Art Wikimarathon 2008

Gather your friends and join in on the international Art WikiMarathon

When: January 26, 2008 from noon until 8pm EST
(or Sun Jan 27 from 4AM-noon, Sydney time)

Here's the deal:

January 26: ART WIKIMARATHON

Location: ANYWHERE
WIKI
Saturday, January 26
Roughly 12–8PM EST (9AM–5PM PST)

There’s a lack of art/artist information on Wikipedia, and we’re often too busy to find the time to contribute. In response, we’re setting aside one day when a crew of people collectively drop serious knowledge into wikipedia about art: from your favorite notable artwork, artist or exhibition, to our soon-to-be-famous peers. We’ll also add structural links to alumni, schools and categories like collective art groups, non profit orgs, etc.

Participants include:
Eyebeam Senior Fellows Steve Lambert and Michael Mandiberg; Marisa Olson, Bennett Williamson, Joe DelPesco aka Mr. Collective Foundation, and Jamie Wilkinson. EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

IRC: irc.gimp.org #artwikimarathon ([irc://irc.gimp.org/#artwikimarathon link])
AIM: join chat: artwikimarathon

Thank's to Lucas Ihlein from NUCA for the tip
(Also worth taking a look at a call out to improve information on Australian artist-run initiatives in NUCA's discussion area.)

Library of Congress, Flickr and The Commons

Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif.
Shown checking electrical assemblies (LOC)

The Commons is a collaboration between Library of Congress and Flickr to "to facilitate giving people a voice in describing the content of a publicly-held photography collection." The images posted have "no known copyright restrictions" and everyone is invited to tag or comment on the images on Flickr.

LOC has also blogged about the enthusiastic response.