I’m a Starter: Autumn Sanders Foster
“Create Birmingham is one of the hidden engines of our city’s entrepreneurial growth. Becoming a Co.STARTERS alum is just the beginning.”
Show Your Support For Sidewalk
Meeting its ticket sales goal for this year’s festival is crucial to Sidewalk’s survival, keeping bills and staff paid, getting the cinema reopened, and bringing the beloved annual festival back to its full glory in 2021!
Exciting News from JCMP
At Create Birmingham, we believe that the creative sector has a key role to play in our community’s continued struggle for social justice, and we encourage you to learn more about the Jefferson County Memorial Project’s work and get involved!
We Stand in Solidarity
We want to be clear. Create Birmingham is an anti-racism organization. We strive, entrepreneur by entrepreneur, to build an inclusive and just economy in which Black business ownership is equitably resourced and purposefully nurtured. We intentionally spotlight and celebrate Black thought, contribution, and achievement in the arts and all creative work, and we will continue to seek out ways to amplify Black voices. We believe that all humans are born with a spirit of creativity
Moms are Essential
This year especially, we acknowledge our gratitude to all the creative moms who are juggling the roles of teachers, parents, daughters, partners, sisters, friends, business owners, and community contributors.
CARES ACT Includes Critical Support for the Creative Economy
Last week, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES ACT), was signed into law. The $2 trillion emergency stimulus package includes direct support for both nonprofit cultural organizations and state and local arts and humanities agencies, as well as economic relief provisions for independent contractors, “gig economy” workers and artists, entrepreneurs, and small businesses working in the creative economy. The nation’s arts and culture industry is experiencing devastating economic losses with closed venues and