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This project aims to encourage the creation of accurate, informative, and up-to-date articles about public art (here's a list of example pages). The definition of public art is often debated, however this WikiProject focuses on art intended for public display. Public art can be sacred or secular and include many types: sculptures, monuments, mosaics, murals, site-specific installations, memorials, among others.

The process of examination, research, and documentation required for the completion of a good Wikipedia article is the first step in caring for an artwork and parallel to the work undertaken by art conservators, curators, and registrars. Working on this project will improve the representation of visual arts in Wikipedia and raise awareness about public art's existence, meaning, and context within their communities.

This project was inspired by an appreciation for public art and a shared concern that many artworks remain invisible within the context of Wikipedia, and in person. As the field of public art continues to grow, there is an urgent need to document what these artworks mean to their communities.

It is hoped that this project will continue to grow from the center of Indiana, where it began in the Fall of 2009, into a global initiative that results in improved quality and quantity of articles about public art.

Scope

This project aims to create new articles about public art, place existing articles within the context of art history and raise public awareness about their existence within communities. WikiProject Public Art is designed to be a global and multi-lingual project.

Goals

• Increase the quality and quantity of articles about public art in Wikipedia.
• Encourage a new generation of global citizens to care for art.
• Accurately and historically define public art on a community-by-community level.
• Simplify and standardize the process of creating and editing articles about public art through the use of WikiProject Public Art Resources.
• Foster information sharing between Wikipedia and public art programs (sponsored by states, municipalities, or cultural organizations).
• Improve and better define the categorization of artworks within Wikipedia and therefore create collections of artworks.
• In the U.S., integrate into Wikipedia information about artworks contained in the SOS! database, which is housed within the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS).

Join the project

• Sign up as a member of the project.
• Check out the task list to get started.
• Connect on Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr.
• Give someone deserving a {{ PublicArtBarnstar}}!

Public art articles listed by quality

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• 21 Jan 2023 – Lady Rainier ( talk ·   ·  hist) was nominated for DYK by JJonahJackalope ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 18 Jan 2023 – The Embrace ( talk ·   ·  hist) was nominated for DYK by MagicatthemovieS ( t ·  c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

• 08 Dec 2022 – Three-dimensional art ( talk ·   ·  hist) → Sculpture was RfDed by Seed of Cosmo 15087 ( t ·  c); see discussion

Featured list candidates

• 13 Nov 2022 – 50th Anniversary of the Republic Sculptures ( talk ·   ·  hist) was FL nominated by Gazozlu ( t ·  c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 22 Oct 2022 – Güzel İstanbul ( talk ·   ·  hist) was GA nominated by Gazozlu ( t ·  c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 25 Dec 2022 – Pillar of Shame ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for splitting by 118.140.125.75 ( t ·  c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 20 Jan 2023 – Draft:Mohammad Muneeb Khan ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by Billywriter12 ( t ·  c)
• 14 Dec 2022 – Draft:Rita Deanin Abbey Museum ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by Deerstarlings ( t ·  c)
• 18 Nov 2022 – Draft:Ali Gharib ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by YarooYaroo ( t ·  c)

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  Great Sphinx of Giza (2555–2532 BCE), Egypt

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  Watts Towers (1921–1954)
  by Simon Rodia

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  The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Indianapolis, about 1898

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  Statue of Liberty (1886)
  by Frédéric Bartholdi

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  Wikipedia Monument (2014), Słubice, Poland