[Artemisia] Sage cover art

[Auraelia de Medici]

As a past Chronicler for a baronial newsletter, I find
this entire conversation evolving into something
rather insulting.This began innocently enough. A
challenge was issued to find artists to provide cover
artwork for Sage Advice, our kingdom newsletter. 

We should be grateful to Lady Freydis and her talented
husband for the work they have put into this newletter
and to him for filling a gap that very few others in
this entire kingdom failed to fill.

I have seen her pleas for original artwork.  It is not
like they have not tried to find other possibilities. 
 If you search through back issues of the Sage or even
back posts to this board, you will also find these
pleas.  

Think about this for a minute.  Our Kingdom newletter.
 This is how we are represented to all active members;
a copy of this is sent to the SCA archivist to save
for future generations; this is how we as a kingdom
represent ourselves.   When we use free clip art or
just scan in a pretty picture from a book as a cover,
what does that say about as a kingdom?  We don't have
artists either willing or able to provide OUR
newsletter with 12 drawings for covers?

Since I don't know the people who say they had
submitted something and it was rejected, I cannot say
on what grounds it was returned.  I do know from my
own experience that there were some things I was not
able to publish.  It was either given to me in a form
I was not able to use, it was to light to scan, or it
was a photograph with individuals who refused to have
it published.

Photographs are a slipperly slope.  You MUST have ALL
the individuals in the photograph sign a waiver before
you publish it.  If they decide they didn't want to
have their picture published and wanted to push their
case, it could mean a world of headaches.

To second guess and add your 0.02 cents now is very
callous to the current Chronicler.  As the old saying
goes, if you think you can do a better job, then
please step up the plate and show us.  Please provide
your artwork and submissions to either the Sage
Chronicler or your local chronicler.  I can tell you
that they are always looking for articles, artwork,
and information.

Lady Auraelia de Medici
Former Chronicler for the Moose Call

--- Julia Jackman-Brink
<julia.jackman-brink at umontana.edu> wrote:

> Theodora (AKA Rachael) wrote:
> 
> > I would like to issue a challenge to all artists 
> > of this fine Kingdom.  Lord Aaron has been
> providing 
> > this service to the Kingdom for many months. 
> While 
> > his style is not mine, I really feel that I need
> to 
> > "put up or shut up", and challenge all other
> artists to do the same.  
> 
> I agree with the concept. The office is functioning
> well, but I think 
> there needs to be more communication and openness
> with the Office of 
> Chronicler too. Just because one has the handiness
> of having a an artist 
> on hand, doesn't mean that one can't use other art
> to break it up. 
> Variety is not a bad thing.
> 
> There are wonderful MEDIEVAL art sites online, that
> are free. Some are 
> museum sites. It's not a crime or cheesy to use
> them. Other Kingdoms do 
> and no one looks askance at their newsletter. How
> about general photos 
> from events? Getting releases are not that hard if
> it happens to have a 
> identifiable person in it. Something to think on.
> 
> I'd like to close in that there has been art and
> ideas (group sponsored 
> covers anyone?) submitted in recent years, that were
> not accepted for 
> various reasons. I can direct you to those people if
> confirmation is 
> needed, but I think it is more important to note
> that not everything is 
> as it seems.
> 
> My 2 cents, I'm done.
> 
> Juliana
> 
> 
> 
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