Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/SixtyCriticsCollab
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| Applications Open: | June 4th, 2024 |
| Application Deadline: | July 1st, 2024 |
| Finalists Notified: | July 22nd - July 26th |
CROWDSOURCING THE CANON
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) Wikipedia initiative mobilizes the creation and improvement of Wikipedia articles that pertain to the lives and works of Black artists. Central to the documentation of an artist’s life and work on Wikipedia are reliable, citable written works. Sixty Inches From Center (Sixty) is a worker-led organization and publishing platform that produces collaborative projects about artists, archival practice, art history, and culture in Chicago and the Midwest.
BLT’s x Sixty’s collaboration will create an opportunity for emerging Black art critics and writers writing on Black artists, with a focus on contemporary exhibitions to be published. The underrepresentation of Black artists on Wiki mirrors the imbalance in coverage of Black artists in general publishing and critical arts writing. We aim to increase the quantity and quality of citations possible for articles about contemporary Black artists on Wikipedia. BLT’s x Sixty collaboration bridges the citation gap that exists between an artist's career and the criticism they receive–discourse that is crucial to fulfilling Wikipedia's notability requirements.
Published Articles
Read "T.J. Dedeaux-Norris: A Journey Through Art and Identity" by Amoye Favour published in Sixty Inches From Center which discusses the work of Iowa-based artist T.J. Dedeaux-Norris.
Read "Identity in the Abstract: Harriet Watson on Artistic Expression" by Jen Torwudzo-Stroh published in Sixty Inches From Center. The article examines Harriet Watson and her career, practice, and focus on identity.
Read "Crystal Z Campbell on the Material Presence of Absence" by isra rene which considers the way Crystal Z. Campbell uses abstraction and memory in her work.
Read "Unfurling Like a Rose: The Life and Times of Dr. Yaoundé Olu" by Nadia John published in Sixty Inches From Center. The article explores the life and work of Chicago artist and gallerist Dr. Yaoundé Olu starting from her childhood growing up in the Englewood section of the city through her time as a member of the Black Arts Movement in Chicago.
Call for Writers
As a part of a new editorial collaboration with Black Lunch Table, we are announcing an open call for writers to pitch critical essays, journalistic takes, exhibition reviews (solo or two-person shows), and/or deep dives into the lives and practices of Black artists based in the Midwest, especially those whose Wiki pages lack sufficient citations. See a list of topics in the 'Who or What to Write About for the Collab' section below.
This call will prioritize those who have a clear commitment to researching, curating, or writing about Black cultural production and artistic practices. Sixty defines the Midwest as the interconnected Native lands and diverse communities overlapping the arbitrary colonial boundaries of North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Each piece has a suggested length of up to 1,000 words.
To submit, please fill out Sixty’s pitch submission form on our “Pitch to Sixty” page. To indicate that you are submitting to this project by writing in “BLT x Sixty Critics” for your work’s genre in the Google Form. We are accepting pitches through July 1, 2024.
| June 2026 +/- | |
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| London, Ontario | June 9, 2026 |
| SF Bay Area Wikisalon: Wiki x AI | June 11, 2026 |
| Portland, Oregon | June 13, 2026 |
| San Diego 135 | June 13, 2026 |
| SF Bay Area Wiknic | June 13, 2026 |
| London 229 | June 14, 2026 |
| Seattle June meetup | June 16, 2026 |
| Christchurch 46 | June 20, 2026 |
| Calgary meetup | June 20, 2026 |
| Oxford 123 | June 21, 2026 |
| Brighton 8 | June 27, 2026 |
| Edinburgh 28 | June 27, 2026 |
| Wikimedia Café regarding Editor reflections | June 27, 2026 |
| July 2026 +/- | |
| San Diego 136 | July 18, 2026 |
| Christchurch 47 | July 19, 2026 |
| Brixton 17 | July 27, 2026 |
| Full Meetup Calendar • Events calendar on Meta For meetups in other languages, see the list on Meta | |
Not a writer or can't pitch right now?
There are other ways that you can improve the quality/presence of Black artists on wiki right now. You can:
- Add a photo to wikicommons
- Suggest a name of an artist who should be on our task list
- Get a user name and start editing with BLT
Black Lunch Table's task list is made up of Black visual artists who are under-represented on Wikipedia. We welcome additions to our list so long as they are within our scope. We encourage editors to suggest artists who do not have a page or whose page is a stub over adding an artist who already has a substantial page and presence. Please always defer to Wikipedia's NOTABILTY guidelines for new pages.
Sixty's archive already has MANY articles about Black artists. You can see a list of published articles here and include more information in existing artist pages or start a new one.
