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Valpo President José Padilla has announced plans to sell several pieces of art in its museum to pay for renovations to the residence halls.

Valparaiso University wants to deaccession Georgia O'Keeffe, Childe Hassam, and Frederic Edwin Church paintings from the Brauer Museum of Art

For Valparaiso University junior Ashley Vernon, a visual media arts major, news that the university plans to sell three cornerstone works from the Brauer Museum of Art to raise funds to renovate dorms for first-year students was just another thing that makes her feel as if the university is increasingly pushing arts programing to the side.

As the Valparaiso University campus grappled Thursday with news about the pending sale of cornerstone artwork from the Brauer Museum of Art for dorm improvements, four organizations representing North America’s art museums issued a statement condemning the university’s decision and the irreparable harm they said it will cause.

Dick Brauer is threatening to remove his name from the museum at Valparaiso University after finding out that the university’s board of directors voted to sell Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Rust Red Hills” to fund improvements at dorms for first-year students.