AFRICATOWN BEND // Arts + Cultural Trail

Africatown, AL

The proposal of the Art + Cultural Trail is situated in Africatown, AL, a significant site of African-American history, art, and culture.

The trail is inspired by the traditional local art form of Gee’s Bend, where artists sew together pieces of fabric from everyday life to create collage-like pieces. On the trail, the flowing landscape is a collage of recycled metal sheets, while the promenade itself sews the community together .

The Trail embarks from the waterfront adjacent to the Mobile River and expands inland, providing public space for museum exhibitions, gallery, food trucks, performances, and other civic activities. .

As the Trail spans 3+ miles anchored by its 3 time-marker structures, it preserves the history, hosts the present, and inspires the future of the arts and culture of Africatown.