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Over the Memorial Day weekend, we learned of the meaning of the graffiti on our wall. Many people stopped to read the note written by one of our teachers, explaining the impact of having to pay (twice) for materials and labor to repaint the wall.

We wanted to give an update.

The message "Don't Walk Away in Silence" is a line from the Joy Division song "Atmosphere." The painting on the wall was meant to commemorate the death of Ian Curtis (Joy Division's lead singer). May 18th was the 27th anniversary of his death.

While we will still have to repaint the wall, we wanted to share the meaning behind the message. We also want to give thanks to the kind and generous person who left money at the school to help pay for the repainting of the wall and we wanted to share our gratitude.

- Cornelia Connelly Center faculty

Original note here.

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	[~~ Walter ~~] says: The wall: Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )
	[~~ Walter ~~] says: Repainting the wall some months ago: Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )
	ambery says: I like this. All of it. Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )
	[~~ Walter ~~] says: Me too. I think the picture of Ian Curtis is a nice touch. Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )
	the mess says: i do too. and i'm glad that the faculty took the time to investigate the actual meaning behind the message, and i have to say, i also like their own interpretation (i.e. empowerment of women). Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )
	cgorrill1 says: The graffiti looks too crude and sloppy for me to take it seriously. If it is this great tribute, shouldn't they have taken the time and energy to do it right? Maybe even gotten permission to create a public artwork? How is this better than any other tag? Because it references Joy Division? I love Joy division as much as the next guy, but I would be pissed If someone did this to my school and took money out of the hands of my art department. Fuck graffiti artists. I am all for public art, but do it right and respect struggling institutions. Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )
	elvistcbxi says: looks like this is an ongoing problem.... seems to me a wiser path would be to save up enough for a professional to come in and paint it with a high performance epoxy that could be chemically cleaned and/or pressure washed in the future??? Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

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