Katie Jamruk was surprised when her principal told her she would have to remove her artwork from a senior show at Highland (IL) High School because it offended their “religious beliefs.” The painting didn’t have anything to do with religion, but pointed out some of the controversial elements of the Bush administration, including the Iraq War and gay marriage.
“I thought it was a painting that was very appropriate, as any artist’s work is, in an art show,” [HHS Principal Carmitchel said. “But when you have display cases in the school and students are forced to look at something that offends them. … It’s a blatant political statement that bothers people, and you have to respect that whether you agree with it or not.”
They told her to take it down, but she put a box over it instead with a hole that says “Look at your own risk.”
I love that last part.