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that there is no such thing as a stupid question, I ask: "Should I be using this (Category:WikiProject Public art articles) at articles such as Death and the Sculptor? Which is a red link right now but should be blue soon enough. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 01:37, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
a good example of why I don't indulge much in this stuff. In any case. thanks for the cleaning my recent attempt up, Carptrash ( talk) 02:27, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Thanks Richard. Making sense, and efficiency, for that matter, are not things that come naturally or easily to me. However I was labeled "educable" years ago, thus proving that I can learn. Carptrash ( talk) 02:45, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
Richard has asked me to give some thoughts on the categorization of Public art articles (Note: When discussing categories on talk pages, and using the brackets [[ ]], you need to put a colon before the C of ":Category" (like that), or the cat name won't appear in the text you're writing, but the talk page will show in the category itself).
The Category:Public art tree at the moment has most of the content in Category:Outdoor sculptures and Category:Fountains. It does not include Category:Monuments and memorials, presumably on the grounds that these are in many forms of which some are not art, and are intangible - Category:Chess memorial tournaments, lectures, scholarships etc.
1) New categories in the "Public art tree"
New categories that might be established include Category:Public art by country, leading down to Category:Public art in the United States etc.; Category:Public art organizations; some form of artists' category, but I think Category:Public artists doesn't sound right, or fit normal usage. I think the first two are unproblematic. The artists are a bit different, as almost all historic sculptors produced at least some public art, and if they were all included the category would be "Mostly overlapping" ( WP:OCAT) with Category:Sculptors. But there are evidently many artists who now specialize in public art sculpture and installations almost entirely, & for whom this is "defining". Category:Contemporary artists making public art might be the way to go, probably with some national subcats like Category:American contemporary artists making public art.
Another possibility is to set up Category:Works of public art, but this might not be necessary or a good idea. It's another layer, up to which all the works trees would lead.
2) Should "monuments and memorials be in the tree?
There is a case for this, despite the fact that some of the categories in the head-cat are non-art, like Category:Chess memorial tournaments, Category:Tributes to John Coltrane & so on. But there are not many of these as far as one can tell. I see that Category:Monuments and memorials in the United States is categorized under Category:Sculptures in the United States, despite containing some things like List of United States submarines designated as memorials.
The interpretation of policy varies on this sort of question. Some people, especially in the past, demanded a 100% fit between a category & its parents, but I think a more flexible view is now more typical. I think adding the M&M cats to the Public art tree is justifiable. If done, this would be at top level and at any PA by country cats.
3) Over-categorizing
WP:CAT is the main policy on categorization, and there is also WP:OCAT. Both are clear that, as WP:CAT says near the start:
"Pages are not placed directly into every possible category, only into the most specific one in any branch. This means that if a page belongs to a subcategory of C (or a subcategory of a subcategory of C, and so on) then it is not normally placed directly into C. For exceptions to this rule, see Eponymous categories and Non-diffusing subcategories below."
It is a very common mistake for inexperienced editors to add far too many top level categories; if doing an artist bio for example, categories like "art", "painting", "culture" are added. This is clearly against policy and such top level categories need regular maintenence to "diffuse" articles to the correct sub-cats, otherwise the top-level cats become clogged up & less useful. In the case of public art, if an article is in "Outdoor sculptures in Foo City", this will automatically be a sub-category in trees leading to "Culture of Foo City", "Foo City", "Outdoor sculptures in Foo State" and ultimately "Public art". The sculpture should therefore only be placed in "Outdoor sculptures in Foo City", and if appropriate "Monuments and memorials in Foo City/state". I was doing some work removing excess categories in the public art tree last night, which many of you will have noticed on your watchlists. If you want to discuss individual changes, let me know, but the basic principles above are not controversial.
4) Other categories
There are some other categories that might be added, & are typically under-used. By material we have Category:Sculptures by medium (not the best title) with subcats like Category:Bronze sculptures, also steel, concrete, stone, wood etc. Also very under-used are the group in Category:Sculptures by century - only 18 works are currently in the 19th century sub-cat! There are also Category:Installation art works, Category:Sculpture gardens, trails and parks, and probably others. Johnbod ( talk) 16:09, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Please let's have your thoughts and comments on the above. Johnbod ( talk) 16:09, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
I'm still not sure I follow all of the details and nuances Johnbod outlines, but here is my response.
