Mark,
Here's one:
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/hali..._eastman_event
Notice the already quoted here but not in the Quillette: "beyond the repeated invocation of the racial slur, it is our feeling that Leach did not receive the criticisms and questions posed to her with the honour and respect they deserved."
This seems like it might be more complicated than "In a Q and A after the talk her decision to use the titles was called into question by some number of people. Leach presumably tried to defend her decision."
Notice the continued conversation: Patterson also wrote that the festival had reached out to Leach following the event and "intend to instigate conversations of and around accountability, provided she continues her willingness to stay in touch."
The censoriousness of art is minor in today's world. You can pretty much write what you like without going to jail, unlike not very long ago. On the flip side, you might make or say things and not fully consider how it might affect some people, and those people might get upset and tell you so. Other people might agree with those other people.
But, let's pitch this in another way:
• An older white woman speaking to a racially diverse audience and using the racial slurs in titles meant to provoke people, provoked people.
• Said audience got upset, and told her they got upset, and the responses she provided did not resolve the situation.
• The venue took the blame.
• The apology notes that the director "failed to have a thorough-enough dialogue with Leach and We Are Missing in lead up to the event" and that they way they proceeded and set up the event "set up the participants [read: Leach and the facilitator] and the audience to face harm."
• While the venue took the blame they listened to people who were upset and thought it would be best to not have her perform. Perhaps the audience was unreceptive and they thought it would be a worse experience.
• They spoke to her about it and are willing to keep a dialogue open.
• She went home.
• Far from being censored, she's writing an article in
ARTNews.
I can't particularly take the outrage seriously because, while she was inconvenienced, she was not silenced in any meaningful way. Her music is still out there, interested parties still have access, etc. This is the equivalent to an audience booing her off the stage and the venue realizing they didn't help her prepare enough.