When: 
Sunday, April 30, 2017 - 12:00pm - Wednesday, May 10, 2017 - 12:00pm
Where: 
on the Quad, near Farinon
Price: 
Free

Create UNITY on the Quad

Sunday, April 30–Wednesday, May 10

 

UNITY on the Quad is a collaborative art installation designed to demonstrate visually that, as was noted at the Equality Rally, diversion and inclusion make a community stronger.Participants will string yarn from a center post around any of 32 posts, arranged in a circle and labeled with statements of self-identification, creating a colorful woven canopy that illustrates the myriad aspects of the Lafayette Experience.

 

This school year has been a challenging one in several aspects for the Lafayette community. The Arts Society, along with our co-sponsors the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life and LiveWell Lafayette, presents UNITY on the Quad as a tangible and beautiful symbol of how strong and vibrant our community can be when we all contribute and work together.

 

While UNITY is in place, anyone may participate at any time; we also invite groups to use the site for meetings, discussions, picnics, or other gatherings. Groups may reserve time here: https://goo.gl/5i5FOq

 

Participants will also be offered a list of the Identifiers (statements of self-identification) with the question “What do you wish people knew about you as it relates to the Identifier?” next to each one; these papers may be used by groups participating together to stimulate discussion afterward. We’ll also collect them at the site, for those who’d like to leave their answers. (Individual participants will not be identified.) Here is the list, with a map of UNITY and more information: https://goo.gl/hMpYcn

 

The 32nd pole is labeled “I am…”; participants may use the chalkboard next to it to complete the Identifier.

 

We will have a brief opening ceremony at noon on Sunday, April 30 to begin the installation. Materials will be available at the site thereafter until noon on Wednesday, May 10, generally from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

 

Part of the Arts Society’s mission is to encourage everyone to be creative and to enjoy making art, and we love to engage the community beyond the typical “art spaces” on campus.

Sponsored by: 
Lafayette College Arts Society, Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, LiveWell Lafayette

Contact information

Name: 
Allison Quensen Blatt
Phone: 
610 330-5011
Email: 
blatta@lafayette.edu