Art piece raisescontroversy
Teacher Marty Scanlon gave his advanced art class at Helena High School an assignment to make a chair out of the material of their choice. The only requirement was that it be useable as a chair.Senior Jana Barros designed a chair adorned with pink ribbon and strategically attached unclad Barbie dolls. The chair also had the word “false” written a couple of dozen times in pink glitter glue.Barros said she was trying to send a message about the unrealistic body image Barbie dolls represent.But the chair, which was among pieces in a hallway art display, was offensive to some female staff members who voiced their concern to Claudia Morley, the school’s assistant principal.”They told me they felt it was very distasteful,” Morley said.After visiting with Barros, Morely said she understood the idea the student was trying to convey about beauty only being skin deep.
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