What deserves to be remembered in your neighborhood?
Submit your contribution before
December 15th, 2025
(Un)Set In Stone is a
community art monument
We invite people to reimagine how we honor our shared history. Shaped like a traditional obelisk but coated in chalkboard, this monument will travel to Montgomery events, prompting people like you to draw and imagine what should be remembered in your neighborhood. This project serves as a portal for civic reimagination.
Here’s How We’re Working
Our build | Aug 2025
We’re building an art monument that gives people the chance to draw, imagine, and reflect on a central question: “what deserves to be remembered in your neighborhood?”
Our tour | Sep - Dec 2025
From September to December 2025, we’ll be touring the art monument across Montgomery with a chance for you to draw and imagine.
Our exhibit | Jan 2026
We’ll synthesize these drawings and replies to our art monument. Ultimately, you can join and witness this work for our exhibit in January ‘26.
Meet the artists
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Jose Vazquez is an organizer, photographer, and space maker based in Montgomery, Alabama. They have defended Alabamians' civil liberties and free speech through their current work at the American Civil Liberties Union and helped open the Bayard Rustin Community Center in partnership with Montgomery Pride United. While they work to fight for people at the State House, there is a crucial key to driving cultural change that betters our state, and that is through meaningful art.
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ashley leshawn, a poet and painter in Montgomery, Alabama, writes extensively on what it means to be queer and in the South. Living in Montgomery, ashley knows how writing and expression can help youth and adults alike reflect on the future of their own communities. She can synthesize what the public will draw from the monument and portray this in gorgeous words.
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Robin Chapman is an expert craftsman and woodworker in Montgomery, Alabama. He has undertaken extensive community projects, providing help to those in need. Part of making the sculpture for (Un)Set in Stone has involved his expert design and architectural skillls.
Here are our tour dates for the art monument
Black Child Book Fair
Saturday, Sept. 13th
Rufus A Lewis Regional Library
9:30am - 12pm
The Fall Festival
Saturday, Sept. 13th
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
12pm - 5pm
NewSouth BookStore
Sunday, Sept. 14th
NewSouth BookStore
2pm - 3:30pm
Graetz Literacy Festival
Saturday, Sept. 27th
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
1pm - 4pm