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Error in "Gallery" section

The "Poem House buildings" pictured in the "Gallery" section are not off-site residential buildings for Mattress Factory artists. The building at 408 Sampsonia Way (painted with the poem "Writing in 3-D" by Huang Xiang) is part of City of Asylum/Pittsburgh, an organization that provides sanctuary to writers exiled under threat of death, imprisonment, or persecution in their native countries^[1]. And 410 Sampsonia Way houses the Tom Museum, a living museum of puppets, sculptures, paintings, and art experiments^[2].

Ctrotnick (talk) 14:52, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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^ "City of Asylum/Pittsburgh". The Mattress Factory. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
^ Sarver, Tom. "The Tom Museum". The Tom Museum. Retrieved 28 February 2011.

More descriptions needed.

The introductory sentences are awkwardly written - "presents art you can get into". There is some information about the history of the museum, but very little about notable events regarding the museum since its establishment and its current activity. Many aspects of the museum's function are mentioned such as the artist residency program, but not expanded upon. It would be useful to give examples of work produced from this program and artists who have participated. Also, descriptions of the works, at least from the permanent collection, would be very good to include in this article, as many readers might have trouble imagining what kind of exhibitions the museum hosts (the introduction did state that the Mattress Factory is one of the few museums of its kind). Briannahumbert (talk) 04:51, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, these are all good suggestions. The phrase "art you can get into" is actually Aolivex (talk) 21:22, 31 January 2015 (UTC)the organization's slogan and it should be marked as such, for the purposes of neutrality.[reply]

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Proposed Updates & Edits.

First and foremost, I would like to share that I'm new to editing things on Wikipedia, though not new to the website itself. That being said, any and all feedback on the following suggestions as well as corrections or tips regarding whether or not I'm using these editing features (this post on this Talk page, for example) correctly are not just welcomed, but I'm eager to learn! Anyway, here are my suggestions to ensure neutrality through transparency:

The "Permanent exhibitions section" is out of date and should be updated, including the available information about each exhibition/artist.
More detail about the permanent exhibitions as well as current installations/artists/etc. should be provided where applicable as new information has been, and is consistently, released.
As one of the most integral aspects of the purpose of the organization since its origin, more information should be provided about the artist residency programs to back up the value to the museum.
Similarly to number 3, information should be added describing the archival collection/program at the museum.
With the website update, new images (of various installations, events, maps, etc.) are now available and should also be added where appropriate.
Again, since information has been added and updated on the website, language and descriptions should be adjusted to better and more robustly convey the summary/introduction/mission/history as it is intended to be represented by the organization. This would be done best by adding more sections and a bit more organization for easier navigation of all of the new content additions.
A chronological timeline of events broken up by the decades has been added to the site, and would be an informative and important section to include here.

Overall, I am suggesting the updated and newly provided informational materials and resources from the museum's website be included as it provides, as mentioned above, a much more transparent and robust look into the organization's history and its current status, which ultimately adds a more balanced neutrality to the article. Nlpasu (talk) 04:44, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "City of Asylum/Pittsburgh". The Mattress Factory. Retrieved 28 February 2011.

[2] Sarver, Tom. "The Tom Museum". The Tom Museum. Retrieved 28 February 2011.

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