Teacher fired for wearing a bikini made out of meat and painting her buttocks

New Orleans artist who began working as a teacher in Lafayette after Hurricane Katrina filed a free speech lawsuit against the Lafayette Parish School Board, alleging she was unjustly fired because of adult-oriented art on her Web site.



Heather Weathers, whose Web site features images of partial nudity and declares that her art “addresses stereotypes and taboos about women’s bodies,” is seeking unspecified damages in a lawsuit filed on her behalf by the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana.

Work exhibited on her Web site spans from performance art, to sculpture, photography, painting and video.

One performance piece detailed on the Web site involves her donning a bikini fashioned out of meat, a statement on objectification of women.