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2024 Annual MAC Members’ Show
The 2024 Annual MAC Members’ Show features 63 artists in a variety of artistic mediums and styles representative of our area. Unlike our typical month-long exhibitions, this show will be featured in our gallery throughout the months of July and August! We will announce the awards, sponsored by the Dempsey & Litchfield Fund, on August…
Read More2024-25 Arts Guide Info Needed!
It’s that time of year again! We need your help getting the word out about our vibrant arts community! Submit information below about important performance dates or events that your organization has scheduled for 2024-25. If events aren’t your thing but you’d like to share a bit about your organization with the public, we encourage…
Read MoreJune Artist Member of the Month
Congratulations to our June Artist Member of the Month, Tanya Parent! A proud member of the Mobile Arts Council, Tanya Parent is currently one of two dance educators at Dunbar Magnet School of the Creative and Performing Arts. Her love of dance and arts education led her to use her talents to educate, expose, and…
Read MoreAmp Up Arts at Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama
Along with our Amp Up Arts classes at three Mobile County Public Schools this summer, we’re grateful to be able to reach four Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama with a variety of art classes. This June, we’ve had artist led classes at Bernard Malkove, Sonny Callahan, Semmes, and Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs.…
Read MoreJune Organization Member of the Month
Congratulations to our June Organization Member of the Month, Round but Square Studios! Round but Square Studios is a children’s art studio that focuses on the process of creating instead of the final product. Kids are free to explore and learn through discovery and are encouraged to think outside the box. The result is a…
Read MoreJune: Figures of Imagination & Ethereal
Stop by MAC’s Gallery @ Room 1927 to shop in our gallery gift shop and to see our newest exhibitions, Figures of Imagination by Eric Achenbach & Ethereal by Lucy Gafford, Benjamin Kaiser, and Vanessa Quintana. Figures of Imagination deals with the naked identity of humanity through the expression of surrealism and imaginative rendering of…
Read MoreTwelfth Annual Throwdown Application OPEN NOW
Applications for the Twelfth Annual Throwdown are OFFICIALLY OPEN! The Throwdown is the Mobile Arts Council’s largest annual fundraising event. Proceeds go towards supporting our mission: to enrich the quality of life in the greater Mobile area through increasing accessibility to the arts and promoting a vibrant cultural community. For the past twelve years, local…
Read MoreMay Artist Member of the Month
Congratulations to our May Artist Member of the Month, Marshall OHern! If you’ve ever walked through our ArtWalk vendor market area on Dauphin Street, you’ve likely met the ray of sunshine that is Marshall OHern. He has been a vendor with us for many years, bringing his talent and joyful nature to the people. Mobile…
Read MoreAmp Up Arts Networking Event with Mobile Arts Council
July 18th | Gallery @ Room 1927 | 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. 6 South Joachim Street Mobile, Al 36602 (Next to the Saenger Theatre) Artists, Arts Organizations, Teachers and Administrators welcome! Learn about Mobile Arts Council’s Education Partnership with Amp Up Arts! Keep the arts alive at your school! Artists and Arts Organizations are encouraged…
Read MoreMay Organization Member of the Month
Congratulations to our May Organization Member of the Month, Mobile Art Association! Mobile Art Association (MAA) is the ideal organization for amateur and professional artists.It has a long history of supporting, educating, and providing opportunities for members to show their work. The organization was first organized in 1943 by Edmund DeCelle, William Broughton Bush, and…
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