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Artist quits post after P.E.I. vet college tells him to remove painting based on U.S. politics
Christopher Griffin, the now former artist-in-residence at the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown, says ...
Controversy over lemmings painting exposes the real snowflakes at PEI veterinary college
The painting, which reads as well-executed political satire, was meant to indicate American political leadership was ...
Canadian university apologizes for asking artist to remove his 'political' painting
The Crossing bears a resemblance to Washington Crossing the Delaware, but with lemmings instead of Revolutionary soldiers ...
P.E.I. vet college apologizes for asking artist to remove piece showing lemmings and U.S. flag
The Atlantic Veterinary College has apologized to its former artist-in-residence, who quit after being asked to take down a painting he says was censored by the Charlottetown institution due to its ...
The Canadian Press on MSN5d
P.E.I. university apologizes for removing lemming painting that offended Americans
The Crossing is a homage to the famous American painting entitled Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze. THE ...
The Canadian Press on MSN6d
P.E.I. university backs down after artist accuses administration of censorship
The Crossing is an homage to the famous American painting titled Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze. THE ...
Ottawa Citizen on MSN5d
Ottawa-Charlottetown artist wins apology over censorship of politically charged painting
The Ottawa-Charlottetown visual artist who was asked to remove a politically charged painting from the walls of the Atlantic ...
The Canadian Press on MSN6d
Artist accuses P.E.I. college of censoring political painting of lemmings, U.S. flag
The artist in residence at the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown has quit, saying school administrators have ...