• [OT] Artist reinstated after being fired due to political art

    From Rhino@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 11 12:24:43 2025
    An artist-in-residence at a veterinary college on Prince Edward Island
    has received an apology after being ousted from his position due to the political tone of his recent work, particularly one painting.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-avc-apologizes-1.7507766

    The position of artist-in-residence was an unpaid one but the college
    was apparently unhappy with the artist's work, which could be construed
    as anti-American amidst the controversy over Trump.

    In a rare move for CBC, they actually allow comments under this story.
    For the past couple of years, virtually every article - and YouTube
    video - has prohibited comments. The only times I've seen comments under
    their stories (or videos) in recent years are ones that seemed unlikely
    to stoke any sort of controversy.

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to Rhino on Fri Apr 11 16:36:39 2025
    Rhino <[email protected]> wrote:

    An artist-in-residence at a veterinary college on Prince Edward Island
    has received an apology after being ousted from his position due to the >political tone of his recent work, particularly one painting.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-avc-apologizes-1.7507766

    The position of artist-in-residence was an unpaid one but the college
    was apparently unhappy with the artist's work, which could be construed
    as anti-American amidst the controversy over Trump.

    In a rare move for CBC, they actually allow comments under this story.
    For the past couple of years, virtually every article - and YouTube
    video - has prohibited comments. The only times I've seen comments under >their stories (or videos) in recent years are ones that seemed unlikely
    to stoke any sort of controversy.

    I looked at the photograph of the painting. It's kind of cute, and yes,
    I see the parody of Washington Crossing the Delaware (the Delaware River
    Bridge not yet having been built).

    The guy cranks out three or four murals a week in his unpaid position.
    That's incredible.

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  • From Rhino@21:1/5 to Adam H. Kerman on Fri Apr 11 14:37:15 2025
    On 2025-04-11 12:36 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Rhino <[email protected]> wrote:

    An artist-in-residence at a veterinary college on Prince Edward Island
    has received an apology after being ousted from his position due to the
    political tone of his recent work, particularly one painting.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-avc-apologizes-1.7507766

    The position of artist-in-residence was an unpaid one but the college
    was apparently unhappy with the artist's work, which could be construed
    as anti-American amidst the controversy over Trump.

    In a rare move for CBC, they actually allow comments under this story.
    For the past couple of years, virtually every article - and YouTube
    video - has prohibited comments. The only times I've seen comments under
    their stories (or videos) in recent years are ones that seemed unlikely
    to stoke any sort of controversy.

    I looked at the photograph of the painting. It's kind of cute, and yes,
    I see the parody of Washington Crossing the Delaware (the Delaware River Bridge not yet having been built).

    Honestly, I really don't understand what that painting is trying to say.
    Is he equating Americans with lemmings for having voted for Trump? If
    so, how does the boat and the river crossing factor into the commentary?
    The boat is keeping the lemmings from drowning and the American rowing
    the boat is saving them whereas a Trump critic would presumably paint
    Trump as facilitating the death of the lemmings. Since I can't
    understand the art, I'm baffled by why the college administration - and
    two American professors - took issue with it.

    The guy cranks out three or four murals a week in his unpaid position.
    That's incredible.

    The whole idea of an artist-in-residence at a veterinary college seems
    odd to me. But since he wasn't getting paid, I suppose it was an ego
    boost for the artist and something the school could brag about since not
    many schools - let alone veterinary schools - have an artist-in-residence.

    In any case, it seems like a double victory for free speech: the artist
    was reinstated AND the CBC actually allowed comments on the story.

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to Rhino on Fri Apr 11 18:41:44 2025
    Rhino <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-04-11 12:36 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Rhino <[email protected]> wrote:

    An artist-in-residence at a veterinary college on Prince Edward Island >>>has received an apology after being ousted from his position due to the >>>political tone of his recent work, particularly one painting.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-avc-apologizes-1.7507766

    The position of artist-in-residence was an unpaid one but the college
    was apparently unhappy with the artist's work, which could be construed >>>as anti-American amidst the controversy over Trump.

    In a rare move for CBC, they actually allow comments under this story. >>>For the past couple of years, virtually every article - and YouTube
    video - has prohibited comments. The only times I've seen comments under >>>their stories (or videos) in recent years are ones that seemed unlikely >>>to stoke any sort of controversy.

    I looked at the photograph of the painting. It's kind of cute, and yes,
    I see the parody of Washington Crossing the Delaware (the Delaware River >>Bridge not yet having been built).

    Honestly, I really don't understand what that painting is trying to say.
    Is he equating Americans with lemmings for having voted for Trump?

