Our Community Art Project Needs You

Here at the library, we are excited to have a wonderful opportunity to bring our community together to create a lasting and meaningful piece of public art, which will be titled Who We Are. Together, we will create a glass and ceramic mosaic mural reflective of our values. The colors we choose for our tiles will tell a story about citizenship, belonging, history, culture, and society. This collaborative piece will become public art on display at the library.

Community members are invited to ponder ideas about what we value using the following prompts and corresponding color tiles:

• CITIZENSHIP (purple)—voting, staying informed, participating in my community, obeying laws, commitment to equity and justice, volunteering, responsibility to the wider world.

• BELONGING (green)—to my community, country, world I seek out groups with common interests, including those with different views, I foster inclusivity, I normalize vulnerability.

• HISTORY (blue)—social structures, political organization, cultural developments, economic systems, connections of events across time and cultures.

• ECOLOGY (yellow)—interactions between humans and the environment, care and concern for the natural world.

• CULTURE (orange)—art, music, dance, poetry, food, clothing, religion, economic systems, forms of government.

• SOCIETY (red)—structure, cooperation, and a framework for survival, prosperity, and meaning: relationships, rules, and systems that allow people to coexist, function, and fulfill needs beyond individual capabilities, creating a shared way of life.

This project will be led by artist Terry Zigmund of Burlington Community Glass Studio. Terry’s vision for this project includes 112 individual glass tiles, each one made by a member of the community.

JUST TWO WORKSHOP SESSIONS LEFT! (refreshments served!)

DON’T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO BE INVOLVED.

Tuesday, June 2nd, 5:30 - 7PM

Thursday, June 11th, 5:30 - 7PM

AND DROP-IN TO THE OPEN STUDIOS, where you can watch the mural be assembled and even help with the process!

Monday, June 15th and Thursday, June 18th

DROP-IN between noon and 4PM

Who We Are is made possible by a grant the library was awarded through Vermont Humanities’ Project Grants process.  This grant is administered by the Vermont Arts Council using funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Vermont 250th Anniversary Commission to commemorate our nation’s 250th anniversary.  For more information on the grant, please visit the Vermont Humanities website.