BLT Photobooth
Photographs and images are an important part of Wiki as well. For this project, we will pair a photographer to photograph the artist written about in your contribution. See portraits form past BLT Photobooths below:
Che Gossett
Danny Simmons
Nic Kay
Derrick Adams
Abigail DeVille
Sajda Musawwir Ladner
Dindga McCannon
Rashayla Marie Brown
Basil Kincaid
Tiona Nekkia McClodden
Sam Vernon
Joiri Minaya
Cey Adams
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Who or What to Write About for the Collab
- Exhibition Reviews (solo or two-person shows) - see a list of upcoming Midwest shows
Below are lists of suggested artists to edit from some Midwestern states and cities.
Illinois
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| Alicia Henry | visual artist (1966–2024) |  | ||||
| Jeff Donaldson | American artist (1932-2004) |
Chicago
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| Amanda Williams | visual artist (born 1974) | |||||
| Angela M. Rivers | artist and curator | |||||
| Anna Martine Whitehead | Artist | |||||
| Anthony Stepter | Curator | |||||
| Arnold J. Kemp | American artist | |||||
| Ayanah Moor | American artist |  | ||||
| Barbara Jones-Hogu | American designer and artist (1938–2017) | |||||
| Bethany Collins | American visual artist (born 1984) | |||||
| Betty Venus Blue | American textile and fiber artist (1950–1997) | |||||
| Blanche Brown | American artist | |||||
| Brendan Fernandes | Kenyan-Indian-Canadian dancer and visual artist (born 1979) |  | ||||
| Caitlin Cherry | American visual artist (born 1987) | |||||
| Candida Alvarez | American visual artist (born 1955) |  | ||||
| Carlos Rolón | American visual artist |  | ||||
| Caroline Kent | Artist (born 1975) | |||||
| Cauleen Smith | American film director and artist (born 1967) | |||||
| Charles Wilbert White | American artist (1918-1979) |  | ||||
| Che Baraka | American visual artist | |||||
| Danny Giles | Artist | |||||
| Dawoud Bey | African American artist (born 1953) | |||||
| Derrick Woods-Morrow | American visual artist | |||||
| Diamond Stingily | American artist (born 1990) | |||||
| Dread Scott | American artist (born 1965) |  | ||||
| Ebony G. Patterson | Jamaican artist (born 1981) |  | ||||
| Ed Clark | Arican-American painter (1926–2019) | |||||
| Edra Soto | visual artist (born 1971) | |||||
| Eldzier Cortor | African American artist (1916-2015) |  | ||||
| Eliza Myrie | visual artist, co-executive director of the Black Lunch Table |  | ||||
| Frederick J. Brown | American visual artist (1945-2012) | |||||
| Frohawk Two Feathers | artist (born 1976) | |||||
| Gerald Griffin | American artist | |||||
| Gerald Williams | American artist | |||||
| Germane Barnes | American architect, designer and professor | |||||
| Gladys Barker Grauer | American visual artist and art educator | |||||
| Hale Woodruff | African American artist (1900–1980) |  | ||||
| Hamza Walker | American curator | |||||
| Harold Mendez | chicago-born Artist (born 1977) | |||||
| Janet Dees | American curator | |||||
| Jeff Donaldson | American artist (1932-2004) | |||||
| Jefferson Pinder | American artist (born 1970) |  | ||||
| Jessica Vaughn | American visual artist (born 1983) | |||||
| Jina Valentine | American artist (born 1979) |  | ||||
| Kamau Amu Patton | American artist | |||||
| Kamilah Rashied | American Curator | |||||
| Kerry James Marshall | American painter and professor (born 1955) | |||||
| Krista Franklin | African-American poet and visual artist | |||||
| Lamont Hamilton | American visual artist | |||||
| LaToya Ruby Frazier | American photographer and professor (born 1982) | .jpg) | ||||
| Margaret Taylor-Burroughs | American visual artist (1915-2010) | |||||
| Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly | American sculptor (1937-2012) | |||||
| Mike Cloud | American visual artist | |||||
| Mikki Ferrill | American photographer (born 1937) | |||||
| Murray De Pillars | artist (1938–2008) | |||||
| Najjar Abdul-Musawwir | American painter | |||||
| Naomi Beckwith | American curator | |||||
| Napoleon Jones-Henderson | American weaver and multimedia artist | |||||
| Nate Young | American artist (born 1981) | |||||
| Nathaniel Mary Quinn | American artist (born 1977) | |||||
| NIC Kay | American performance artist | |||||
| Nick Cave | African-American fabric sculptor, dancer, and performance artist (born 1959) |  | ||||
| Nina Chanel Abney | American artist (born 1982) |  | ||||
| Nyeema Morgan | American visual artist |  | ||||
| Paula Wilson | American visual artist (born 1975) | |||||
| Rashayla Marie Brown | American artist |  | ||||
| Rashid Johnson | American artist and film director (1977- ) |  | ||||
| Ray Noland | American artist | |||||
