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Black Lunch Table
@ Chicago Art Book Fair
Chicago Athletic Association
Chicago Athletic Association
When and Where
Date:Saturday, November 16, 2019
Time:11:00 am – 2:00 pm ET
Address:Chicago Athletic Association
12 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
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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

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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.

Jamila Raegan
Danielle and Elle McCoy (Work/Play)
Aay Preston Myint
Ayanah Moore

About The Black Lunch Table

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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.

More about BLT here.

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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."

More here.

Event details

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Suggest additional articles to edit

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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

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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

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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

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These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines before you create a new page. Thanks!

Chicago-based artists

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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 Gender Occupation Place of birth Residence
Aaron Douglas male painter Topeka
Alicia Henry female visual artist
educator
Illinois Nashville
Allison Glenn female art exhibition curator New Orleans
Chicago
Alma Thomas female painter
art educator
Columbus
Amanda Williams female visual artist
sculptor
installation artist
Bridgeport Chicago
Ana Mendieta female performance artist
artist
painter
visual artist
land artist
photographer
Havana Havana
Angel Otero male painter San Juan
Angela M. Rivers female artist
curator
Chicago
Anna Martine Whitehead female artist Chicago
Anthony Stepter male art exhibition curator
teacher
Chicago
Archibald Motley male painter New Orleans
Arnold Kemp male artist Boston Chicago
Atta Kwami male artist
painter
Accra
Ayanah Moor female visual artist Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Ayanna Jolivet McCloud female visual artist Houston Houston
Barbara Jones-Hogu female painter Chicago Chicago
Washington, D.C.
Basil Alkazzi male painter
visual artist
Kuwait Monaco
Beauford Delaney male painter Knoxville
Benny Andrews male painter
visual artist
printmaker
teacher
Plainview New York City
Bernard Williams male visual artist
Bethany Collins female visual artist Atlanta
Glasgow
Tuscaloosa
Chicago
Blanche Brown female artist Chicago Milwaukee
Brendan Fernandes male visual artist
dancer
sculptor
choreographer
Kenya New York City
Canada
Chicago
Caitlin Cherry female artist
painter
sculptor
Chicago New York City
Candida Alvarez female painter
visual artist
Brooklyn Chicago
Brooklyn
Farragut Houses
Carlos Rolón male painter Chicago
Caroline Kent female artist
teacher
Chicago
Cauleen Smith female film director Riverside Chicago
Los Angeles
Charles Wilbert White male painter Chicago
Che Baraka male visual artist Chicago Brooklyn
Danny Giles male artist
teacher
Chicago
David Hartt male visual artist
Dawoud Bey male photographer New York City Chicago
Deana Lawson female photographer Rochester
Derrick Woods-Morrow male visual artist Greensboro
Chicago
Doris Salcedo female sculptor
painter
Bogotá
Dread Scott male visual artist Chicago
Earlie Hudnall, Jr. male visual artist
Ed Clark male painter Storyville New York City
Chicago
Paris
Edra Soto female visual artist Puerto Rico Chicago
Eileen Abdul-Rashid female visual artist
artisan
California California
Eldzier Cortor male painter
graphic designer
Tidewater region of Virginia Chicago
Eliza Myrie female visual artist New York Chicago
Elizabeth Catlett female sculptor
engraver
painter
Washington, D.C. New York City
Cuernavaca
Ellen Gallagher female painter Providence
Fo Wilson female visual artist
university teacher
Fred Hampton male activist
politician
human rights activist
Summit
Frederick J. Brown male painter
visual artist
Greensboro New York City
Georgia
Chicago
Scottsdale
Freida High Wasikhongo Tesfagiorgis female visual artist
George Tillman, Jr. male film director
screenwriter
film producer
Milwaukee
Gerald Griffin male painter
visual artist
Chicago
Gerald Williams male visual artist Chicago
Washington, D.C.
Gordon Parks male film director
photographer
actor
photojournalist
screenwriter
journalist
film actor
novelist
fashion photographer
artist
film producer
composer
poet
Fort Scott
Hale Woodruff male painter
visual artist
Cairo Chicago
Nashville
Indianapolis
Paris
New York City
Hamza Walker male art exhibition curator Chicago
Los Angeles
Henry Ossawa Tanner male painter
university teacher
Pittsburgh Henry O. Tanner House
Horace Pippin male painter West Chester
Huey Copeland male art historian
Ibrahim Mohammed El-Salahi male painter
diplomat
politician
Omdurman
Isaac Julien male film producer
artist
film director
university teacher
London
Jack Whitten male painter Bessemer
Jacob Lawrence male painter Atlantic City
Jae Jarrell female visual artist
fashion designer
textile artist
Chicago
Cleveland
James Van Der Zee male photographer Berkshire County
James Wells Champney male painter
photographer
Boston
Janet Dees female art exhibition curator Chicago
Jeff Donaldson male painter
printmaker
visual artist
Pine Bluff Chicago
Arkansas
Illinois
Jefferson Pinder male visual artist Washington, D.C. Chicago
Jeffrey Gibson male painter
sculptor
Colorado Colorado
Jennie C. Jones female artist Cincinnati
