Hey List -- Is there a text of this speech up on either of the sites?
Thanks, David on 3/8/03 8:40 PM, Little Bird at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Joni was asked to speak about art education at the > Canadian Conference for the Arts in Edmonton in 1993. > The conference was called "We're Gonna Make Van > Goughs!" and was in reference to "raising up" Canadian > artists who would eventually become world-famous. They > then proceeded to honour a Czechoslovakian artist for > his work... > > Joni (the famous artist who was supposed to be > idolized) basically slammed the whole idea and spoke > about how her education at the Alberta College of Art > in Calgary was unsatisfactory to her and how she > learned much more for Mr. Kratzman at the Queen > Elizabeth School. > > The next day all of the papers dismissed Joni as some > rich rock star who didn't know anything about art > anyway so why should she be taken seriously? As Joni > tells it, she went home to L.A. and got serious.
