Social media has taken notice that Old Navy clothing stores are now offering shirts for children and infants with the message "Young Aspiring Artist" with the word "Artist" crossed out and replaced with "President" or "Astronaut."

UPDATES: Click here for BroadwayWorld's report on angered social media users who have posted parody t-shirt designs on Old Navy's Facebook and Twitter pages. Click here for a statement from Old Navy received by BroadwayWorld on December 30th.

While aspiring to be president or an astronaut are certainly worthy goals, many have expressed anger over the disparaging attitude towards artists. BroadwayWorld has reached out to Old Navy for a response and will provide updates as they develop.

Have you seen this? @OldNavy is clearly ignorant to the value of young #artists in our world. You lost me #oldnavy pic.twitter.com/UurtL1CkYP - Dance Judge (@DanceJudgeProbs) December 29, 2015

@oldnavy #oldnavy thinks being an artist is a low bar goal? Who designs your clothing? pic.twitter.com/SZvFuX3Ym8 - Emily Beach Munday (@artistejbeach) December 28, 2015

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