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. Formerly Centre for the Living Arts, Alabama Contemporary is ready to move forward with a clean and simple new graphic idendity, as well as a name that better reflects our position as the state’s premiere showcase for significant art of our time. Our mission, however, remains the same.

At Alabama Contemporary, we are focused on a quest to reinvent what a contemporary arts organization can be for our time. We aim to be a pivotal force in contemporary art for the Southeast by marshaling global talent to engage all sectors of the Mobile community in ideas that matter. Alabama Contemporary investigates themes and topics of particular relevance to the Gulf Coast, functions as a public forum, convener, and cultural broker, forming strategic alliances with other cultural, social, educational and civic institutions. The goal of Alabama Contemporary is to apply creativity and innovation to the pressing needs of the day while creating a national model for constructive community building through the arts.