Artist Sam Kerson will continue to fight Vermont Law School effort to cover up murals commemorating abolition of slavery wsws.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wsws.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Vermont Law School can hide a mural that offended students behind a wall, court rules theartnewspaper.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theartnewspaper.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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.
Law school defends its right to remove mural depicting slaves being freed archive.is - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.is Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.