photo by: Dylan Lysen/Lawrence Journal-World

One of the several panels of the art installation "Native Hosts" by Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds outside of the Spencer Museum of Art on the University of Kansas campus on Dec. 17, 2021. The artwork is KU's Common Work of Art for this year.

A second man faces a felony charge in connection with vandalism of the ‘Native Hosts’ artwork at KU last year.

Josef Robert Keivan, 20, Burr Ridge, Illinois, is charged in Douglas County District Court with one felony count of criminal damage to the “Native Hosts” exhibit by Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds at the Spencer Museum of Art on Sept. 4, 2021, according to charging documents.

Keivan was first charged for the incident in January and was issued a summons but he failed to appear at a scheduled hearing on Feb. 24, 2022, and a warrant for his arrest was issued, according to court records. The warrant was served on Monday morning and Keivan was booked around 10 a.m. and later released on a $1,500 own recognizance bond.

Keivan appeared at his first appearance at 3 p.m. and was represented by Cooper Overstreet who was filling in for Nicholas David on the case.

Keivan is next scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 18, 2023, for a status update.

Keivan’s co-defendant, Owen Patrick McAuliffe, 19, was arrested on Nov. 8 and is also charged with one felony count of criminal damage in connection with the Sept. 4, 2022, incident. McAuliffe is next scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday for a bond appearance.

As previously reported by the Journal-World, the two men were identified by an anonymous tip soon after the incident in which four out of five panels of the art installation were damaged, Deputy Chief James Druen with KU Police said last October.

photo by: KU Police

KU police released this image of suspects in the art vandalism at the Spencer Museum of Art.