featured exhibitions
Saya Woolfalk
A Cabinet of Anticipation
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum
All my seven faces
October 2019
Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Join us for a private tour of the new exhibition, All my seven faces, by the artist Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum....
Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fall brings the CAC’s newest Artist in Residence Simone Yael, a multi-disciplinary creative with roots in Chicago, St. Louis and...
Thursday, October 17, 2019, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Let’s camp out under the manmade “stars” found in the installation, From Any Point. We’ll pitch a tent, set up...
Thursday, October 17, 2019, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join us every Thursday in the UnMuseum for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults!...
Friday, October 18, 2019, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fall brings the CAC’s newest Artist in Residence Simone Yael, a multi-disciplinary creative with roots in Chicago, St. Louis and...
Saturday, October 19, 2019, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Inspired by the work of Robert Colescott, we will look at the ways artists use appropriation to call attention to...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fall brings the CAC’s newest Artist in Residence Simone Yael, a multi-disciplinary creative with roots in Chicago, St. Louis and...
Thursday, October 24, 2019, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
The artist Saya Woolfalk uses her art to create a new species that’s part human and part flower. Let’s celebrate...
Thursday, October 24, 2019, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join us every Thursday in the UnMuseum for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults!...
Friday, October 25, 2019, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fall brings the CAC’s newest Artist in Residence Simone Yael, a multi-disciplinary creative with roots in Chicago, St. Louis and...
Saturday, October 26, 2019, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us as we celebrate the opening of our newest addition to the UnMuseum, The Funk Within You, by the...
Audition Day One
Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
French choreographers Annie Vigier and Franck Apertet (les gens d’Uterpan) investigate the norms that dictate the terms of representation in...
Audition Day Two
Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
French choreographers Annie Vigier and Franck Apertet (les gens d’Uterpan) investigate the norms that dictate the terms of representation in...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fall brings the CAC’s newest Artist in Residence Simone Yael, a multi-disciplinary creative with roots in Chicago, St. Louis and...
BIG BODY: Experimental J-Sette Performance Workshop
Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
FREE J-Sette, also known as Bucking, is a performance style popular in the southern United States practiced widely among majorettes and...
Thursday, October 31, 2019, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Join us for a super spooky Halloween-themed Art Play! Costumes are welcome as we create art inspired by this eerie...
Thursday, October 31, 2019, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join us every Thursday in the UnMuseum for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults!...
Wednesday, October 02, 2019, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fall brings the CAC’s newest Artist in Residence Simone Yael, a multi-disciplinary creative with roots in Chicago, St. Louis and...
OTR Film Festival Opening Night
Wednesday, October 02, 2019, 6:00 PM - 8:15 PM
A screening organized in conjunction with OTR Film FestivalMovie: Nick Kelly, The Drummer and the Keeper, 2019, 94’, fiction When a...
Thursday, October 03, 2019, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
BLINK is one of the largest light, art and projection events in the nation! We’re celebrating these exciting installations with...
Thursday, October 03, 2019, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Wonder-lit, Art-Fueled, Awe-Inspiring. Join us every Thursday in the UnMuseum for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program...
Thursday, October 03, 2019, 10:00 AM - 8:30 PM
A series of five screenings organized in conjunction with OTR Film Festival 10AMMovie: Chloé Leriche, Before the Streets, 2016, 98’, fictionShawnouk,...
Friday, October 04, 2019, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fall brings the CAC’s newest Artist in Residence Simone Yael, a multi-disciplinary creative with roots in Chicago, St. Louis and...
Friday, October 04, 2019, 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
A series of five screenings organized in conjunction with OTR Film Festival 10AMJeff M. Giordano, The God Given Talent: The Creative...
Sunday, October 06, 2019, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10AMAnnouncement of the Award Winners followed by a second screening of América 3:30PMErick Stoll and Chase Whiteside, América, 2018, 77’, documentaryPresenter:...
Wednesday, October 09, 2019, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fall brings the CAC’s newest Artist in Residence Simone Yael, a multi-disciplinary creative with roots in Chicago, St. Louis and...
Thursday, October 10, 2019, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
BLINK starts tonight! This amazing four-day extravaganza is one of the largest light, art and projection events in the nation!...
Thursday, October 10, 2019, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Continuing our BLINK celebration, join us this Thursday in the UnMuseum for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making...
Friday, October 11, 2019, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Presenters: Gabriel Carrer and Angus McLellanScreening at 3PM and artist talk at 4:30PM Seating is limited, please reserve your spot by...
Friday, October 11, 2019, 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Fall brings the CAC’s newest Artist in Residence Simone Yael, a multi-disciplinary creative with roots in Chicago, St. Louis and...
Friday, October 11, 2019, 7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Join us for Cosmic Cartographies, a ritual that will take place starting at the corner of Central Parkway and Walnut...
Saturday, October 12, 2019, 7:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Join us for Cosmic Cartographies, a ritual that will take place starting at the corner of Central Parkway and Walnut...
Sunday, October 13, 2019, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Come out and play at the Contemporary Arts Center’s newest family program, Play Cafe! Drop by the museum from 10am-noon...
On view now through Sunday, October 27, 2019
On view now through Sunday, October 27, 2019
On view now through Sunday, October 27, 2019
On view now through Sunday, January 12, 2020
Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott
The Contemporary Arts Center is proud to open our 2019 – 2020 exhibition season with Art and...
On view now through Friday, July 24, 2020
On view now through Saturday, December 11, 2021
On view now through Saturday, December 11, 2021
