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Georgia City Pulls Sponsorship of Local Play | UPDATE

By |May 16th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , |

The City of Carrollton, Georgia pulled its sponsorship from a theater production of Calendar Girls in response to the play’s textual references to nudity, raising serious First Amendment concerns.

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NCAC Condemns Removal of Student Artwork Critical of Police

By |May 8th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

A student artwork critical of police was removed from a school exhibition in Madeira, Ohio, flagrantly disregarding the student's rights.

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Panel Addresses the Challenges of #MeToo and the Morally Compromised Artist

By |March 20th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

A discussion of what to do with the art of morally compromised artists, how morally compromised is "too" morally compromised, whether it matter if the artist is alive and, ultimately, who decides upon these issues of what is acceptable

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Art Schools Must Prepare Artists to Resist Self-Censorship

By |March 1st, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

NCAC is offering support to Allegheny College in encouraging its student artist to re-display their work after social media controversy and to offer students support in navigating such controversies around their work.

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