Jessica Vaughn female visual artist Brooklyn
Chicago
Jina Valentine female visual artist Berwyn Durham
Chicago
Philadelphia
San Francisco
John Bankston male painter
visual artist
Benton Harbor San Francisco
John E. Dowell Jr. male painter Philadelphia
Joseph Delaney male painter Knoxville
Joshua Johnson male painter
artist
Kamau Amu Patton male artist Chicago
San Francisco
Brooklyn
Kamilah Rashied female art exhibition curator
artist
Chicago
Kara Walker female artist Stockton
Kerry James Marshall male painter Birmingham Chicago
Kori Newkirk male multimedia artist
photographer
painter
installation artist
The Bronx
Krista Franklin female poet
writer
artist
United States of America Chicago
Lamont Hamilton male visual artist Wichita Queens
Chicago
Larry Chatman male visual artist
photographer
Larry Rivers male sculptor
painter
saxophonist
New York City
The Bronx
LaToya Ruby Frazier female photographer Braddock Chicago
New Brunswick
New York City
Malick Sidibé male photographer Soloba
Margaret Taylor-Burroughs female poet
visual artist
writer
St. Rose Louisiana
Chicago
Marion Perkins male sculptor
Mark Bradford male painter
installation artist
conceptual artist
sculptor
printmaker
video artist
photographer
artist
Los Angeles Los Angeles
Martin Puryear male sculptor
artist
Washington, D.C.
Martine Syms female artist Los Angeles Los Angeles
McArthur Binion male painter Macon Chicago
Macon
Mequitta Ahuja female painter Grand Rapids Baltimore
Mequitta Ajuha female visual artist Grand Rapids
Mickalene Thomas female painter
photographer
collagist
Camden
Mike Cloud male visual artist
teacher
Brooklyn
Chicago
Minneapolis
Minnie Evans female illustrator
gatekeeper
Pender County Wilmington
Wrightsville Beach
Moshekwa Langa male visual artist
photographer
Bakenberg
Najjar Abdul-Musawwir male painter Chicago Carbondale
Naomi Beckwith female curator New York City
Chicago
Napoleon Jones-Henderson male visual artist Chicago
Nate Young male visual artist Chicago
Nelson Stevens male painter
NIC Kay non-binary performance artist
choreographer
The Bronx
Chicago
Nick Cave male sound artist
sculptor
costume designer
fashion designer
Fulton Chicago
Nina Chanel Abney female painter Harvey Chicago
New York City
Norman Lewis male painter Harlem
Nyeema Morgan female visual artist Brooklyn
Chicago
Minneapolis
Radcliffe Bailey male painter
visual artist
Bridgeton Atlanta
Rashayla Marie Brown female performance artist
visual artist
Chicago
Rashid Johnson male photographer
film director
Chicago
New York City
Ray Noland male visual artist Chicago Berlin
Richard Hunt male sculptor
artist
educator
printmaker
lithographer
South Side
Chicago
Chicago
Richmond Barthé male artist
sculptor
Bay St. Louis New York City
California
Robin Rhode male photographer
graphic designer
Cape Town
Rodney McMillian male painter
artist
Columbia
Roland Freeman male photographer
art historian
Baltimore
Romi Crawford female writer
critic
art historian
Chicago
Roy DeCarava male photographer
university teacher
New York City Bedford–Stuyvesant
Sam Gilliam male painter Tupelo
Sanford Biggers male artist Los Angeles New York City
Harlem
Saya Woolfalk female artist
Sedrick Huckaby male painter
Senam Okudzeto female artist Chicago
Senga Nengudi female sculptor Chicago
Simone Leigh female sculptor
ceramist
artist
Chicago Brooklyn
Steffani Jemison female artist Berkeley Brooklyn
Berkeley
Tempestt Hazel female Chicago
Theaster Gates male artist Chicago
Tyanna Buie female visual artist Chicago
Vincent Smith male visual artist New York City
Wadsworth Jarrell male sculptor
painter
printmaker
Albany Chicago
Washington, D.C.
Walter Ellison male painter
Wifredo Lam male painter Sagua La Grande
William Cordova male visual artist
William Edmondson male painter Nashville
William Edouard Scott male painter Indianapolis
William McBride, Jr. male visual artist
William Paul Thomas male visual artist Chicago
William Pope.L male painter
performance artist
visual artist
Newark New York City
New Jersey
Chicago
Yashua Klos male visual artist Chicago Brooklyn
Chicago
Yesomi Umolu female curator Lagos Chicago
London
Zanele Muholi female photographer
social activist
Umlazi Umlazi
Zun Lee male photographer
artist
Germany Toronto
Philadelphia
Chicago
Atlanta
End of auto-generated list.

Wikipedia editing resources

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Where to start...
 
  1. Rules on Visual Art, Murals, Graffiti and Sculpture are different!
  2. Follow instructions to upload your images here...
  • Create or update Wikidata!
Wikidata is central storage for the structured data of its Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wikisource, and others.
  1. Go to Wikidata
  2. Read Wikidata's Introduction!
  3. Search for the person or subject
  4. If none exists, you can 'Create a new item'
  5. Look at another similar item to follow format... for example human female instead of female animal.
  6. To add a field, click 'Add Statement'
Wikidata + AuthorityControl
  • Create or update Authority Control!
Update Wikidata using Virtual International Authority File (VIAF.org)
  1. Go to VIAF.org
  2. Search for person (last name, first name)
  3. At bottom of page, where it says History of VIAF, expand section. See Werner Herzog example
  4. Add each listed Authority to Wikidata if its info is not already populated in Wikidata
  5. Add {{Authority control}} after External links section above Categories
  6. Refresh Wikipedia page
  • Click here for many more editing resources

Outcomes

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List of Articles created

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  1. Chicago Art Book Fair
  2. Aay Preston-Myint

Metrics

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References

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Attendees

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