You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:Street art#Large-scale events. -- Trevj ( talk) 11:18, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
Portal:Arts is now up for portal peer review, the review page is at Wikipedia:Portal peer review/Arts/archive1. I've put a bit of effort into this as part of a featured portal drive related to portals linked from the top-right corner of the Main Page, and feedback would be appreciated prior to featured portal candidacy. Thank you for your time, — Cirt ( talk) 07:02, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
I'd like to add a more detailed street location (cross streets) into the infobox for public artworks, rather than simply noting the city in which they are installed. Are there infobox guidelines that would prohibit this improvement? Jgmikulay ( talk) 18:58, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Check out this new addition to Wikimedia Commons - documentation about US public art copyright law. It's "unofficial" from folks at WMF legal. See it here: Public art and copyrights in the US -- SarahStierch ( talk) 16:07, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Public art will have interest in putting on events related to women's roles in public art; as subject matter, sculptors, artists, buyers, etc. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch ( talk) 19:09, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Haymarket affair, which is listed as part of this WikiProject, has been nominated for a community reassessment to determine if it meets the good article criteria and so can be listed as a good article. Please add comments to the article reassessment page. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 19:52, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
see discussion here [3] Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 02:18, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi all, I recently asked this question on the Wiki Loves Monuments list, but I haven't gotten a definitive answer yet. I'm hoping you can help me? I went on a monument photo walk In Washington DC after Wikimania, and was happy with some of the photos I took of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall, which I planned to upload during WLM 2012. Then I started looking at the FoP rules in the U.S. and realized I don't think I can upload most of those photos to Commons, given the wall is a statue and is therefore under copyright? Couple questions:
Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks! Almonroth 20:36, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
The Twitter account listed, @WSavesPublicArt, is returning a 404 error. What's up? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:27, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
It may seem trivial, but I have found inconsistency between the use of "WikiProject Public Art" and "WikiProject Public art" in the names of pages, categories and templates. This breaks things such as automated archive page links and talk page templates. I've made some changes to standardise on the former. We'll need an admin to mop up any move-protected templates (e.g. {{ WikiProject Public art}}) and pages (e.g. Wikipedia:WikiProject Public art/Style guide). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:04, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
I have just (re) launched a site which has parallel though crucially not identical aims to those of the Wikipedia public art project: http://bigartmob.com Our central aim is on mapping public art, with a user experience more akin to an online gallery or museum experience than the more categorical and linear model of the Wikipedia project.
We will soon be writing a scraping tool which will draw in the wikipedia project pages, drawing in only those which have a lat/long northing/westing or other accurate location data associated with the entry.
We are a Creative commons non commercial share alike licensed site and for each of the entries pulled in from the Wikipedia project will of course ensure that the extant licenses for each entry are duly respected and reproduction within the Big Art Mob database based on a permissions basis from those licenses.
Of course we will also be looking further afield to municipal authority collections which have very little (if any) XML or other standardisation and so we hope that our scraping tool might become a useful resource for the broader community here.
I guess I'm kicking this discussion off to see if anyone sees and potential conflicts or difficulties with our plan and more broadly to discuss how what we are doing might best complement the work being done here.
Best,
Alfie Dennen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4lfie ( talk • contribs) 16:00, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
( 4lfie ( talk) 16:22, 2 September 2012 (UTC)).
Hi guys. We are in the process of reviewing both the CC license type and the overall mapping strategy on BAM. At the very least any work brought into the DB which originated at the WP:Public Art page or SOS would be published with the CC BY SA license in place.I am aware of the OSM approach to public art mapping, it's a very different approach to ours I think. 4lfie ( talk) 07:13, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
I have recently submitted a new WikiProject proposal that ties-in closely with WikiProject Public Art. The proposed project is WikiProject Conservation and Collection Care which, if approved, will aim to create new articles, as well as to gather existing articles, concerning conservation and collection care at museums, libraries, historic locations, archives, and other relevant sites into a collaborative project. I am aware that this project will not always relate directly to WikiProject Public Art as collection care may also include objects outside the public realm. However, I am writing to your group to inform you of my decision to request a new project as I listed you as a related group within my proposal. Furthermore, given the connection between the two projects, and my own inexperience with starting a WikiProject, I am open to suggestions, collaborations, and advice from a well-established group such as your own. Thank you.- AngelKelley ( talk) 00:00, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
Dear everybody,
I would like to invite all of you awesome art-buffs to a project called Wiki Loves Public Art (WLPA)! WLPA is organized as a contest by Wikimedia Sweden, with the help and support from our partner Europeana. The contest is much inspired by Wiki Loves Monument, but instead, as the name suggest, the contest focuses on artworks in the public space. I don't think that I need to tell you guys how much is still needed to be done in this field... However, I believe that this could be a great way of make the situation a bit better by increasing knowledge about our work in this field, foster contacts with GLAMs and with the public and get some awesome tools created to help us in our work.
