[Marxism] AGITPROP NEWS: 3.15.5

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AGITPROP NEWS: 3.15.5 



In this issue: 

1.  March 19/ Make Art, Not War
2.  Murals as a Language of Protest
3.  Fresco Painting with Rina Lazo
4.  Public Outcries
5.  A Circus Owner Walks into a Bar
6. The Plunder of Iraq's Treasures
7.  Art of Resistance/ Political Artists Conference
8.  Cashtration
9.  Fun Facts about Child Poverty
10.  Food or Pets?
11.  Van Gogh's Ear for Music.
12.  Let Fury Have the Hour
13.  Art and Social Change
14.  Bare Breasts I
15.  Bare Breasts II
16.  Artists Against the War Call for Proposals
17.  War Dims Hope for Peace
18.  Labor Art & Mural Project




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1.  March 19/ Make Art, Not War




Bring the Troops Home Now!

Global Day of Protests Update:


San Francisco

*    The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 has called 
“stop work meetings” to shut down Bay Area and other West Coast ports in 
solidarity with the International Day of Protests.

*    Labor will be sponsoring a pre-march rally and then forming a large 
contingent in the San Francisco march. The co-sponsors of the labor rally and 
contingent include the six Bay Area Labor Councils

*    Air America and KPFA Pacifica radio will both be doing live broadcasts of 
the rally.

In San Francisco, gather at 11am at Dolores Park (Dolores St. between 18th and 
20th Sts.). March to the Civic Center for a rally at 1 pm.

Los Angeles

Media Co-Sponsor Pacifica KPFK, 90.7 FM will broadcast the rally live

In Los Angeles, gather at 12 noon at Hollywood & Vine for a march and rally.


New York City

In New York City, gather at 10 am for a rally at Marcus Garvey Park (5th Ave. 
between 120th and 124th Sts.). Following the rally, march to the military 
recruiting station on 125th St. and then to the East Meadow in Central Park 
(97th St. and 5th Ave.) for a rally at 12 noon. At 3 pm, march to Mayor 
Bloomberg’s mansion on 79th St.

Speakers will include former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Rev. Lucius 
Walker, human rights lawyer Lynne Stewart, members of the NY City Council, and 
others.


Chicago

In Chicago, gather at 12 noon at Oak St. & Michigan Ave. followed by a march 
down Michigan Ave. to Federal Plaza.


Hartford, CT

Assemble at 11AM for Pre-March Rally at the intersection of Broad Street and 
Capitol Avenues.  March Begins at 12:00 Noon.  Rally 1:00 - 3:00 PM at Barnard 
Park (intersection of Park and Main Street)

 
Protests across the U.S.

Hundreds of protests will take place across the U.S. and around the world as 
part of the March 19 Global Day of Action. 
For complete listing:  http://www.ANSWERcoalition.org





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2.  Murals as a Language of Protest


                                                                                
         
MURALS AS LANGUAGE AND A FORM OF PROTEST 

Speakers:

JANET BRAUN-REINITZ, community muralist, Artmakers Inc. 
and co-author of The Mural Book: A Practical Guide for Educators
 
JANE WEISSMAN, community muralist, Artmakers Inc. 
and editor of City Farmers: Tales from the Field I and II

JOE MATUNIS, community muralist, 
El Puente Academy of Peace and Justice, Pratt Institute of Art and
co-author of Esta Casa Que Hemos Hecho/This Home We Have Made
 
MIKE ALEWITZ, political muralist, Central Connecticut State College 
and co-author of Insurgent Images: The AgitProp Murals of Mike Alewitz
 
Friday, March 18, 2005
6 - 8 pm

THE GRADUATE CENTER
Room 9204-9205
Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, Manhattan

reception to follow 
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1967 marks the beginning of the modern American community mural movement.  In 
Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston and New York, artists created murals that 
addressed both local issues – Black pride, racial and economic injustice, 
women’s rights, and gentrification – and international issues – South Africa 
and Latin America.  In the mid-1980s, community murals became less about social 
protest than the celebration of community.  Nevertheless, individual artists 
and small mural organizations remain committed to creating murals as a form of 
social protest.
 