| Red Jordan Arobateau | American author, playwright, poet and painter | |||||
| Rex Goreleigh | American artist (1902–1986) | |||||
| Romi Crawford | art historian | |||||
| Ruth Miller | American artist (1904-1978) | |||||
| Senam Okudzeto | British artist (born 1972) | |||||
| Senga Nengudi | American artist, curator (b. 1943) | |||||
| Shawné Michaelain Holloway | American new media artist and digital feminist | |||||
| Simone Leigh | African American artist (born 1967) | .jpg) | ||||
| Tempestt Hazel | American Curator | |||||
| Theaster Gates | artist (born 1973) |  | ||||
| Thelma Johnson Streat | American artist, dancer, and educator. First African American to have painting at MoMA (1911–1959) |  | ||||
| Torkwase Dyson | interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, New York, United States (born 1973) | |||||
| Tyanna Buie | American visual artist | |||||
| Wadsworth Jarrell | African American artist (born 1929) | |||||
| William Paul Thomas | American visual artist (*1985) ♂ | |||||
| William Pope.L | American artist (1955–2023) |  | ||||
| Yashua Klos | American visual artist (born 1977) |  | ||||
| Yasin Ali Artan | Somalia |  | ||||
| Yesomi Umolu | British museum curator | |||||
| Yvonne Edwards Tucker | American ceramicist and sculptor | |||||
| Zun Lee | German-born Canadian photographer |
Kansas
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| Betsy Graves Reyneau | American painter (1889-1964) |  |
Wisconsin
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| Donna Bruton | visual artist | |||||
| Lafayette Cruise | Urban planner |
Columbus
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| Acha Debela | visual artist | |||||
| Adger W. Cowans | American artist and photographer (born 1936) | |||||
| Fred Holland | visual artist and sculptor (1951–2016) ♂ | |||||
| Jacob Mason-Macklin | artist (born 1995) | |||||
| Linda Goode Bryant | American film director and gallerist (born 1949) |  | ||||
| Louis Cameron | American Visual Artist (born 1973) | |||||
| Ming Smith | African American photographer (born 1951) | .jpg) | ||||
| Nanette Carter | American visual artist (born 1954) | |||||
| Odili Donald Odita | Nigerian-American artist (born 1966) | |||||
| Sean M. Johnson | American visual artist (*1981) ♂ | |||||
| Seteria Dorsey | artist |
Indianapolis
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| Carl Robert Pope | photo and video artist (born 1961) | |||||
| Carol Ann Carter | American artist (born 1947) | |||||
| Hale Woodruff | African American artist (1900–1980) | | ||||
| William Edouard Scott | African American artist (1884-1964) |  | ||||
| William Majors | African American artist (1930–1982) |
Detroit
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| Alvin D. Loving | American artist (1935-2005) |  | ||||
| Ben Blount | African American artist | |||||
| Ben Blout | Artist | |||||
| Burnis Calvin Day | American artist (born 1940) | |||||
| Eric Pryor | American arts administrator and painter (born 1962) | |||||
| Franchesca G. Lamarre | Artist | |||||
| Gabrielle Civil | American Visual Artist | |||||
| Gilda Snowden | American, Black/African-American, Mixed Media Artist, Sculptor (1954–2014) | |||||
| Jamea Richmond-Edwards | artist (born 1982) | |||||
| Jasmine Murrell | American visual artist | |||||
| Jibade-Khalil Huffman | American visual artist (born 1981) | |||||
| Jova Lynn Vargas | Artist | |||||
| Kara Springer | Canadian visual artist and industrial designer | |||||
| LaKela Brown | American artist | |||||
| LaShun Beal | American Visual Artist | |||||
| Melvin W. Clark | American painter and printmaker | |||||
| Ming Smith | African American photographer (born 1951) | | ||||
| Oliver Jackson | American jazz drummer (1933–1994) | |||||
| Richard Lewis | American painter | |||||
| Robert Seldon Duncanson | African American artist (1821-1872) | .jpg) | ||||
| Stefanie Jackson | American painter | |||||
| Teka Selman | visual artist and curator ♀ | |||||
| Tiff Massey | American visual artist (born 1982) | .jpg) | ||||
| Tyree Guyton | American artist (born 1955) |  | ||||
| Venusloc | American musician and artist |
Milwaukee
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| Andree Louise Parker | American painter (born 1984) | |||||
| Anwar Floyd-Pruitt | artist | |||||
| Blanche Brown | American artist | |||||
| Christopher McIntyre | American visual artist | |||||
| Della Wells | artist | |||||
| Evelyn Patricia Terry | American visual artist | |||||
| George Tillman, Jr. | American film director |  | ||||
| Leslie Smith III | American artist |  | ||||
| Mikal Floyd-Pruitt | American visual artist | |||||
| Milton Derr | American artist | |||||
| Mutópe J. Johnson | American visual artist | |||||
| Ras ‘Ammar Nsoroma | American visual artist | |||||
