Wikipedia:GLAM/Cincinnati Art Museum



Natalie Green (User:Petropoxy (Lithoderm Proxy) has been Wikipedian in Residence at the Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM) since February 2022. The project announcement can be found here.

The project aims to add high quality articles to Wikipedia relating to the CAM's collection and history, and to do so in a way that bridges gaps in Wikipedia's coverage. This has been a small, targeted project, focusing on depth rather than breadth in order to make full use of the CAM's specialized resources and expertise.

The basic workflow of the project has been as follows:


 * 1) A list of target articles was identified (see below) based on the criteria of notability, diversity, and usefulness of CAM's resources to the subject.
 * 2) The list was presented to CAM curators for feedback
 * 3) An article is written either from said list, or on a topic that emerged during research, making full use of CAM's library, archives, and research database access
 * 4) The article is reviewed by the appropriate curator / archivist - it is checked for accuracy and non-binding feedback is offered
 * 5) The CAM donates high quality images related to the article
 * 6) The article is nominated for Did You Know and featured on CAM's social media, highlighting the collaboration

Original list of target articles
Dr. Ainsley M. Cameron, curator of South Asian Art, Islamic Art and Antiquities, provided advice and references that were instrumental in figuring out how to diversify the targeted articles in a way that could use CAM's resources to help plug gaps in Wikipedia's coverage of non-western art.

European painting

 * The Duchess of Montesquiou-Fezensac by Oskar Kokoschka
 * Undergrowth with Two Figures by Vincent van Gogh

American painting

 * Archbishop William Henry Elder by Thomas Eakins
 * Sunday Morning in Virginia by Winslow Homer

Cincinnati artists

 * Edward Timothy Hurley
 * Carl Schmidt (ceramic artist)

CAM / Cincinnati history

 * Joseph Henry Gest
 * Joseph Longworth

Classical art

 * Chimera Painter
 * Tleson Painter

East Asian art

 * Changsha ware
 * Guangsheng Temple

Islamic art and design

 * 'Ajami (art)
 * Sultan-Muhammad

Prints and photographs

 * Adam and Eve (Dürer engraving)
 * Iowa (photography) by Nancy Rexroth

Articles currently in progress

 * 'Ajami (art) - Work page
 * Edward Timothy Hurley - Work page
 * Sara Sax - Work page
 * Carl Schmidt - Work page
 * Tleson Painter - Work page
 * Sunday Morning in Virginia - Work page
 * Herbert Greer French - Work page

Project results so far - Wikipedia
So far five articles, four categories, and two navigational templates have been added to Wikipedia as a result of this project. Seven additional articles have been improved with images and sources.

Longer articles created

 * The Duchess of Montesquiou-Fezensac - Reviewed by Dr. Peter Bell, Curator of European Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings
 * Dr. Bell's feedback included image suggestions, how to title the piece, and references re. the Degenerate Art exhibition
 * Archbishop William Henry Elder - Reviewed by Dr. Julie Aronson, Curator of American Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings
 * Dr. Aronson's feedback included clarifying points re. provenance and Eakins's PAFA scandal, and correcting information relating to the auction of the painting
 * Joseph Henry Gest - Reviewed by Geoff Edwards, museum archivist
 * Article was given the thumbs up with no issues
 * Joseph Longworth - Reviewed by Geoff Edwards, museum archivist
 * Edwards's feedback included clarifying a point re. land acquisition for the museum

Shorter articles created

 * Chimera Painter

Categories created

 * Category:Cincinnati Art Museum
 * Category:People associated with the Cincinnati Art Museum
 * Category:Directors of the Cincinnati Art Museum
 * Category:Rookwood Pottery Company
 * Category:Longworth family

Navigational templates created

 * Template:Cincinnati Art Museum
 * Template:Rookwood Pottery

Added images to

 * Reuben R. Springer
 * Harriet Wilcox
 * Louise Abel
 * Clara Chipman Newton
 * Catawba (grape)
 * Longworth family

Added sources to

 * Mary Emery
 * Longworth family

Project results so far - Wikimedia Commons
So far thirty two images, four books, and one category have been added to Wikimedia commons as a result of this project.

Images uploaded

 * 11 etchings by Edward Timothy Hurley
 * 3 books by Edward Timothy Hurley
 * 9 artworks by Joseph Henry Gest
 * 5 other images related to Joseph Henry Gest
 * 1 film still of Sara Sax
 * 1 book re. Rookwood Pottery
 * 1 table of Rookwood artist marks extracted from said book
 * 1 portrait of Joseph Longworth
 * 1 portrait of Reuben R. Springer
 * 1 postcard of Rookwood Estate
 * 1 portrait of Nicholas Longworth

Categories created

 * Joseph Henry Gest