The panelists will discuss and show slides of the early murals of social 
protest (Jane Weissman), the cross fertilization of political murals, 
specifically San Francisco’s Balmy Alley and NYC’s La Lucha Continua (Janet 
Braun-Reinitz), contemporary murals as social protest created by Brooklyn's El 
Puente Muralistas (Joe Matunis) and political murals painted worldwide by a 
single artist (Mike Alewitz).
 
 
This event is free and open to the public and is wheelchair accessible.

Sponsored by:

WOMEN’S STUDIES CERTIFICATE PROGRAM/
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN AND SOCIETY 


ARTMAKERS INC.
Community Muralists
ArtmakersNYC@xxxxxxx






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3.  Fresco Painting with Rina Lazo




Fresco Painting at Central CT State University with Rina Lazo 
Spring 2005


This April, the Art Department of CCSU will host a remarkable visit by one of 
Mexico’s most prominent artists, Rina Lazo.  

Ms. Lazo worked for many years as the assistant to Diego Rivera, and has a long 
history of involvement in Mexican politics and art.  While here, she will lead 
workshops on fresco painting and lecture about the history of mural art in 
Mexico. This will be an extraordinary opportunity to work with this 
world-renowned artist.

Mural Painting at CCSU is a unique, community-based program. Classes include 
discussions of important issues in public art, as well as studio techniques 
used by scenic painters, airbrush artists, billboard painters and muralists.  
Students learn by painting on the campus and in the city of New Britain. Over 
fifty murals have been painted in the last few years, on a broad range of 
themes. 

The visit of Rina Lazo is being coordinated by Marela Zacarias of the LaBOR aRT 
& MuRAL PRoJECT. 

For more information, including requests to speak, contact: 

Marela Zacarias 
marelazz@xxxxxxxxx

Mike Alewitz
alewitzm@xxxxxxxx



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Artist Biography:

Rina Lazo 

Rina attended La Esmerelda School of Painting and Sculpture, where 
faculty members included Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. 

In 1947, Rina began work with Rivera on the fresco 
Paseo Dominical en la Alameda, in the Hotel del Prado. 
She assisted him on numerous projects, including the 
mural in the Lerma Water Intake Station, in Chapultepec, and 
the mosaic of natural rock at the Olympic Stadium at 
the University of Mexico. Their association lasted 10 
years, until his death in 1957. 

Diego once wrote, "Rina Lazo, a painter of great 
talent. My beloved friend, my right hand... the best 
of my assistants." Rivera also stated that Rina 
possessed a manner "that allowed her to collaborate 
with me to the point that later, I could not 
distinguish, on my own fresco, the areas that I had 
painted..." 

Murals by Rina are on public display throughout Mexico 
and Guatemala. Her work is part of permanent collections in Mexico.
She has participated in numerous exhibitions, individually as well as 
collectively. 





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4.  Public Outcries



Public Outcries - Muralist Mike Alewitz teaches activism through art at Central 
Connecticut State University. 
 


...Art and politics may be strange bedfellows, but they have been married since 
the dawn of time. Murals are a quintessential example of this; being public, 
broad, wide-ranging works of art, splayed on walls around the world. The 
relevance of these pieces varies, but most have important messages – between 
the bricks and the beholder is usually a charged, vital commentary that the 
artist dares you not to see. Mike Alewitz is one of those artists. He and his 
politics have taken up residence at Central Connecticut State University. He is 
there to teach the Mural Arts Program, and by default he is teaching 
insurrection – insurgence with poignant context and in every vibrant hue of the 
world’s palette. 
 
Insurgence has long been a method of promoting change. Usually the word 
insurgence has a connotation of violence, but at CCSU, insurgence has broader 
implications. Through the ages, art has been a means toward expression. Poetry, 
sculpture, performance, any art can be a form of insurgence, and most art is a 
rebellion of some form or another. The internationally renowned muralist is not 
at the university to further his personal political agenda, but to instill a 
sense of politics and controversy in his students work. “Controversy means 
you’re talking about ideas,” Alewitz says. “We are not painting waterfalls and 
sunflowers on walls here – unless the flower symbolizes something, the work has 
to challenge ideas and stand for something the artist believes in. The students 
are required to make art of substance.” 
 
