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October 2020 Wiki* Art Edit: Arts and Artists in North Carolina[edit]
The Wiki* Monthly Art Edit is an informal gathering hosted by the Sloane Art Library, for editing Wikipedia, Wikimedia, and Wikidata entries related to art.
Join us October 16, 2020, when the Edit will explore the arts in North Carolina, with a focus on improving Wikipedia articles about artists and arts organizations in our state!
This page provides a list of suggested articles to edit and reliable sources for citations. Participants are also free to add suggestions, and to edit any Wikipedia article they choose.
Event dashboard here: October 2020 Wiki Art Edit - NC Arts
Resources for Researching the Arts in North Carolina[edit]
Artist Bios[edit]
- Qualla Arts and Crafts -- Many artists bios of Eastern NC Cherokee Artists
- Diamante -- Profiles of Hispanic and Latinx artists (mostly visual artists)
- African American Music Trails -- Includes musician information under “Meet the Musicians”
- North Carolina Arts Council, also includes NC Poet Laureates and NC Heritage awards:
- North Carolina Museum of Art Learn Website -- Could be used to find information about a specific artist
More Comprehensive and Overview Sites[edit]
- NCpedia record on Arts Organizations in NC -- Gives a good overview and includes many links
- North Carolina African American Heritage Commission -- More of an overview site, with links to other resources, but talks about AA related historic sites, digital collections
- UNC School of the Arts Digital Collections -- many NC artists attended, tons of links to photos
- DigitalNC --tons of digital resources, though not necessarily art-related but worth a search if you have a name
Additional Organizations Not Mentioned Above[edit]
- North Carolina Black Repertory Company -- Has info about the National Black Theater Festival and the Company itself
- Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts -- Their craftsperson database has many records - includes beyond NC. Note that this resource loads very slowly
- North Carolina Symphony -- just FYI - not too many resources here unless writing about the Symphony as an organization
Suggested Wikipedia Articles to Edit[edit]
Organizations[edit]
Events[edit]
- Real to Reel International Film Festival
- potential external resource for Real to Reel: https://filmfreeway.com/RealtoReelInternationalFilmFestival
Artists[edit]
- Dorothy Auman - potter
- Romare Bearden -- artist born in Charlotte, NC. This page is already very comprehensive, but links to specific artworks and/or collections information could be helpful to add.
- Beverly Buchanan -- artist born in Fuquay, NC, and graduated from Bennett College, in Greensboro, NC, a historically black women's college, with a bachelor of science degree in medical technology.
- Jugtown Pottery (Jacques and Juliana Busbee) - founded 1921 in Raleigh NC
- Senora Lynch - potter, member of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe
- Susan Morgan Leveille - textil artist
- Clarissa Sligh -- book artist
- Amanda Swimmer
- Eva Wolfe - basket weaver
Topics, Lists, and Category Pages[edit]
Book Arts[edit]
- List of book arts centers -- add NC to this list
Potential Sources for Book Arts Centers and Book Arts Organizations in North Carolina
- Exhibitions List for Gallery, at Asheville BookWorks -- this Exhibitions list can be used for adding info to Wikipedia articles for individual artists
- Instructors List, at Asheville BookWorks-- maybe helpful resource for exhibitions info for artists?
- Artists' List at The Penland School of Crafts-- tons of artists listed here by media, with links to their websites for more information. Potentially a great starting point, for exploring.
- North Carolina Artists' Books at UNC Charlotte -- this LibGuide has an embedded map/mini-exhibit with detailed info on specific artists books by NC artists, and links to catalog data
- NC Book Festival -- festival for all kinds of books, but might be worth searching for specific authors
- Guide from Duke University Libraries - Artists' Books by Women: Manuscript Collections
- Artists' Books in Reed College's Special Collections -- not a North Carolina institution, obviously, but a wonderful website to explore that likely contains NC artists