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2014 In Art
The year 2014 in art involved various significant events. Events * A series of annual editathons entitled art + Feminism commences. Held by members of the Wikipedia community, they are undertaken in order to try to level off a gender disparity gap on the subject of the visual arts on the internet reference tool's site. * January 22 – The value of Canada's leading contemporary art award, the Sobey Art Award, is increased to a total of $100,000. * February 7 – The British National Gallery in London announces its first ever purchase of a major American painting, George Bellows' ''Men of the Docks'' (1912 in art, 1912). * February 12 – The discovery of two new portraits, presumed to depict William Shakespeare, the Wörlitz portrait and the Boaden portrait, is announced by German scholar Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel. * February 16 – Dominican-born Miami-based artist Pérez Art Museum Miami#Maximo Caminerot, Maximo Caminero walks into the recently opened Pérez Art Museum Miami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Editathons
An edit-a-thon (sometimes written editathon) is an event where some editors of online community, online communities such as Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap (also known as a "mapathon"), and LocalWiki edit and improve a specific topic or type of content. The events typically include basic editing training for new editors and may be combined with a more general social meetup. The word is a portmanteau of "edit" and "marathon". An edit-a-thon can either be "in-person" or online or a blended version of both. If it is not in-person, it is usually called a "virtual edit-a-thon" or "online edit-a-thon". Locations (in-person events) Wikipedia edit-a-thons have taken place at Wikimedia chapter headquarters; accredited educational institutions, including Sonoma State University, Arizona State University, Middlebury College, and the University of Victoria; scientific research institutions such as the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Salk Institute for Biological Sciences; and cultural inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