Central Connecticut State University’s Mural Arts Program is the only program 
like it in the country. .... He realizes the art world looks down on public art 
because it can’t be sold. “If you can’t sell it; it must not have value,” he 
explains. He strongly believes the art community hasn’t scratched the surface 
of mural art, its potential to promote change or its validity. Alewitz 
professes that public art is fundamental to our society. “One purpose of public 
art is to move art into the community, making it accessible to everyone, 
usually in an area that needs art as well as socially conscience commentary.” 
At the New Britain library, for instance, is a mural about book banning. Its 
placement and purpose is obvious.  
 
Each student is responsible for a mural of their own. Virtually every inch of 
wall space in the corridors of Maloney Hall is covered with art. These epic 
pieces are windows into the hearts and minds of today’s youth.  These walls 
were the original outlet for Alewitz and his students. It hasn’t been an easy 
road for the program. Controversy and mural painting go hand in hand even in 
the intellectual world of academia. ... 
 
CCSU understands the Mural Arts Program is just another way for the university 
to reach out to their community. It is a working class school, in a working 
class city, with a world-class faculty.  “When we make art in the studio we 
assert our humanity. When we make art in public, we assert our existence as 
social beings,” Alewitz says in Insurgent Images, the book he co-authored with 
Paul Buhle. This philosophy is the reason the students he teaches take part in 
the painting of an actual mural. It is part of their curriculum.  The artist’s 
don’t stay in the studio; they are out in the world... 
 
...The success of this program can be seen in the scope of the work. Alewitz, 
accustomed to traveling around the world, took his class to Sicily last year 
where they painted an International Peace Mural.  Mike Alewitz says, “I am from 
everywhere, my home is wherever I happen to be. I have lived in so many 
places.” Refusing to pigeonhole himself, even by naming a town, this man truly 
is a man of the world. He has painted walls in cities around the globe, many in 
the most violent corners of the world. Alewitz has produced work in Northern 
Ireland, Israel, Baghdad, Chernobyl and Nicaragua to name only a few. The name 
of each city alone evokes images of destruction, or the need for social reform. 
His work is evidence to his underlying conviction and passion. His efforts have 
earned in numerous honors, including “Millennium Artist” out of the Clinton 
White House. His international acclaim begs the question ‘Why New Britain, why 
CCSU?’ his answer comes through his actions, by teaching this art form he is 
passing the torch – a beacon of hope to the repressed, disenfranchised people 
whose cause, however diverse, deserves to be heard. He and his future muralists 
are here to stay, and they will be putting their larger than life messages on 
mammoth facades from the rooftops to the streets; out there for the world to 
see, for the world to understand. 
 


by Will Steigerwald
(excerpts)
ARTistic F/X Magazine
(Now Artis Magazine)





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5.  A Circus Owner Walks into a Bar



A circus owner walked into a bar to find everyone crowded about a
table watching a little show. On the table was an upside-down pot
and a duck tap dancing on it.

The circus owner was so impressed that he offered to buy the duck
from its owner. After some wheeling and dealing they settled for
$10,000 for the duck and the pot.

Three days later the circus owner runs back to the bar in anger,
"Your duck is a rip-off! I put him on the pot before a whole
audience and he didn't dance a single step!"

"That's strange" said the duck's former owner, "did you remember
to light the candle under the pot?"




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6. The Plunder of Iraq's Treasures




CARACAS - One million books, 10 million documents and 14,000 archaeological 
artifacts have been lost in the US-led invasion and subsequent occupation of 
Iraq - the biggest cultural disaster since the descendants of Genghis Khan 
destroyed Baghdad in 1258, Venezuelan writer Fernando Baez told Inter Press 
Service (IPS). 

"US and Polish soldiers are still stealing treasures today and selling them 
across the borders with Jordan and Kuwait, where art merchants pay up to 
$57,000 for a Sumerian tablet," said Baez, who was interviewed during a brief 
visit to Caracas.  The expert on the destruction of libraries has helped 
document the devastation of cultural and religious objects in Iraq, where the 
ancient Mesopotamian kingdoms of Sumer, Akkad and Babylon emerged, giving it a 
reputation as the birthplace of civilization. 

His inventory of the destruction and his denunciations that the coalition 
forces are violating the Hague Convention of 1954 on the protection of cultural 
heritage in times of war have earned him the enmity of Washington. Baez said he 
was refused a visa to enter the US to take part in conferences. 

In addition, he has been barred from returning to Iraq "to carry out further 
investigations", he added. "But it's too late, because we already have 
documents, footage and photos that in time will serve as evidence of the 
atrocities committed," said Baez, the author of The Cultural Destruction of 
Iraq and A Universal History of the Destruction of Books, which were published 
in Spanish.....................

