Re: NEW WEB ART GALLERY

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From: Mike Slocombe <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: NEW WEB ART GALLERY
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 95 21:18:15 GMT

Kathleen McMahon (kmcmahon@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
: In article <9508111726.AA002e6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Mike Slocombe
<mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
: >From: Mike Slocombe <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: >Subject: Re: NEW WEB ART GALLERY (this is a plug -- ignore, but don't flame
please)
: >Date: Fri, 11 Aug 95 17:26:45 GMT

: >Art Finds Int'l (artfind@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
: >: There is a new Art Gallery on the Web for viewing; it features artists
: >: like Arrieta, Hargrove, and Carson.  Black American and African art is
: >: available, as well as Americana and others.

: Best approaches to inappropriate postings is to NOT reply to
: them within the public newsgroup forum, but to reply in a
: private email. That way people won't keeping through their
: opinions on top of other opinions in an off-topic tangent.

: We will have to work very very hard to refrain from publicly
: responding to off-topic postings so that this newsgroup does
: remain within some level of quality.

Blimey - I would have thought we should be grateful for *any* postings here-
and what's with this "quality" business? Someone advertised, politely, an
on-line Art Website. I'd rather that than the usual "does anyone know a college
near Blahsville etc etc" stuff. Then people could take a look and put up
a few opinions about the work, disagree, *talk to each other*, argue,
whatever. Or tell us where their work is.

Unless you would like this to be a nice polite backslapping forum with
two postings a week. In which case, I'm off.....

I'd rather have *some* art-linked discussion than nothing at all. Anyhow,
when threads go off-topic, *that's* when a lot of them get interesting!

Mike