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Dear everybody,
The photo contest Wiki Loves Public Art has now taken of with a bang, with over 800 pictures uploaded day one!
I would like to invite all of you to enrich our articles with great photos of public artworks! Please take this opportunity to have a closer look at all the fantastic art around you and if you live in or visit one of the five participating countries (Austria, Finland, Israel, Spain and Sweden) do take some photos and upload them to Wikimedia Commons.
If you upload pictures and participate you will first take part in the national contest where you can win nice prizes, and if your picture(s) is considered amongst the best (by the national jury) your photos will then also participate in the international contest. At the international contest you have a chance of winning a travel check of up to 500 Euros and a high quality print of your photo, sponsored by Europeana!
In some countries the focus of the contest will be on public artworks outdoors while in some countries it will be on museum collections of old PD artworks. A great mix that is! In the countries where we are focusing on outdoor artworks, volunteers have worked hard to compile lists of the art collections as there are no existing databases on the national level. This has been a hard work and this year we are therefore seeing smaller pilots in each country to try out the concept. In Sweden the focus is on artworks in museums and a lot of work has gone into initiating cooperations with Swedish art museums.
To be sure where you can take photos, please have a look at your country's website and read more about the contest! If your country is not participating this year but you would like to be involved you can sort through the categories and see where we can use them on Wikipedia! We would really love if you would blog, tweet and talk about the contest as much as possible to let people know about this new initiative!
Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
Best,
John
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John Andersson
Wikimedia Sverige
Project Leader Europeana Awareness
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