Programming for Children and Families

In this Mother's Day Activity, artist Soynika Edwards Bush will lead a mud-pie-making session meant to strengthen your bonds with your daughter and share the stories and life experiences of a simpler time.

FOR CHILDREN AGES 6-10 YEARS OLD. Come hang out and learn about collage as an art medium. Use a powerful and fun memory to form unconstrained, abstract art collages using magazine cutouts, fabric, photos, and found materials. 

FOR TEENS AGES 11-15 YEARS OLD. Come hang out and learn about collage as an art medium. Create freely! Make something that speaks to who you are using magazine cutouts, fabric, photos, and found materials. 

Let your imagination loose in this three-hour workshop with artist Michelle Jones. Get inspired and let your creative self lead the way.

Let your imagination loose in this three-hour workshop with artist Michelle Jones. Get inspired and let your creative self lead the way.

TABLE GAME is the first element of Colleen Terrell Comer's PUBLIC IN RESIDENCE (Art = dialogue + action + intention), which aims to bring down the walls that divide art and observer, artist and object, and public and the institution. In collaboration with Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Comer will encourage open participation in the creation of art and community.

Take a break from the stress of the holiday season and create your own friendly clay creature with Santa Fe artist Jenny Day. Get your hands dirty setting your creative self free.

Learn about the history of Cyanotypes while enjoying an afternoon of exploration, experimentation, and creative expression. Participants will create up to five 9"x12" sun prints of their own which can be the perfect gift, print, greeting card, or gift tag.

APRIL 19 TO APRIL 22, 2022. 9 A.M. - 2 P.M. ACAC's artist in residency Soynika Edwards-Bush will open up her studio space to guide your child in painting striking portraits, collages, and creating lasting memories. Activate your creativity this Spring Break in this 4 day Art Club for young artists (ages 9-13)  

Join us for a curated selection of of all-age friendly screening of shorts from the 2022 Mobile Animated Film Festival!