Asia Times, February 17,2005
full article with pictures at link:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GB17Ak01.html

-sadanand@xxxxxxxxxxxxx




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7.  Art of Resistance/ Political Artists Conference



ART OF RESISTANCE, A POLITICAL ARTISTS CONFERENCE

Art has a great capacity for transforming the world.

We believe that the arts have the power to express ideas with unique
precision and impact. As artists, we are dedicated to using that strength
to support and encourage positive change in our world.

ART OF RESISTANCE, A POLITICAL ARTISTS CONFERENCE will converge in Seattle
again this May. Related events in Minneapolis and Mexico City are also
planned by dedicated artists in those areas, inspired by the ideas and
energy generated at last year's weekend event in Seattle.

As artists and activists, we want to draw other likeminded people together
to explore how we can learn from, engage with and support each other's
efforts to use art bring art into the struggle to confront injustice,
disarm prejudice and speak truth to and about power. At the conference,
this will involve:

- Discussions about history and theory: learning and drawing inspiration
from political art created in the past, and engaging in the current
discourse of community arts.

- Skill-based workshops and demonstrations:  strengthening and broadening
our skills and learning new techniques from each other

- Time to talk and reflect: deepening our ideas and networks so that we
can collaborate more effectively, meet new people, think new thoughts.

Join us! Our website at    http://riseup.net/artofresistance/ will be up
in the first week of March with more details on ways you can participate.
We are an all volunteer event and could use your energy and commitment!
If you can help with anything from organizing volunteers to producing
events and posters and organizing art shows, please come to our organizing
meetings every other Sunday evening, and/or join the listserve at
http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/artofresistance.




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8.  Cashtration



The Washington Post's Style Invitational once again asked readers to take any 
word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one 
letter, and supply a new definition.  Some of this years:

1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you 
realize it was your money to start with.

2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas 
from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of 
breaking down in the near future.

4. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject 
financially impotent for an indefinite period.

5. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray painted very, very high.




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9.  Fun Facts about Child Poverty




*LONDON, England (AP) -- More than half the world's children are 
suffering the effects of poverty, war and HIV/AIDS, denying them a 
healthy and safe childhood, UNICEF's annual report said Thursday.*

The United Nations children's fund report on The State of the World's 
Children found more than 1 billion children were growing up hungry and 
unhealthy, schools had become targets for warring parties and whole 
villages were being killed off by AIDS.

Compiled by UNICEF and researchers at the London School of Economics and 
Bristol University, the report found more than half the children in 
developing countries lived in poverty without access to basic goods and 
services.

It also said:

    * One in six children was severely hungry.
    * One in seven had no access to health care.
    * One in five had no safe water.
    * One in three had no toilet or sanitation facilities at home.

      The report found 640 million children did not have adequate
      shelter; 300 million had no access to information such as TV,
      radio or newspapers and 140 million children, the majority of them
      girls, had never been to school.

      Poverty was not confined to developing countries, the report said,
      as the proportion of children living in low-income households in
      11 of 15 industrialized nations rose in the past decade.

      More than 10 million child deaths were recorded in 2003, with an
      estimated 29,158 children under 5 dying from mostly preventable
      causes everyday.

      UNICEF reported conflict around the world had seriously injured or
      permanently disabled millions of children, while millions more
      endured sexual violence, trauma, hunger and disease caused by wars.

      Nearly half of the 3.6 million people killed in conflict during
      the 1990s were children and around 20 million children were forced
      from their homes and communities by fighting.

      UNICEF said almost half a million children under 15 died of AIDS
      in 2003, while another 630,000 children were infected with HIV.

      By 2003 some 2.1 million children under 15 were living with
      HIV/AIDS, most of whom were infected during pregnancy, birth or
      through breast-feeding.

      From 2001 to 2003, the number of children who had lost one or both
      parents to AIDS rose from 11.5 million to 15 million and around 80
      percent of those were living in sub-Saharan Africa.

      The UNICEF report said the world had the capacity to reduce
      poverty, conflict and HIV/AIDS and improve the plight of the
      world's children.

      It said Millennium Development Goals, which aim to improve the
      world through human development by 2015 and were agreed to by the
      U.N.'s 191 member states in 2000, could be achieved at an annual
      cost of $40-$70 billion. In comparison, world spending on military
      in 2003 was $956 billion.





