A place to reckon with the past.

Our Vision

A racially equitable America.

Our MIssion

The Wallace Center for Arts and Reconciliation is a non-profit organization that promotes reconciliation, healing, and repair through arts, education, and cultural programming.

Our board was formed around descendants of the enslaved and enslavers of the Wallace plantation in Harpersville, Alabama. Starting with the descendant community and moving out to the broader community, we foster reflection, hard conversations, and truth-telling to reckon with our past and present and create a shared narrative for the future.

The Wallace Center is converting a remnant of America’s racist past into a symbol of a more equitable future. The Center provides opportunities to engage in activities that raise consciousness about race through dance, music, poetry, visual arts and education. Participants have the opportunity to acknowledge and express a painful past and move to a brighter future.