This project aims to improve representation of Hawai'i artists on Wikipedia by expanding and creating articles about Hawai'i artists and arts organizations.
Events
On Friday, February 8, 2019, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm HST, the
Honolulu Museum of Art and James & Abigail Campbell Library at the University of Hawai‘i West O‘ahu will host an edit-a-thon to expand articles about Hawai'i artists using the museum's recently digitized newsletter, along with other resources.
Articles to improve
Explore some of these pages, take a look at the artists' work, then sign up for an article to edit by clicking edit (above), then adding 4 tildes (~) after the period.
Satoru Abe (born 13 June 1926) is a Japanese American sculptor and painter. Abe was born in Moʻiliʻili, a district of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Bumpei Akaji (1921 – 2002) is an American sculptor from Hawaii.
Allyn Bromley (born 1928) is an American printmaker and art educator who was born in San Francisco.
Kenneth Wayne Bushnell (born 1933) is an American visual artist, who was born in Los Angeles.
Kaili Chun (born 1962) is a Native Hawaiian sculptor and installation artist.
Isami Doi (May 12, 1903 – November 29, 1965) was an American printmaker and painter. Doi was the first son of Japanese immigrants, born in Ewa on the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands in 1903. #
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20:54, 8 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Dorothy A. Faison (born 1955) is an American artist who was born in Schenectady, New York.
Sally Fletcher-Murchison is an American ceramic artist who was born in Sacramento, California in 1933.
Bob Flint (born 1941), also known as Robert Flint, is an American ceramic artist.
Harry Eugene Fonseca (5 January 1946 – 28 December 2006[1]) was an American artist. He was born in Sacramento, California.
Juliette May Fraser (1887 in Honolulu – 1983 in Honolulu) was an American painter, muralist and printmaker.
Helen Gilbert (1922 – 8 April 2002), also known as Helen Gilbert-Bushnell, Helen Odell Gilbert and Helen Odell,[1] was an American artist and art-educator born in Mare Island, California.
Joseph Goto (1916–1994) was an American sculptor, best known for his abstract-expressionist welded steel sculptures. He was born in Hilo, Hawaii.
Francis Haar born as Haár Ferenc (19 July 1908 – 22 December 1997) was a Hungarian socio-photographer.
Robert Hamada(June 2, 1921 – December 23, 2014) is a self-taught woodturner on the island of Kauai in Hawaii.
Hon Chew Hee (1906 – 1993) was an American muralist, watercolorist and printmaker who was born in Kahului, on the Hawaiian island of Maui in 1906.
Claude Horan (29 October 1917 – 11 June 2014) was an American ceramic and glass artist who was born in Long Beach, California.
Ralph Shigeto Iwamoto (1927-2013) was an American abstract painter born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Herbert "Herb" Kawainui Kāne (June 21, 1928 – March 8, 2011), considered one of the principal figures in the renaissance of Hawaiian culture in the 1970s, was a celebrated artist-historian and author with a special interest in the seafaring traditions of the ancestral peoples of Hawaiʻi.
Jun Kaneko (金子 潤 Kaneko Jun, born 1942) is a Japanese ceramic artist living in Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States.
Harue Oyama McVay (born 1928) is a ceramist born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Rick Mills (born 1957) is an American glass artist who was born and raised in Marion, Ohio.
Hiroki Morinoue (born 1947) is an American artist of Japanese descent who has helped to pioneer in the United States the fusion of western Impressionism with modern Japanese design.
Ben Norris (1910–2006) was an American modernist painter.
Tetsuo Ochikubo (1923–1975), also known as Bob Ochikubo, was a Japanese-American painter, sculpture, and printmaker who was born in Waipahu, Hawaii, Honolulu county, Hawaii.
Jerry T. Okimoto (Jerry Tsukio Okamoto, 1924–1998)[1] was a Japanese-American painter and sculptor who was born in Waianae, Hawaii.
Aaron Padilla (born 1974) is an American artist and art educator. He was born in Wahiawa, Hawaii in 1974.
Alice Kagawa Parrott (February 12, 1929 – September 11, 2009) was a Japanese American fiber artist and ceramicist.
Louis Pohl (1915 – December 22, 1999) was an American painter, illustrator, art teacher, printmaker and cartoonist. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1915.
Fred H. Roster (1944-December 19, 2017) was an American sculptor known for his mixed media narrative sculptures.
Shirley Ximena Hopper Russell (1886–1985), also known as Shirley Marie Russell, was an American artist best known for her paintings of Hawaii and her still lifes of Hawaiian flowers.