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10.  Food or Pets?



Published on Sunday, March 6, 2005 by CommonDreams.org
Global Disparities: Of People And Pets
by M. Shahid Alam

(excerpts)

How does the US pet economy compare with the world's poor economies on a 
per capita basis? In 2003, the 142.7 million dogs and cats in the United 
States enjoyed a per capita consumption of $2523. The per capita income of 
world's 2.3 billion people in low income countries (LICs) was $2190 in 2003 
international dollars. This means that the average mammalian pet in the US 
had a considerably higher standard of living than the average man, woman 
and child living in the LICs.

The American dogs and cats enjoyed a much larger advantage in their living 
standards over many individual LICs. The advantage over Sierra Leoneans was 
4.8 to one; 4.1 over Tanzanians; 2.8 over Nigerians; 1.3 over Bangladeshis; 
and 1.2 over Pakistanis. The average Indian had a small advantage of 1.1 
over American dogs and cats. The Chinese had a larger lead of 2.0. It is 
heartening to note that these disparities are considerably smaller than the 
yawning gaps that emerge when we compare people in the rich countries 
against people in the poor countries.

One might think that these more upbeat comparisons give reasons for 
optimism for the world's poor. Given the smaller disparities between the 
poor people and rich pets, the poor people can at least dream that once the 
great humanitarian project of globalization begins to yield its 
trickle-down benefits to the poor, they will, in the not-too-distant 
future, be able to catch up with the dogs and cats in the United States.


From: Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>





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11.  Van Gogh's Ear for Music.




Why didn't I say that ?


"I feel so miserable without you, it's almost like having you here." -- Stephen 
Bishop

"A modest little person, with much to be modest about." -- Winston Churchill

"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." -- 
Irvin S. Cobb

"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." 
-- Moses Hadas

"His ears made him look like a taxicab with both doors open." -- Howard Hughes 
(about Clark Gable)

"He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others." -- Samuel 
Johnson

"He had delusions of adequacy." -- Walter Kerr

"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure." -- Jack E. 
Leonard

"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." -- 
Abraham Lincoln

"They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human 
knowledge." -- Thomas Brackett Reed

"He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker fore-bears, but by diligent 
hard work, he overcame them." -- James Reston (about Richard Nixon)

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of 
it." -- Mark Twain

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." -- Mae West

"He has Van Gogh's ear for music." -- Billy Wilder






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12.  Let Fury Have the Hour



Nation Books has just published "Let Fury Have the Hour: The Punk Rock Politics 
of Joe Strummer" by Antonino D'Ambrosio. 

The first serious examination of the extraordinary life of Joe Strummer, the 
legendary lead singer of the Clash. 

“Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin, 
and a pair of bondage trousers,” writes Billy Bragg, and documentarian/activist 
D’Ambrosio proves it with this gathering of skillfully selected articles and 
essays on Clash front man Joe Strummer (1952-2002), from the likes of Lester 
Bangs, Chuck D, Greil Marcus and D’Ambrosio himself. 
--From Publisher's Weekly review, 11/8/04 

Antonino D'Ambrosio is a writer, filmmaker, photographer and musician. He is 
the founder and director of La Lutta New Media Collective, a media activism and 
documentary film production group based in New York City. His writing has 
appeared in The Nation, The Progressive, Monthly Review, Color Lines, the New 
Labor Forum and other publications. 

LET THE FURY HAVE THE HOUR by ANTONINO D'AMBROSIO 
DECEMBER 2004, $16.95, 368 PAGES, ISBN 1-56025-625-7 
To purchase "Let Fury Have the Hour On-line," please visit Nation Books. 

To set-up an interview, speaking engagement or public appearance, please 
contact Ina Howard at / 212-209-5448 / ina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

For information about upcoming events, radio/press interviews, please visit 
http://www.nationbooks.com and http://www.letfuryhavethehour.com 

************************** 
La Lutta NMC 






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13.  Art and Social Change




CALL FOR PAPERS
"Art and Social Change"

Social Justice, a quarterly journal, is planning a summer 2006 issue on "Art
and Social Change."  We are seeking contributions that explore the role of art
and artists, broadly defined to include visual artists, writers, performers,
designers, filmmakers, etc." in the progressive transformation of public
consciousness, identities, discourses, and institutions. The contents of the
issue will include articles of a theoretical nature, empirical and historical
studies, topical critiques, pedagogical concerns, and possibly review essays of
books, performances, or exhibitions.  We welcome submissions that include
visual images.

