The dedication ceremony featured several speakers, followed by the ribbon-cutting.
Provost A. Scott Weber welcomed members of the UB community.
Student speaker Austin Wolfgang addressed the assembled crowd.
The ribbon is cut! The artwork, completed last month, features quadrangular shapes of 11 different colors painted along the V-shaped sidewalk enclosed by Knox Hall, Bell Hall and the Student Union.
Student speakers Iam Monroe (left) and Austin Wolfgang hold on to their pieces of the ribbon.
Progress Pride Paths is a “contemporized iteration” of the celebrated rainbow crosswalk that was painted along Mary Talbert Way before that was replaced by this new installation.
Victor celebrates with Diversity Advocates.
What's a celebration without cake?
Members of the UB community gathered on Sept. 8 to dedicate “Progress Pride Paths,” the inaugural installation in the new Contemplative Sites public art project. Photos: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki
Published September 9, 2021