Comments on: Chuck Brown Remembered in Petworth

By: V Ann

V Ann — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:31:45 +0000

To The Painter:

Very good job I can’t wait to see it.

Thanks for caring.

By: anon

anon — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:35:02 +0000

These are good questions.

I would guess that the the art teachers from McFarland were operating in good faith and hadn’t realized that their mural would be violating Darrow Montgomery’s copyright. Seems like they and Darrow should talk — maybe he’d be willing to grant them permission after the fact? And an appropriate credit for the photo source could be added to the mural?

Unless Sweet Mango Cafe paid the teachers anything to paint the mural, it doesn’t seem like there’s money at stake here (though I’d imagine the mural will bring Sweet Mango Cafe some additional customers).

By: MtPleasantGirl

MtPleasantGirl — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:23:44 +0000

This is a GREAT mural. It’s brought a lot of people in the community together, stopping by, smiling, making small talk, bumping chuck brown. We don’t facilitate enough reasons to bring the DC community together for positive reasons, so hats off to the fellas who did this. Even better that middle school students were involved. With art a dying class in so many schools, just one more thing to make this mural such a beautiful thing. RIP Chuck Brown!

By: wmd

wmd — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:29:17 +0000

you should paint it over

By: soulshadow55

soulshadow55 — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:16:36 +0000

Love the mural – thanks to the McFarland teachers for doing it. Wind me up Chuck!

By: Trixie

Trixie — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:42:33 +0000

I just about fell over laughing.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:19:57 +0000

^ Pffffft +100

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:08:19 +0000

And apparently he’s not too happy about it…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:19:51 +0000

They tried to call you, but you were out taking a blurry photo of the reflection of somebody’s feet in the reflection of a rain-filled pothole in Adams Morgan.

By: ...

... — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:18:28 +0000

if you had been contacted for permission, would you have granted it? asked for $ in return?