Grazie dell'aiuto, Marie, e complimenti per l'italiano!
Thank you very much for your help and do not apologize! Your Italian is
excellent!

I will surely follow your instructions and try with these websites you
kindly wrote in your email.

Sincerely,
Angelica Daneo
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Marie DiBartolo" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: Italian graduate who loves US


> Ciao Angelica,
>
> Sono Marie DiBartolo and we have something in common.  I am an American
who
> loves Italy.  Ho studiato al'Italia per qualche mese, da settembre al
maggio
> scorso.  As you can see, il mio italiano non e' perfetto pero, io provo.
Ho
> practicavo durante i miei studi, pero era difficile. Whoa! sorry if I just
> offended you with that.  I did study Italian for years, but I am afraid to
> speak as I am sure that it was hard for you to speak in English for the
> first time.
>
> Anyway, I can relate to your urge to come back to the States because I
felt
> the same way about Italy.  I studied there three years ago and returned
this
> past year to study Art History also.  I too feel that since my entire
family
> immigrated to the United States from Italy that it was part of my DNA to
> return.
>
> Unfortunately, I think Americans have the same attitude towards artwork
that
> you describe as being characteristic of Italians.  America does have an
> amazing collection of modern work, but very little funding to support it.
> That is because the majority of taxpayers do not want their money diverted
> to such programs as cultural enrichment.  It is an endless controversy in
> the United States.  Fortunately, there are people like us who will try to
> convince them anyway.
>
> I have opened a few e-mails with other websites to go to for job
> opportunities.  There is: www.artstaffing.com and www.globalmuseum.org.
> I am going to try also because like you, I am looking for employment in
the
> art world.
>
> spero' che ci parliamo dopo,
>
> Marie DiBartolo
> former Italy inhabitant
>
>
>
>
> >From: Angelica Daneo <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Italian graduate who loves US
> >Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 01:02:04 +0200
> >
> >Dear all,
> >
> >my name is Angelica Daneo and I have just graduated (25th of June) in
> >Modern
> >Literature with an emphasis on History of Art at the University of Turin
> >(which means at least ten examinations focused on art history). I
developed
> >a one-year thesis about the History of Art Criticism and the title
> >concerned
> >the attention towards the collecting themes in the English speaking
> >periodicals ("Apollo", "The Art Bulletin", "The Burlington Magazine" and
> >"The Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes") during the first
> >edition (1963) of Patrons and Painters by Francis Haskell.
> >
> >Since the 1st of August 1999 thorough the 16th of October 1999 I worked
in
> >Washington DC for the Smithsonian Institution where I had the chance of
> >experiencing different realities, working for the National Air and Space
> >Museum and the National Museum of American Art.
> >
> >My "dream" would be to double my experience in the US by working again in
> >the Museum's field. My grand mother was american (my desire must be in my
> >DNA) and my stage at the Smithsonian helped me realize that we (I am
> >talking
> >about Italians and this is MY personal opinion) rely too much on the
> >artwork
> >itself as if it was able to convey a message all alone, which is
basically
> >true, but there must be an audience! I was astonished to know that the
NASM
> >is the most visited museum in the world. I am sure few people in Italy
> >(should I say Europe) do realize that. I am sure that the passion for
> >airplanes does not explain this fact entirely. Italian museums are full
of
> >visitors when there is the occasion for big events, otherwise people (I
am
> >not talking about foreign visitors) are not "attracted" ...I do not
intend
> >to put the blame on my country, but I feel US has much to teach and I
would
> >like an opportunity of a mutual influence.
> >That is the point of my neverending email: would you be so kind to show
me
> >the best way to apply for a job (I have already turned back to the
> >Smithsonian, but I would like to know whether there are other options) in
> >the US?
> >
> >My University course lasts (and I have just graduated) four years plus
one
> >for the thesis: we are asked to work for almost one year on a specific
> >title
> >and at the end, after we have printed a book, we are asked to discuss our
> >results in front of a professors'commission.
> >
> >Thank you for your patience.
> >Best regards,
> >Angelica Daneo
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> >
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