Earlier this morning, Tamara Hoover posted the following announcement to her MySpace blog: Hello all. Under advice of my lawyer (and not without great resistance on my part) I have agreed to settle the matter with AISD out of court. With this agreement the district asked that I resign my position as an art teacher at Austin High School. My legal bills were mounting and my lawyer felt that the settlement was in my... more ›

FRIDAY [11] [music] Sage Francis, Buddy Wakefield, Jared Paul, Grand Buffet, DJ Jester the Filipino Fist (outside), Those Peabodys, Horse+Donkey, The Carrots (inside) at Emo's [art/party] As Naked As You Wanna Be: Art Show and Celebration with Celesta Danger and Tamara Hoover at Pedernales Lofts Suite 2028 ($10 Suggested Donation, 6-11pm) ® [art/party] After-party for As Naked As You Wanna Be at The Peacock (11pm-2am) ® [film] The Sinus Show: Point Break at Alamo Downtown... more ›

While eBay may not allow people to auction off items in support of suspended teacher Tamara Hoover, ain’t nobody gettin in the way of this party. Tomorrow night at the Pedernales Lofts there will be an art party and exhibition featuring work from Tamara, as well as photographic and video works from Celesta Danger. All proceeds will benefit Ms. Hoover’s legal defense fund. Food and drink will also be served. Hoover was recently suspended... more ›

*Update: We guess we were slightly short-sighted and admit we see your point about eBay having to be concerned about charitable auctions, but does that mean I couln't say I'm selling my baseball card collection in order to put my newphew through preschool? Anywho...Harold has moved the piece in question to his site. He is selling it for $250. All proceeds will go to Tamara Hoover.* Remember how we told you about that lovely... more ›

Kansas City artist Harold Smith has come up with a unique way to help embattled art teacher Tamara Hoover raise money for her legal fund. The artist has put an 18" x 24" acrylic abstract jazz painting on Ebay, with all profits going directly to Ms. Hoover. Bidding on the item will end on July 12th. So if you want to help Ms. Hoover, and you want a nice piece of art to hang... more ›

While we'd read a lot about Hoover’s case, we'd yet to see much information from the photographer involved in the legal imbroglio, so we decided to sit down with photographer Celesta Danger to get her side of the story. We discussed her photography, her feelings regarding Hoover’s dismissal and the role of flickr in the controversy... more ›

The Austin American-Statesman stated in its Opinion section Thursday that the debate over the future of Tamara Hoover should be centered on moral propriety and not on constitutional rights... more ›

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Would you fire this woman? The AISD board voted yesterday to begin the termination process of Austin High art teacher Tamara Hoover after partially nude photos of her appeared on Flickr. A fellow teacher was apparently bad mouthing Hoover recently in class when one of her students said something to the effect of, "Yea, well if you don't like her now, you oughta see these photos of her on the internet." The fellow teacher then... more ›