Where you're from shouldn't be the ceiling on what you can build.

We surface, develop, and showcase the creative talent shaping Alabama's next chapter. Across film, design, and digital media. Across the state.

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A CREATIVE WORKFORCE INITIATIVE

New Program

The Studio

A 12-week cross-disciplinary cohort for creatives interested in brand, video, and web.

Applications Close July 1

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Built for the creative talent already here.

Alabama is full of people with taste, curiosity, and ideas. What many have lacked is access: to training, mentors, equipment, collaborators, and real opportunities to practice.

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Focused on skills that travel across industries.

AlabamaCreates begins with three core disciplines that shape how stories, brands, products, and ideas reach people.

Brand

The visual and strategic language of an idea. Identity, design, art direction, and the systems that make something recognizable.

Motion

The moving image. Film, video, animation, editing, and the production work that brings a story to life.

Interactive

The digital experiences people use, explore, and participate in. Web, product, immersive media, and emerging creative technology.

Motion | Youth Pathway

Film Exchange

A youth filmmaking fellowship for Alabama high schoolers. Fellows produce professional-grade work alongside working filmmakers and earn a creator kit to keep. Active in Central and Southeast Alabama.

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Multi-disciplinary | Adult Pathway

Studio Cohort

A multi-disciplinary creative accelerator for adults across Brand, Motion, and Interactive. Cohorts work alongside practicing professionals on real projects with real ship dates.

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