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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. [1] Its work 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 of its aims is to address the racial and gender bias on Wikipedia by encouraging Wikipedia articles about African-American artists. [5] [6] [7]

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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. [1] [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. [3] [7] [9]

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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  2. ↑ Kim, Katherine (2018-01-15). "Three Questions with The Black Lunch Table". DLF. Archived from the original on 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  3. 1 2 "Black Artists Speak & Black Lunch Tables with Artists Heather Hart and Jina Valentine » Arts Initiative". Boston University. Archived from the original on 2020-07-12. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  4. ↑ "Black Lunch Table". Art21 Magazine. Archived from the original on 2020-07-12. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  5. ↑ "Black Lunch Table, Artists' Table". The New School. Archived from the original on 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  6. ↑ Moloi, Nkgopoleng (2018-08-13). "The Black Lunch Table - engaging communities through candid conversations". Bubblegum Club. Archived from the original on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  7. 1 2 aclark (2016-10-24). "The Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Edit-a-thon". BRIC. Archived from the original on 2020-07-13. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  8. ↑ "Wikipedia-a-thon | Black Lunch Table". Project Row Houses. Archived from the original on 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  9. 1 2 "Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon". Rutgers University Libraries. Archived from the original on 2020-07-12. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  10. 1 2 "History". Black Lunch Table. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  11. ↑ Kiernan, Kat (2020-06-10). "Good Work: Black Lunch Table". Don't Take Pictures. Archived from the original on 2020-07-12. Retrieved 2020-07-12.


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