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Alabama Contemporary Art Center

Name: Alabama Contemporary Art Center
Address: 301 Conti Street, Mobile, AL, 36602, US
Telephone: +12512085671
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Non-profit contemporary art center located on Cathedral Square in the heart of downtown Mobile, AL

Founded in 1999, Alabama Contemporary Art Center is a non-profit contemporary arts center located on Cathedral Square in the heart of Mobile’s historic downtown district. Over the past 5 years we have served 83,500 people through admissions, classes and workshops for adults, summer camps, children and teen programs, and public conversations, films, and talks. Alabama Contemporary Art Center reinve

nts what a contemporary arts organization can be for our time by applying creativity and innovation to the pressing needs of the day. As a pivotal force in contemporary art for the Southeast, we marshal global talent to engage all sectors of the Mobile community in ideas, issues, and interests that matter. We function as a public forum, convener, and cultural broker by forming strategic alliances with like-minded cultural, social, educational, and civic institutions. Our exhibitions and programs investigate themes and topics of particular relevance to the Gulf Coast while creating a national model for constructive community-building through the arts.

09/01/2026

📢 CALLING ALL [aspiring] TEACHING ARTISTS 📢 The Teaching Artist Project (TAP) Meet-Up is tomorrow night, September 2, at 6 pm at AC Satellite! We’re building a cohort of service-minded arts educators for our 2027 outreach initiatives in partnership with our friends at Mobile Arts Council and Mobile Museum of Art. We’ll have some snacks and drinks, and chat arts education and training. If you’re an artist looking to share your skills and make a difference, but are unsure where to start or just want to expand your teaching skillset, get here.

08/26/2026

The Artist Dinner with Colleen Terrell Comer is tomorrow night! We can’t promise decorum, but we can promise good art, good food, and strange company.

08/21/2026

We’ll be back at AC Satellite next Saturday with Kindred Yoga for yoga with adults and art activities with kids! Family Studio is a partner program we’ve been piloting for the past few months that gives parents and caregivers an opportunity to enjoy a 45 minute yoga session with Kindred while AC staff lead kids in an art-making activity, exploring themes in our exhibitions sited around the state.

Do you have to have kids to participate? Nope! Art activities are free and drop in yoga is $15 or free for Kindred and ACAC members. All ages and skill levels welcome. Register at alabamacontemporary.org/events/family-studio

08/20/2026

Thanks to all who joined us at Mobile Museum of Art for the last ArtSocial where ACAC’s own Micah Mermilliod gave a curator’s tour of current exhibition 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦, work by Jacob Reptile and Calder Kamin.

Our 3 organizations, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile Arts Council, and Alabama Contemporary will be together again on September 2, this time at AC Satellite, giving the low down on the many teaching opportunities through our organizations’ arts education outreach programs. If you’re an artist looking to share your skills and make a difference, but are unsure where to start or just want to expand your teaching skillset, we want to talk to you!

08/19/2026

The 2nd Annual Yard Party at AC Satellite was one of the first times we were able to properly welcome families to our new community studio space (complete with brand new air conditioning from Hembree Heating and Air 💨❄️), and showcase our dreams of bringing folks together through public arts programming and education in the heart of Downtown Mobile. We unveiled plans for the new Mary Rodning Arts Education Pavilion, painted on walls, played absurd games, and said goodbye to the overgrown gravel lot that will soon become our sculpture garden.

Huge thanks to everyone who helped us throw this shindig, our visitors, and Iron Hand Brewing, LLC for hydrating the adults. Biggest thanks to the Rodning and Comer families for their belief in and support of the upcoming Mary Rodning Arts Education Pavilion. Other invaluable support for AC Satellite includes Alabama State Council on the Arts, Rogers & Willard Inc., Mobile County Commission, A.S. Mitchell Foundation, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama’s Caring Foundation, The C.D. Helen and Jeff Glaze Foundation, Sybil Smith Foundation, and Hembree Heating & Air.

To contribute to this project on an individual level, please consider purchasing a ticket to our upcoming Artist Dinner on August 27, become a member, or donate at alabamacontemporary.org/ac-satellite.

08/17/2026

On August 27, join us at the home of artist Colleen Comer (Colleen Terrell Comer) on Dog River in Mobile, Alabama, for the next in our Artist Dinner series, where we will break bread over what it takes to sustain a practice in the deep Deep South. Colleen will talk about her recent work, finding humor and inspiration in imperfection, and feminine power in every day calamities/banalities. Tickets are $75 per person and include dinner and drinks. Space is limited, registration required. Head to alabamacontemporary.org/events to save your seat!

08/11/2026

The next ArtSocial, a relaxed networking series that brings together local artists, art workers, collectors, and arts enthusiasts, is tomorrow, August 12, at Mobile Museum of Art. Grab a drink and mingle with us then hear from ACAC curator, Micah Mermilliod, as he guides us through the interactive exhibition, 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦. We’ll chat about how the show came together and navigating the logistics of an exhibition that breaks the number 1 rule of museums: Don’t touch the art.

This exhibition of work by Jacob Reptile and Calder Kamin is generously supported by Teiger Foundation (Teiger Foundation), Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts (The Andy Warhol Foundation), Mobile County Commission, City of Mobile, Alabama (City of Mobile), Alabama State Council on the Arts (Alabama Council on the Arts), and National Endowment for the Arts (National Endowment f/t Arts).

08/10/2026

Applications open today!! The Verdant Fund awards grants of up to $7,000, distributing a total of $60,000 annually. These grants support non-traditional, public-facing visual art projects that take place in Alabama.

Funding is open to individual artists, artist-curators, collectives, and collaboratives. The lead artist must reside in Alabama and maintain a permanent address in the state. Projects should be artist-driven, occur outside traditional venues (such as museums, galleries or art centers), and include a public-facing or community engagement component.

Visit verdantfund.org for more information and to apply!

08/05/2026

It’s coming. 10.24.26

Address

301 Conti Street
Mobile, AL
36602

Opening Hours

Wednesday	11am - 5pm
Thursday	11am - 7pm
Friday	11am - 7pm
Saturday	11am - 5pm

Telephone

+12512085671

Website

http://www.alabamacontemporary.org/

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