Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/VABF 2020

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at https://vancouverartbookfair.com will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Black artists and also those who work in book arts and publishing. 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 virtual edit-a-thon.

[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Black_Lunch_Table The Black Lunch Table (BLT)], an official Wikimedia Movement Affiliate, is an ongoing collaboration between artists Jina Valentine ({{User0|Fishantena}}) and Heather Hart ({{User0|Heathart}}) which intends to fill holes in the documentation of contemporary art history. In its 14 year existence, 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.

[http://www.theblacklunchtable.com More about BLT here.]

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The VABF is a multi-day celebration of artists’ publishing featuring over one hundred local, national and international publishers, as well as a diverse line-up of programs, performances, and artists’ projects.

Featured exhibitors produce everything from books, magazines, zines, and printed ephemera to digital, performative, or other experimental forms of publication.

VABF is Canada’s first art book fair and the longest-running international art book fair in the country.

[https://vancouverartbookfair.com VABF]

• Date: Saturday, October 17th, 2020
• Time: 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST
• Location: ONLINE
  bit.ly/blacklunchtablemeet
• 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: [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLunchTable #BlackLunchTable]
• Etherpad: [https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/BlackLunchTable-Nov19 BlackLunchTable] - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
• Training: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1L1TAfoQAgnbOiXL7TQt75jzZrxe3S2igBax-0nNZ7sk/edit?usp=sharing/ Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Presentation]

• Presentation / overview
• Editing time
• Goals: Create a 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

• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Public_Art/Image_guide|Wiki Image Guide]
• [https://whoseknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/How-to-find-free-images.pdf Where to find them.]
• [https://whoseknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Adding-images-to-Wikimedia-Commons-and-Wikipedia_-dos-and-donts.pdf Dos and Donts]
• [https://whoseknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/How-to-Ask-for-Image-Donations.pdf Asking an artist for images.]

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 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. This also lists artists or affiliated publishers presenting at the VABF in 2020.

• Aay Preston-Myint
• Work / Play
• Homie House Press
• Jamiyla Lowe
• Kameelah Janan Rasheed
• Jonah Elijah Jackson
• Jamiyla Lowe
• Neta Bomani

===Black Visual Artists of Canada===

This event-specific list focuses on important Black Canadian-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:

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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!

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