CMu Students Take Over Fine Arts Faculty: Thailand
March 31, 2021
At 12:30pm today CMU Fine Art students began taking over the main entrance to the Fine Arts building. The breezeway was filled with students who were protesting a recent event in which CMU faculty members gathered ‘politically sensitive’ art and put it into black trash bags. Fine Art students were outraged by the Fine Art faculty’s actions and have been speaking out on social media since the event took place. Students from multiple faculties including Fine Arts, Design and Media collaborated to make the event happen. Students donated food, water, DJ equipment and artwork to the cause. By 1:30pm the hallway was filled with handmade protest signs, paintings, tents and performance artists. The ‘Art Lane’, as students called it, illustrated how upset they felt about the faculty’s actions.
