In honor of Concord’s first townwide Pride Fest as well as the Library’s designation as the first Certified Sustainable Library in Massachusetts, “Reduce, Reuse, RAINBOW!” is a community-sourced installation celebrating the joy and resilience of the LGBTQ+ community and the interwoven nature of diversity, inclusion, and sustainability. Over the course of five months, Library volunteers collected and prepared the repurposed textiles that compose the piece - from vibrant reds crafted from old curtains to soothing blues repurposed from worn-out denim. 

 

At the beginning of June, local artist Alexandra Adamo met with more than fifty community members in the Library makerspace to collaboratively repurpose these scraps into festive wreaths and garlands using even more locally sourced sustainable materials: wire wreath forms from the Fowler Library’s holiday wreath composting event, and felt straps from artist Kelly Harris-Smith’s “dreamcatchers” project. “Reduce, Reuse, RAINBOW” invites viewers to reflect on the power of collective action and the beauty that arises when creativity meets sustainability.