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NCAC Responds to American University Museum’s Removal of Controversial Sculpture; UPDATE: NCAC Advises AU Museum on Strategies to Avoid Future Controversy

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NCAC Responds to American University Museum’s Removal of Controversial Sculpture; UPDATE: NCAC Advises AU Museum on Strategies to Avoid Future Controversy

By Joy Garnett|2024-10-30T09:57:16-04:00January 30th, 2017|Blog|

American University Museum in Washington D.C. flubbed its approach to a controversial sculpture after it claimed it did not want the message of the sculpture to be deemed the institution's own.

Managing Controversy: Vanessa Place, Race and Gone With the Wind

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Managing Controversy: Vanessa Place, Race and Gone With the Wind

By American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression|2020-01-03T15:08:55-05:00July 1st, 2015|Incidents|

In response to a controversy over a conceptual poet's 'Gone With the Wind' project, several cultural institutions have canceled her appearances-- demonstrating the wrong way to deal with such disputes.