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Graffiti chalk art has been condemned on its content not on its use. Graffiti chalk art is less likely to be condemned on its location, due to the nature that it washes or wears away rather quickly. Most examples of disciplinary action for graffiti chalk art have been due to what is written. These cases mostly consist of graffiti art where expletives were used or crude obscene drawings were displayed. There have been rare cases, from different parts of the world, where graffiti chalk has been condemned for other reasons. In Bangor, a small university city in the United Kingdom, two girls were fined for creating chalk art of rainbows and hearts. The girls were charged due to an increase in chalk graffiti around the university and it appears that any type of chalk art, even that which is in a residential area and made up of hearts and rainbows, is considered to be dangerous (“Girls”).
Chalk art is used to convey several different things in the university spectrum. The main use around the University of Pittsburgh Oakland Campus is to display times and places where events are being held. Chalk art is not limited to this idea in any means. It can be used as a form of protest, such as when the Georgetown University students used it to advertise their disagreement with the university’s policies on the Georgetown University apparel. The students used chalk art to advertise the sit in they had to protest the university’s policies on where, how, and who makes the university’s apparel. Chalk art was used to show anti-sweatshop slogans and it also should the names of the students involved in the sit-in (Williams).
Williams, Kristian. “Reflections on the Georgetown Sit-In.” Z Magazine. 01 May 1999. 30 Oct. 2008 .
“Girls Fined for Pavement Drawings.” BBC News. 29 April 2007. 31 Oct. 2008. .