The Wallace Center for Arts & Reconciliation (formerly Klein Arts & Culture) was founded in 2018 after Nell Gottlieb inherited the historic Wallace House in Harpersville, Alabama. Gottlieb was a descendant of the home’s namesake. She joined forces with Mayor Theoangelo Perkins, a descendant of enslaved individuals buried near the house, to design programming aimed at bringing people of different backgrounds together. After being vacant for several decades, the Wallace House reopened to offer a space for student poetry, educational programming, artist residencies, and historical discussions. In 2023, Klein Arts & Culture was renamed the Wallace Center for Arts and Reconciliation to encompass the history of both the white and Black descendants and to better reflect the organization’s mission. HOPE provided $600,000 in financing for the construction of a cottage on the property as part of a planned expansion. Resident artists display their work in the cottage and use it as a forum to provide arts education.