We Create Birmingham: Will Mason
“Music is just innately human. Our heart is literally beating inside of us, rising and falling with our movement, every day. Like our heartbeat, music is just essential to our survival. We should stay more focused on things (like music) that inform our mental health and well-being.” Will Mason
We Create Birmingham: Aaliyah Taylor and Gelenda Norman
“Whenever I feel like I need to refine myself to be like others, I have to remember that I have purpose in who I am. I am unique, and it’s important to remain true to you. And by doing that, you remind others to stay bold and authentic.” Aaliyah Taylor, Exalting in Beauty
We Create Birmingham: Jordan Higgins and Jacob Patrick of Electra Film Lab
“When you’re shooting passively on the phone, you can be taking pictures, but when you have a film camera, you’re photographing actively. It’s the activity you’re doing. Similar to the rise of vinyl records. I’m listening to music. That’s the activity.” Jacob Patrick
We Create Birmingham: Cameron Sankey
“I always go the extra mile because you don’t know when that opportunity comes to you. You never half-do something. You always go full force. It’s always better to be prepared.”
We Create Birmingham: Dr. Leah Tucker
“Jazz is democratic because everyone has a chance to add their own voice to the music. I want to keep passing that on. It’s the only original art form created in this country and now it’s celebrated in so many countries around the world. If it’s not passed down it may disappear.”
We Create Birmingham: Tyler Jones
“We don’t want to add noise. We want to put something in the world that moves someone. We want to be thoughtful in our work, not just reactive.”
We Create Birmingham: Edina Shrestha
“My design is inspired by my culture. We are deeply spiritual people, and I can see myself in every customer.”
We Create Birmingham: Cristal Laraé Brister
“When you know what you want, when you know who you are, regardless of the space, it makes it a lot easier to be able to navigate life and do what you need to do.”
We Create Birmingham: Jessica Moody
“I’m immediately invested in people’s success. Everything that I already am has helped me help others. At Create Birmingham, it’s just been improved because now I feel like I know more people to connect you to.”
We Create Birmingham: Ursula Smith
“I can’t just teach dance. I use dance to teach life.”
We Create Birmingham: Anthony Waller
We Create Birmingham: Viola Ratcliffe
We Create Birmingham: Jorge Castro
We Create Birmingham: Anna Foshee
We Create Birmingham: William J. Rushton
We Create Birmingham: Meghann Bridgeman
We Create Birmingham: Keith Cromwell
We Create Birmingham: Kiwi Lanier
We Create Birmingham: Buddy Palmer
We Create Birmingham: Darlene Negrotto
We Create Birmingham: Daniel Grier
We Create Birmingham: Cassandra King
We Create Birmingham: Min Sun Lee
We Create Birmingham: Eryka Perry
We Create Birmingham: Deanna Sirkot
We Create Birmingham: Irene Latham + Karim Shamsi-Basha
We Create Birmingham: Katherine Cobbs
We Create Birmingham: Eric Wallace
We Create Birmingham: Will Mason
“Music is just innately human. Our heart is literally beating inside of us, rising and falling with our movement, every day. Like our heartbeat, music is just essential to our survival. We should stay more focused on things (like music) that inform our mental health and well-being.” Will Mason
We Create Birmingham: Aaliyah Taylor and Gelenda Norman
“Whenever I feel like I need to refine myself to be like others, I have to remember that I have purpose in who I am. I am unique, and it’s important to remain true to you. And by doing that, you remind others to stay bold and authentic.” Aaliyah Taylor, Exalting in Beauty
We Create Birmingham: Jordan Higgins and Jacob Patrick of Electra Film Lab
“When you’re shooting passively on the phone, you can be taking pictures, but when you have a film camera, you’re photographing actively. It’s the activity you’re doing. Similar to the rise of vinyl records. I’m listening to music. That’s the activity.” Jacob Patrick
We Create Birmingham: Cameron Sankey
“I always go the extra mile because you don’t know when that opportunity comes to you. You never half-do something. You always go full force. It’s always better to be prepared.”
We Create Birmingham: Dr. Leah Tucker
“Jazz is democratic because everyone has a chance to add their own voice to the music. I want to keep passing that on. It’s the only original art form created in this country and now it’s celebrated in so many countries around the world. If it’s not passed down it may disappear.”
We Create Birmingham: Tyler Jones
“We don’t want to add noise. We want to put something in the world that moves someone. We want to be thoughtful in our work, not just reactive.”
We Create Birmingham: Anthony Waller
We Create Birmingham: Viola Ratcliffe
We Create Birmingham: Jorge Castro
We Create Birmingham: Anna Foshee
We Create Birmingham: William J. Rushton
We Create Birmingham: Meghann Bridgeman
We Create Birmingham: Keith Cromwell
We Create Birmingham: Kiwi Lanier
We Create Birmingham: Buddy Palmer
We Create Birmingham: Darlene Negrotto
We Create Birmingham: Daniel Grier
We Create Birmingham: Cassandra King
We Create Birmingham: Min Sun Lee
We Create Birmingham: Eryka Perry
We Create Birmingham: Deanna Sirkot
We Create Birmingham: Irene Latham + Karim Shamsi-Basha
We Create Birmingham: Katherine Cobbs