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Public art task force
This task force aims to encourage the creation of accurate, informative, and up-to-date articles about public art (here's a list of example pages). The definition of public art is often debated, however this task force focuses on art intended for public display. Public art can be sacred or secular and include many types: sculptures, monuments, mosaics, murals, site-specific installations, memorials, among others.
The process of examination, research, and documentation required for the completion of a good Wikipedia article is the first step in caring for an artwork and parallel to the work undertaken by art conservators, curators, and registrars. Working on this project will improve the representation of visual arts in Wikipedia and raise awareness about public art's existence, meaning, and context within their communities.
This project was inspired by an appreciation for public art and a shared concern that many artworks remain invisible within the context of Wikipedia, and in person. As the field of public art continues to grow, there is an urgent need to document what these artworks mean to their communities. This project was conceived as WikiProject Wikipedia Saves Public Art, became WikiProject Public art in 2010, then WikiProject Public Art in 2012, and finally, in 2023, WikiProject Visual arts/Public art task force.
This project aims to create new articles about public art, place existing articles within the context of art history and raise public awareness about their existence within communities.
- Increase the quality and quantity of articles about public art in Wikipedia.
- Encourage a new generation of global citizens to care for art.
- Accurately and historically define public art on a community-by-community level.
- Simplify and standardize the process of creating and editing articles about public art through the use of WikiProject Public Art Resources.
- Foster information sharing between Wikipedia and public art programs (sponsored by states, municipalities, or cultural organizations).
- Improve and better define the categorization of artworks within Wikipedia and therefore create collections of artworks.
- In the U.S., integrate into Wikipedia information about artworks contained in the SOS! database, which is housed within the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS).
- Sign up as a member of the project.
- Check out the task list to get started.
- Connect on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr.
- Give someone deserving a {{PublicArtBarnstar}}!
Public art articles listed by quality
Public art pages by quality | |||||||
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Quality | |||||||
Total | |||||||
FA | 36 | ||||||
FL | 6 | ||||||
A | 1 | ||||||
GA | 140 | ||||||
B | 262 | ||||||
C | 894 | ||||||
Start | 2,474 | ||||||
Stub | 2,479 | ||||||
List | 415 | ||||||
Category | 684 | ||||||
Disambig | 8 | ||||||
File | 65 | ||||||
Project | 75 | ||||||
Template | 76 | ||||||
NA | 114 | ||||||
Assessed | 7,729 | ||||||
Unassessed | 1 | ||||||
Total | 7,730 | ||||||
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 31,887 | Ω = 5.07 |
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Did you know
- 08 Oct 2024 – Genesis (Lebrun) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Sdkb (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Sep 2024 – Growing Form (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Dumelow (t · c); see discussion
Featured article candidates
- 01 Oct 2024 – Boot Monument (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Relativity (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Aug 2024 – The Motherland Calls (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Joeyquism (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 29 Sep 2024 – David of Sassoun (statue) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Yerevantsi (t · c); start discussion
- 22 Jul 2024 – James Buchanan Memorial (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by APK (t · c); start discussion
- 25 Sep 2024 – Alice in Wonderland sculpture (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by SmileyShogun (t · c) was not promoted by David Eppstein (t · c), see discussion
Requested moves
- 08 Oct 2024 – Benjamin Harrison (Niehaus) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Statue of Benjamin Harrison by Another Believer (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Sep 2024 – Statue of Lucille Ball (talk · edit · hist) move request to Statue of Lucille Ball (Celoron, New York) by Another Believer (t · c) was ; see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 08 Oct 2024 – Art (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to The arts by Rollinginhisgrave (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 31 Jul 2024 – Draft:Mar Vista Art Walk (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by SisiBC (t · c) was declined by AlphaBetaGamma (t · c) on 04 Oct 2024
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Gallery
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Great Sphinx of Giza (2555–2532 BCE), Egypt
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Watts Towers (1921–1954)
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The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Indianapolis, about 1898
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Statue of Liberty (1886)
by Frédéric Bartholdi -
Wikipedia Monument (2014), Słubice, Poland