    He's quoted in the referenced article that Trump's isolationist trade
    policies are self-inflicted pain and that the lemmings are those support
    the policies to follow the leader over the cliff and die.

    It's too subtle for me.

    . . .

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  • From Rhino@21:1/5 to Adam H. Kerman on Fri Apr 11 14:54:15 2025
    On 2025-04-11 2:41 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Rhino <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-04-11 12:36 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Rhino <[email protected]> wrote:

    An artist-in-residence at a veterinary college on Prince Edward Island >>>> has received an apology after being ousted from his position due to the >>>> political tone of his recent work, particularly one painting.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-avc-apologizes-1.7507766

    The position of artist-in-residence was an unpaid one but the college
    was apparently unhappy with the artist's work, which could be construed >>>> as anti-American amidst the controversy over Trump.

    In a rare move for CBC, they actually allow comments under this story. >>>> For the past couple of years, virtually every article - and YouTube
    video - has prohibited comments. The only times I've seen comments under >>>> their stories (or videos) in recent years are ones that seemed unlikely >>>> to stoke any sort of controversy.

    I looked at the photograph of the painting. It's kind of cute, and yes,
    I see the parody of Washington Crossing the Delaware (the Delaware River >>> Bridge not yet having been built).

    Honestly, I really don't understand what that painting is trying to say.
    Is he equating Americans with lemmings for having voted for Trump?

    He's quoted in the referenced article that Trump's isolationist trade policies are self-inflicted pain and that the lemmings are those support
    the policies to follow the leader over the cliff and die.

    It's too subtle for me.

    . . .
    I saw his explanation too but it didn't really make that much sense to me.

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  • From anim8rfsk@21:1/5 to Rhino on Fri Apr 11 12:01:44 2025
    Rhino <[email protected]> wrote:
    An artist-in-residence at a veterinary college on Prince Edward Island
    has received an apology after being ousted from his position due to the political tone of his recent work, particularly one painting.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-avc-apologizes-1.7507766

    The position of artist-in-residence was an unpaid one but the college
    was apparently unhappy with the artist's work, which could be construed
    as anti-American amidst the controversy over Trump.

    In a rare move for CBC, they actually allow comments under this story.
    For the past couple of years, virtually every article - and YouTube
    video - has prohibited comments. The only times I've seen comments under their stories (or videos) in recent years are ones that seemed unlikely
    to stoke any sort of controversy.


    Unpaid artist in residence at a veterinary college.

    I just wanted to see that again.

    There’s no way in hell this ass clown should be able to do whatever he
    wants.

    On the other hand three complaints seems like a pretty small sampling to
    take action from

    I’m pretty sure I’ve told this before. I have these big box sets of the golden age of Looney Tunes on laser disk. One of them received one
    complaint from one woman in the Midwest because she didn’t like one of the World War II cartoons, I think it was bugs nips the nips. And they pulled
    the set it and re-released it without that classic cartoon. From one
    complaint. I can’t imagine how you can ever do anything that doesn’t get at least one complaint.

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  • From Rhino@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 11 15:24:16 2025
    On 2025-04-11 3:01 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <[email protected]> wrote:
    An artist-in-residence at a veterinary college on Prince Edward Island
    has received an apology after being ousted from his position due to the
    political tone of his recent work, particularly one painting.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-avc-apologizes-1.7507766

    The position of artist-in-residence was an unpaid one but the college
    was apparently unhappy with the artist's work, which could be construed
    as anti-American amidst the controversy over Trump.

    In a rare move for CBC, they actually allow comments under this story.
    For the past couple of years, virtually every article - and YouTube
    video - has prohibited comments. The only times I've seen comments under
    their stories (or videos) in recent years are ones that seemed unlikely
    to stoke any sort of controversy.


    Unpaid artist in residence at a veterinary college.

    I just wanted to see that again.

    There’s no way in hell this ass clown should be able to do whatever he wants.

    On the other hand three complaints seems like a pretty small sampling to
    take action from

    I’m pretty sure I’ve told this before. I have these big box sets of the golden age of Looney Tunes on laser disk. One of them received one
    complaint from one woman in the Midwest because she didn’t like one of the World War II cartoons, I think it was bugs nips the nips. And they pulled
    the set it and re-released it without that classic cartoon. From one complaint. I can’t imagine how you can ever do anything that doesn’t get at
    least one complaint.

    We have the same nonsense here for vanity plates: just one complaint and
    you lose that plate. Ridiculous!

    I think it would be fun to issue complaints against all provincial
    officials who have responsibility for license plates, insisting that
    their own license plates are "offensive". This would be especially
    delicious on those whose plates are entirely bland. I think that would
    finally show those idiots that a single complaint is just not sufficient grounds.