Journal: Title of the publication: "Calendar News (Honolulu Academy of Arts)"
Pages: page numbers: "5-6"
askart.com: contains basic biographical information, references to other sources, lists of collections holding artists' work
The Contemporary Pacific: Academic journal published by the Center for Pacific Island Studies at UHM; contains lots of biographical information about many artists from Hawai'i and the Pacific
Be sure to use the "Search community" box in the upper right, and not the "search site" box above it
Densho encyclopedia: contains biographical information about some Japanese American artists
Honolulu Weekly: Art criticism and exhibition listings 1991-2013
Wikipedia manual of style for visual arts articles: Describes the main components of articles about visual artists, and addresses editing and style concerns specific to the visual arts, e.g., how to list the medium of an artwork, how to capitalize the names of art movements.
Wikipedia manual of style: General style guidelines relating to all Wikipedia articles. "CD-ROMS" or "CD-ROMs"? "U.S." or "US"? Find the answers to these questions and more on this page.
Biographies of living persons: Articles about people who are still alive must be written/edited very carefully, with respect for the individual's privacy. Find full guidelines here.
Notability guidelines for creative professionals: New articles must meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines in order to be included in the encyclopedia. If you are attending the IRL edit-a-thon and would like to create a new article, please see Mary or Bill. They'll help you assess notability and start the article.
Art + Feminism editing kit: additional editing tutorials on topics like adding images, adding infoboxes, creating new articles, and using Wiki Markup
Example artist biography articles
These are some articles about artists have been recognized as exemplary by the Wikipedia community:
Expand information on a technique/style the artist is noted for. Example:
Tseng Yu-ho's "dsui hua paintings."
Create or expand Works section: this section describes the artist's work and lists specific works. Example:
Satoru Abe
Create or expand Awards section: this section lists awards and fellowships. Example:
Tetsuo Ochikubo
Create or expand Collections section: this section lists public collections containing that artist’s work. Example:
Hiroki Morinoue
Create or expand Selected Exhibitions section: this section lists exhibitions, and can be subcategorized into solo and group exhibitions. Be sure to check the Honolulu Weekly (linked above) for exhibition listings too, so we're not just listing HoMA exhibitions! Example:
Toshiko Takaezu
IRL participants
The in-person edit-a-thon is only open to those who have registered. Registrants will be sent instructions for signing up for a Wikipedia account. Everyone else is welcome to join us remotely!
Add your name to this list by clicking edit (above), then adding 4 tildes (~) on the next available line
This project aims to improve representation of Hawai'i artists on Wikipedia by expanding and creating articles about Hawai'i artists and arts organizations.
Events
On Friday, February 8, 2019, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm HST, the
Honolulu Museum of Art and James & Abigail Campbell Library at the University of Hawai‘i West O‘ahu will host an edit-a-thon to expand articles about Hawai'i artists using the museum's recently digitized newsletter, along with other resources.
Articles to improve
Explore some of these pages, take a look at the artists' work, then sign up for an article to edit by clicking edit (above), then adding 4 tildes (~) after the period.
Satoru Abe (born 13 June 1926) is a Japanese American sculptor and painter. Abe was born in Moʻiliʻili, a district of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Bumpei Akaji (1921 – 2002) is an American sculptor from Hawaii.
Allyn Bromley (born 1928) is an American printmaker and art educator who was born in San Francisco.
Kenneth Wayne Bushnell (born 1933) is an American visual artist, who was born in Los Angeles.
Kaili Chun (born 1962) is a Native Hawaiian sculptor and installation artist.
Isami Doi (May 12, 1903 – November 29, 1965) was an American printmaker and painter. Doi was the first son of Japanese immigrants, born in Ewa on the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands in 1903. #
Chrisevez (
talk)
20:54, 8 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Dorothy A. Faison (born 1955) is an American artist who was born in Schenectady, New York.
Sally Fletcher-Murchison is an American ceramic artist who was born in Sacramento, California in 1933.
Bob Flint (born 1941), also known as Robert Flint, is an American ceramic artist.
Harry Eugene Fonseca (5 January 1946 – 28 December 2006[1]) was an American artist. He was born in Sacramento, California.
Juliette May Fraser (1887 in Honolulu – 1983 in Honolulu) was an American painter, muralist and printmaker.
Helen Gilbert (1922 – 8 April 2002), also known as Helen Gilbert-Bushnell, Helen Odell Gilbert and Helen Odell,[1] was an American artist and art-educator born in Mare Island, California.
Joseph Goto (1916–1994) was an American sculptor, best known for his abstract-expressionist welded steel sculptures. He was born in Hilo, Hawaii.
Francis Haar born as Haár Ferenc (19 July 1908 – 22 December 1997) was a Hungarian socio-photographer.
Robert Hamada(June 2, 1921 – December 23, 2014) is a self-taught woodturner on the island of Kauai in Hawaii.
