THC Science

As of 16 April 2013, Andy Mabbett is Wikipedian in Residence at The New Art Gallery Walsall.

The Museums Association wrote a case study on the residency.

Events[edit]

A series of public events were held in May and June, with backstage pass tours and edit-a-thons. The focus was on the Gallery's collection and related articles, but attendees also used the extensive library to research other topics. Training and support for people new to editing Wikipedia and is sister projects was available, using the gallery's free Wi-Fi access.

Refreshments were provided.

Full days[edit]

10-5pm.

Thursdays: 2, 9, 16 May
Saturdays: 11, 18 May

Half days[edit]

12-4pm.

Sunday: 5 May
Saturday: 1 June

Articles[edit]

Requested[edit]

Please add your suggestions and requests!

New Ways of Curating

People[edit]

Kitty Garman (currently a redirect)
Dynita Singh
Sarah Staton
Grazia Toderi
...

Key works[edit]

Amedeo Modigliani - Caryatid
Paul Cezanne - Bathers
Claude Monet - The Sunken Road in the Cliff at Varengeville
Pablo Picasso - Saltimbanques suite (see Head of a woman in profile)

Simple Wikipedia[edit]

(These will not appear as red links)

simple:The New Art Gallery Walsall Done
Mirror other articles created by this project

To expand[edit]

Add something about the Garman Ryan Collection to the Kathleen Garman page
Jacob Epstein - British Medical Association building
Garman sisters
...

Created[edit]

Please help to expand and improve!

Translated[edit]

nl:Sorrow (Van Gogh)
el:Θλίψη- Βαν Γκόχ = Greek: Sorrow (Van Gogh)

Improved[edit]

Catherine Yass
Added mention of Amedeo Modigliani's friendship and work with Jacob Epstein to that article.
Many more!

Did you know?[edit]

QRpedia[edit]

The gallery is now using QRpedia to link to a number of the above articles, and more. You may view statistics, for example: http://qrpedia.org/stats.php?path=Sorrow_(Van_Gogh)

Book[edit]

Book:The New Art Gallery Walsall

Categories[edit]

Wikipedia categories[edit]

Category:Collections of the New Art Gallery Walsall
- Category:Garman Ryan Collection

Commons categories[edit]

Commons:Category:Walsall Art Gallery
- Commons:Category:Collection of The New Art Gallery Walsall
  - Commons:Category:Garman Ryan Collection

Templates[edit]

Wikipedia templates[edit]

Commons templates[edit]

Commons:Template:Artwork
Commons:Template:GLAM-link - use {{GLAM-link|NAGW}}
Commons:Institution:The New Art Gallery Walsall

Example[edit]

{{Artwork
|Title = TITLE
|Artist = {{Creator:NAME}}
|Year =
|Description = 
{{en|1=ENGLISH TEXT HERE. Part of the [[:en:Garman Ryan Collection|Garman Ryan Collection]].}}
|Technique = 
|Dimensions = {{Size|cm|44.5|27}}
|Institution = {{Institution:The New Art Gallery Walsall}}
|Notes = 
|Source = {{GLAM-link|NAGW}}
|Permission = {{PD-Art|PD-old-100}}
|Other versions = 
}}

Title: Append other languages as appropriate: e.g. {{fr|FRENCH LANGUAGE TITLE}}
Artist: Replace {{Creator:NAME}} with just NAME, for less-known artists.
Description: Add other languages as appropriate: e.g. {{el|1=GREEK TEXT HERE}}; Omit Part of the [[:en:Garman Ryan Collection|Garman Ryan Collection]]. where not applicable.
Technique: e.g. "oil on canvass"
Dimensions: Replace numeric values.
Source: Replace {{GLAM-link|NAGW}}with text if not part of Wikipedian in Residence project
Permission: Change {{PD-Art|PD-old-100}} to {{PD-Art|PD-old-70}} if appropriate

Gallery[edit]

Images Donated by the New Art Gallery[edit]

Amedeo Modigliani - Caryatid
Edward Burne-Jones - The Nativity
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - The Outskirts of Rome
John Constable - Landscape with Clouds
Paul Cézanne - Baigneurs (Grande planche)
Robert Delaunay - Portrait of Stravinsky
William Etty - Standing Female Nude
Vincent van Gogh - Sorrow (15mb tiff replacing 545Kb jpeg) Featured on Commons
The Sunken Road in the Cliff at Varangeville - Claude Monet
A Lane at Hamstead, Staffordshire - William Ellis