Description of Incident: "Visceral Violations" was installed in the Acme Art Company, an alternative, non-profit gallery that supports emerging artists, for a scheduled exhibit. When gallery board member, Cassie Rogers, viewed the photos she ordered the gallery director, Margarette Evans, to cover the windows. Rogers feared that some of the pieces may be considered child pornography and violate city obscenity laws. The board voted to remove four of Montgomery's works.

Results of Incident: Rogers was unable to reach Montgomery before removing the works. The work was removed and the gallery changed its exhibit selection process.

Description of Incident: O'Hara Slavick's piece was part of a two-person exhibit sponsored by Artspace, and organization that provides studios and space to local artists. The organization leases space from the city of Raleigh. After the pieces were reviewed and installed, other artists whose studios resided in the gallery complained to Raleigh's Mayor, Tom Fetzer, that there were pornographic images included in the exhibit. The mayor set a date for the city council to review the exhibit. Before the city council meeting, the Artspace board voted to remove the exhibit and explain that the artists voluntarily chose to remove their works.

Results of Incident: The artists contacted the ACLU who informed Artspace's director, Anne Tharrington, that the artists did not want to cancel their exhibit. O'Hara Slavick obtained a temporary restraining order based on her contract with the gallery, and her first Amendment rights, forcing Artspace to display her exhibit.

Description of Incident: Rachel's diary was consfiscated in an art class for passing it to another student. The following day, police escorted Rachel from her class and contacted her parents. After a closed hearing between school officials and Boims parents, Boim was expelled from Roswell H.S. for one year, however has the option of attending another school in the Fulton District. A school spokesperson stated that she was expelled for, "inappropriate writings that describe bodily harm toward a school employee."

Results of Incident: Boim and her family have enlisted the help of Georgia's poet laureate, David Bottoms, and an editor of Georgia State University's Five Points literary magazine. As of now the expulsion stands.

Description of Incident: An English teacher recommended that each student carry a personal journal in which to write anything from poems, ideas, to short stories, etc. "Costume Party" was the student's contribution to his journal. In it he used his classmates names, many of whom asked permission to be included. The student's Latin teacher asked him to read the story to his class, which entertained many of the students. The teacher submitted the journal to the school's principal, guidance counselor and psychologist, who took the student out of classes for psychological testing and suspended him for 5 days.

Results of Incident: The school is seeking additional punishment beyond the maximum 5 day suspension. The student's parents sought the NCAC's help to quell this matter, for fear that it may bring negative attention to the student for the remainder of his education.

Description of Incident: Shelton State asked Trobaugh, an adjunct professor, to exhibit his work in the school's gallery. He followed the procedure for installing a show, showing slides to the head of the school's art department, Linda Grote. One day after its installation, the school president, Rick Rogers, complained about the exhibit. The following week, Grote met with Trobaugh and told him that his pieces "weren't working," and removed the exhibit. Rogers' reasoning was that the "controversial" photographs were inappropriate when juxtaposed with the school's showing of "Arsenic and Old Lace."

Results of Incident: The school offered Trobaugh the oppurtunity to exhibit his work in a gallery out of site of children visiting to see the play. Trobaugh refused, suggesting that it was an attempt to "obfuscate the issues."

Description of Incident: The exhibit was on disply from October 1 until October 22, when the Goddard Center board voted to remove it. The Center director, Mort Hamilton, suggested that it was "too provacative for Ardmore." Several years ago another exhibit was removed from the Center for placing an American flag on the floor, violating "flag statutes."

Results of Incident: The entire show was closed. Hamilton stated that a new exhibit will be installed the following week.

Description of Incident: United Artists, a division of the entertainment giant, Regal Entertainment Group, bought the rights to Moore's film and refuse to show it in any of their theaters because of its content.

Results of Incident: United Artist theater patrons will be unable to view "Bolwing for Columbine."

Description of Incident: The spring art show entitled, "Corrections on Canvas," has been an annual event for the past 35 years in Albany's Legislative Office Building. However, Corrections Commissioner, Glenn S. Goord, decided to ban inmates convicted of violent crimes from selling or exhibiting their artwork produced in prison. Goord, who is supported by many other New York politicians, believes that inmates should not be allowed to profit from their crimes. Detractors from this view see the recently cancelled programs as a legitimate means of rehabilitation.

Results of Incident: After banning the sale and display of works produced by violent criminals, Goord decided to ban the sale of any inmate's art.

Description of Incident: Banerjee's photographs were scheduled to be placed on exhibit in the Smithsonian's main floor rotunda, however, were moved to a lower-level room at the last minute. In addition, many of Banerjee's captions taken from his book were deleted or shortened. This led to an investigation questioning Smithsonian Secretary, Lawrence M. Small's, motives for moving and editing the exhibit. It has been alleged that Small censored the show and placed it in an obscure location to detract attention from the Arctic Wildlife Refuge at a time when debates were underway in Congress as to whether the refuge should be open for gas and oil drilling.

Results of Incident: Small maintains that there was no pressure or attempt to advocate drilling in the refuge, however an investigation into this case and whether or not the museum is used to advocate political issues is ongoing.

Description of Incident: When Johnny Fernandez reunited with his girlfriend, Jaqueline, after a year separation, while Johnny immigrated from their homeland, Lima, Peru, Jacqueline brought several rolls of film to a store for developement. When the film technician viewed the photos he called Richardson police who considered the pictures pornographic. Fernandez and Mercado's children were taken into foster care and the couple was threatened with a second degree felony for, "sexual performance of a child."

Results of Incident: Mercado and Fernandez were released from prison and the charges against them were eventually dropped after action from their attorney, Andrew Chatham. The Texas court ruled, however, that they would not release their children until the couple agreed to take a lie detector test.

Description of Incident: The citizens of Reading, including city councilpersons and business owners, protested the installation of the piece, accusing Ramirez of "America-bashing." The billboard company has since refused to lend the sculpture's organizers, Mexico Illuminated, the billboard space.

Results of Incident: Mexico Illuminated, in addition to several local politicians, have vowed to find a space for Ramirez's piece.

Description of Incident: "Banco Blanco" was placed in a special exhibition tent at the New Mexico State Fair. Edwina Barela removed the photo after fair attendees complained about it, suggesting that nudity was inappropriate for the "family oriented" event. Lozoya immediately called his lawyer who filed a lawsuit suggesting that Lozoya's First Amendment rights had been abridged.

Results of Incident: Three more nudes were removed from the exhibit and the fair enacted a policy restricting nude images from future events and competitions.

Description of Incident: Patrick Buchanan's staff rented the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences facilities for the announcement of his 1996 presidential campaign. Buchanan's staff members requested the exhibit's removal because the nudity and homosexual themes may offend Buchanan supporters.

Results of Incident: The school administrators refused to acknowledge the staff member's requests and the works remained on display.

Description of Incident: College officials removed all of Kimball's and Kazazis' works without notifying the artists. They claimed that visitors to the school might complain about the nudity.

Results of Incident: The head of the photography department, Suzanne Gainer, met with the college president and dean to discuss the relocation of the works. Dean, John B. Hoar, agreed to reinstall the pieces in their original locations.