    The same tactic could be used against the people who bundled up the
    Looney Tunes cartoons. Send separate complaints against ALL of the
    cartoons in the set; the more ludicrous the argument in each complaint,
    the better. That would mean they can't issue the cartoons at all. The
    loss of income would surely motivate them to set the bar a little higher
    than a single complaint.

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  • From BTR1701@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 11 19:59:01 2025
    On Apr 11, 2025 at 9:24:43 AM PDT, "Rhino" <[email protected]> wrote:

    An artist-in-residence at a veterinary college on Prince Edward Island

    Why in the name of god is there an "artist-in-residence" at a veterinary college in the first place?

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 11 16:54:55 2025
    On 4/11/2025 3:59 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Apr 11, 2025 at 9:24:43 AM PDT, "Rhino" <[email protected]> wrote:

    An artist-in-residence at a veterinary college on Prince Edward Island

    Why in the name of god is there an "artist-in-residence" at a veterinary college in the first place?

    Surely you don't think dogs really play poker...

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  • From Rhino@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 11 18:20:14 2025
    On 2025-04-11 3:59 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Apr 11, 2025 at 9:24:43 AM PDT, "Rhino" <[email protected]> wrote:

    An artist-in-residence at a veterinary college on Prince Edward Island

    Why in the name of god is there an "artist-in-residence" at a veterinary college in the first place?


    That's a question that has confounded philosophers since the dawn of
    time....

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  • From anim8rfsk@21:1/5 to Rhino on Fri Apr 11 16:20:19 2025
    Rhino <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-04-11 3:01 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <[email protected]> wrote:
    An artist-in-residence at a veterinary college on Prince Edward Island
    has received an apology after being ousted from his position due to the
    political tone of his recent work, particularly one painting.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-avc-apologizes-1.7507766

    The position of artist-in-residence was an unpaid one but the college
    was apparently unhappy with the artist's work, which could be construed
    as anti-American amidst the controversy over Trump.

    In a rare move for CBC, they actually allow comments under this story.
    For the past couple of years, virtually every article - and YouTube
    video - has prohibited comments. The only times I've seen comments under >>> their stories (or videos) in recent years are ones that seemed unlikely
    to stoke any sort of controversy.


    Unpaid artist in residence at a veterinary college.

    I just wanted to see that again.

    There’s no way in hell this ass clown should be able to do whatever he
    wants.

    On the other hand three complaints seems like a pretty small sampling to
    take action from

    I’m pretty sure I’ve told this before. I have these big box sets of the >> golden age of Looney Tunes on laser disk. One of them received one
    complaint from one woman in the Midwest because she didn’t like one of the >> World War II cartoons, I think it was bugs nips the nips. And they pulled
    the set it and re-released it without that classic cartoon. From one
    complaint. I can’t imagine how you can ever do anything that doesn’t get at
    least one complaint.

    We have the same nonsense here for vanity plates: just one complaint and
    you lose that plate. Ridiculous!

    I think it would be fun to issue complaints against all provincial
    officials who have responsibility for license plates, insisting that
    their own license plates are "offensive". This would be especially
    delicious on those whose plates are entirely bland. I think that would finally show those idiots that a single complaint is just not sufficient grounds.

    The same tactic could be used against the people who bundled up the
    Looney Tunes cartoons. Send separate complaints against ALL of the
    cartoons in the set; the more ludicrous the argument in each complaint,
    the better. That would mean they can't issue the cartoons at all. The
    loss of income would surely motivate them to set the bar a little higher
    than a single complaint.


    You would think board kids would make a complaint against every vanity
    plate they see.

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  • From Rhino@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 11 20:17:52 2025
    On 2025-04-11 7:20 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2025-04-11 3:01 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <[email protected]> wrote:
    An artist-in-residence at a veterinary college on Prince Edward Island >>>> has received an apology after being ousted from his position due to the >>>> political tone of his recent work, particularly one painting.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-avc-apologizes-1.7507766

    The position of artist-in-residence was an unpaid one but the college
    was apparently unhappy with the artist's work, which could be construed >>>> as anti-American amidst the controversy over Trump.

    In a rare move for CBC, they actually allow comments under this story. >>>> For the past couple of years, virtually every article - and YouTube
    video - has prohibited comments. The only times I've seen comments under >>>> their stories (or videos) in recent years are ones that seemed unlikely >>>> to stoke any sort of controversy.


    Unpaid artist in residence at a veterinary college.

    I just wanted to see that again.

    There’s no way in hell this ass clown should be able to do whatever he >>> wants.

