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Artist asks UPEI to clarify exit from AVC residency
A UPEI artist-in-residence who left the Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI due to controversy over one of his paintings says ...
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COMMENTARY: UPEI treatment of artist latest example of doublespeak
Stir vigorously. Writing (unless you are a painter) ...
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UPEI’s Atlantic Veterinary College apologizes to artist after pulling political painting from campus
The Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI has apologized to artist Christopher Griffin for asking him to remove a painting that ...
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 ...
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P.E.I. university backs down after artist accuses administration of censorship
The University of Prince Edward Island is backing away from a demand that an artist in residence take down a painting that the school said offended some American ...
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P.E.I. university apologizes for removing lemming painting that offended Americans
The University of Prince Edward Island has apologized to a former artist in residence who quit after administrators ordered him to remove a painting that offended some American ...
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 ...
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Artist quits post after P.E.I. vet college tells him to remove painting based on U.S. politics
became the regional college's first-ever artist-in-residence last November. The unpaid position gave him the opportunity to brighten up some of the UPEI-based college's community spaces.