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Wikimedians of Art Outreach User Group

Introduction

It’s an independent group of volunteers Wikimedians. To use educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally. Our User Group are not the Wikimedia Foundation or Wikipedia.

We are promoting learning and drawings skill in visual arts through Still life drawings, Imaginative Composition, Portrait study, Watercolor painting, Pastel chalk painting and many more in Lagos Schools and our communities as a sustainable development in Nigeria.

“Our Art Outreach gives benchmark test in form of drawings to all the students to know whelther the students are grasping the still life drawings and Imaginative Composition”.

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Art Outreach Makes Life Better like Wikimedia Movement, Open Knowledge.

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Every Child Deserves A Free Knowledge In Our Art Outreach

Objectives

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  • The goals and objective is to reach out to Visual Arts Students and Students who are inclined to learn visual arts as they gained more skills
  • Moving from one location to another in Lagos State Government Schools and may enlarge our coast.
  • Our goal is to set a benchmark that is quite different from others as we give test in form of drawings to see if visual arts students and science students can see things from different perspectives approach to drawing in Still life drawings and Imaginative Composition from 1 to 2 hours.
  • Art Outreach will move on a monthly / quarterly basis depending on the schools Co-curricular science / Tech mostly on Wednesday’s or otherwise if the schools went on vacation or mid-term outreach may not hold in school.
  • After a series of Art Outreach in Lagos Schools have been reached. We will try our possible best and organize art exhibitions from the collections documentation of the drawings in our custody at Creative Arts Solution Foundation.
  • Part of our goals is to promote visual arts students and students who are inclined to learn visual arts from Local to national and international on Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia through the Art Outreach actively engaging the students to contribute to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia under a free license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Activities

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  • We collect the drawings and develop the educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally.
  • Our User Group member editor will guide and also train/teach the new members user group on how to continually edit, upload and contributes to Wikimedia projects through the Wikimedians of Art Outreach User Group.
  • We engaged people in Open knowledge in our activities during the Art Outreach as we arrange objects in Still Life drawings and permits others Imaginative Composition, Portrait Study, Water color painting, Pastel. We do allowed visual art students and students inclined to learn visual arts to be part of us.
  • Our activity is on a monthly or quarterly basis depending on school vacations.
  • Mostly suitable on Wednesday for students to fully participate or otherwise based on agreement with the schools
  • We also do Community Art Outreach in Open knowledge and learning new creative works of arts
  • Podcasts with the Art Outreach in order to reach out to more students in their various locations.

History

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The workshop started with 10 students in 2013 at Gbagada Senior Grammar School in Lagos, organized by Creative Arts Solution Foundation

In November 2023 at Aje Comprehensive High School. We started the Art Outreach in Lagos State Government, Education District IV, Schools under their Lagos Mainland, Zone.

We encouraged the student in visual arts and science students to be involved by giving them art materials needed such as free pencils and paper added with eraser to draw. The foundation will be responsible for providing for drawing papers, water colour, pastel in our Art Outreach 2024.

And most importantly we have archived and succeeded in engaging thhe visual arts students and science learners with still life drawings with pencil and paper as a means of Open knowledge to reach out to them all in Lagos School.

We got 378 students who partakes during the Art Outreach in Lagos State Government, Schools at Lagos Mainland, Zone, Sabo, Yaba. Because the Art Outreach is not stationery as we move on to other location e.g Surulere Zone.

We have uploaded photos of the drawings to Wikimedia Commons. Like Still Life Drawings photos arranged for students to draw. Still life drawings, by visual arts students and science students imaginative composition, in different ways composition, Portrait study, Reptiles drawing, and many still life drawings. Part of his artworks photos like Sekere, Abang Dancers, Wisdom. And his Gallery photos and videos. The least of those photos are 173 even more than on Wikimedia Commons has free license use.

He was able to contributed to Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 as one of the Winners in Nigeria. Who donated photos on Wikimedia Commons & Wikipedia. Photographer: Olusola David, Ayibiowu.

Meanwhile, Our volunteers are experts in different fields as Community Secretary / Leaders, Teachers, Pastor / Evangelist, Healthcare Consultant and Personnel, Nurse, Visual artists, Videographer, Authors, Editorial teams, EduEditorsNG, Graphics designers, Publisher and volunteers from Jobberman. Wikimedia Commons, in our Art Outreach.

