TheBlackLunchTable

@BLACKLUNCHTABLE

Non-profit org creating discursive sites for self authoring. Filling gaps in history with records of art of the African Diaspora.

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Joined June 2016
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    Oct 2

    New month, new card! This month we focus on photographers, and we're giving away a gift card from Mahogany Books! Need a nudge? Join our online meetup and write Black artists into Wiki!

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  2. Retweeted
    Oct 1

    For 15 years, has been working to ensure Black artists are represented online and in history — sharing their stories through one new Wikipedia article at a time.

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  3. Sep 30

    Today is the last day for September’s BLT Bingo card. GET IN THE GAME! WIN PRIZES! WRITE ARTISTS INTO WIKI!

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    Sep 29

    "The history of art, and writing about that history, went hand in hand with white supremacy for years," says Northwestern art historian . These editors are righting that history: cc:

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  5. Retweeted
    Sep 28

    Join us Fri Oct 2 @ noon for a lecture and discussion with Black Lunch Table artists Jina Valentine and Heather Hart!

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  6. Retweeted
    Sep 21

    This fall, will be virtual artists-in-residence. On 10/9, they will host a Edit-a-thon to create, update, and improve articles pertaining to the lives and works of Black visual artists.

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  7. Retweeted
    Sep 24

    Featuring Heather Hart and Eliza Myrie How can bipoc reclaim the agency (and capital) of their digital likenesses? What about those people who ARENT connected to the internet? I'm loving the insights so far

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  8. Sep 29

    BLT BINGO Tip- Jibade-Khalil Huffman's videos, photography and installation challenges and illuminates the slippages of the archive, language and memory. Make him a Wiki page!

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  9. Sep 28

    BLT BINGO tip- Artist Aya Brown made headlines this year with her ESSENTIAL WORKERS series. The series honours the Black women who form the backbone of our daily lives during COVID-19 by the merits of their labour in the public sphere. Make her a page!

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  10. Sep 25

    BLT BINGO tip- Adger Cowans is one of the forefathers of Black American photography and was the first African-American still photographer. A student of Gordon Parks, at 82, Cowans is still working feverishly. He definitely needs a Wiki page.

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  11. Sep 24

    September is going FAST! Only a week to play BLT BINGO stateside and our September Red Rush Intl Contest focused on Wikimedians working in Nigeria to increase the presence of Black artists on Wikipedia. Get in the game to win PRIZES!

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  12. Sep 24

    BLT BINGO tip- Filmmaker, writer and interdisciplinary artist Fatima Jamal centers the experiences of Black trans women, and explores identities that exist at the nexuses of desirability, gender, sexuality and race. Make her a page! (PC: Texas Isaiah)

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  13. Sep 23

    BLT Bingo Tip- The Free Black Women’s Library was founded by artist and organizer OlaRonke Akinmowo. Akinmowo builds installations and altars that celebrate Black Womanhood. She was also a Robert Blackburn Printmaking Fellow. She needs a Wiki page!

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  14. Sep 22

    BLT Bingo Tip- Suhaly Bautisa-Carolina is an artist, organizer, educator and herbalist born and raised in New York City. She runs herbal medicine brand Moon Mother Apothecary and is the Senior Managing Educator at the MET. She should have a Wiki page!

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  15. Sep 21

    BLT Bingo Tip- Damien Davis unpacks representations of race and culture through his multimodal practice. Science fiction informs much of his vector based wall works. Here, he speaks of his practice in his own words. Make him a Wiki page!

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  16. Sep 20

    Join us for an online hangout, next week September 27th. Join us at noon (EST) at !

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  17. Sep 18

    BLT Bingo Tip- This year, Sandra Jackson-Dumont was announced as the incoming director and CEO of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles. For six years, she was the Chairman of Education and Public Programs at the MET. She needs a Wiki page!

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  18. Sep 17

    BLT will present at Black is Tech Conference. We’re passionate about black artists on all the Wiki platforms and will be talking about bias in images on Wikicommons. We first presented this topic at WikiCon North America in 2019. Check out the conference!

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  19. Sep 17

    BLT Bingo Tip- Shikeith's installations, films and photography renders nuanced glimpses into Black masculinities. Queering manhood becomes an aesthetic intervention in service of illegibility and in turn, new possibilities for being. Make him a Wiki page!

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  20. Sep 16

    BLT Bingo Tip- Multi-disciplinary artist David Hartt explores the progression of ideals throughout history. He’s in the upcoming MoMA exhibition Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America, opening on September 18th. He needs a Wiki page!

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