Browse past news stories for Morikami Park Elementary School in Delray Beach, FL.

• Naked Family Sculpture Creates Controversy (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta)
  posted on August 26, 2009 at 11:56:42 pm
  In Delray Beach, Fla., an anatomically correct nude sculpture has some parents squirming.
• Nude Sculpture 'Inappropriate' To Some (Local 10 Miami)
  posted on August 26, 2009 at 09:06:15 am
  An anatomically correct, over-scaled statue, of a naked family in a South Florida mall is taking people's breath away.
• Art Or Nudity? Parents Complain, But Artist Defends Naked Family Sculpture (FOX40 Sacramento)
  posted on July 27, 2009 at 08:59:36 pm
  Is it art, or is it nudity? Some parents of students in a summer camp at Morikami Park Elementary school want the statue of nude figures gone from the Addison Plaza shopping center. They add that children shouldn't be subjected to the nude male. The artist? Naturally, he says it's art and Some see the nudity as a problem. Itzik Asher says it's part of his art.
• Nude sculptures irk a few, offer lessons in tolerance, history for others (The Palm Beach Post)
  posted on July 27, 2009 at 01:14:35 pm
  County code enforcement officers are a little stumped.
• Nude Bronze Statues Spark Outcry From Parents (CBS4 Miami)
  posted on July 26, 2009 at 02:51:53 am
  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and several pieces of artwork on display in Delray Beach, are getting an eye popping response. That's because the statues are baring it all. And their nudity is causing parents to question whether their location outside Addison Plaza shopping center, near an elementary school, is an appropriate place for the piece of art.
• Nude sculpture near school irks parents (redOrbit)
  posted on July 24, 2009 at 11:52:32 pm
  Some parents in Delray Beach, Fla., have complained about a bronze sculpture of a nude family at a shopping plaza near an elementary school. The sculpture by artist Itzik Asher, titled Journey to the New, depicts a somewhat abstracted father, mother, infant and older child representing the flight of Russian and Ethiopian Jews to Israel, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Friday. It's a ...
• UPI NewsTrack Quirks in the News (UPI)
  posted on July 24, 2009 at 09:32:24 pm
  Ring back with owner after long trip ... Nude sculpture near school irks parents ... Sexagenarian holds burglar for police ... Puppy's fifth leg removed via surgery ... UPI Quirks in the News.
• Nude sculpture near school irks parents (UPI)
  posted on July 24, 2009 at 09:02:16 pm
  DELRAY BEACH, Fla., July 24 (UPI) -- Some parents in Delray Beach, Fla., have complained about a bronze sculpture of a nude family at a shopping plaza near an elementary school.
• Overexposure? Some parents offended by west Delray Beach sculpture (The Palm Beach Post)
  posted on July 24, 2009 at 02:31:32 pm
  Think of Michelangelo's David . . . down to the last detail.
• West Delray nude statue controversy (WPTV West Palm Beach)
  posted on July 24, 2009 at 08:16:29 am
  Click inside to see the controversial works of art WARNING: Images inside may be too graphic for some
• Nude sculpture at shopping plaza sparks complaints (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on July 24, 2009 at 04:14:43 am
  PTA president asks school's parents to file complaints with the county Think of Michelangelo's David . . . down to the last detail. The bronze statue parked outside Addison Plaza shopping center, west of Delray Beach, is drawing the ire of parents of children who attend nearby Morikami Park Elementary School.
• Nude sculpture at shopping plaza turning heads, sparking complaints (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on July 23, 2009 at 10:27:06 pm
  PTA president asks school's parents to file complaints with the county Think of Michelangelo's David . . . down to the last detail.
• Boca Raton woman helps find new ways to teach math, science (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on March 15, 2009 at 12:29:41 pm
  Name: Julie Scuderi, 34