Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/Sheboygan The Road Less Traveled 2017

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Black Lunch Table
@ John Michael Kohler Arts Center

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When and Where
Date:	Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Time:	6:30 pm – 9:30 pm CPT
Address:	John Michael Kohler Arts Center 608 New York Ave Sheboygan, WI 53081

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The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project will host an edit-a-thon focusing on important but underrepresented Sheboygan area visual artists of the African Diaspora from 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm CPT on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at the Kohler Arts Center. A training session will be held at the beginning, but help is available throughout the event.

Please bring your laptop and feel free to bring a friend!

Event description

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at John Michael Kohler Arts Center will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Sheboygan area visual artists from the African Diaspora and their work. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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 a library resources and a list of suggested artists and music on hand.

History of The Black Lunch Table

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) 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 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.

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John Michael Kohler Arts Center

JMKAC's mission is to generate a creative exchange between artists and the public.

ExAIR residencies offer students exciting opportunities to meet and work with renowned artists exhibiting at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Participants learn more about the artist practice and explore the creative process with the artists.

Event details

• Date: Tuesday, Sep 26, 2017
• Time: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm CPT
• Location: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 608 New York Ave, Sheboygan, WI 53081
• Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, 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: A list of links to good interviews about hip hop artists -- and please bring 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

• 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

Possible articles to edit

Suggested artist pages for revision and/or creation! This event-specific list focuses on important Sheboygan area or JMKAC-related visual artists of the African Diaspora who are under-represented on Wikipedia. Please add a name if you know someone appropriate who needs a page or needs editing. Please do not add an artist who has a substantial page. We are trying to create new pages and beef up under-represented ones.

• Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - List the article you're working on in this live doc to keep track and avoid duplicate work!
•   denotes Infobox is needed

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

Artists Based in Sheboygan area:

1. TBD

Artists and subjects related to John Michael Kohler Arts Center collection:

1. Bernard Williams (artist)
2. David Butler (artist)
3. Dr. Charles Smith
4. Hawkins Bolden
5. Joseph Yoakum
6. Juan Logan
7. Kamante Gatura
8. Kara Walker
9. Kevin Sampson (artist)
10. Mary LeRavin
11. Minnie Evans
12. Mose Tolliver
13. Nicole Awai
14. Patrick Earl Hammie
15. Purvis Young
16. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
17. Robert Karimi
18. Sharif Bey
19. Simon Sparrow
20. Theaster Gates
21. Vernon Burwell
22. William Dawson (artist)
23. Willie Cole
24. Willie Massey
25. Winnie-Owens Hart
26. Art Environments
27. The African-American Heritage Museum and Black Veteran's Archive

Wikidata task list

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Article	Gender	Occupation	Place of birth	Residence
Bernard Williams	male	visual artist painter sculptor
Charles Smith	male	visual artist sculptor	New Orleans	Hammond Aurora New Orleans
David Butler	male	artist sculptor	St. Mary Parish	Patterson
Hawkins Bolden	male	visual artist	Memphis
Joseph Yoakum	male	circus performer drawer	Ash Grove
Juan Logan	male	artist university teacher	Nashville	Belmont
Kamante Gatura	male	visual artist cook
Kara Walker	female	artist illustrator painter installation artist sculptor photographer performance artist video artist visual artist graphic artist architectural draftsperson printmaker filmmaker	Stockton
Kevin Sampson	male	visual artist	Elizabeth
Lichens	male	sound artist musician
Mary Le Ravin	female	visual artist	Natchez
Minnie Evans	female	illustrator gatekeeper drawer artist painter	Pender County Long Creek, North Carolina	Wilmington Wrightsville Beach
Mose Tolliver	male	painter	Pike Road
Nicole Awai	female	visual artist multimedia artist	Port of Spain	Austin Brooklyn
Patrick Earl Hammie	male	painter	New Haven
Purvis Young	male	painter	Miami
Sharif Bey	male	visual artist sculptor university teacher academic	Pittsburgh
The African-American Heritage Museum and Black Veteran's Archive
Theaster Gates	male	artist performance artist ceramicist	Chicago
Willie Cole	male	visual artist printmaker installation artist	Newark	New Jersey

End of auto-generated list.

Wikipedia editing resources

Where to start...

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

Outcomes

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Alphabetical by first letter Infobox was added Pages improved Pages created Wikidata items improved Wikidata items created Wikimedia Commons images uploaded Wikimedia Commons categories Event pictures uploaded to Wikimedia Metrics Outreach Dashboard

External links

• The Black Lunch Table
• Black Lunch Table – Wikipedia meetup page

Attendees