Campus exhibition policies for public spaces
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Hi Everyone,? We have an established exhibition policy and have recently updated our outdated "content warning" signage with wording based on NCAC guidance. Our policy recognizes the? "rights of every member of our community to share their views and to enjoy the autonomy necessary for risk-taking and innovation." and provides "an environment where both new ideas and contested ideas are welcomed and explored. Consistent with our commitment to freedom of speech, we will not censor student work in response to political or ideological pressure".? However, one point of continued friction between the administration and exhibitors is in areas that are viewable by passersby in public spaces (street-facing windows, etc).?I'm not finding a lot of information or examples about this specific situation. What I can find mirrors our current policy that our institution does not censor artwork, but?reserves the right to choose the time and place it is shown. This often raises more questions for which we currently do not have clear, institutionally backed, answers 1. Who determines what is "potentially offensive" and what criteria are they using? 2. This is still often considered defacto censorship because some spaces are openly viewable from public areas outside of our institution. 3. Does the potential sensitivity of an unsuspecting member of the public outweigh the importance of freedom of expression? We frequently find ourselves between opposing opinions on this, and as you can imagine, in recent years this has become increasingly contentious. I would appreciate any guidance, sample policy statements or experience that you may have for this or similar situations. All the best,
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Our institution doesn't have a formal policy just yet, but we tend to operate under no scenes of graphic violence or anything sexually explicit in windows. Just because something has a nude figure does not make it sexually explicit. We're also an art college, so your mileage may vary with that view.? On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 9:42?AM Tyson Skross via <tskross=[email protected]> wrote:
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