IU Kokomo Adjacent Professor’s Art Piece Sparks Conversation

This from Fox59 News:

Kokomo, IN- An Indiana University Kokomo adjunct professor who also teaches art at Peru High School says he was inspired to use his art as a way to start a conversation about school shootings. The piece includes a school desk surrounded by 4,000 shell casings and crime scene tape with “Enough” carved out clearly. Surrounding the statement and all over this desk is the names of every school affected by a shooting since the Columbine massacre in 1999. A book next to the piece lists each shooting by state and the number of deaths at each one. Through this he says his main goal was for onlookers to feel a little heartache and awareness and for his students to know through art you can make an impact. The installation piece is on display in the IU Kokomo art gallery through September 7. After that it will be moved to Havens Auditorium during a presentation from a mother whose son was murdered at Sandy hook.

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