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Armenia report

Collaboration with Hovhannes Toumanian museum; Art+Feminism+GLAM

Second round of collaboration with Hovhannes Toumanian museum

By Mher Bekaryan (User:Beko) & Armen Mirzoyan (User:Armenmir)

This month, on April 13-14, Wikimedia Armenia hosted an editathon at WMAM office. The editathon was again dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Armenian poet Hovhannes Toumanian. Three members from the Alaverdi, Goris, Koghb, Vardenik and Spitak Wikiclubs participated in the ediatathon. During the event, participants edited articles about the works of Hovhannes Toumanian. They also proofread works of Toumanian on Wikisource.

Unlike the previous event, this time the participants created articles using the data and info provided in Tumanyan's academic edition. The necessary materials were acquired within the framework of GLAM cooperation between Wikipedia and Armenia's Hovhannes Tumanyan Museum. 14 articles were created and 150 pages were proofread during the event. Wikimedia Armenia volunteers took photos of Toumanian's personal items, artifacts from his collections during a visit to the museum.

Art+Feminism+GLAM

By Armine Aghayan (User:Armineaghayan)

In the scope of Art+Feminism collaboration the Armenian Wikimedians continued to work on the topics related to women. Meanwhile we organized GLAM+Wikidata edit-a-thon in Mrgavan Wikiclub. At the begining of the edit-a-thon the wikimedians got some introduction knowleade about Wikidata after which using the data base of the National Gallery of Armenia they created Wikidata items related to the artworks in the Gallery depicting Women.

  • Art+Feminism edit-a-thon and Wikidata workshop at Mrgavan Wikiclub
  • Art+Feminism edit-a-thon and Wikidata workshop at Mrgavan Wikiclub
    Art+Feminism edit-a-thon and Wikidata workshop at Mrgavan Wikiclub
  • Art+Feminism edit-a-thon and Wikidata workshop at Mrgavan Wikiclub
    Art+Feminism edit-a-thon and Wikidata workshop at Mrgavan Wikiclub
  • An editor from Mrgavan Wikiclub using National Gallery of Armenia database creates a wikidata item
    An editor from Mrgavan Wikiclub using National Gallery of Armenia database creates a wikidata item
  • An editor from Mrgavan Wikiclub created Wikidata item about a painting depicting a woman or women topic
    An editor from Mrgavan Wikiclub created Wikidata item about a painting depicting a woman or women topic

Artists to Wikicommons

Armenian photographer Vahan Kochar is a constant contributer of wikicommons. He joined our Art+Feminism campaign and enriched wikipedia articles with portraits of Armenian women artists from the collection of Andranik and Vahan Kochar.

During Art+Feminism collaboration Armenian sculptor Սամվել Պետրոսյան (քանդակագործ) brought into wikicommons some of his sculptures depicting woman.

  • Portraits of Armenian women artists from the collection of Andranik and Vahan Kochar
  • "Bust of Anahit"
    "Bust of Anahit"
  • "Bust of Haykouhi"
    "Bust of Haykouhi"
  • "Night"
    "Night"


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