Wikipedia:WikiProject Public art/News

Milwaukee Project Press


 * The art that made Milwaukee famous, Milwaukee Magazine News Buzz, March 29, 2011

Indiana Statehouse Project Press
 * IUPUI School of Liberal Arts Press Release and Indiana University E-Newsletter,
 * IMA blog post: Resolving to Care and Document, Rosie Arnold, February 8, 2011
 * Senator Jim Merritt's blog, February 16, 2011
 * Witty's Blog: New Systems for Documenting Public Art, Richard McCoy, December 30, 2010

IUPUI Public Art Collection Press
 * Wikipedia Saves Public Art is featured in the print edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education April 9, 2010 edition. "Scholars Use Wikipedia to Save Public Art from the Dustbin of History".
 * Read Mary Helen Miller's blog post "Wiki Project Aims to Document the World's Public Art" on The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Wired Campus" blog. March 26, 2010.
 * Read a news item on IUPUI's web page Launches Unique Global Project to Save World's Public Art. February 18, 2010.
 * Read Elizabeth Basile's blog post "On New Beginnings; or How Wikipedia Can Help us all Care for Public Art" on the IMA's blog. December 10th, 2009.

General WikiProject:Public art/Wikipedia Saves Public Art News
 * New Project puts Public Art all over the Web, Jenny Mikulay, Fall 2010 Public Art Dialogue newsletter.
 * user:Daniel Cull's interview e-conservation with User:RichardMcCoy and User:Jgmikulay,  May, 2010. They address WSPA from an academic and conservation-restoration perspective.
 * Read User:Witty lama's blog post detailing his trip to Indianapolis where he spoke at the Wiki Culture Conference at IUPUI. May 15, 2010.

Museums and the Web 2010
 * Both User:Jgmikulay and User:RichardMcCoy participated in the Wikimedia@MW2010 full-day workshop at MW2010 in Denver, Co, April 13, 2010. You can read about the workshop here and here.
 * Read User:RichardMcCoy and User:Jgmikulay's post The Bird Flies in Denver on the Indianapolis Museum of Art blog. April 9, 2010.

Blog posts & lectures
 * Read User:Missvain's blog post "The future is calling + WSPA" on her blog Sarah - Your Favorite Museum Intern. March 16, 2010.
 * Read User:Jgmikulay's blog post "Pop Quiz: What’s in Wikipedia?" on the Indiana Humanities Council's blog. March 9, 2010.
 * Read User:Jgmikulay's blog, Public Art Web, that documents all things public and provides occasional updates on WSPA.
 * User:RichardMcCoy spoke at the Indianapolis Central Library about WSPA in a program called 7 {+} lecturers on Art & Globalization. February 23, 2010.
 * * Read more here, or here
 * * You can see a slide show from the presentation here, or if you really, really want to, you can hear Richard give his presentation here.