PHILADELPHIA ART HISTORY WIKIPEDIA EDIT-A-THON

5:30-7:30pm
​Art Department at Parkway Central Library 

WeDNESDAY
​April 29th 

Join us in the Art Department (1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103) for a crash course in creating new entries and updating existing articles on Wikipedia, the collaborative online encyclopedia. We will focus on Philadelphia’s local art history, and utilize the research resources of the Central Library.

This working session will begin with an introduction to those library resources and a tutorial on how to make a Wikipedia entry. Together we will attempt to fill in gaps in the online encyclopedia relating to Philadelphia’s rich visual arts activity. 

This program is being organized by Sawyer Taylor-Arnold, Daniel Tucker, and Gustavo Valenzuela and is supported by the Center for Experimental Ethnography at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Press and the Art Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia. 

Optional Details for Flier:

• Please bring a laptop if you have one, though we will reserve on site computers.
• No Wikipedia or art history experience is necessary to participate in this edit-a-thon. However, please create a free user account on Wikipedia before the event.
• If you have an idea of a local artist or event you’d like to write about - Bring it!