JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — After well-publicized protests of some of its works, 2024 turned out to be the last year at East Tennessee State University for the FL3TCHER EXHIBIT — though its organizers hope the show featuring "social and politically engaged art" will return in some fashion in the future.

Sponsors Barb and Wayne Dyer, who, with their daughter Carrie, started the show in honor of their late son Fletcher, were informed by a phone call in February that ETSU had decided to discontinue its 12-year involvement with the exhibit. Proceeds from FL3TCH3R, which typically showed at ETSU's Reece Museum from early October through December, have also funded an annual art scholarship for ETSU students since 2016.

The staff member who called, Barb Dyer, told News Channel 11 on Monday, "s

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