Mildred Howard
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Mildred Howard is an American artist known for her powerful mixed-media installations and public artworks that explore themes of history, memory, and African American identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mildred Howard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10532756 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mildred Howard Context triple: [Yerba Buena Gardens, hasPublicArtBy, Mildred Howard]
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A.
Mildred Brown
Mildred Brown was a prominent African American journalist and civil rights advocate, best known as the longtime publisher of the Omaha Star newspaper.
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B.
Mildred Rogers
Mildred Rogers is a manipulative and emotionally abusive waitress who becomes the central object of the protagonist’s obsessive and destructive love in W. Somerset Maugham’s novel *Of Human Bondage* and its film adaptations.
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C.
Mildred Vanderhoff
Mildred Vanderhoff was the wife of famed American bandleader and orchestral director Paul Whiteman.
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D.
Mildred Berk
Mildred Berk was the wife of Lawrence Berk, founder of the Berklee College of Music, and a partner in the early development of the institution.
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E.
Mildred Davis
Mildred Davis was an American silent film actress best known for her leading roles opposite comedian Harold Lloyd in the 1920s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mildred Howard Target entity description: Mildred Howard is an American artist known for her powerful mixed-media installations and public artworks that explore themes of history, memory, and African American identity.
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A.
Mildred Brown
Mildred Brown was a prominent African American journalist and civil rights advocate, best known as the longtime publisher of the Omaha Star newspaper.
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B.
Mildred Rogers
Mildred Rogers is a manipulative and emotionally abusive waitress who becomes the central object of the protagonist’s obsessive and destructive love in W. Somerset Maugham’s novel *Of Human Bondage* and its film adaptations.
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C.
Mildred Vanderhoff
Mildred Vanderhoff was the wife of famed American bandleader and orchestral director Paul Whiteman.
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D.
Mildred Berk
Mildred Berk was the wife of Lawrence Berk, founder of the Berklee College of Music, and a partner in the early development of the institution.
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E.
Mildred Davis
Mildred Davis was an American silent film actress best known for her leading roles opposite comedian Harold Lloyd in the 1920s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artist
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human ⓘ installation artist ⓘ mixed-media artist ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation award
NERFINISHED
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Anonymous Was a Woman Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Eureka Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Artists Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Berkeley, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | California College of the Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
California College of the Arts
NERFINISHED
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Laney College NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco Art Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
|
| fieldOfWork |
installation art
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mixed-media art ⓘ public art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary art ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
NERFINISHED
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Oakland Museum of California NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
African American history
NERFINISHED
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diaspora ⓘ family history ⓘ memory ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of African American identity
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exploration of history and memory ⓘ powerful mixed-media installations ⓘ public artworks ⓘ site-specific installations ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Abode: Sanctuary for the Familia(r)
NERFINISHED
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Salty, Peanuts NERFINISHED ⓘ The House That Will Not Pass for Any Color Than Its Own NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
ⓘ
educator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Berkeley, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
architecture-related elements
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archival photographs ⓘ found objects ⓘ glass ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Bay Area
NERFINISHED
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California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mildred Howard Description of subject: Mildred Howard is an American artist known for her powerful mixed-media installations and public artworks that explore themes of history, memory, and African American identity.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.