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Needham council upholds disqualification of mural finalist who missed design deadline
Summary
The council upheld the mural subcommittee’s decision to disqualify a finalist, David Tang Olsen, after he failed to submit a site-specific design by the published January 2 deadline; members debated process, compassion and whether to reopen the public survey.
The Needham Arts & Culture Council voted Jan. 6 to retain the disqualification of mural finalist David Tang Olsen after he missed a published deadline to submit a site-specific design.
Abby, chair of the NCAC, told members the mural subcommittee had invited three finalists to prepare site-specific designs due Jan. 2; two artists met the deadline and the council launched a public survey based on their work. “We did not receive a…
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