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The Montgomery City Council agreed on Tuesday to a new governing agreement with the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), after controversy earlier this year revealed a rift between the MMFA leadership and Mayor Steven Reed's office.
The leadership of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is seeking to codify a new governance agreement with the city, months after details of a contentious relationship came to light.
In response to accusations from the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts board, the City of Montgomery denied allegations of wrongdoing by Mayor Steven Reed and his office while making false statements about 1819 News’ coverage of the controversy that brought this conflict to light.
A conflict between Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) board members and Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed is responsible for an ad featuring President Donald Trump’s popular “Make America Great Again” slogan pasted over a picture of the infamous Bloody Sunday in Selma that went viral last week, according to a statement by the MMFA board on Tuesday.
The artist group responsible for the controversial billboards featuring the slogan “Make America Great” over a scene of Selma’s Bloody Sunday recently condemned the decision by the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, calling it a “clear act of censorship.”
The state of Alabama has been subject to two high-profile public institutions, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and the Magic City Acceptance Academy, seemingly acting in opposition or retaliating against political and cultural views held by a significant majority of the people in this state.
The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) came out against the controversial billboard that featured a scene from the infamous Selma Bloody Sunday with the slogan ‘Make America Great Again’ pasted over the image.
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) likely violated the Alabama Open Meetings Act (OMA) when it barred an 1819 News reporter from attending a non-advertised meeting of the MMFA board on Wednesday.
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) released a statement on Wednesday to address the recent billboards that have stirred controversy in the area, claiming the billboards were put up without leadership approval.
Billboards apparently sponsored by the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts have popped up in the Montgomery area, featuring President Donald Trump’s popular “Make America Great Again” slogan pasted over a picture of the infamous Bloody Sunday in Selma.