From a practical view, as regulations on what a public space constitutes, and the data available, will most likely differ between countries (and perhaps also between different states and regions?) the material accepted for the contest will also have to differ. I think that it makes sense to have a federalist approach to this. Freedom of Panorama also creates troubles, as this is a contest meant for Wikimedia Commons and not for local uploads (i.e. no fair use!). Hence, some countries will only be able to participate with a more narrow focus (such as for example "Wiki Loves Public Baroque Art"). However, on a positive note this could in fact be a rather good way to make the general public aware of the existence and the effect of a rather, IMHO, negative piece of legislation.
The stated goal with this project, from our Description of Work, is to organize Wiki Loves Public Art in six European countries in 2013. However, I would like to do more and am hoping to make the contest as big as possible with many more countries participating. I know what drive and dedication our communities have and what we can do when we put our stubborn minds into producing great material. If you are interested in public art, enjoy organizing events, think that it is cool and interesting to work with projects that increase cooperation between the Chapters, or would like to work towards GLAM in your country and get some valuable contacts, well then this would be something for you! We are looking for all kinds of volunteers and especially for national coordinators that can help us get things going in the countries and coordinate the volunteer efforts. I therefor urge you to sign up as soon as possible on our list of volunteers! You can find our newly created list here.
All the best,
John Andersson (WMSE) ( talk) aka. Jopparn ( talk) 10:26, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
Epic discussion about The Elephant House - please take a gander here, I give up. User_talk:SarahStierch#RE:_Closing_of_Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion.2FThe_Elephant_House_.282nd_nomination.29 and on the talk page for the article itself. SarahStierch ( talk) 21:47, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to make each of the "List of pubic art in..." articles emit hCard microformat metadata, using a template for each row. Other advantages are that all the lists would use the same columns and format; and that any agreed changes to the format could be made by changing just one template. I've made a prototype, at {{ Public art row}}. Thoughts? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:55, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
|owner=
and |dimensions=
. Anything else?
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits
23:44, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
|notes=
? Any other views on whether the name or image should be the first column? With a template, its easy to change ;-)
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits
08:10, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
I've finished converting List of public art in Birmingham, which is a well-popuated list. Please convert your own lists, and report any issues here. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:03, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
Any tips on converting lists? -- RichardMcCoy ( talk) 13:31, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
Great to see this happening. For British lists, a |listing=
parameter would be handy, and if it can somehow be made so that the sort values are Grade I = 1, Grade II* = 2 and Grade II = 3, even better. Hopefully this and some of the other parameters which wouldn't always be used, such as |owner=
, can be made optional? Another I'd like to see is |architect=
. (
List of public art in Westminster gives you an idea of where I'd like these to go.) Can |notes=
be a row below that spans all the columns (except for the image), more or less as at
Template:Episode list/sublist, as the notes on the Westminster page are pretty extensive?
Ham 18:47, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
Ooh, and |type=
as well, please! :)
Ham
18:49, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
|listing=
is UK-specific; |designation=
might be better, per {{
Infobox building}}. I have concerns about the accessibility of {{
Episode list}}. Lets see what the rest of the PA project folk say.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits
19:32, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
|designation=
.
Ham
20:06, 14 August 2012 (UTC)I've added |type=
and |designation=
, for now. The latter could also be used for UIDs in designation databases. If we do make parameters optional, we should do so for artist, which would allow the template to be used on single-artist lists like
William Bloye.
Could others give their views on all this, please? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:27, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
|artist=
being optional, for the reason given by Andy. Would we have |subject=
as optional for lists such as
List of statues of Queen Victoria?
