UNITY on the Quad opens Sunday, April 30 at 12:00 noon

Create UNITY on the Quad

Sunday, April 30–Wednesday, May 10

We hope you'll join us for the opening of UNITY on the Quad at noon on Sunday, April 30. 

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.

After Sunday's opening, materials will be available at the site until noon on Wednesday, May 10, generally from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

"Part of the our mission is to encourage everyone to be creative and to enjoy making art," says Arts Society President Matt Ackerman '18, "and we love to engage the community beyond the traditional 'art spaces' on campus."