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NCAC Demands Boston Theater Company Reinstate Artistic Director Suspended for Play Involving Nudity

By |May 10th, 2017|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: , , , |

NCAC argues that keeping children from viewing artistic representations of nudes does not ‘protect’ them; rather, it imposes the religion-based view that the nude human body is shameful.

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NCAC & Dramatists Legal Defense Fund Demand Minnesota City Officials Apologize for Cancelling Play With Word ‘Mulatto’ in Title

By |May 5th, 2017|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: , |

The letter demands a public apology from the City of Burnsville and urges the City to develop a formal policy governing artistic programming at the Ames Center to ensure it is in compliance with First Amendment requirements.

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Judge Upholds Removal of Controversial Student Painting from U.S. Capitol; Appeal Planned

By |April 20th, 2017|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , |

The message government is communicating appears to be that young people's opinions concerning such issues are not respected and don't matter. 

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Minnesota Performing Arts Center Censors Play Over Word ‘Mulatto’ in Title; UPDATE: NCAC and DLDF Send Letter to Mayor Kautz

By |April 10th, 2017|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , |

The play offers a perspective on the experience of growing up biracial -- or "mulatto," a dated term used to describe a person with one black and one white parent. 

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NCAC’s Primer On The Whitney Biennial Controversy: A Timely and Necessary Exchange

By |March 31st, 2017|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , |

In the aftermath of the Whitney Biennial controversy, NCAC has aggregated the best commentary and opinions on the fraught but necessary incident.

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