Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Art

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Wikipedia Loves Art is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest coordinated with the Brooklyn Museum, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and possibly other museums worldwide, and aimed at illustrating Wikipedia articles. The event is planned to run for the whole month of February 2009, and the name is a play off of Valentine's Day.

The project is an evolution from the Wikipedia Takes Manhattan event in October 2008.

[edit] On Flickr

Wikipedia Loves Art on Flickr

[edit] On Facebook

The central WLA Facebook group

[edit] Goal list

1. Art is beauty, beauty art.

[edit] Prizes

Shoot on your own or create a small team (10 people, tops) and sign-up online (posted soon). Use the scavenger hunt list provided by Wikipedia (posted soon) to take shots and cross off as many subjects on the list as possible. Upload shots to this group with the correct Creative Commons license required by Wikipedia and we will tally the scores.

Images uploaded to this group will be used to illustrate Wikipedia articles and you'll get full credit when an image is used. Teams with the most points at the end of the month will get cool prizes (TBA). How do you score points? That will be on the scavenger list when it is distributed in late January.

To cross items off your list, you can shoot at any participating institution as long as you do it and upload here during the month of February 2009. Each institution will be posting meet-ups in the discussion area of this group.

Prize from Brooklyn Museum

For the winning team in the New York area (who shot at least partially at the Brooklyn Museum to accomplish checking off their list), Associate Curator of Photography, Patrick Amsellem, will give a tour through Brooklyn Museum's recent photography acquisitions.

Prize from Indianapolis Museum of Art

The photographer with the most points (who shot at IMA) will win a fabulous prize package that includes a FREE iPod Touch, a fabulous IMA Blog t-shirt and a limited edition IMA Blog Rubik’s Cube.

Prize from Los Angeles County Museum of Art

The photographer with the most points (who shot at LACMA) will win a collection of five LACMA exhibition catalogues as well as four VIP tickets to the museum.

Prize from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

To be announced.

Prize from Wikimedia UK

The photographer with the most points (who shot at the V&A) will win a prize to be announced from the V&A gift shop.

Prize from Wikipedia

Pick your favorite pre-20th Century artist (or better yet, your Valentine's favorite), and, if you're a winner, we'll create or expand a Wikipedia article on one of their artworks. There are many Wikipedia articles on artworks by great artists that remain to be written.

[edit] Considerations

• Taking photos of works behind glass, in frames, inside with variable lighting is difficult even for seasoned photographers. We should encourage use of a tripod, long exposures, and low ISO as hand held photography will likely not yield very good photos.
• Tripod use in museums can sometimes be difficult and prohibited, so coordinating with museum staff will be important.
• Understanding licensing issues surrounding public domain art will be important, so consider familiarizing yourself with Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.
• In order to avoid poor quality images, please please read and practice v:Museum photography beforehand.

[edit] In New York City

• Brooklyn Museum
  • The Brooklyn Museum is the prime institution coordinating this project. It is likely that a public event will be held at the museum on February 7, 2009, as part of the museum's First Saturdays festivities.

• Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art is confirmed.

The two events in New York City will be coordinated together. Likely partners include the Students for Free Culture chapters at Columbia University and NYU, and the Creative Commons local office, in addition to meta:Wikimedia New York City.

User:Pharos is the Wikimedia contact for New York City.

[edit] Los Angeles County Museum of Art

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art (California, United States)
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art is confirmed for February 28, 2009.
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Los Angeles should be made aware of this project.

User:Howcheng is the Wikimedia contact for Los Angeles.

[edit] Participants

• sounds like fun. i'll join in on the Los Angeles part Minnaert (talk) 17:13, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
• Signing on for LACMA. Best, Durova^Charge! 23:27, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
• I would like to see the one at LA. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 05:45, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
• Just received Howcheng's nice invite. Will participate. doncram (talk) 23:58, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
• I should be able to make it. I'm a pretty mediocre photographer, but it would at least be nice to put some faces with names. Kafziel ^{Complaint Department} 00:21, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] London V&A

Main article: WP:WLA@V&A

• Victoria and Albert Museum (London, United Kingdom)
  • The Victoria and Albert Museum is confirmed.
  • meta:Wikimedia UK v2.0 is aware of this project and has circulated on their Email list.
  • Wikipedia:Meetup/London 16 - on agenda, but may be more relevant to Wikipedia:Meetup/London 17

User:AndrewRT is the Wikimedia contact for London.

[edit] In other places

• Powerhouse Museum (New South Wales, Australia)
  • The Powerhouse Museum is interested, but not yet confirmed. - User:Privatemusings has touched base with them about it, and is hopeful they will be involved - which is great! :-)
  • meta:Wikimedia Australia is being made aware of this project.

• Indianapolis Museum of Art (Indiana, United States)
  • The Indianapolis Museum of Art is confirmed.
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Indiana should be made aware of this project.

[edit] Technical aspects

The photos will be uploaded by the participants to Flickr, and thence to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia, but photos should not be uploaded to Wikimedia until the museums finish notating the proper ID and credit line.

[edit] Participants

• Pharos (talk) 22:26, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
• This sounds fantastic, so I'll try and get on board in Oz :-) Privatemusings (talk) 19:53, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
• I'd like to be involved with the V&A. I'm based in Nottingham, England, and a Board member of Wiki Uk Ltd, the soon-to-be recognised Wikimedia Uk chapter. AndrewRT(Talk) 00:18, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
• See ya in Brookyn, youse guys! Bearian (talk) 18:17, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
• Gordo (talk) [1]
• I'd love to help, but I'm stuck in the SF Bay Area. If we can get a museum up here then I'm game! ;-) --Falcorian ^(talk) 19:20, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia:Wikipedia Takes Manhattan