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Black River is a series of works by the artist Charles Edward Williams that acts as a composite portrait of the relationship between the artist and his father. Throughout this developing series, Williams uses biblical parables and modern narratives to explore the profound act of forgiveness between father and son.

Remembering the Avenue is a civic practice exhibition curated through Alabama Contemporary's Guest Curator Program that enlists the local community in mapping the history, legacy, and possible futures for historic Davis Avenue.

Memorializing the dead is a sacred act, upon which entire belief systems are structured. Molly Jae Vaughan’s work, begun before most of the online data bases and websites dedicated to Transgender Day of Remembrance were established, raises visibility of the epidemic of violence the trans and gender non-conforming community faces by emphasizing each individual from her chronologically selected list of 42, with complex actions and labor heavy processes. For Vaughan, each individual’s life is worth equal time, whether they were a leader, a star, or simply someone trying to survive on the streets.

In this installation, Jenny Day’s raucous use of materials – blown glass, mirrors, wood, fiber, fur, semi-precious stones, beads, bits and baubles – establishes a sculptural feast of celebratory chaos. Drawing on her deep concern for the planet’s ecological health, Day invites us to see that what we build eventually falls down and what we attempt to discard may return to haunt us.

Select evenings, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Instructor: Jenny Williams This one-time experience allows you to spend some quality time with your bestie or significant other while learning and playing creatively in an intimate setting. Instructor Jenny Williams will guide partners in making small wheel pieces while learning introductory skills in wheel throwing.

Since the mid-1980s, Mobile, AL has been home to a growing punk cultural scene. Transitory in nature, as with any punk scene, the scene in Mobile has cycled over the decades through fleeting phases and times of burgeoning richness. Through a partnership with 309 Punk Project (Pensacola, FL), this exhibition aims to collect, archive, and preserve some of that lightning in a bottle.

Alabama Contemporary Art Center is open every second Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. with entry by donation for Downtown Mobile's monthly LODA Artwalk, and we almost always have a special visitors, programs, exhibitions, and/or activities to celebrate creative thinking. The Member Bar is also available to our adult members during each Artwalk while they enjoy all artist talks, exhibitions, and programs.

Artist Charles Edward Williams of the current exhibition, Black River, will present an artist talk & film screening of his new work, Blessing in Disguise.

In remembrance and celebration of protest efforts on the Avenue, Fred Richardson, Civil Rights activist, author of the book Genesis and Exodus of NOW and longtime city councilman for the City of Mobile, tells the story of the Neighborhood Organized Workers organization.

This is a monthly, drop-in life drawing open studio session with a live nude model organized by the Mobile Figure Drawing Group. You must be 18 years or older to attend, and bring your own supplies. No experience required.

Kindred Yoga will join us on the terrace at ACAC on the last Saturday morning of every month, from 9-10 a.m. This drop-in session will feature a 45-minute yoga flow followed by 15 minutes of mingling with fresh, cold-pressed juices for sale from Ginger & Spice.

This is a monthly, drop-in life drawing open studio session with a live nude model organized by the Mobile Figure Drawing Group. You must be 18 years or older to attend, and bring your own supplies. No experience required.