RDB ONE

Camp Hill, AL November 14th, 9AM–7PM

Why Camp Hill? Camp Hill is a rural Alabama town where land, faith, agriculture, and community histories meet in powerful and unexpected ways.
What was Camp Hill? In 1898, Camp Hill became home to the Southern Industrial Institute, founded by Lyman Ward to provide practical education and opportunity to underserved rural youth.
Why Now? At a time when rural histories are being forgotten and communities are becoming increasingly unrooted, Camp Hill invites us to remember, reconnect, and imagine new possibilities.
Who are We? We are artists, science communicators, local collaborators, makers, and community members using contemporary art to engage Camp Hill's past, present, and future.
Power in Place: explores how memory, land, identity, and community shape the power we carry and the places we call home.
What is Coming? For one weekend, art installations and public experiences will transform different locations across Camp Hill into spaces for reflection, connection, and imagination.

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Starting point
1273 Old 280 Rd
Camp Hill, AL 36850
United States
When
November 14, 2026
9am–7pm
Schedule
Coming soon!

DIRT = HISTORY
POWER = COMMUNITY
POWER = PLACE

The dirt is more than soil, it is a living
Archive, a record of Memory, a record
of Labor, a record of Survival.

The Camp Hill Red Dirt Biennale emerged from the desire of a group of local artists, citizens, students & educators to establish a weekend devoted to local & regional art, music, culture, and history – to transform different locations across Camp Hill into places for reflection, connection and imagination.

The hope was to invite a new way of looking at a space, and to consider how memory, community, and land shape the power we carry.

Power
in Place

How memory, land, identity, and community shape the power we carry and the places we call home.

The sites

All venues are arranged in conjunction with local fire departments, with event insurance in tow.

  • The railroad depot

  • Power + Light

  • The Universalist church

  • Camp Hill Town Hall