ACLU Sues Vail for Removing Native Artist From Residency
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is representing Denver muralist Danielle SeeWalker in a civil complaint against the Town of Vail, which removed the Native artist and activist from its Art in Public Places residency program just weeks before it began. SeeWalker told us in May that she was informed of the decision in a three-minute phone call, in which AIPP coordinator Molly Eppard said that her mixed-media piece "G for Genocide" — created months earlier — had upset community members and that "we can't have somebody like you being too political coming into our community to create art."…
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is representing Denver muralist Danielle SeeWalker in a civil complaint against the Town of Vail, which removed the Native artist and activist from its Art in Public Places residency program just weeks before it began. SeeWalker told us in May that she was informed of the decision in a three-minute phone call, in which AIPP coordinator Molly Eppard said that her mixed-media piece "G for Genocide" — created months earlier — had upset community members and that "we can't have somebody like you being too political coming into our community to create art."… 
