I Create Birmingham: Maacah Davis
“It’s important for me to collaborate with young people because we are (quite literally) the faces of the next generation of fashion and art…”
I Create Birmingham: Marian Cooper Cairns
“I wish we had affordable rentable kitchen space. I often work from home on recipe development or cookbook shoots and need access for more space, storage, and equipment from time to time.”
I Create Birmingham: Kelli Caulfield
“Think about all of the small business we have here – homegrown chefs helping some of the top restaurants in the country that are sitting right here in this great city; and awesome entrepreneurs from the tech community, to the legal community, to the creative/arts community, to the fashion community. In many ways, I think people forget that Birmingham was essentially built on the backs of entrepreneurs – think AG Gaston.”
I Create Birmingham: Carrie Rollwagen
“Creativity is often about connection and collaboration, and in my experience Birmingham is such a fantastic city for that — I personally really enjoy solitude, but I know my work is better when I connect with other people and ask for their ideas and expertise.”
I Create Birmingham: Amy Pleasant
“I have a lot of faith in what a creative community can do to shape a city and shape its perception.”
I Create Birmingham: Burgin Matthews
“I’m really excited by the idea of whatever Birmingham will be in five years, period.”
I Create Birmingham: Brian C. Moon
“The experience of touring with a rock band, dragging my equipment onto the stage of a bar, and playing to a crowd of strangers and/or friends is a very different experience than solitarily working on a composition, attending rehearsals with the musicians, and attending a concert of string quartets to hear the performance.”
I Create Birmingham: Alex Lazzari
“Creative Birmingham means a community of creatives who really support one another and work together to build awareness and cultivate a creative city.”
I Create Birmingham: Jason Hamric
“Our per capita talent level here is off the charts. It’s an amazing idea to bring together all of our creatives from every field, and I can’t wait to see what happens next!”
I Create Birmingham: Michael Flowers
“All the studies related to this issue clearly indicate that students who are connected to the arts are better students and lead more fulfilling and engaged lives. The arts are absolutely essential to our quality of life.”
We Create Birmingham: Dr. Leah Tucker
We Create Birmingham: Tyler Jones
We Create Birmingham: Edina Shrestha
We Create Birmingham: Cristal Laraé Brister
We Create Birmingham: Jessica Moody
We Create Birmingham: Ursula Smith
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
Chasing Trane Special Screening
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary to have its Alabama Premiere Birmingham, AL – The City of Birmingham will be the site of an
I Create Birmingham: Brent Kendrick
“When you are engaged with a group of people who are all trying to move an idea forward, it’s great to feed off each other.
I Create Birmingham: Delaine Derry Green
“I believe I get artists thinking outside their usual box…. It’s exciting to see what people have to share and how they convey their stories
I Create Birmingham: Shaheed Tawheed
“When it’s all said and done, I hope that I have done more than I have said.”
I Create Birmingham: Lee Shook
“Having lived here almost all of my adult life, I’ve never seen the city so vibrant and alive with music and it’s a really special
I Create Birmingham: J. and Matt Whitson
“Generally, though, we just don’t want to shoot guys pressing buttons on a computer or a single person on stage because there’s not a lot
We Create Birmingham: Dr. Leah Tucker
We Create Birmingham: Tyler Jones
We Create Birmingham: Edina Shrestha
We Create Birmingham: Cristal Laraé Brister
We Create Birmingham: Jessica Moody
We Create Birmingham: Ursula Smith
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