RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

Oh, well, if you tried it multiple times and it still didn't work for 
you, then it must not work. Perhaps I just made up the story I 
cut-and-pasted into the previous email. Lord knows it wouldn't be the 
first time.


Margaret Campbell wrote:
> No, it didn't.  Tried it several times.
>
> But, being a reader of the papers, I already knew the story.
>
>
> On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:58:03 -0500, grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:
>
> > Umm, yes it does. But in the interest of actually moving things along,
> > here:
> >
> > Young Prospective Artist Finds Herself in a 'No Sketch' Zone
> > Second grader Julia Illana
> > By Don Ross
> > (01/07/05 - RALEIGH) — It is standard operating procedure for students
> > of art to learn by example by sketching masterpieces in an art museum.
> >
> > A budding artist in Durham found that the time honored tradition was
> > challenged while seeking inspiration at the Matisse, Picasso and the
> > School of Paris: Masterpieces from the Baltimore Museum of Art exhibit
> > in Raleigh.
> >
> > Over the weekend at the North Carolina Museum of Art there were works by
> > Matisse, Picasso, Monet, Degas and some Illanas.
> >
> > Julia Illana is a second grader who was visiting the popular exhibit
> > there with her parents and was sketching the paintings in her notebook.
> >
> > "I love to draw in my notebook," Illana said.
> >
> > Her sketch of Picasso's Woman with Bangs, which came out pretty good,
> > and Matisse's Large Reclining Nude got the promising artist into trouble
> > with museum security.
> >
> > A museum guard told Julia's parents that sketching was prohibited
> > because the great masterpieces are copyright protected, a concept that
> > young Julia did not understand until her mother explained the term.
> >
> > "If you wrote a book and someone saw that book and copied it," Julia's
> > mother said. "Then people would think that that person was the one who
> > wrote the book when you were the actual one."
> >
> > Actually, the museum guard was mistaken. There was no copyright issue,
> > and the museum apologizes and is telling artists to sketch away as long
> > as they do not interrupt the flow of traffic in the always crowded gallery.
> >
> > Julia admits that she's not ready to show her artwork anyway.
> >
> > "I wouldn't publish my notebook with the sloppy writing," she giggled.
> >
> > Although her renditions of Hole in Hand and Pink Ghost are pretty
> > impressive for a six-year-old.
> >
> > Assured now that it is OK to sketch, Julia's going back on Sunday to try
> > her hand at a CeZanne, and maybe a Matisse or two.
> >
> > More than 88,000 people have visited the exhibit scheduled to end
> > January 16.
> >
> > Online Producer: Chris J. Nicolini
> >
> > Margaret Campbell wrote:
> >
> > > Umm, the link doesn't work....
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:05:30 -0500, bendy <bendy AT duke.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > And while you're at it, stop humming that song in your head, unless
> > > > you've bought a copy!
> > > >
> > > > http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/news/010705_NW_sketcher.html