Wells Fargo Ends Controversial Ad Campaign

(RTTNews) - Wells Fargo has issued an apology after an advertisement in one of its brochure created an uproar among the arts community.

"An actor yesterday. A botanist today," one side of the advertisement reads. "A ballerina yesterday. An engineer today," reads another.

Several art professionals claimed that the ad placed careers in the sciences as better than arts, and discourage teenagers from pursuing a career in arts.

Wells Fargo released a statement apologizing for the ad.

"Wells Fargo is deeply committed to the arts, and we offer our sincere apology for the initial ads promoting our September 17 Teen Financial Education Day. They were intended to celebrate all aspirations of young people and fell short of that goal. We are making changes to the campaign's creative that better reflect our company's core value of embracing diversity and inclusion, and our support of the arts, culture and education totaled $93 million," the company tweeted.