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WIKI LOVES UPBL IC ART MAY 2013 AND OTHER GLAM EVENTS Wiki Loves Public Art There are several thousands of sculptures and other works of art that aren't covered by Wiki Loves Monuments, but still are very relevant to document. In many cases pictures of them are free to upload to Wikimedia Commons. Now Wikimedia Sweden and Europeana (the massive collaboration of European GLAM institutions) want your help in organizing a photo scavenger contest called Wiki Loves Public Art. What counts as PUBLIC ART? We are thinking about including sculptures, mosaics, mural paintings, memorials and place specific installments in the public space that are registered in a third party's database and have a specific ID number. Exactly what objects that will be included in the contest will be decided on the national level depending on what data we can get our hands on and what falls within the Freedom of Panorama in the country. Other GLAM Events As part of the Europeana Awareness project we will also take part in organizing other GLAM events in at least six European countries. Most likely in Sweden, Poland, UK, France, Germany, and the Netherlands as there are active Chapters there that are already working with GLAM activities. If you are planning to organize a GLAM event in any of these countries please take the opportunity to contact us and discuss how we can help! For example, adding Europeana as a partner for the event that you are organizing is likely to open new doors and attract more institutions. We could also help out with man-hours, perhaps supply you with information, contacts and digitized media that Europeana already has (which could be hard and time consuming to collect otherwise) or suggest and contact international guests that could participate in your event. We will be here at Wikimania during the entire conference so please take the chance to talk to us! If you would like to help out, please send us an email at [email protected] or [email protected] Be sure to follow us at Twitter @wikieuropeana and use the hashtag #wikilovespublicart For more information about our project, please visit: http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Europeana_Awareness/Wiki_Loves_Pu blic_Art Original cover picture from Wikimedia Commons/author DMY. License: CC-BY-SA. * Are you interested in PUBLIC ART? * Do you want to work with GLAM:s in your country? * Do you know people who like to GO OUT and take PICTURES? * Is your chapter looking for a COOL project for 201 3? * Would you want to cooperate with other CHAPTERS?.