Carr Mill Mall is facing backlash after it had an artist’s work removed during the first weekend of Orange County’s Uproar Festival of Public Art.
Property manager Nathan Milian requested the removal of the sculpture “Unbound” from the front of My Muses Card Shop. The piece, created by Charlotte artist Joanne Vega, depicts a bald eagle hanging upside down from a trap.
The sculpture was inspired by the story of a woman who saved a bald eagle from a bear trap and tried to take it to a wildlife rescue group. The eagle died, and the woman was charged with tampering with an endangered species…