Show Me the Line is a feature documentary film directed by Emmy award winning artist and filmmaker Kelsey Iannuzzi about in vitro fertilization and creative resilience in Alabama. The film, with a growing list of 30+ collaborators, follows Abbey Crain, an artist and reproductive journalist whose own IVF embryos are caught in a historic Alabama Supreme Court ruling. Prevailing with a pen and paintbrush, Crain honors the personhood of Alabama women through art, inviting others caught in this unsettled legal storm to a community stage where they reckon with grief and hope.

“TransVoice” is a photo series paired with subject interviews created by photographer Tosha Gaines. The project will culminate in a public photography exhibition, traveling to several cities and towns across the state, including Birmingham, Montgomery, and Huntsville. Additionally, Gaines will develop a digital archive of the photos and stories, accessible to people beyond Alabama, a product that will serve as a resource for advocacy, education, and ongoing awareness, offering a more nuanced view of transgender lives in the South.

Banell Ballet is a community-centered initiative, led by lifelong dancer Zoe Banell, designed to increase exposure to the performing arts, particularly ballet, for underserved children and teens. This project seeks to bridge a gap of inequity by offering free ballet and contemporary dance lessons, providing essential dance apparel and shoes, and creating performance opportunities that will immerse participants, and the broader community in the transformative beauty of the performing arts. All of Zoeys hard work will culminate in a published children’s book inspired by the work of her and her students. This book will be given to the students and available for purchase to the public.

Empowering Through Laughter is a community comedy series hosted by the Shenanigans Comedy Theatre that will bring together instructors with decades of experience in stand-up, improv, and sketch comedy, to expand access to comedy arts for Huntsville’s LGBTQIA2+ and minority populations. Through comedy workshops culminating in a public performance series, participants will develop essential skills in storytelling, performance, and public speaking, empowering them to share their experiences with a wider audience.

Moving image creator Charlie Mato-Toyela of the Cherokee AniYunWiYa Nation is creating space to uplift Native American voices through his newest project, “Left Behind” a Podcast platforming the history and contemporary practices of Native Americans across the state of Alabama. “Left Behind” will serve as an easily accessible historical documentation of Native experiences and practices for future generations to pull from as Mato-Toyela interviews visual artists, historians, community leaders and creatives and puts his finger on the pulse of a long silenced community that weaves its way through the fabric of our nation.

Latasha Hyatt is making her mark on the history of Dothan, Alabama with her project “G.R.O.W.T.H. : A Publication on Wellness and Resilience in the African American Community”. This publication is a collaboration between 100 local businesses owners, creators, community leaders, movers and shakers across the greater Dothan area that seeks to make a record of healing and wellness practices specific to African American culture and why they work. The work Latasha puts into the project will culminate in a public event honoring the contributors and connecting the local community to open discussion on the topics addressed.

Senior Prom: Reimagined is a multimedia project led by Carolyn Sherer that features senior prom pictures from Queer elders that are manipulated with quotes and mark making to create a more fully realized and honest recounting of their experiences from within the closet. Sherer’s work seeks to rewire the view of LGBTQIA2+ life and exclaim “We may have been victimized, but we are not victims”. The project will culminate in official Senior Prom photos for attendees that will also go on permanent display in the public lobby at the upcoming BAO elder LGBTQ housing facility in Homewood, Alabama.

Will Henry a Book Arts student at the University of Alabama, creating zines and artist books that center Black and queer stories in the South. “I’m Still Here” will produce a zine combining photography, writing, and printmaking to document and celebrate marginalized voices. Distributed in queer spaces, community centers, bookstores, and digitally, it serves as both art and archive—preserving lived experience, resisting erasure, and building visibility and connection across communities.

Power of Paper is a 12-foot public sculpture proposed for Mardi Gras Park in Mobile, Alabama. Created by Vanessa Quintana-Hare with Ben Kaiser, it honors Mobile’s handcrafted paper mâché tradition by building a Fairy Queen throne from cardboard, lumber, and paper mâché. Installed during the Mardi Gras tree lighting, it includes a free public demo. The project promotes sustainable materials, preserves local float-making heritage, and inspires future artists.

The TuTu Project is a playful, community-driven public art intervention created by Renee Hanan Plata using tutus to spark joy, connection, and curiosity in everyday spaces. By placing tutus on people and objects throughout Birmingham—culminating in a citywide installation of 400 tutus on World Tutu Day, February 2, 2027—the project transforms the streets into a shared performance. It invites laughter, interaction, and reflection on femininity, identity, and the role of art in public life.