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Re: 5 Most Influential Artists

From: Dennis Freeman (freemad)
Date: Wed Aug 09 2000 - 17:47:15 PDT

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    on 8/10/00 6:29 AM, Woody Duncan at wduncan wrote:

    > Why only five, at what grade level, and why only dead European males ?????
     Our tables are named after: Georgia O'Keeffe, Mary Cassett, Kathe
    > Kollwitz,
    > Margaret Bourke-White, Maya Lin, Maria Martinez, Faith Ringgold, and
    > Frida Kahlo.
    >I explain that
    > we need to
    > do it for the next two thousand years to correct the misconceptions in
    > the history
    > book that all famous artists are "dead white males."
    >
    >

    >
    Once again, Way to Go, Woody! The tables are great, as are your commnts
    that we need to "get over" history. This really is a subject that we need
    to think about so that our kids can! - Dennis in Wyo. 

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