ones. Thanks!
Portrait of Jason -- added two external links to NYT and NPR; linked Jason Holliday page to film page, added citation about new film Jason and Shirley --
Sarabod99 (
talk)