{"id":289809,"date":"2026-09-19T18:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T18:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/289809\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T18:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T18:48:10","slug":"anu-morgans-living-pride-selected-for-limited-edition-reading-public-library-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/289809\/","title":{"rendered":"Anu Morgan\u2019s \u2018Living Pride\u2019 selected for limited-edition Reading Public Library card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Public Library and Reading Pride Celebration have announced Anu Morgan as the winner of a library card art contest held in recognition of the 20th anniversary of Berks Pride Fest and Library Card Sign-Up Month.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan\u2019s design, titled \u201cLiving Pride,\u201d is featured on a new limited-edition Pride library card available through Reading Public Library while supplies last.<\/p>\n<p>The contest invited Berks County artists to submit original artwork reflecting the LGBTQ+ community, Reading Pride Celebration\u2019s mission and values, and themes of equity, respect, love and joy.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Living-Pride-Card-2026.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"248\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60379\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Three local artists submitted designs: Sebastian Hoover with \u201cBooks of Pride,\u201d Morgan with \u201cLiving Pride,\u201d and Craig Schaffer with \u201cRainbow Road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Community members participated in the selection process throughout July, casting 303 votes among the three designs. A four-member judging panel representing Reading Public Library, Reading Pride Celebration and the community also evaluated the submissions based on criteria that included creativity and originality. The community vote was considered as part of the final decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project has been about community participation from the very beginning,\u201d said Sean Flannery, president of Reading Pride Celebration. \u201cWe asked local artists to share what Pride, belonging, and our community mean to them, and then invited the community to be part of the process. Seeing more than 300 votes cast for just three designs shows how much people connected with the artwork.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flannery thanked the participating artists, judges, voters and Reading Public Library for their involvement in the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to share this beautiful new card with our patrons and recognize everyone who helped bring the project to life,\u201d said Jennifer Bressler, assistant director of Reading Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>All three submitted designs are on display throughout September at the Reading Public Library\u2019s Main Library, 100 S. Fifth St., as part of Library Card Sign-Up Month.<\/p>\n<p>The limited-edition card featuring Morgan\u2019s \u201cLiving Pride\u201d is available at no cost to people eligible for a Reading Public Library card while supplies last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reading Public Library and Reading Pride Celebration have announced Anu Morgan as the winner of a library card&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-289809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}