We cannot despise the little beginning that kick off in August 2024 in the Art Outreach Podcasts of which spread all over the internet on Apple podcasts and Samsung News, iHeartRadio, Deezer. You can also listen on iHeartRadio, Deezer, Goodpods, Podchaser and others in our effort to propagate and promote free knowledge during the outreach. We hope to continue the movement in reaching out and engage more people through this process in due period.

As time passes by, we try to conducts an interview for students who had an encounter at our Art Outreach of being the first time to learn how to draw still life drawings. Some of the students said, that they are being motivated and gained a lot in partaking in our outreach.

The impacts of the Art Outreach on students has contributed positively to their journey of life in becoming like a new generations of Aina Onabolu who was the pioneer of arts in Nigeria. And Pablo Picasso, A spanish painter and most influential artist of the 20th Century and greatest artists.

On the 18th of September 2024, at Fazil-omar Senior High School In Iwaya, Sabo, Yaba. The interviews by the Creative Arts Solution Foundation and it was curated by Olusola David, Ayibiowu reveals that students are longing to see more of it. As we use art participatory ideas in engaging the students in visual arts which is meaningful to them in our Art Outreach by helping them to tap and visualize into their biggest and brighter future.

In the month of 21st October 2024, the Foundation sent another letter to Lagos State Government Education District IV, about the Art Outreach movement to Surulere Zone to meet the students and let them participate in the drawings.

According to new a story in November 1st, 2024.As the artist Olusola David, Ayibiowu have introduced Art Workshop WKS to further improve and advanced by reinforcing the movement of the Art Outreach in educational resource in a workshop of visual arts students.As we continue to organize still life drawings, watercolor, pastel etc.This process involves registration per students with a token for the Art WKS workshop in order to have visual arts students with different backgrounds from other schools like Federal School, Private School and other schools interested to participate in Art WKS and Art Outreach for visual arts students and others students who are passionate to do visual arts.

On the 11th Month of November 2024, the Creative Arts Solution Foundation has received another Approval Letter by the Chairman of Foundation Mr Olusola David, Ayibiowu from Lagos State Government Education District IV, from the Tutor General/Permanent Secretary, TG/PS, Mr. Olusegun Osinaike, And Mrs Tayo Subair S.I Director CCST & T Dept. for the continuation of the Art Outreach in Senior Secondary Schools at Surulere, Zone, Lagos.

Art Outreach took place in the month of November 15th 2024, at Onitolo Community High School. 119 Visual Art Learners participated. And on the 22nd November 2024 at Akintan Senior Grammar School. 44 Visual Art and Science students was actively involved. And on 27th November 2024 at Stadium Senior High School. 57 Students participated. Another Art Outreach also took place on 28th November 2024, At Ajigbeda Girls’ Senior High School. 62 Students Partakes. In Surulere Zone, Organized by Creative Arts Solution Foundation. Curated by Olusola David, Ayibiowu.

As we continue the Art Outreach some of the learners who actually thought that they cannot draw are now encouraged to learn how to make drawings through the free knowledge in this art outreach.

And let the students realized who they are, how to discover themselves, “That they are not just drawing but to think bigger and archive their goals in life”.

The outstanding performance of our Art Outreach is quite different from others, which have set a benchmarks for all students to have the quality to visualize things from different perspectives. The Art Outreach gives benchmark test in form of drawings to all the students to know whelther the students are grasping the still life drawings and Imaginative Composition.

It’s means that if you can see the vision, you can have it. Because if you focus and work hard by putting your efforts in the right direction towards the Godly vision. It’s achievable at the appointed time.

Contact information

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Interested in participating

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  • Art Outreach
  • International Visual Arts Exhibition
  • Global Outreach
  • Community Outreach
  • Open knowledge Outreach.
  • Educational Free knowledge Outreach
  • International Conferences
  • Awards.
  • Seminars
  • Workshop
  • Networking with people
  • Collaboration / Inconjunction with Affiliates
  • Connections with the right people
  • Attending Conventions
  • Series of Webinars
  • Videos
  • Wikis
  • Podcasts distributions.
  • News
  • Newsletter / Publications
  • Training/Zooming Meeting/Telegram
  • Vote:Board Members UG Voting
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