[Jewelry making - Article 00964] - Re: [Orchid] Is it Art? Is it Craft?

[The Doctor]

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    In the continuing discussion of art, craft, and what the
    requirements are, I submit an excerpt from one of today's (Friday,
    March 18) news articles: 

          HOUSTON - An art endowment will keep a Houston home decorated
          with thousands of flattened beer cans from facing its last
          call. 

          Beer-lover John Milkovisch attached the cans to his house over
          a 20-year period as an alternative to more traditional home
          repair. He also made beer can fences and garlands to hang from
          his roof. 

          The home was becoming a nationally celebrated folk-art site
          when the Southern Pacific upholsterer died in 1988 at 75, but
          has suffered years of decline. Now, with a $125,000 Houston
          Endowment grant to the Orange Show Center for Visionary Art,
          efforts to restore the home are on the fast track. 

    This is the best part, dear Orchidians - Mr. Milkovisch said that he
    began using the cans to avoid painting, and is himself somewhat
    surprised that it is considered "art." 

    (read heavy sarcasm here, please) Maybe if he studied hard enough
    for an MFA and went to work for the Orange Show Center for Visionary
    Art, he may have understood. I think the $125,000 Houston Endowment
    grant would have been more than enough to pay for it. 

James in SoFl 

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