Scope
editThis project aims to improve representation of Hawai'i artists on Wikipedia by expanding and creating articles about Hawai'i artists and arts organizations.
Events
editOn 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
editExplore 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.
- Sean Kekamakupaʻa Lee Loy Browne (born 1953) is a contemporary sculptor who was born in Hilo, Hawaii.
- Edward Malcolm Brownlee is an American sculptor who is known for his modernist architectural creations.
- 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)
- 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.
- John Melville Kelly (1879–1962) was an American painter and printmaker.
- Ron Kent, who is also known as Ronald E. Kent, was an American woodturner who was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1931 and died December 15, 2018.
- Sanit Khewhok (born 1944) is a painter, sculptor, curator, and conservator.
- Keichi Kimura (1914–1988) was a painter and illustrator who was born in Waiʻanae, Hawaiʻi in 1914.
- Sueko Matsueda Kimura (June 10, 1912 – December 25, 2001) was an American artist. She was born in Papaikou, Hawaii in 1912.
- John Ingvard Kjargaard (September 13, 1902 – July 31, 1992) was an American painter, printmaker and collage artist.
- Ron Kowalke (born 1936) is an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and art educator born in Chicago.
- David Kuraoka (born 1946) is an American ceramic artist. He was born in Lihue, Hawaii and grew up in Kauai. Hmoa19 (talk) 20:35, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- Kapulani Landgraf (born 1966) is a Kanaka Maoli (native Hawaiian) artist who is best known for her work in black-and-white photography.
- Alan Leitner is an American abstract artist.
- 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.
- Deborah Gottheil Nehmad (born 1952) is an American artist and attorney.
- 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.
- Mamoru Sato is an American modernist sculptor. Mcampany (talk) 22:36, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- Tadashi Sato (February 6, 1923 – June 4, 2005) was an American artist. He was born in Kaupakalua on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
- Lloyd Sexton Jr. (1912–1990), who is also known as Leo Lloyd Sexton Jr. was an American painter born in Hilo, Hawaii on March 24, 1912.
- Frank Sheriff (born 1957) is an abstract sculptor who was born in Yokohama, Japan to an American father and a Japanese-American mother.
- Esther Shimazu is an American sculptor who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1957.
- Ken Shutt (1928-April 2, 2010) was an American sculptor and watercolorist who was born in Long Beach, California.
- Kelly Sueda (born 1972) is a painter who was born and raised in Hawaii.
- Toshiko Takaezu (17 June 1922 – 9 March 2011)[1] was an American ceramic artist and painter. Takaezu was born to Japanese immigrant parents in Pepeekeo, Hawaii, on 17 June 1922. Carinachla (talk) 20:37, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- Reuben Tam (1916–1991) was an American landscape painter, educator, poet and graphic artist. He was born in Kapa'a on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i on Jan. 17, 1916. AwedOakSun (talk) 20:36, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- Madge Tennent (22 June 1889 – 5 February 1972) was a naturalized American artist, born in England, raised in South Africa, and trained in France.
- Jason Jun Teraoka (born 1964) is a figurative painter who was born in Kapaʻa, Hawaiʻi.
- Masami Teraoka born 1936 is a Japanese-American contemporary artist.GeeLewis (talk) 21:55, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- Michael Tom (1946–1999) was an American sculptor born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Harry Suyemi Tsuchidana (born 1932) is an American abstract painter. He was born in Waipahu, Hawaii to parents who owned a two-acre farm.
- Murray Turnbull (1919–2014) was an American artist and art educator, but is best known as the founder of the East–West Center in Honolulu.
- Ray Yoshida (1930–2009), Hawaiʻi-born artist & professor at School of the Art Institute of Chicago; studied at UH until drafted into the army during the Korean war. Yoshida mentored the Chicago Imagists. In particular, his article needs more images. The Honolulu Museum of Art, the Hawaii State Art Museum, & the Art Institute of Chicago have images of his work & hold the rights to them.
- John Chin Young 容澤泉 (1909–1997) was a painter who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on March 26, 1909.
