The Memory Project introduces the vision of the center’s new executive director, Robert Sain, who is stylishly bald and looks more Southern California than Alabama in his thick, black Philip Johnson-style eyeglasses. Sain’s prestigious resume includes stints with the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art. Sain moved to this 300-year-old Gulf city in March 2011 to take the reins at the art center. The Memory Project is his first large program since coming to town, involving local, regional, national and international artists in all disciplines.