Hon Chew Hee (1906 – 1993) was an American muralist, watercolorist and printmaker who was born in Kahului, on the Hawaiian island of Maui in 1906.
Claude Horan (29 October 1917 – 11 June 2014) was an American ceramic and glass artist who was born in Long Beach, California.
Ralph Shigeto Iwamoto (1927-2013) was an American abstract painter born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Herbert "Herb" Kawainui Kāne (June 21, 1928 – March 8, 2011), considered one of the principal figures in the renaissance of Hawaiian culture in the 1970s, was a celebrated artist-historian and author with a special interest in the seafaring traditions of the ancestral peoples of Hawaiʻi.
Jun Kaneko (金子 潤 Kaneko Jun, born 1942) is a Japanese ceramic artist living in Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States.
Harue Oyama McVay (born 1928) is a ceramist born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Rick Mills (born 1957) is an American glass artist who was born and raised in Marion, Ohio.
Hiroki Morinoue (born 1947) is an American artist of Japanese descent who has helped to pioneer in the United States the fusion of western Impressionism with modern Japanese design.
Ben Norris (1910–2006) was an American modernist painter.
Tetsuo Ochikubo (1923–1975), also known as Bob Ochikubo, was a Japanese-American painter, sculpture, and printmaker who was born in Waipahu, Hawaii, Honolulu county, Hawaii.
Jerry T. Okimoto (Jerry Tsukio Okamoto, 1924–1998)[1] was a Japanese-American painter and sculptor who was born in Waianae, Hawaii.
Aaron Padilla (born 1974) is an American artist and art educator. He was born in Wahiawa, Hawaii in 1974.
Alice Kagawa Parrott (February 12, 1929 – September 11, 2009) was a Japanese American fiber artist and ceramicist.
Louis Pohl (1915 – December 22, 1999) was an American painter, illustrator, art teacher, printmaker and cartoonist. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1915.
Fred H. Roster (1944-December 19, 2017) was an American sculptor known for his mixed media narrative sculptures.
Shirley Ximena Hopper Russell (1886–1985), also known as Shirley Marie Russell, was an American artist best known for her paintings of Hawaii and her still lifes of Hawaiian flowers.
Journal: Title of the publication: "Calendar News (Honolulu Academy of Arts)"
Pages: page numbers: "5-6"
askart.com: contains basic biographical information, references to other sources, lists of collections holding artists' work
The Contemporary Pacific: Academic journal published by the Center for Pacific Island Studies at UHM; contains lots of biographical information about many artists from Hawai'i and the Pacific
Be sure to use the "Search community" box in the upper right, and not the "search site" box above it
Densho encyclopedia: contains biographical information about some Japanese American artists
Honolulu Weekly: Art criticism and exhibition listings 1991-2013
Wikipedia manual of style for visual arts articles: Describes the main components of articles about visual artists, and addresses editing and style concerns specific to the visual arts, e.g., how to list the medium of an artwork, how to capitalize the names of art movements.
Wikipedia manual of style: General style guidelines relating to all Wikipedia articles. "CD-ROMS" or "CD-ROMs"? "U.S." or "US"? Find the answers to these questions and more on this page.
Biographies of living persons: Articles about people who are still alive must be written/edited very carefully, with respect for the individual's privacy. Find full guidelines here.
Notability guidelines for creative professionals: New articles must meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines in order to be included in the encyclopedia. If you are attending the IRL edit-a-thon and would like to create a new article, please see Mary or Bill. They'll help you assess notability and start the article.
Art + Feminism editing kit: additional editing tutorials on topics like adding images, adding infoboxes, creating new articles, and using Wiki Markup
Example artist biography articles
These are some articles about artists have been recognized as exemplary by the Wikipedia community:
Expand information on a technique/style the artist is noted for. Example:
Tseng Yu-ho's "dsui hua paintings."
Create or expand Works section: this section describes the artist's work and lists specific works. Example:
Satoru Abe
Create or expand Awards section: this section lists awards and fellowships. Example:
Tetsuo Ochikubo
Create or expand Collections section: this section lists public collections containing that artist’s work. Example:
Hiroki Morinoue
Create or expand Selected Exhibitions section: this section lists exhibitions, and can be subcategorized into solo and group exhibitions. Be sure to check the Honolulu Weekly (linked above) for exhibition listings too, so we're not just listing HoMA exhibitions! Example:
Toshiko Takaezu
IRL participants
The in-person edit-a-thon is only open to those who have registered. Registrants will be sent instructions for signing up for a Wikipedia account. Everyone else is welcome to join us remotely!
Add your name to this list by clicking edit (above), then adding 4 tildes (~) on the next available line