Ham
14:39, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
|dimensions=
, |coordinates=
and |owner=
to be optional, and don't object to |type=
and |designation=
being added to that list. For each area there are different kinds of data available; sometimes it's possible to find the dimensions, sometimes it isn't... and so on. I also think |architect=
is a necessary addition for architectural sculpture, statues on columns, or anything else where a sculptor and an architect were involved. That could be another optional parameter, of course. If these things were done I'd happily convert
List of public art in Westminster, which I'd like to submit to
WP:PR at some point, to the template.
Ham
10:28, 27 October 2012 (UTC)The Carleton W. Angell and the Bath School disaster articles would really benefit from having a good image of Angell's 'Girl with a Cat'. The statue - which seems to have been quite famous in its day for the sculptor himself, the event it memorializes and the way funds were raised for its production - is presently located behind glass at the Bath School Disaster Museum in the Bath, Michigan Middle School. From what I've seen of the somewhat-poor images available online, the actual statue...well, after you look at it a while, I don't know why, but it is really powerful...and it's just a statue of a little girl with her hair blowing in the wind holding a cat. If anyone can lend a hand with this quest, please post on my talkpage. I've put the Bath School article up for a Wikipedia Good Article nomination and I think a pic of this statue that would really improve it and the Angell articles. Thanks for listening, Shearonink ( talk) 17:18, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
Anyone interested in collaborating on the article for this sculpture in Vancouver? This should be a pretty easy article to get to Good status. I will likely continue working on the article on my own even if no one else wants to pitch in, but I thought I'd extend a request in the spirit of collaboration! Feel free to jump right in or leave a note on my talk page if interested! -- Another Believer ( Talk) 22:17, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
{Cross-posted from the talk page for WP:VAMOS):
There's currently a lengthy and contentious discussion at Talk:Arts on the Line over the use of non-free images which hasn't resulted in much consensus. However, it has emerged that if individual artworks are notable enough to have their own pages then fair use images are allowed on the individual pages. Many of the artworks have been given sufficient attention to justify individual articles. However, a problem then emerges with naming. Take, for example, Richard Fleischner's untitled work at Alewife station. Untitled (Richard Fleischner) or Untitled (Fleischner) are insufficient because Fleischner has had at least three major untitled works which may be sufficiently notable for their own articles. Untitled (Alewife station) or similar is not viable because there are no less than four untitled artworks at the station which I plan to have articles about. For the time being I'm working with the clunky Untitled (Richard Fleischner artwork at Alewife station). I would very much appreciate suggestions of a better title to move the article to. Pi.1415926535 ( talk) 20:54, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
I just wanted to inform that I am working in documenting the public art of Douala, Luanda and Johannesburg. I am uploading the background documentation of a research project related to the impact of public art and cultural events on urban safety in those cities. The working space I am using is at the moment on commons since I have started by involving GLAMs and people in releasing their images. In particular I uploaded around 3'000 images on Douala in cc by-sa. You find the current status of the documentation here for Douala, Luanda and Johannesburg. -- Iopensa ( talk) 20:14, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
I just created http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Canoe1967/Sculptors to see if we can get more images from countries without FOP. Once we have a project like this we can use as a link then we can try sites like http://www.sculpture.net/community/ to start gathering ticket numbers. Feel free to edit/improve it. Once we get consensus we can move it to mainspace somewhere. Other languages could probably work on the same page if we get translation buttons added by the techs.-- Canoe1967 ( talk) 09:28, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello, |
have been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 ( talk) 05:05, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
image:John Lennon Statue in Cuba.png has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 ( talk) 03:50, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi, I'd welcome comments on the List of public art in the City of Westminster (which I hope to submit to FLC) at its peer review here. Thanks, Ham 10:03, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
There's a
Wikipedia:WikiProject Public Art/NYC but {{
WikiProject Public Art}} doesn't have an NYC parameter to indicate it. Shouldn't the banner be updated to support {{
WikiProject Public Art|NYC=yes}}
? --
70.50.151.11 (
talk)
06:26, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
I have requested a peer review for the article Gate to the Northwest Passage, about a sculpture in Vancouver, British Columbia. I seek feedback about the article in general, before nominating it for Good article status, and about three specific pieces of content currently being debated. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! -- Another Believer ( Talk) 16:24, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
Category:Art parks has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page. DA Sonnenfeld ( talk) 15:04, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
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Hi, I'd welcome comments on the List of public art in the City of Westminster at its FLC discussion page. Thanks, Ham ( talk) 19:38, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
Category:Polyester sculptures, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for Upmerging into Category:Fabric sculptures. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect ( talk) 01:04, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
Please welcome a new task force to the fold! Wikipedia:WikiProject Public Art/London. Ham ( talk) 09:11, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
Please comment. Gryllida ( talk) 23:32, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
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Following is a list of sculptures, monuments and memorials without Wikipedia articles. User:Ham and I have put this list together and we believe the links below reflect the most appropriate article titles based on naming conventions. I have been creating many articles for London artworks since my recent visit to the city, but I welcome other editors to please assist with the creation of these articles to help improve the encyclopedia.
