Wikipedia:Meetup/Corning/Contemporary glass art 2015

The Rakow Research Library (CMoG) and the Southeast Steuben County Library hosted an edit-a-thon on Wednesday, November 12, 2015, focused on improving articles about contemporary artists working in glass.

When and where

 * When: November 11, 2015, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST
 * Where: The Education Lab at The Corning Museum of Glass (website), 5 Museum Way, Corning, NY 14830
 * Cost: Free
 * Participants: No Wikipedia editing experience necessary; tutorials will be provided.
 * What to Bring: Attendees should bring their own laptops and power cords, if possible. Please create a Wikipedia account before the event.‎

Agenda

 * 1:00 PM - Welcome, lunch, and brief intro to Wikipedia
 * 1:45 PM - Explore the contemporary wing
 * 2:30 PM - Edit articles about contemporary artists working in glass

Goals
The Contemporary glass art 2015 edit-a-thon will offer a selection of prepared projects for attendees to work on:


 * 1) Build Wikipedia editing skills through tutorials and basic edits.
 * 2) Create and/or expand articles pertaining to contemporary glass art and artists working in glass.

Create
Remember, a new Wikipedia article should be backed up by at least 5 reliable sources.

Alphabetical by last name
 * Alessandro Diaz de Santillana
 * Ann Gardner
 * Beth Lipman
 * Flora Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick
 * Debora Moore
 * Michael Rogers
 * Michael Scheiner
 * Ann Wolff
 * Toots Zynsky

Edit
With online sources
 * Katherine Gray
 * Liza Lou
 * Dante Marioni
 * Ginny Ruffner
 * Loretta Yang

Still need online sources • List of works by Dale Chihuly

• Tony Cragg

• Roni Horn

• Jun Kaneko

• Marian Karel

• Karen LaMonte

• Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová

• Josiah McElheny

• Klaus Moje

• Jean-Michel Othoniel

• Anne and Patrick Poirier

• Robert Rauschenberg

• Judith Schaechter

• Preston Singletary

• Kiki Smith

• Lino Tagliapietra

• Fred Wilson

• Cerith Wyn Evans

List of new articles created
• Beth Lipman

• Debora Moore

List of new article drafts created
• Michael Scheiner

• Ann Wolff

List of articles edited
• Katherine Gray

• Liza Lou

• Dante Marioni

• Ginny Ruffner

• Tony Cragg

• Roni Horn

• Karen LaMonte

• Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová

• Josiah McElheny

• Robert Rauschenberg

• Judith Schaechter

• Preston Singletary

• Lino Tagliapietra

Web access
Participants can connect to the "GlassApp+ Free WiFi" network while on the museum campus. Please bring your own laptop or mobile device, if possible. A limited number of laptops and tablets will be available.

Websites

 * Corning Museum of Glass website - Search this site for artist bios, articles, and more.
 * GlassApp, Corning Museum of Glass - The place to look for information on the Contemporary Art + Design Wing. Find artist bios and information about their artwork.
 * Smithsonian American Art Museum: Search Collection and Biographies - Search this site for artists' bios.
 * Glass Dictionary, Corning Museum of Glass - A good place to look if you need to know about glass terms.
 * Behind the Glass blog, Corning Museum of Glass - This is CMoG's official blog. Find interview with artists, information about our collection, and lots of blogs related to the new wing.
 * Studio Glass in the Study Gallery, Toldeo Museum of Art.
 * Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass artists list - Many artists list their websites here.
 * List of resources for women artists from the Art+Feminism guide

Online databases

 * Art Full Text
 * Art Index Retrospective
 * ARTbibliographies Modern
 * Design and Applied Arts Index
 * JSTOR
 * National Newspaper Index
 * New York State Newspapers

For a full list of databases available through the Rakow Research Library and NOVEL NY, visit this page.

Basics on editing Wikipedia
If you have a question about editing, feel free to ask one of the CMoG Wikipedia editors for help! The Teahouse is also a great place to ask for help from expert editors.

Editing tips
 * 1) Preview your changes before you save them.
 * 2) Write a brief edit summary noting your changes.
 * 3) Don’t forget to use the help bar at the top of the edit box.
 * 4) Sign your posts on talk pages by adding four tildes (~).

Useful links
 * VisualEditor, edit Wikipedia without learning markup
 * Cheatsheet, quick guide to Wiki markup
 * Beginner's guide to Wikipedia, a step-by-step guide that brings together some of the best resources to help you get started in Wikipedia.
 * Editing - The Basics has .pdf handouts and videos
 * Wikipedia Tutorial is a hands-on approach that walks you through various aspects of Wikipedia editing
 * The Wikipedia Adventure is a 7-mission interactive guided tour which introduces new editors to basic editing, social, and policy skills.
 * Writing your first article (the Article Wizard is a great tool)
 * Biographies of living persons policy is a must-read for those of you creating articles for artists

Attendees
Please add your username below and read this page before you get to the edit-a-thon!

Will attend

 * extabulis (talk)
 * Trwinc (talk)
 * Spookyemily13 (talk)
 * Clairem05 (talk)
 * Theprofesor nicholas (talk)
 * MarktheMammoth (talk)
 * B11swim (talk)
 * Bennettkg (talk)
 * Tink02 (talk)
 * FantasyAngel2 (talk)
 * Skittleshammy (talk)
 * Kiddo805 (talk)
 * Tasha-mcgordi (talk)
 * Senata007 (talk)
 * Mjghooker (talk)
 * Geometryman (talk)
 * Ladylilias (talk)

Maybe attending

 * Cartlannaí (talk)

Will attend remotely
Users who are unable to attend in person but are interested in contemporary glass art are welcome to edit articles remotely.

Please notify me of the next Corning meetup
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