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====Date: [[:Category:2006|2006]]====
[[File:letsplayarmageddon.jpg|200px|right|thumbnail|Let's Play Armageddon, by Mear One]]
[[File:angryamericans.jpg|200px|right|thumbnail|Angry Americans, by Ryan McNamara]]
[[File:richiebush.jpg|200px|right|thumbnail|Richie Bush, by Peter Kuper]]


====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]====
{{Display censorship incident
 
|ongoing=no
====Subject: [[:Category:Religious|Religious]]====
|year=2004,
 
|region=North America
====Medium: [[:Category:Design|Design]] [[:Category:Commercial Advertising|Commercial Advertising]]====
|artist=Ryan McNamara, Mear One, Jim Budde, Robbie Conal, Shepard Fairey, Peter Kuper, David Attyah, S.A. Bachman,
 
|subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion
[[File:SantasButt.jpg|right]]
|confronting_bodies=Arizona State University Art Museum
'''Artist:''' Shelton Brothers Brewers/ Daniel Shelton, a specialty beer distributor
|medium=Painting, Photography
 
|date_of_action=August 2004
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Maine government officials
|location=Phoenix, Arizona
 
|description_of_content=All of the artwork included here was deemed to be too Anti-Bush: Jim Budde's ceramic piece "Con Tex or Roll Out the Barrel"; Peter Kuper's "Richie Bush" a cartoon which features George W. Bush standing atop a pile of money dripping with oil; "Bitter Pill," a cooperative piece by David Attyah and S.A. Bachman (an ASU alum), also known as "Think Again"; a photographic installation by Ryan McNamara called "Angry Americans", which features eight photos of children making angry faces placed side-by-side; Jim Conal's "Read My Apocalips," which features a heavily lined picture of President Bush; and Mear One's "Let's Play Armageddon," which features Bush giving a thumbs up in front of a mushroom cloud while holding a paper airplane with the words "Bill of Rights" written on it.
'''Date of Action:''' 2006
|description_of_incident=ASU had planned to put "Democracy in Action" up as an exhibit to match the timing of a 2004 presidential debate in Phoenix. After curators saw that most of the political art available for display appeared to be anti-Bush in nature (there was only one anti-Kerry artwork), all of the pieces described above were cut from the display, and artistic work that was deemed pro-Bush but "mediocre" was included. [http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2004-08-19/news/bush-league/]
 
|description_of_result=In spite of pressure from the NCAC, the local media and the artists involved, the pieces remained withdrawn from the display.
'''Location:''' Portland, Maine USA
|source=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2004-08-19/news/bush-league/
 
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'''Description of Artwork:''' The label, intended to go on Shelton Brothers Brewers new beer they call "Santa’s Butt Winter Porter," features Santa’s fully-clothed derriere perched atop a barrel (or "butt") of beer.  In addition to "Santa’s Butt," at question were "Les Sans Culottes," featuring Delacroix’s classic painting ''Liberty Leading the People'', and "Rose de Gambrinus," featuring a watercolor painting of the king of Flanders sitting with a naked woman. <P>
See also: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2004-07-01/news/heil-to-the-chief/4/
 
'''The Incident:''' The State of Maine refused permission to sell the above described Shelton Brothers Brewers’ beers because the State deemed their labels “undignified or improper”. <P>
[[File:Rose.jpg|left]]
'''Results of Incident:''' On November 30, 2006, the Maine Civil Liberties Union Foundation (MCLU) filed a case against government censorship on behalf of Daniel Shelton.  With the help of MCLU, Shelton won the lawsuit; in a letter dated December 22, 2006, Maine’s Liqour Licensing Unit Inspector Supervisor Jeffrey Austin told Shelton Brothers Brewers that they could register the label for "Santa’s Butt Winter Porter."  While Shelton did win his case, unfortunately the ruling did not come in time for the company to be able to get the label out onto the bottles for the 2006 Christmas season. The MCLU has not stopped there; they intend to continue fighting the Maine Bureau of Liquor Enforcement ensuring that they stop censoring all labels.  <P>
 
'''Source:''' North Country Gazette: www.northcountrygazette.org
 
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