Art Gallery

Created at an embroidery workshop taught by local artist Emily Stroud hosted by Burdock Book Collective
A gift to Adelante from local activist and member, Cesar Mata, presented at Adelante's 2019 Staff & Board Retreat
Sent to Adelante as a gift from someone jailed in the Etowah County Detention Center in appreciation for our advocacy efforts as part of the Shut Down Etowah campaign. Without access to art supplies, detained persons express their talent and creativity with whatever materials are available, teaching one another these techniques.
Sent to Adelante as a gift from someone jailed in the Etowah County Detention Center in appreciation for our advocacy efforts as part of the Shut Down Etowah campaign. Without access to art supplies, detained persons express their talent and creativity with whatever materials are available, teaching one another these techniques.
Sent to Adelante as a gift from someone jailed in the Etowah County Detention Center in appreciation for our advocacy efforts as part of the Shut Down Etowah campaign. Without access to art supplies, detained persons express their talent and creativity with whatever materials are available, teaching one another these techniques.
Created for Shut Down Etowah action “Let the Sun Shine at Etowah” held in November of 2018 outside the Etowah County Detention Center. The theme of the protest referenced the cruel treatment of people detained inside, who are denied time outdoors for years at a time.
Part of a series of photographs highlighting the contributions of low-wage workers created to publish in Adelante’s Report Working on the Edge: A Survey of Low-Wage Workers in the Birmingham Area Amid a Global Pandemic.
Created to thank and celebrate our members’ contributions to the movement for economic and racial justice at the culmination of another year. A digitally altered version was printed on cards and mailed to Adelante’s members.
A design inspired by the popular game of Lotería, created to thank Adelante’s individual donors after 2018’s End of Year Fundraising campaign.
Created during his time in detention, this drawing was shared with Adelante’s staff after we succeeded in securing his release and reuniting him with his family in Birmingham.
Painted as a visual representation of Adelante’s Colwal Fund for Excluded Workers, which redistributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to people in our community adversely economically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Commemorating the life and shining a light on the circumstances around the death of Teka Gulema, an Ethiopan man who was caged inside Etowah County Detention Center until a bacterial infection left him paralyzed. He was released to a nearby hospital shortly before his death. An action outside the detention center protested the ICE practice of providing inadequate medical care to detainees and releasing those in danger of imminent death only to lower the statistical number of reported deaths under ICE custody. Teka’s life is still honored every year during Adelante’s Day of the Dead celebration.
A design inspired by the popular game of Lotería, created to thank Adelante’s individual donors after 2018’s End of Year Fundraising campaign.
Commemorating the 5th Anniversary of Adelante with an homage to Frida Kahlo’s last painting Viva la Vida.