Heidi M. Sallows

Distraught by the suicide of her gay friend Matt, Alexa travels from Amsterdam to her dead friend’s small American town, hoping to uncover the reasons that led Matt to take his own life. She arrives with a backpack, her video camera and intentions to make a film about what it must be like to be gay in Bumblefuck, USA. At the end of her hot summer weeks in Bumblefuck, she’s made a new special friend, clashed with others, and ultimately discovered more about herself than she could ever have imagined.

Summer 2025 commemorates 25-years of the Metro Arts Apprenticeship Program, who has hired over 1500 young artists over the years to create public art projects for 5-weeks each summer under the mentorship of professional lead artists. This year, three murals were created and a documentary film that explores the history, artwork, and artists produced by the program.