Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Art & Law

The first ever Art & Law edit-a-thon, organized by the Art & Law Program and The Law Office of Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento, was held at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, on Saturday, December 12, 2015 from 11:00 am - 6:00 pm.

We reviewed the copyright of Wikipedia's content, gave an overview of how Creative Commons licensing works, and edited Wikipedia content related to art and law. Everyone is welcome regardless of experience editing Wikipedia, background in law, or background in art.

Event details

 * Date: Saturday, December 12, 2015
 * Time: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
 * Location: School of Visual Arts. 133 W. 21st Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues), 9th Floor MFA Fine Arts Flex Space, Manhattan, New York, NY 10011. 40.74233°N, -73.99731°W
 * Note:
 * On first floor, turn left and walk to west elevators
 * This is the Flatiron campus of the School of Visual Arts, NOT the East 23rd Street location
 * Subway:
 * to 23rd St. (exit at 23rd Street and 7th Avenue)
 * to 23rd St. (exit at 23rd Street and 6th Avenue)
 * to 23rd St. (exit at 23rd Street and Lexington)
 * to 23rd St. (exit at 23rd Street and Fifth Avenue)
 * to 23rd St. (exit at 23rd Street and 8th Avenue)
 * Bus: buses
 * Who should attend: Everyone is welcome to attend: artists, art historians, architects, art critics, art students, lawyers, law students, and regardless of experience. We are happy to teach you the basics of editing Wikipedia. The public is welcome to this event.
 * Snacks: The Art & Law Program will provide light snacks and refreshments.
 * Hashtag: #WikiArtLaw
 * Meetup link: WikimediaNYC @ Meetup

Sign up

 * Please sign up by December 10, and be prepared to bring a photo ID with you for the university front desk.
 * You can also RSVP at our Meetup.com page.

Likely attendees

 * 1) Pharos (talk) 15:57, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) rumayor1 (talk)
 * 3)   Blue Rasberry   (talk)  18:58, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) Fashionethics (talk) 19:48, 5 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) Jim.henderson (talk) 00:28, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) Gwang0 (talk) 17:39, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) Eks134 (talk) 22:52, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Eks134 (talk) 22:52, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Eks134 (talk) 22:52, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Eks134 (talk) 22:52, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Eks134 (talk) 22:52, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Eks134 (talk) 22:52, 12 December 2015 (UTC)

Possible attendees

 * 1) Lange.lea (talk) 18:07, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 2)  DGG ( talk ) 05:13, 5 December 2015 (UTC) (Probably a little on the late side)

Regrets

 * 1) would love to be there...Modernist (talk) 12:10, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Remote participants

 * 1)  -- sorry I'll be in Nebraska this weekend but will try to participate remotely

Topics
During this time we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to art & law, including:
 * 1990 Visual Artists Rights Act
 * Appropriation (art)
 * Art and culture law
 * The Artist's Reserved Rights Transfer and Sale Agreement
 * Authentication
 * Certificates of authenticity
 * Contracts
 * Copyleft
 * Copyright
 * Deaccessioning
 * Fair use principles
 * Freedom of expression
 * Moral rights
 * Property law
 * Public art
 * Right of privacy
 * Right of publicity
 * Trademarks

Legal cases

 * Blanch v. Koons
 * Cariou v. Prince
 * Greenberg Gallery v. Bauman
 * Kelley v. Chicago Park District
 * Mass MoCA v. Büchel
 * Rogers v. Koons
 * Serra v. U.S. General Services Administration

Artists
The following artists and how their practices relate to law are also in need of articles, updates and improvements:
 * Michael Asher
 * Christoph Buchel
 * Lygia Clark
 * Dan Flavin
 * Andrea Fraser
 * Daniel Chester French and the seemingly odd collection of concepts embodied in the sculpture shown on the right
 * Felix Gonzalez-Torres
 * Hans Haacke
 * David Hammons
 * Donald Judd
 * Mary Kelly
 * Sherrie Levine
 * Santiago Sierra
 * Elaine Sturtevant
 * Ai Weiwei

Art movements
The following art movements and how they relate to law and language are also in need of articles, updates and improvements.
 * Conceptual Art
 * Feminist Art
 * Fluxus
 * Institutional Critique
 * The Pictures Generation
 * Pop Art

New articles created
Alphabetical
 * 1) Esfandiar Ahmadieh --
 * 2) Gabonese literature --
 * 3) Kienitz v. Sconnie Nation --
 * 4) The Gamble (1971 film) --
 * 5) Zakaria Hashemi --

Articles improved
alphabetical by first letter
 * 1) Adobe and Mirror --
 * 2) Appropriation (art) --
 * 3) Azerbaijani literature --
 * 4) Cinema of Iran --
 * 5) David Smith (sculptor) --
 * 6) Deaccessioning (museum) --
 * 7) Elaine Sturtevant --
 * 8) Esfandiar (name) --
 * 9) Fair use --
 * 10) Feminist art --
 * 11) Hans Haacke --
 * 12) Happy Birthday to You --
 * 13) Kienitz v. Sconnie Nation --
 * 14) Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art --
 * 15) Michael Asher (artist) --
 * 16) Moral rights --
 * 17) Public art --
 * 18) Richard Prince --
 * 19) Seth Siegelaub --
 * 20) The Pictures Generation --
 * 21) The Yes Men --

WikiProjects

 * WikiProject Law
 * WikiProject Open
 * WikiProject Visual Arts

Editing Wikipedia resources

 * Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
 * Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
 * Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
 * Tutorial
 * How to Edit a Page
 * Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
 * Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
 * Article Development
 * Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
 * Manual of Style
 * Citation templates
 * Infobox templates
 * Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)
 * Art+Feminism – Video training
 * Art+Feminism – Training Lesson Plan
 * WikiD Guides to Wikipedia Editing

Tools and templates

 * Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
 * Infobox template - person
 * Biographies of living persons
 * Writing an article
 * About the Sandbox
 * Determining Notability of Creative Professionals
 * Conflict of Interest in Wikipedia Editing
 * Verifying Reliable Sources


 * N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:
 * IRC/wikipedia-en-help