Public Programs

Word/Play is a program that encourages children ages 2-5 to create works of art inspired by contemporary children's literature.

URBAN WILD URBAN WILD is an exhibition that looks for the diversity of art that is practiced throughout the streets, highways, and dirt roads of the [...]

This exhibition looks at the range of creativity that is practiced throughout the streets, highways, and dirt roads of the South. Engagement with public space is a binding thread between a diverse range of practices. These artists draw from graffiti, tattoo flash, skate culture, hip-hop culture, as well as comic book illustration, pop art, and even old-fashioned sign painting to make objects, images, and environments.

Word/Play is a program that encourages children ages 2-5 to create works of art inspired by contemporary children's literature.

Interested in volunteering with Alabama Contemporary? Come check out our volunteer kickoff event -no commitment necessary ;). Learn about the artists, the art, and all of the background work that goes into an exhibition, meet other local art enthusiasts and get all the details on how you can support our upcoming programs!

LoDa ArtWalk is a monthly family friendly event where in the community is invited to come downtown and enjoy local art, artists, galleries, and other [...]

Have you ever wanted to sit and listen to someone with a loose grasp of who they are, talk about why it is that they are who they are and how it is they got there? If so this artist talk is perfect for you!

Word/Play is a program that encourages children ages 2-5 to create works of art inspired by contemporary children's literature.

Since the early 1990s, 309 has been a central spot in the Gulf Coast punk scene. Arguably the oldest continuously inhabited Punk House in the south, 309 and its residents played a role in the American Punk subculture for decades. Now a non-profit run by the artists and archivists that are nearest to it’s legacy, 309 Punk Museum Project seeks to save 309 for the community, for zine and screenprinting workshops, a local punk archive, a recording studio and an Artist in Residence program.

Hobo/filmmaker/phototramp Bill Daniel shot this 55 min. experimental documentary film primarily in black & white 8mm & 16mm film with a goal of tracing the true identity behind Bozo Texino, whose iconic hand-drawn cowboy moniker has appeared on the sides of trains for nearly a century.