ARTS ALIVE	PGM 25 - 2007.  TX: 4:04 Eastern Time 18 June 2007
THIS PROGRAM IS 55' 50" WITH A NATURAL BREAK AT 30' 00"

The intriguing story of a romantic involvement by one of Australia¡¦s best loved painters from what used be called the Heidleberg School, and the detective work that found the evidence in minute marks on a painting* the Australian Library and Information Association warns of the adverse impact of some internet filtering* and marketing the arts to multicultural audiences* a visitor from New York has  a lot of thoughts on the issue.  This week we revisit the interview I did with Roy Smiles, the author of Ying Tong:  A Walk with the Goons.  After a successful season at the Sydney Opera House, it opens in Melbourne on June 20th*  But first the week in the arts*

STING   NEWS:  	(approx. 4.00) 			    STING	Ends approx. 6.0

Item 1: Sting: Francis Lindsay (    0

Deputy Director of the NGV, Francis Lindsay.  The Impressionist show is attracting large audiences, and the discovery of secret messages scratched into the surface of one of the painting on exhibition will surely swell attendance even further.  The conservator responsible for the discovery, Michael Varcoe-Cocks takes up the story* 

Item 2a: Michael Varco-Cocks (1.50)
Starts with: ¡§
Ends with: *..¡¨

Here Michael Varcoe-Cocks pointed to an X-ray image of the painting, a rural landscape of trees and a creek.  It revealed that the figure of a near naked woman, with her back discreetly towards us, had been painted over by the artist Arthur Streeton.  

Item 2b: Michael Varco-Cocks (0.39)
Starts with: ¡§
Ends with: *.even a homage.¡¨

And homage it seems it was.  Elsewhere Streeton has scratched several times Florry Walker is my Sweetheart.  Florry was the younger sister of Lucy Walker who had attended the National Arts School in the 1880s with Tom Roberts.  The Walker family was well to do.  Perhaps a 22 year old artist was not seen as a suitable partner for young Florence because the romance went no further, and when they each did marry it was much later in life.  But there was one more surprise.    

Item 2c: Michael Varco-Cocks (0.17)
Starts with: ¡§
Ends with: *..¡¨

And so this previously unknown painting by Streeton was unveiled to the public by his grandson, Oliver Streeton.

Item 2: Oliver Streeton (1.09)
Starts with: ¡§
Ends with: *..first great disappointment¡¨

Oliver Streeton, unveiling a previously unknown painting by his grandfather, Arthur Streeton, and speculating about Arthur¡¦s friendship with the young Florence Walker, to whom he gave the painting..  And before that, Michael Varco-Cocks, a conservator at the NGV.  His detective work found the hidden inscriptions in the painting, Spring, by Arthur Streeton, that led to this intriguing story.  And the Impressionist exhibition is on at the NGV at Federation Square until 8 July, and regrettable, the present collection will not be seen elsewhere.

The Australian Library and Information Association has just released its most recent survey of Internet Filtering in Public Libraries.  While welcoming recent statements by the Prime Minister on the role of parental responsibility in ensuring safe access to the internet, the report warns that a one-size-fits-all solution for internet filtering could actively compromise legitimate research.  I spoke to the association¡¦s Executive Director, Sue Hutley and asked her to explain the concerns*

Item 3: ALIA Sue Hutley (4.38)
Starts with: ¡§The Australian Library 
Ends with: *..www.alia.org.au.¡¨

Sue Hutley, Executive Director, Australian Library and Information Association.  And the report on Internet filtering is available at www.alia.org.au 

Sting 2; Federation Bells

Item 4A: Ray Smiles 1 (10.39)
First words: You¡¦re listening to*
Last words: *

Track 2: I Love Coming Home for a Good Time/ Johnny Huckle

END VOICE	27 min 15 sec		END OF PART ONE	30 min 00sec

Item 4B: Ray Smiles 2 (8.45)
First words: 
Last words: *

And that was just a little of the stage performance of Ying Tong: A Walk with the Goons.  Just a typical opening to an episode of the Goon Show as heard on radio for a decade and repeated ever since*The stage show opens in Melbourne on June 20th* 
Now a new release from Whichway music* the keymusic development program for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander music in NSW* here is Wire Mc with Bring It On

Track 3: Bring It On / Wire MC

Get your own things happening*Wire MC*  And that would be part of the advise that Donna Walker Kuhne, the former Director of Marketing and Audience Development for the Joseph Papp -Public Theatre in New York would probably give too.  She is presently on a speaking tour of Australia *

Item 5: Donna Walker-Kuhne (10.48)
First words: *A lot of people*
Last words: ....and also read them.

Donna Walker-Kuhne.  And while she has already been to Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, she is speaking in Adelaide at Nexus on the 19 June, Canberra at the national Library on the 20th and Brisbane on 21st where she will also run a workshop at QUT.

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Track 4: Emma Donovan with Comfort Zone*.

END VOICE	53min 24 sec 		PROGRAM ENDS	55 min 50 sec

APRA Details:
Opening Theme: "Same like B3" / d.i.g. / d.i.g. / CP / 5285392 / 20 sec.
Sting 1:   Federation Bells
Track 2:  I Love Coming Home for a Good Time/ Johnny Huckle/ditto/ CP/ Spiritman/ 2.45 Track 3:  ¡§Bring It On¡¨/Will Jarrett/WireMC/CP/ Whichway demo/ 2.50 
Track 4:  ¡§Comfort Zone¡¨/ Donovan &Boston/Emma Donovan/CP/ Whichway demo/ 3.00