    On the other hand three complaints seems like a pretty small sampling to >>> take action from

    I’m pretty sure I’ve told this before. I have these big box sets of the >>> golden age of Looney Tunes on laser disk. One of them received one
    complaint from one woman in the Midwest because she didn’t like one of the
    World War II cartoons, I think it was bugs nips the nips. And they pulled >>> the set it and re-released it without that classic cartoon. From one
    complaint. I can’t imagine how you can ever do anything that doesn’t get at
    least one complaint.

    We have the same nonsense here for vanity plates: just one complaint and
    you lose that plate. Ridiculous!

    I think it would be fun to issue complaints against all provincial
    officials who have responsibility for license plates, insisting that
    their own license plates are "offensive". This would be especially
    delicious on those whose plates are entirely bland. I think that would
    finally show those idiots that a single complaint is just not sufficient
    grounds.

    The same tactic could be used against the people who bundled up the
    Looney Tunes cartoons. Send separate complaints against ALL of the
    cartoons in the set; the more ludicrous the argument in each complaint,
    the better. That would mean they can't issue the cartoons at all. The
    loss of income would surely motivate them to set the bar a little higher
    than a single complaint.


    You would think board kids would make a complaint against every vanity
    plate they see.

    Probably too busy making TikTok videos and scheming to become an "influencer"....

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  • From NoBody@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Apr 12 11:12:44 2025
    On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:24:43 -0400, Rhino
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    An artist-in-residence at a veterinary college on Prince Edward Island
    has received an apology after being ousted from his position due to the >political tone of his recent work, particularly one painting.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-avc-apologizes-1.7507766

    The position of artist-in-residence was an unpaid one but the college
    was apparently unhappy with the artist's work, which could be construed
    as anti-American amidst the controversy over Trump.

    In a rare move for CBC, they actually allow comments under this story.
    For the past couple of years, virtually every article - and YouTube
    video - has prohibited comments. The only times I've seen comments under >their stories (or videos) in recent years are ones that seemed unlikely
    to stoke any sort of controversy.

    Imagine that, anti-Americanism is perfectly fine.
    Now do anti-terrorist art.
    Lets see what happens.

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Apr 28 12:49:02 2025
    On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:24:43 -0400, Rhino
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    An artist-in-residence at a veterinary college on Prince Edward Island
    has received an apology after being ousted from his position due to the >political tone of his recent work, particularly one painting.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-avc-apologizes-1.7507766

    The position of artist-in-residence was an unpaid one but the college
    was apparently unhappy with the artist's work, which could be construed
    as anti-American amidst the controversy over Trump.

    In a rare move for CBC, they actually allow comments under this story.
    For the past couple of years, virtually every article - and YouTube
    video - has prohibited comments. The only times I've seen comments under >their stories (or videos) in recent years are ones that seemed unlikely
    to stoke any sort of controversy.

    A VETERINARY school has an 'artist in residence'?

    I agree with Rhino on the CBC's commenting policies...

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 28 12:53:29 2025
    On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:20:19 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    You would think board kids would make a complaint against every vanity
    plate they see.

    Here's the list of rejected plates from British Columbia - some of
    them are pretty funny

    https://assets.ctfassets.net/nnc41duedoho/FBcYignV1Ggu5OtdF0lEk/59b7f667db8fea6d6c4b3f08703d1e08/2022_icbc_personalized_number_plate_rejections.pdf

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  • From anim8rfsk@21:1/5 to The Horny Goat on Tue Apr 29 09:56:05 2025
    The Horny Goat <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:20:19 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    You would think board kids would make a complaint against every vanity
    plate they see.

    Here's the list of rejected plates from British Columbia - some of
    them are pretty funny

    https://assets.ctfassets.net/nnc41duedoho/FBcYignV1Ggu5OtdF0lEk/59b7f667db8fea6d6c4b3f08703d1e08/2022_icbc_personalized_number_plate_rejections.pdf


    L O L.

    But seriously, VIRUS?



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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 27 20:03:50 2025
    On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:56:05 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    The Horny Goat <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:20:19 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    You would think board kids would make a complaint against every vanity
    plate they see.

    Here's the list of rejected plates from British Columbia - some of
    them are pretty funny

    https://assets.ctfassets.net/nnc41duedoho/FBcYignV1Ggu5OtdF0lEk/59b7f667db8fea6d6c4b3f08703d1e08/2022_icbc_personalized_number_plate_rejections.pdf


    L O L.

    But seriously, VIRUS?

    My guess is that rejection might have been during the pandemic when it
    could have gotten a bad public reaction - you know bricks through the
    window that sort of thing.

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