All help welcome! ---- Another Believer ( Talk) 23:49, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
Why aren't hill figures and folly buildings covered under public art?-- TangoTizerWolfstone ( talk) 03:51, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
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Harej ( talk) 16:56, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
Hallo, I was looking into Michael Rizzello and found that the link from List of public art in Cardiff to the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association record for his Statue of David Lloyd George was a dead link. I found the new link to be http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/pmsa-database/11647/ (instead of http://pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk/AH/CARDIFF036.htm ). I suspect this means that there are a large number of dead links in this list and probably elsewhere, and it doesn't look as if there's an easy way to map from old to new. A nice little project for someone! Pam D 11:12, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
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I am seeking more opinions at Commons:Commons:Village_pump/Copyright#Sculptor_wishes_to_donated_images_of_copyrighted_sculpture. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:43, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
I wrote a blog post and am busy on social media and mailing lists, trying to encourage more people to create or contribute to locality-based lists of public art. Please look out for newbie contributions, assist the editors and tidy up as needed. Please help to publicise this drive, too! Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:43, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
Can anyone explain why the listing at Wikipedia:WikiProject Public Art/London/Popular pages includes many examples of items not in London? Am I misunderstanding the point of that page? Carcharoth ( talk) 20:13, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
If anyone has time to spare, I could use a little help with this article, which I hope to promote to Good status. I think the sculpture was completed between 1959 and 1968, but some sources give 1977 as the date. Some sources say the sculpture was first installed in 1968, others say it has been on the Transit Mall since 1977. I am confused as to which dates I should use for the sculpture's completion and installation. If someone has the time, interest, and patience to review this article and poke around some of the sources, I'd appreciate another pair of eyes. It is not a long article, and there are not too many sources to scan. The article should be close to meeting GA criteria once this issue is resolved. --- Another Believer ( Talk) 19:04, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
Please comment on a requested move to change numerous article titles which contain Dr. King's name. Randy Kryn 11:14, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
Category:Artworks surveyed by Save Outdoor Sculpture!, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect ( talk) 02:52, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
I was recently in a discussion with @ Another Believer: about the naming of categories such as Category:Sculptures by Daniel Chester French in which I expressed dissatisfaction (in the mildest of manners) with the use of the word “sculptures,” which I felt, and still do, should be just “sculpture.” The word “sculpture” is properly used as a plural or collective noun. For example, Save Outdoor Sculpture! (see discussion above) chose to do it that way, the Smithsonian maintains “the Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture”, the SIRIS data base is set up as “Outdoor Sculpture-Michigan” and there are no