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Artist asks Dare County to reverse decision excluding a nude figure drawing from Silver Arts show
Summary
Artist Courtney Gallup told commissioners she was told by a county parks staffer that her nude figure drawing could not be displayed at a county facility. Commissioners said they would review and, later in closed session, affirmed the board’s view that the piece qualifies as protected speech and should be shown.
Artist Courtney Gallup told the Dare County Board on April 7 that a Parks and Recreation employee had barred a nude figure drawing from hanging in a Silver Arts visual competition because it might be "objectionable." Gallup said the piece is non‑suggestive and artistic and that exclusion without a written county policy…
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