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Atlanta based emerging artist Y. Malik Jalal will mount his first solo exhibition this fall at Alabama Contemporary, curated by elizabet elliott. Jalal was born in Savannah, GA, and raised in the Atlanta suburbs. He paints and makes images and objects. His work is equally personal and fictitious, rooted in both the artist’s own identity and his relationship to the collective cultural identity and history of the African diaspora in the American South. 

Guest curated by Ashley Stull Meyers through the Alabama Contemporary Art Center’s new Guest Curator Program, If You Have Ghosts includes four artists who engage with contemporary fiber techniques (both physical and digital) to recall their familial and ancestral histories.

Kids Studio is a weekly program where children and their families can come to explore contemporary art. Activities are designed to stimulate young minds through open-ended projects that encourage self-expression and idea exploration. Classes are taught by local artists and trained professional educators.

The Drowned, curated by Aaron Levi Garvey as a part of Alabama Contemporary Art Center’s new guest curator program, is a collection of photographs, paintings, and films that highlight and play with altered realities.

Kids Studio is a weekly program where children and their families can come to explore contemporary art. Activities are designed to stimulate young minds through open-ended projects that encourage self-expression and idea exploration. Classes are taught by local artists and trained professional educators.

In his first solo exhibition artist Y. Malik Jalal grapples directly with Mobile’s history as a port city, utilizing memorabilia and photography from Cleon Jones, Tommie Agee and Africa Town. The artist will be back to talk about his creative process, the materials he uses, and the aesthetic of black radicalism.

It's with a heavy heart that we are announcing, as of today, that our main galleries will be closed to the public with a tentative plan to re-open April 6th. Additionally, we are committing 60% of all new reciprocal memberships to relief for service industry folks until April 6th.

Kids Studio is a weekly program where children and their families can come to explore contemporary art. Activities are designed to stimulate young minds through open-ended projects that encourage self-expression and idea exploration. Classes are taught by local artists and trained professional educators.

In this free workshop, ACAC Executive Director and Curator elizabet elliott will demystify the process of writing an artist statement from a curator's perspective.

Mobile, AL: Alabama Contemporary Art Center is shifting the way we connect through the arts in this time of social distancing. With mass cancellations and our doors closed we’ve had to rethink how we fulfill our mission, and figure out new ways to meet the community where they are. We are starting by re-allocating funds for small commissions of artwork to send to people who need a little light in their life right now.

Kids Studio is a weekly program where children and their families can come to explore contemporary art. Activities are designed to stimulate young minds through open-ended projects that encourage self-expression and idea exploration. Classes are taught by local artists and trained professional educators.

Join us Saturday March 28, 2020 as If You Have Ghost artist, Kate Nartker, discusses her work and processes she uses to achieve a unique blend of contemporary and traditional fiber techniques.

Camp Expression at Alabama Contemporary Art Center gives teens the opportunity to explore contemporary art, their ideas, and themselves through a broad range of creative media.

Every quarter, we host a set of short talks by local makers and enthusiasts on a theme. Think tiny home-grown TED talks. Each speaker gives a 10 minute presentation on a topic that interests them, and then we Q & A the night away.  Hosted by local enthusiast Sean Sullivan, join us to get to know your creative community on a whole new level.