A Canadian teacher has taken down his website after numerous media outlets said he was suspected of selling students’ artwork without permission.
Teacher Mario Perron was reportedly criticized by students at Montreal’s Westwood Junior High School after they discovered the teacher was posting their own work on a website. The art was reportedly available for purchase on mugs, phone cases, clothing, and more. One parent claimed that their student found the site simply by searching for the teacher’s name on Google.
On his now-deleted website, the teacher described himself as a “lifelong student of art” and boasted that his work was in private collections in Spain, Italy and the United States.
The site has more than 90 works on display, including names such as “Julia’s Creepy Portrait” and “Charlotte’s Creepy Portrait,” and the names of the children who created them. This seems to be an indication.
According to , the artwork was priced at $118 each. SCNR. He also sold T-shirts for $55, and mugs and phone cases were listed for $41 and $35, respectively.
“Imagine your 13-year-old son coming home from school today and telling you that his art teacher is selling his students’ work online for $94 each without prior knowledge.” Check it out!? This is completely insane,” parent Joel DeBellefeuille posted. X.
“I don’t think I’m the only parent looking for answers,” he added.
“It’s incredible that he felt he had the right to take advantage of these children’s rights and their artwork and essentially exploit them for his own financial gratification,” Debellefeuille said. Ta. CTV News.
Another parent named Michael Bennett allegedly discovered his two daughters’ work on the teacher’s website.
“I am so disgusted with this person. Very, unbelievable,” Bennett said. “teeth [the teacher] Would you commission them to create these types of portraits to suit your market? I’m not sure about that. But I’m not impressed with this person at all. I am not impressed with the school or the school board. … [My daughters] I feel cheated,” he added.
A spokesperson for the Lester B. Pearson School Board said the district has begun an investigation into the matter. law and crime that the school in question has received a legal notice; Darren Becker, director of communications for the board, said the notice was forwarded to the school’s insurance company.
The teacher did not respond to inquiries from multiple outlets, including: guardian and CTV News.
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