Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Garric Simonsen

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus. No prejudice against speedy renomination since there are no actual !votes aside from the nominator. (non-admin closure) clpo13_(talk) 17:52, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Garric Simonsen

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No work in a major museum; no references showing significant review coverage, only reviewed as part of group exhibitions. DGG ( talk ) 23:17, 3 November 2015 (UTC) DGG ( talk ) 23:17, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

• Comment Spokane isn't New York so how do we evaluate the artist in the context of his impact on the art community that he's part of? Does this change the evaluation criteria at all, i.e. how do we look at being part of an exhibit [1][2] at the largest regional museum on Seattle's Eastside (population roughly equal to the city of Atlanta)? Or for that matter being featured on the cover of a regional arts magazine [3]? Or being one of two artists reviewed in this weekly [4] from his hometown, and again here (according to which he's also a small college faculty member)? Seems like issues of systemic bias preferring artists from NYC, LA or other large arts centers arise here. In other words, is it sound to insist on "work in a major museum" for an artist whose work is specifically about the unique nature of his own region—in this case the Northwest's cultural/environmental heritage reflected in Simonsen's use of wood materials and images of logging? To point to a specific risk of setting a precedent I'm not comfortable with: does endorsing this reasoning doom any future hope of profiling one of the Quinault Indian master craftspeople because they haven't had a solo show in a major museum? – Brianhe (talk) 01:10, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

User:Brianhe - great questions! any ideas for getting them answered? I find fine artists (and other creative people) to be one of the more difficult categories on which to determine notability. If you get a chat going on this, let me know. LaMona (talk) 04:07, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —UY Scuti ^Talk 20:09, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

I would like to point out that the article was created by a contributor with the same user name as artist's web site. Thuresson (talk) 22:39, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

That is true but the creator has stated that he has "no connection" to the subject of the article [5]. - Brianhe (talk) 02:29, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 07:37, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:54, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

• Comment As the creator of the page Garric Simonsen I will take it upon myself and give supportive details for whom may consider deletion of the page Garric Simonsen. Foremost, an historic 115 year old collection of Swedish American history has been uncovered, of which ancestral members of Simonsen's family (Perrson) were the bearers of. I am an international scholar researching Swedish American families originating from a particular county in N. Sweden named Jämtland. A scholarship has granted exclusive permission and accessibility to research and publish documentation included in the collection, of which contains more than 2500 turn-of-the-century photographs and documentation of Pacific Northwest logging, conservation and mountaineering. This collection also includes 1500 correspondence postcards/letters via/ Östersund, Sweden, and Cowlitz county, WA. The Swedish to English translations of these letters are currently being transcribed. This aforementioned collection is in preparation for a donation to University_of_Washington_Libraries as a meaningful resource for Swedish American genealogical research and Pacific Northwest history. Garric Simonsen is the last living member of the Perrson name, his artwork is informed by the Perrson legacy and contributes existentially to Pacific Northwest history. As the estates nominated research scholar it is essentially my duty to trace into the past and ultimately provide future scholars (working from this collection) an opportunity to add and edit information as it is found. Wikipedia has been chosen as a supplemental bank of important historical facts/links directly related to the research. The page Garric Simonsen has been created to fulfill a contemporary point of reference for scholars citing historical information relating, as it would, to the collection.

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 22:51, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

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