doubt other examples. It might be a bit of a haul to bring Wikipedia into the usage that the rest of the world (okay, the USA, but I’ll bet lots of other places too), but isn’t that what we do here? I just looked up my copies of the amazing sculpture (not “sculptures”) survey of the UK and they are all titles something like “Public Sculpture of Glasgow,” etc. I am not sure how to make a formal proposal but let’s start with just talking about it. I’ll do the other issue later, this is plenty for now. Einar aka Carptrash ( talk) 18:34, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
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14:43, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
Name of Work | Artist | Date | Author | Material(s) | Dimensions | |
Untitled (L's) | David Von Schlegell | ~1978 | Kyla S. | steel core with brushed stainless | 55 foot columns and 45 foot horizontal beams. The beams are 16 inches high and 12 inches wide | |
Anatomy Vessels (Saplings) | Eric Nordgulen | 2005 | Elizabeth B. | steel and aluminum | ||
Arches of Herron | James Wille Faust | 2005 | Katie C. | enamel on aluminum | 240\"x84\"x84\" | |
Broken Walrus I | Gary Freeman | 1976 | Lori P. | steel | ||
Cancer...There\'s Hope | Victor Salmones | 1995 Dedicated | Carrie H. | bronze | ||
Casey Stengel | Rhoda Sherbell | Kendra J. | bronze | |||
DNA Tower | Dale Chihuly | 2003 | Britt D. | |||
East Gate/West Gate | Sasson Soffer | 1973 | Becca L. | stainless steel | 24\'x40\'x30\' | |
Entangled | Brose Partington | 2004 | Elizabeth B. | Bronze | ||
Eve | Robert William Davids | 1937 | Lauren T. | bronze | ||
Give and Take | Michael Smith | 2005 | Angie V. | Painted Stone | ||
Glory | Gary Bibbs | 1999 | Anna L. | stainless steel | ||
Indiana Limestone | Adolpho Doddili | 1978 | Stefanie C. | limestone | ||
Jammin\' on the Avenue | John Spaulding | 1989 | Karen S. | brass | 116\"x48\" | |
Job | Judith Shea | 2005 | Carrie H. | bronze | ||
Luminary | Jeff Laramore | Jill G. | onyx | |||
Mega-Gem | John Francis Torreano | 1989 | Lori P. | aluminum | 7\'x11\'x7\' | |
Monument to Charles Sanders Pierce | 1987 | Krystle B. | stone | |||
Mother\'s Helper | Derek Chalfant | Britt D. | ||||
Portrait of History | Shan Zou Zhou | 1997 | Anna M. | bronze | 100\"x24\"x30\" | |
Procession of Ants | David Bowen | 1999 | Kendra J. | steel | ||
Pyramid Fountain | 1995 | Angie V. | stone, water | |||
Reunion | Don Gummer | 1992 | Christy B. | steel | ||
Spaces with Iron | Will Horwitt | 1972 | Chrissy G. | cast iron and bronze | 54\"x84\"x69\" | |
Spirit Keeper | Steve Wooldridge | Anna M. | stainless steel | |||
Table of Contents | Dale Enochs | Anna L. | ||||
Temple VI | Austin Collins | Katie P. | steel | |||
Torso Fragment | Casey Eskridge | 2005 | Katie P. | aluminum | 38\"x20\"x18\" | |
Weather Tower | Jerald Jacquard | Katie C. | steel | |||
Zephyr | Steve Wooldridge | 2000 | Lauren T. | stainless steel | 19\"x96\"x36\" | |
Unknown (Arches) | Sarah K. | |||||
Unknown (Bucket of rocks) | Amber Lewis | Becca L. | ||||
Unknown (Faces) | Krystle B. | |||||
Barrow | Jill Viney | Kyla S. | fiberglass and metal mesh | 8 feet in diameter and 8 feet high | ||
Unknown (IUPUI letters) | Jill G. | |||||
Unknown (Jazz quintet) | John Spaulding | 1992? | Karen S. | |||
Unknown (Leaves) | Sarah K. | |||||
Unknown (Metal, lights) | (Don Gummer?) | Christy B. | ||||
Untitled (Red Ribbons) | Brent Gann | 1999 | Stefanie C. | painted steel | ||
Unknown (Tall Metal) | Carey Chapman | Chrissy G. | steel | 192\"x56\"x36\" | ||
There as been some offline discussion around this topic about the copyright of the information obtained from Google that can be used in articles about public art. In short, this project means to follow all laws and rules. This tool makes it very easy and appears to not violate any laws.