- Tseng Yu-ho (曾佑和; 1924-2017), who is also known as Betty Ecke, was an artist, art historian and educator. AwedOakSun (talk) 22:13, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- Honolulu Printmakers
- Kilohana Art League
Articles to create
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- Solomon Robert Nui Enos
- Marques Hanalei Marzan
- Meleanna Aluli Meyer
- Carl Franklin Kaʻailāʻau Pao
- Puanani Van Dorpe
- "Puanani Van Dorpe" - Google Scholar
- Fujii, Jocelyn; Uprichard, Brett (2011). Stories of Aloha : Homegrown Treasures of Hawai'i. Honolulu, HI: BookBaby. ISBN 9780979464966. OCLC 896801414. Search on "Van Dorpe" as artist uses "Pua" as nickname.
Reference sources
edit- Honolulu Museum of Art News Bulletin and Calendar: 90 years of the museum's member newsletter. Features biographical information, information about exhibitions, interviews with artists, and more
- Search strategies
- Be sure to use the "Search community" box in the upper right, and not the "search site" box above it
- Use quotation marks to search a name or phrase: "Artists of Hawaii"
- Search multiple forms of an artist's name by using OR (OR must be capitalized): "tseng yuho" OR "tseng yu-ho" OR "betty ecke"
- Use the NOT operator to narrow search results: "reuben tam" NOT "reuben tam award"
- Citing the newsletter on Wikipedia
- Position cursor at end of sentence, click Cite, select Manual, then Journal
- Last name: last name of article's author, if applicable: "Saville"
- First name: first name of article's author, if applicable: "Jennifer"
- Source date: date of the issue: "July-August 1991"
- Title: title of article: "Archipelago: Paintings by Reuben Tam"
- URL: URL of issue: https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/57990
- Journal: Title of the publication: "Calendar News (Honolulu Academy of Arts)"
- Pages: page numbers: "5-6"
- Position cursor at end of sentence, click Cite, select Manual, then Journal
- Search strategies
- 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
- ‘Ōiwi: A Native Hawaiian Journal: A journal "dedicated to the mana'o (thoughts) and hana no'eau (artistic works) of Na 'Ōiwi (Kanaka Maoli, Native Hawaiians)." Volume 1, volume 2, volume 3
- Cazimero, Momi, David J. de la Torre and Manulani Aluli Meyer, Nā Maka Hou: New Visions, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, 2001.
- Haar, Francis and Neogy, Prithwish, Artists of Hawaii: Nineteen Painters and Sculptors, University of Hawaii Press, 1974.
- Morse, Marcia, Legacy: Facets of Island Modernism, Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2001.
- Papanikolas, Theresa and Stephen Salel, Stephen, Abstract Expressionism, Looking East from the Far West, Honolulu Museum of Art, 2017.
- Yoshihara, Lisa A., Collective Visions, 1967-1997, [Hawaii] State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1997.
- Additional online reference sources
Wikipedia editing resources
edit- Wikipedia policies training module
- Wikipedia editing training module
- The Five pillars of wikipedia
- 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
editThese are some articles about artists have been recognized as exemplary by the Wikipedia community:
Editing suggestions
edit- Add or improve citations
- Expand biographical information
- 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
editThe 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
- AwedOakSun (talk) 00:35, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
- Mcampany (talk) 22:02, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
- Carinachla (talk) 19:51, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- Artmonkey textmaker (talk) 19:58, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- Hmoa19 (talk) 20:02, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- Chrisevez (talk) 20:07, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- Aaaye (talk) 20:08, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- Alrightseann (talk) 21:59, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- 166.122.175.245 (talk) 22:04, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- GeeLewis (talk) 22:07, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- Socerafia (talk)
- Wmpearl (talk)
Remote participants
editIf you are already familiar with Wikipedia editing, please join us remotely!
Add your name to this list by clicking edit (above), then adding 4 tildes (~) on the next available line
Outcomes
edit- Worked on Kilohana Art League, now Start class, added Infobox, image, & citations; added to Wikidata item (diff here); uploaded File:1896-kilohane art league meeting card.jpg to Commons. Peaceray (talk) 23:19, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
- Created Isami Enomoto -Mcampany (talk) 22:07, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
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