Deadline for submissions: Proposals (2-3 pages) for articles due April 30,
2005.  Completed manuscripts due August 1, 2005.  Final revisions for accepted
papers will be due in late 2005.

Submissions should be sent as follows: Proposals may be sent by e-mail to
caughan@xxxxxxxxx and emmanuel.david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx   For completed
manuscripts, an e-mail attachment (PC-compatible) should be sent to
caughan@xxxxxxxxx, and three hard copies should be mailed to:

Ed McCaughan and Emmanuel David
Sociology Department
Box 30
Loyola University New Orleans
6363 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA  70118


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14.  Bare Breasts I


 

February 18, 2005 - Press Release

DETROIT – After hearing the plight of an artist sentenced to 
jail for painting a mural on the side of an office building,
the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is filing an 
emergency motion to keep him out of
jail pending an appeal of the sentence.
 
"It is disturbing that an artist cam be imprisoned for replicating a
masterpiece from the Sistine Chapel on the side of his art studio,” said
ACLU Legal Director Michael J. Steinberg.

Edward Stross, a 43 year old Roseville man, was
sentenced by 39A District Judge Marco Santia to serve 30 days in jail, do two
years' probation and pay a $500 fine for violating a city sign
ordinance.  Stross painted a variation on Michelangelo's "Creation of Man" 
which shows Eve
with a bare breast.

“When I first created this artwork, it was not meant to be controversial,”
said Strosser.  “I was tipping my hat to an artist that I admire.  It’s a
classic piece that shows the artistic integrity inside my studio.  It’s
unfortunate that others are interpreting it differently.”

Stross, who is physically disabled has painted other large works of art, one
of which is a patriotic depiction of the Statue of Liberty in the VFW Hall
in Roseville.  “I have Multiple Sclerosis and these paintings give me a
spiritual and physical lift,” Stross added.
 
The motion was filed late Friday afternoon.  Stross
is expected to begin his sentence on Monday, February 21. 
 
 To see the mural, go to
 http://www.aclumich.org/attachments/gonzowall.jpg
 
 http://www.aclumich.org/attachments/gonzocloseup.jpg
 
 
                   - marelazz@xxxxxxxxx



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15.  Bare Breasts II



Two nuns are ordered to paint a room in the convent, and the last
instruction of the Mother Superior is that they must not get even
a drop of paint on their habits.

After conferring about this for a while, the two nuns decide to
lock the door of the room, strip off their habits, and paint in
the nude.

In the middle of the project, there comes a knock at the door.

"Who is it?" calls one of the nuns.

"Blind man." replies a voice from the other side of the door.

The two nuns look at each other and shrug and, deciding that no
harm can come from letting a blind man into the room, they open
the door.

"Nice boobs," says the man, "Where do you want these blinds?"



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16.  Artists Against the War Call for Proposals



Artists Against the War Call for proposals, deadline April 1.

please send this message out far and wide final call!
Absolute Deadline: April 1, 2005

As you may know Artists Against the War is producing a multimedia 
project that documents the visual impact of both grass roots and artist 
activism against the ongoing war on terror and the war in Iraq. We are 
collecting all visual material documenting public projects, protests, 
actions, etc. We are looking at both still images and video.

At this point we have an abundance of material that focuses on the 
activity in New York, but this has been a nationwide movement and we 
need to present it as such - midwest and far west, as well as east 
coast; rural as well as urban.

Please send this message to any one you may know in other parts of the 
country who have been active and who may be able to contribute material.

The contact name is Ann Messner at amessner@xxxxxxxxxx
Please email ann for mail instructions….do not send image files
electronically…it makes for endless downloading!!!!


Rahl mailing list




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17.  War Dims Hope for Peace



ACTUAL HEADLINES OF 2004:

Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says

Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over

Miners Refuse to Work After Death

Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant

War Dims Hope for Peace

If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile

Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges

Man Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge

Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft

Kids Make Nutritious Snacks

Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half

Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors

Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead






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18.  Labor Art & Mural Project



Help LaMP use art as a weapon in support of international working-class 
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