2 Arts Colleges in Georgia Vote to Merge, Despite Protests

The Board of Trustees of the Woodruff Arts Center, which operates the 350-student Atlanta College of Art, has voted to merge the college with the much larger Savannah College of Art and Design. The vote came last month as costumed Atlanta College of Art students and alumni protested loudly outside the arts center, where the college is located.

Immediately after that vote, the Savannah college's Board of Trustees unanimously approved the merger.

In an interview, Shelton Stanfill,

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