A club in Idaho tried to get round a prohibition on nudity unless it had “serious artistic merit” by distributing pencils and sketch pads to punters. The police weren’t buying it. (Via ArtsJournal)
“It’s actually pretty clear in the city ordinance that there are exemptions for dance and theater and artistic merits, but the law also clearly states that the exemption does not apply to adult businesses,” said police spokeswoman Lynn Hightower. “If it were an art studio and models were actually posing, that would be one thing. But these women weren’t posing, they were dancing.”
Three dancers were given misdemeanor citations Monday but were not arrested.
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