Black Lunch Table Explained

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) is a United States-based oral-history archiving project founded in 2005, focused on the lives and work of Black artists. Its work includes oral archiving, salons, peer teaching workshops, meetups, and Wikipedia edit-a-thons.[1] The BLT brings people together to engage in dialogues about the writing, recording, and promoting inclusive art history.[2] [3] [4] One of its aims 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 (BLT) in 2005 with an event at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture artist residency.[8] [9] The BLT has hosted edit-a-thons at a range of institutions and settings including Boston University, Rutgers, The New School, BRIC Arts Media, and others.

BLT gained non-profit status in 2019.[10]

As of 2020, the organization has hosted 72 Wikipedia events in six countries, creating 385 new articles and uploading 727 new images.[11] The organization has received funding from Mellon Foundation, the Warhol Foundation, the Logan Foundation, Ruth Foundation, Ford Foundation, the Wikimedia Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Art, among other sources.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018-01-15. Three Questions with The Black Lunch Table. Katherine. Kim. 2020-07-13. DLF. en-US. 2020-07-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20200704210422/https://www.diglib.org/three-questions-black-lunch-table/. live.
  2. Web site: The Black Lunch Table. 2020-07-12. Creative Capital. en. 2020-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20200712200932/https://creative-capital.org/projects/the-black-lunch-table/. live.
  3. Web site: Black Artists Speak & Black Lunch Tables with Artists Heather Hart and Jina Valentine » Arts Initiative . 2020-07-12 . Boston University. 2020-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20200712200942/https://www.bu.edu/arts/black-lunch-table/. live.
  4. Web site: Black Lunch Table . 2020-07-12. Art21 Magazine . 2020-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20200712200927/https://magazine.art21.org/tag/black-lunch-table/. live.
  5. Web site: Black Lunch Table, Artists' Table. 2020-07-12. The New School. 2020-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20200714082006/https://events.newschool.edu/event/black_lunch_table_artists_table. live.
  6. Web site: 2018-08-13. The Black Lunch Table - engaging communities through candid conversations. 2020-07-12. Bubblegum Club. en-ZA. 2020-09-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20200926062818/https://bubblegumclub.co.za/art-and-culture/the-black-lunch-table-engaging-communities-through-candid-conversations/. Nkgopoleng. Moloi. live.
  7. Web site: aclark. 2016-10-24. The Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. 2020-07-12. BRIC. en. 2020-07-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20200713033345/https://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/black-lunch-table-wikipedia-edit-thon. live.
  8. Web site: Wikipedia-a-thon Black Lunch Table. 2020-07-12. Project Row Houses. en-US. 2020-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20200714021216/https://projectrowhouses.org/calendar/wikipedia-a-thon-black-lunch-table. dead.
  9. Web site: Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon . 2020-07-12. Rutgers University Libraries . 2020-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20200712200942/https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/events/black-lunch-table-wikipedia-edit-thon. dead.
  10. Web site: History . Black Lunch Table . 22 August 2023 . en.
  11. Web site: Good Work: Black Lunch Table . 2020-07-12. Don't Take Pictures. Kat. Kiernan. 2020-06-10. en-US. 2020-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20200712200929/https://www.donttakepictures.com/dtp-blog/2020/6/10/good-work-black-lunch-table. live.

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