Handle With Care

April 9, 2026 – February 11, 2027 @ –

In a partnership exhibition originated by Alabama Contemporary for the Mobile Museum of Art, artists Calder Kamin (Austin, TX) and Jacob Reptile (New Orleans, LA) transform trash into soft and complex sculptures to create a new kind of environment. Through purposeful reuse of fabrics, plastics, and second-hand materials, these artists create new alien lifeforms, flora and fauna, to populate an imagined landscape.

PAX

June 12, 2026 – June 12, 2027 @ –

Artist Brian R. Jobe’s architectural landscape intervention offers the public a way to slow down and find rest in a liminal space that is both a journey and destination. This labyrinthine space is a continuation of Jobe’s work constructing public corridors for contemplation and respite.

Evidence of Care

June 13, 2026 – September 26, 2026 @ –

After treatment ends and lives
are changed, the physical traces of caregiving remain behind. The materials, the sweat, and often the tears become evidence of the labor, urgency, and humanity found within systems of care. Evidence of Care is a multimedia art exhibition exploring the everyday medical materials that quietly support the work of medical workers.

Glottogenesis

July 10, 2026 – August 15, 2026 @ –

Artist Tansy Xiao’s interactive video installation Glottogenesis functions as both an immersive audiovisual installation and an activatable instrument, allowing for fluid, interchangeable roles between spectators and creators, while merging existing language with nascent language in the making.

The Mary Rodning Arts Education Pavilion

July 29, 2026 – December 31, 2026 @ –

Alabama Contemporary, with support from the Rodning and Comer families, is pleased to announce the construction of a twenty foot by forty foot open air education pavilion at AC Satellite to be named the Mary Rodning Arts Education Pavilion.

Artwalk: Secret Show

August 14, 2026 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm –

During August Artwalk, Alabama Contemporary will be not not hosting a SUPER SECRET punk show at AC Satellite. Who’s the band? Good question. We’ll drop some flyers around Mobile, so keep your eyes peeled for answers. Show starts at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.