Photo Credit: Kim Bernard via Mosaic Lowell
Artist: Kim Bernard
Date Installed: October 2023
Visiting artist Kim Bernard’s vibrant public art installation, “Tree Talk,” reflects the spirit of the Acre community. The project uses 612 upcycled plastic gallon milk jugs to wrap collaboratively chosen words around thirteen trees in the green space next to the Mercier Center. The #2 plastic from the gallon milk jugs were shredded then pigmented in a warm orange color to serve as the medium for the entire artwork.
The thirteen words in this artwork — “hope,” “abundance,” and “community,” as some examples — were identified from community outreach and carried out through the Acre Placemaking Playbook.
“Tree Talk” was produced by Art in the Acre / TDI.
Location: Mercier Center, 21 Salem Street