| vanessa german | American artist (born 1976) | .jpg) | ||||
| William Joshua Blackmon | American artist (1921-2010) |
Kansas City
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| Akea Brionne | American visual artist, researcher (born 1996) | |||||
| Carmen Cartiness Johnson | African American artist (born 1954) | |||||
| Lauren Woods | American artist | |||||
| Thomas Blackshear | American visual artist |  |
Minneapolis
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| Amir Khadar | Sierra Leonean and American artist, designer | |||||
| Leslie Barlow | American painter (born 1989) | |||||
| Mike Cloud | American visual artist | |||||
| Nyeema Morgan | American visual artist | | ||||
| Ta-coumba T. Aiken | American artist |
Wichita
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| Lamont Hamilton | American visual artist |
Cleveland
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| Ayana Evans | American performance artist | .jpg) | ||||
| Bob Ragland | artist | |||||
| Charles Sallee | American artist (1913–2006) | |||||
| Dana King | American television journalist and sculptor | |||||
| Dorothy Dehner | American artist (1901-1994) | |||||
| John L. Moore | American visual artist (born 1939) | |||||
| MaPo Kinnord | American artist | |||||
| Phoebe Beasley | African-American artist (born 1943) | |||||
| Rafala Green | American visual artist, activist (1940–2009) | |||||
| Renée Green | American artist, writer, filmmaker (born 1959) | |||||
| Steve Locke | American painter | |||||
| Yasin Ali Artan | Somalia | |
Saint Paul
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| Justin Sutherland | American celebrity chef |
Cincinnati
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| Beuford Smith | American photographer (born 1941) | |||||
| Gladys Barker Grauer | American visual artist and art educator | |||||
| Jennie C. Jones | American artist (born 1968) | |||||
| Ralph Lemon | American choreographer and visual artist (born 1952) | |||||
| Robert Seldon Duncanson | African American artist (1821-1872) | | ||||
| Sharon Sutton | American architect (born 1941) | .jpg) | ||||
| Terence Hammonds | American artist |
St. Louis
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| Aaron Fowler | American visual artist (born 1988) | |||||
| E. Simms Campbell | Black American cartoonist (1906-1971) | |||||
| John Rozelle | American visual artist, artist-in-residence (*1944) ♂ | |||||
| Jules Arthur | American drawer, born 1970 | |||||
| Lyndon Barrois Jr. | American artist | |||||
| Melvonna Ballenger | American film director, producer and writer (1954–2003) | |||||
| Oliver Lee Jackson | American painter (born 1935) | |||||
| Phillip Lindsay Mason | artist (born 1939) | |||||
| Suzanne Jackson | American artist (born 1944) |  | ||||
| Tunde Adebimpe | American musician |  |
About Black Lunch Table
Black Lunch Table (BLT) is a nonprofit organization and nineteen-year ongoing artist collaboration.BLT’s primary aim has been the production of discursive sites, wherein cultural producers engage in dialogue on a variety of critical issues.
Black Lunch Table Wikimedians mobilize the creation and improvement of a specific set of Wikipedia articles that pertain to the lives and works of Black artists. In the field of mainstream contemporary art, Black artists are still marginalized within our field.
Wikipedia estimates that 77% of their editors are white and 91% of their editors are men. Our work shifts this demographic and empowers people to write their own history. Our sessions and events, including BLT Photobooth and edit-a-thons, equip new editors with the skills and resources to create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles and encourages existing editors to focus on Wikipedia knowledge gaps.
About Sixty Inches from Center
Sixty Inches From Center is a worker-led organization and publishing platform that produces collaborative projects about artists, archival practice, art history, and culture in Chicago and the Midwest. We are a collective of arts workers, writers, editors, artists, curators, librarians, and archivists who promote and prioritize the preservation of culture within Indigenous, diasporic, queer, and disability communities of our region.
We believe that the stories of artists, cultural workers, archivists, organizers, memory workers, and writers within Indigenous, diasporic, queer, and disability communities are essential to understanding history and creating inclusive future canons that align with the more liberated and just worlds that reflect our dreams and realities. Our stories need to be preserved and promoted simultaneously, so we work with local and national archives while providing platforms and capsules for the cultural practices of our people.