This is a meetup to improve the Wikipedia coverage of potter, teacher, and artist
Yvonne Rust (1922–2002), on the occasion of her 100th birthday. Rust was an important figure in
West Coast art and was teacher and mentor to a circle of creative people locally and throughout New Zealand. An excellent 2011 biography by Theresa Sjoquist, Yvonne Rust: maverick spirit (
her Wordpress site) will be a key reference for this event. The editathon is kindly hosted by the
Left Bank Art Gallery.
Attendees
You can attend in person or remotely. Edit this section to add your Wikipedia username. Tip: you can just type asterisk-space-three tildes (* ~~~)
This session will set you up with a Wikipedia account, give you some editing and citation practice, set a homework task, and make sure that when you turn up on Saturday you're ready to go.
There are only two photos in the Commons
Category:Yvonne Rust; we need more, and need to organise an open licence from the photographers. Paul Caffyn kindly donated some photos of his under an open licence.
Too short: We need sections on Early Life, Teaching, Pottery, Painting at least, summarising the relevant sections in Sjoquist (2011).
Photographs of her art and pottery: these need to be cleared by both the photographer and the current holder of Yvonne Rust's copyrights (which don't expire until 2052).
The Whangarei District Library has some
photos of Rust in their Florence Keene collection, but the library doesn't seem to know the copyright holder, copyright status, or licensing of them – family have been contacted, keen to clear.
A bit more about Rust in the
Barry Brickell article? And that article could probably be expanded.
Laptop. Laptops are definitely easier to edit on than iPads!
Any resources such as books, journals, magazine or newspaper articles relevant to Yvonne Rust and West Coast artists.
Photos you've taken, especially of people or places relevant to the topic; we can help you upload these to
Wikimedia Commons so Wikipedia articles can use them.
Media
We'll be taking photos for the record. If you don't want to be in a photo, just choose a
red name lanyard; if you don't mind, pick a green one.
Outcomes
The day was a great success, with many people turning up who knew Yvonne and had photos to donate. Katrina Brown of the Left Bank was kept busy scanning and identifying prints, and Mike spent several hours interviewing, including:
Grant Hudson, who spent a year working in the Brewery with Yvonne in the 1960s, and later moved to Barrytown. Grant was not interviewed for the Sjoquist book, so this interview will be written up and published in the Left Bank's blog.
Evelyn Hewlett and Glenys Birchfield, who were students of Yvonne for five years at Greymouth High School.
Paul Caffyn, who first met Yvonne in 1970 and later visited her in Parua Bay.
Roger Ewer, who worked with her in the Studio of Design in Christchurch in the early 1960s.
Evelyn also brought along a huge pot of Yvonne's made during her Greymouth period, which will be photographed, copyright cleared, and added to the Wikipedia article.