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Cheer Me Up, Cheer Me On is exhibition of new and existing work from multimedia artist Valerie George. The artist uses her art practice to document the transformation of her body and spirit through multimedia video installations that interweave the aesthetics of celebration and punk culture to articulate a deeply personal narrative.

Hair City Fair by House Pencil Green, Joseph Herring and Amy Ruddick’s design/art studio, is a multimedia installation that explores the carnival as a site of artistic production, communal ritual, and aesthetic consumption.

In our current moment the lines between art and advocacy have started to blur. Although artists have always addressed political and human rights concerns, the current era of activism is tipping the scale and gravity of cultural production. Questions of how the art is used to affect public opinion and sway others to a cause are being asked worldwide.  Why do artists choose to make work that confront problems in the world?  Why would they decide to advocate?

In this beginners' ceramics class, instructor Bronco Sloan will guide students through basic hand-building techniques – slab, coil, and modeling – to create functional ceramic ware.

Yoga at ACAC is a beginner-friendly, all levels class for anyone who wants to explore the mind-body connection of yoga, in a beautiful art-filled space.

Yoga at ACAC is a beginner-friendly, all levels class for anyone who wants to explore the mind-body connection of yoga, in a beautiful art-filled space.

As part of our current exhibition, A Different Kind of Weapon, Alabama Contemporary Art Center will be hosting a panel discussion with Jillian Crochet and fellow disabled artists.

Workshop will go over a brief history of cyanotypes, as well as an overview of the process used to create cyanotypes. Participants will also be able to create up to 5 9"x12" cyanotypes of their own!

As part of our current exhibition, A Different Kind of Weapon, Alabama Contemporary Art Center will be hosting a virtual event with exhibiting artist Brandon Dean.

“Degrees of Visibility” is Ashley Hunt’s study of the visual politics of mass incarceration, a nine-year survey of prison landscapes throughout all 50 U.S. states and territories. Asking how camouflage, disappearance and concealment have allowed mass-scale imprisonment to spread invisibly all around us, it shows glimpses of a carceral society alongside the imagining of prison abolition.

Yoga at ACAC is a beginner-friendly, all levels class for anyone who wants to explore the mind-body connection of yoga, in a beautiful art-filled space.

In this beginners' ceramics class, instructor Bronco Sloan will guide students through introductory wheel-throwing techniques to create functional ceramic ware.

Workshop will go over a brief history of lumen printing, as well as an overview of the process used to create lumens. Participants will also be able to create up to 10 8"x10" lumens of their own!

Yoga at ACAC is a beginner-friendly, all levels class for anyone who wants to explore the mind-body connection of yoga, in a beautiful art-filled space.