*Greetings friend!We hope this finds you well and enjoying summer…We would
like to extend a special invitation to join us for our upcoming Black Lunch
Table event that will take place July 9th and July 11th on the High Line.
Convening at 22nd Street, these conversations will engage cultural workers
who identify as part of the African Diaspora and members of the communities
surrounding the High Line in critical conversation. We’d love for you to
join us for lunch and conversation.Please see below for details and please
RSVP, as seating is limited!July 9th @ 5-8pm: free photo booth and
Wikipedia editathonJuly 11th @ 12pm: Artists roundtable for visual artists,
curators and art writers of the African DiasporaJuly 11 @ 2:30pm: The
People’s Table, for members of the High Line, Chelsea or New York
communities-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------…B.Y.O.
B.L.T. @ The HighlineThe Highline’s B.Y.O. (Bring Your Own) is a new series
of intimate, unscripted conversations staged in public space. Hosted by
artists who center their practice on food and dialogue, these events
contribute to an exploration of critical thought, creative exchange, and
discourse production. BYO is inaugurated this year with McKendree Key’s The
Breakfast Den, our project, The Black Lunch Table, and Elia Alba’s Supper
Club. BLT is an ongoing collaboration between Hart and Valentine initiated
in 2005 at the preeminent artist residency, Skowhegan School of Painting
and Sculpture. Imagining the lunch table as a discursive site where social
connections are made, organizing is planned, social hierarchies revealed,
and power dynamics played out, BLT provides a space to discuss critical
issues. The ultimate goal is to give visibility and validate shared
concerns through exchange, while strengthening the bonds within the
nebulous artistic community, and the larger community of neighbors and
visitors.All conversations will be recorded and photographed, transcribed,
and published—both as part of the Black Lunch Table online archive, and as
a booklet that will be available later in the year published by the High
Line. Check back for information at
www.thehighline.org
<http://www.thehighline.org>Session one (12:00 PM) - Artists TableIn this
session, Hart and Valentine curate artists and cultural workers who
identify as part of the African Diaspora, into intimate conversations. The
Artists Table seeks to both democratize and augment the dominant narratives
of contemporary art history by animating discourse among the cultural
producers of color living it. This session provides a space to discuss
critical issues directly affecting the international community of diasporic
artists. It seeks to strengthen the bonds within this nebulous community
and validates shared concerns through exchange. Light lunch will be
provided. If you are an artist or cultural producer who identifies as part
of the African Diaspora and want to participate in the discussion, RSVP
here
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/byo-black-lunch-table-artists-table-tickets-46416866096?aff=eventpage>.
Session two (2:30 PM) - People’s TableAt The People’s Table discussions
address issues affecting historically disenfranchised populations beyond
the single context of art. This session is open to neighbors and community
members directly or loosely linked to the High Line. The People’s Table
catalyzes candid conversations amongst a diversity of people, representing
a variety of backgrounds, professions, ages and perspectives. The goal is
to inspire new thinking around critical sociopolitical issues by
cross-pollinating discourse and collecting the people's’ history. Light
lunch will be provided. If you live or work on the neighborhood surrounding
the High Line or are in any way connected to the High Line community, and
want to participate in the discussion, RSVP here
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/byo-black-lunch-table-peoples-table-tickets-46668751492>.
- Space at both tables is limited. We will send a reminder 5 days before
the program to confirm your participation.- Participants will be required
to arrive 15 minutes before the start time, and by the time of the program
any unclaimed tickets to participate of the conversation will be released
to the waitlist or walk-in audience members. - Conversation will be
prompted and framed around critical themes, relevant to both private and
public life; participants need no previous experience or knowledge.
Wikipedia edit-a-thon (Monday, July 9th, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT at the High
Line, Chelsea Market passage between 15th and 16th Streets)The Black Lunch
Table (BLT) project will host our FIRST OUTDOOR edit-a-thon focusing on
important but underrepresented New York area visual artists of the African
Diaspora. We will provide a list of suggested artists to add or edit, with
particular focus on Black artists who have worked within or are local to
the host institution’s community and are currently under-documented on
Wikipedia. No prior knowledge of editing is required, as we will provide a
short introduction to the platform and will provide assistance with writing
articles. Bring your own laptop (a small number of extra machines will be
available for use if you don’t have one). Snacks and technical assistance
provided. and...Photographer Tiffany Smith will be taking free portraits
for Wikipedia in our Black Lunch Table photo booth! Check out our meetup
page here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Black_Lunch_Table/The_Highline_2018>.
Be sure to sign up for our list to know what we are doing:
http://eepurl.com/bVUPWv <http://eepurl.com/bVUPWv> and for more
information please contact info(a)blacklunchtable.com
<info(a)blacklunchtable.com>Looking forward to seeing you there!Heather &
Jina *
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Heather Hart
Co-Founder
The Black Lunch Table
blacklunchtable.com
347-439-8553