Black Lunch Table

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) is an oral-history archiving project focused on the lives and work of black artists.[1] The work of the Black Lunch Table includes oral archiving, salons, peer teaching workshops, meetups, and Wikipedia edit-a-thons.[2] The BLT brings people together to engage in dialogues about the writing, recording, and promoting inclusive art history.[1][3][4] One aim of the Black Lunch Table project is to address the racial and gender bias on Wikipedia by encouraging Wikipedia articles about African American artists.[5][6][7]

History

Artists Jina Valentine and Heather Hart founded the Black Lunch Table in 2005 with an event at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture artist residency.[8][9][1]

Edit-a-thons

The Black Lunch Table has hosted edit-a-thon at a wide range of institutions and settings including Boston University, Rutgers, The New School, BRIC, and many others.[3][9][7] As of 2020, the BLT organization has hosted 72 Wikipedia events in six countries, creating 385 new articles and uploading 727 new images.[10]

References
  1. "The Black Lunch Table". Creative Capital. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  2. "Three Questions with The Black Lunch Table". DLF. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  3. "Black Artists Speak & Black Lunch Tables with Artists Heather Hart and Jina Valentine » Arts Initiative | Boston University". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  4. "Black Lunch Table | Art21 Magazine". magazine.art21.org. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  5. York, The New School66 West 12th StreetNew; Ny 10011. "Black Lunch Table, Artists' Table". Black Lunch Table, Artists' Table. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  6. "The Black Lunch Table - engaging communities through candid conversations". Bubblegum Club. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  7. aclark (2016-10-24). "The Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Edit-a-thon". BRIC. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  8. "Wikipedia-a-thon | Black Lunch Table". Project Row Houses. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  9. "Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon | Rutgers University Libraries". www.libraries.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  10. "Good Work: Black Lunch Table — Don't Take Pictures". Don't Take Pictures. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
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