Hallo everybody,

We have just started working with the Wiki Loves Public Art (WLPA)[1] contest that will focus on getting pictures on sculptures, mosaics, mural paintings, memorials and place specific installments in the public space. If you are interested in public art, enjoy organizing events, think that it is cool and interesting to work with projects that increase cooperation between the Chapters, or would like to work towards GLAM in your country, well then this would be something for you! We are looking for all kinds of volunteers and especially for national coordinators that can help us get things going in the countries and coordinate the volunteer efforts!

As we don't want to intrude upon the fantastic Wiki Loves Monument contest we are thinking about holding WLPA during the month of May in 2013. However, May will hopefully give us enough time to work on this and provide good enough weather so that the pictures look nice and people think that it is fun to go out and find the art works.

We are of course aware of the tricky copyright legislations in different countries but thanks to the fact that this is organized together with Europeana (www.europeana.eu) we have the possibility to use Europeana's team of judicial experts in finding out answers on some of the questions. So if you have a question that is not answered on Commons:Freedom of Panorama[2] please write up your questions on relevant judicial matters on our list and we will forward it to Europeana.[3]

Both me and the project leader, Lennart Guldbrandsson, will be at Wikimania and we would love to met and talk to you about this in person!

I hope to hear from you soon!

All the best,

John

- - - - John Andersson Wikimedia Sweden (WMSE) Event Manager, Europeana Awareness

Phone: +46(0)73-3965189

Email: JohnAndersson86@hotmail.com

Skype: johnandersson86

Be sure to follow us on Twitter at @wikieuropeana Visit http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Europeana_Awareness/English for more information about our project!

[1] http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Europeana_Awareness/Wiki_Loves_Public_A...

[2] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama

[3] http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projekt:Europeana_Awareness/Wiki_Loves_Public_A...