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To commemorate International Women's Day, I invite project members to help expand the newly-created article, Fearless Girl. --- Another Believer ( Talk) 16:16, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
I invite editors to assist with expanding the article about the recently unveiled Bust of Cristiano Ronaldo. There are additional sources shared on the article's talk page. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 15:55, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
I have submitted a request to have the article's deletion overturned. I invite editors to review Draft:Bust of Cristiano Ronaldo, then share their thoughts at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2017 June 22. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 15:48, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
There are discussions on the Art on the Underground, London Underground and Piccadilly Circus tube station talk pages to discuss potential improvements to these pages regarding Art on the Underground and art in the station itself. I would welcome your assistance. 86.13.122.76 ( talk) 11:13, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
Project members are invited to create and expand articles about individual statues within the National Statuary Hall Collection. See the following link for discussion: Talk:National_Statuary_Hall_Collection#Standalone_article_for_each_sculpture. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 20:39, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
Per Lists of public art, I've identified some missing articles:
Feel free to expand this list, or strike entries once articles are created. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 22:30, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
@ Missvain: Pinging just in case you're interested or have any hidden drafts to get the ball rolling. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 22:32, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
Is Lists of public art in the United States appropriate to create, based on Category:Lists of public art in the United States? --- Another Believer ( Talk) 16:55, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
Comma vs parentheses. Please see Talk:Statue of Margaret Thatcher (London Guildhall)#Requested move 2 October 2017. -- Necrothesp ( talk) 10:36, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
The deletion discussion can be found here:
K.e.coffman ( talk) 01:48, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
I've (co-)nominated People's Bike Library of Portland for Good article status, if any project members are interested in reviewing. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 22:47, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
Greetings, project members. The article Bust of Cristiano Ronaldo was deleted last year, but I've resurrected the topic in the form of Draft:Bust of Cristiano Ronaldo, since the artist has created a second bust depicting Ronaldo. I invite WikiProject participants to either make further improvements to the draft, or contribute to this discussion, where I've pinged all editors who were involved in last year's deletion and merge discussions. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 23:03, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
@ HJ Mitchell: No rush, but just pinging a reminder here since you've indicated a willingness to help move the draft into main space. Thanks! ---- Another Believer ( Talk) 02:13, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
: Moved Thanks! ---
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06:24, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
Page watchers may be interested in updating the Sam Houston (sculpture) article. I don't really appreciate the comment an editor left on the talk page recently, but regardless, the article could use some improvements. Thanks for your consideration. --- Another Believer ( Talk) 17:33, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
Please see this discussion at WikiProject Visual arts re: the most appropriate title for Andrew Jackson (National Statuary Hall Collection). Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 02:32, 7 March 2018 (UTC)
Template:Public art in Washington, D.C. has been nominated for merging with Template:Public art in the United States. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. -- Another Believer ( Talk) 14:01, 13 March 2018 (UTC)
Per Lists of public art, I've identified some missing articles:
Feel free to expand this list, or strike entries once articles are created. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 14:43, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
Feel free to add/strike appropriately! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 15:50, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
Editors are considering ways to improve and organize Template:National Statuary Hall Collection (see talk), if project members care to weigh in and/or show off their navbox markup skills. --- Another Believer ( Talk) 17:41, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
Can someone look at Talk:Canadian National Vimy Memorial#Article issues? Otr500 ( talk) 01:49, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello! Wiki Education is developing a guide to help students improve articles related to art history. The handout is meant to supplement other resources that they consult, such as an interactive training and basic editing brochures. We’d love to get some community feedback on the draft here: User:Cassidy_(Wiki_Ed)/Art_history. We're looking to gather feedback by August 16th. Feel free to respond here or on the draft's talk page. Thanks so much! Cassidy (Wiki Ed) ( talk) 18:05, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
See Talk:Mohandas K. Gandhi (sculpture, San Francisco) --- Another Believer ( Talk) 14:32, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Hello! If any project members are looking to help solve a mystery, I've posted a request for help at WikiProject Seattle re: 2 busts of Chief Seattle and whether they are by the same artist: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Seattle#Chief_Seattle_sculpture. Feel free to take a look if you're interested in helping to track down some information about these busts. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 20:19, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I'd appreciate any comments on the discussion for three existing pages about statues of Harriet Tubman to be merged into one: Talk:Statue of Harriet Tubman (Ypsilanti, Michigan). TIA, MurielMary ( talk) 08:49, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
If you've been to Mexico City and/or have an interest in public art displayed along Paseo de la Reforma, I'm currently working on Draft:List of statues on Paseo de la Reforma. See talk page for ongoing discussions and requests for help identifying subjects in images hosted at Wikimedia Commons.
Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk) 22:22, 19 December 2018 (UTC)