Section of the mural at Vermont Law School In July 2020, Vermont Law School announced that it would remove from its campus a large mural that had incited controversy among students and faculty for its portrayal of slavery, African Americans and the Underground Railroad. Eight months later, the mural remains. Its removal has proved complicated and could be a test case for an obscure federal statute regarding visual artwork.
Thomas McHenry, then-president and dean of the South Royalton law school, initially announced that the mural would be painted over. Sam Kerson, the artist, objected. The plan was amended to give Kerson a chance to remove the mural. But carpenters determined that removal would require the work to be cut in pieces, constituting destruction.
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Artist sues over Vermont Law School’s plan to remove murals
A panel from a mural by Sam Kerson that had been displayed at Vermont Law School in Royalton, Vt. The school plans to paint over the mural, The Underground Railroad Vermont and the Fugitive Slave, painted in 1993, because the depictions of the African-Americans on the mural are offensive to many in our community and, upon reflection and consultation, we have determined that the mural is not consistent with our School’s commitment to fairness, inclusion, diversity, and social justice, according to a statement from VLS Dean Dean Thomas McHenry on July 6, 2020. (Image courtesy Sam Kerson)
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