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(Un)Set in Stone is an interactive chalkboard obelisk traveling around Montgomery, Alabama.

The public is invited to write or draw what they believe deserves to be remembered in their neighborhood.

This project was inspired by the 2020 removal of a Robert E. Lee statue from a local high school.

The chalk responses are recorded and will be part of a planned art exhibit in January 2026.

Art often touches the heart of a community, but with (Un)Set in Stone it's the community that touches the heart of the art.

"It's pretty cool. It's an interactive monument," said Jose Vazquez, one of three artists behind the chalkboard-coated obelisk that's had stops around Montgomery since Sept. 13.

People are invited to draw and write a response in chalk on it to the question: "Wh

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