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Art Lab Nights

The CAC has long been a laboratory for artists offering the unique opportunity to explore new techniques and concepts within our gallery walls and the city. In this tradition, we have invited contemporary artists to setup shop in our 6th floor Art Lab. This is your chance, no...

CAC@21C

Join CAC docents for a half-hour guided tour of the 21C galleries followed by a half-hour tour of the Contemporary Arts Center exhibitions. After the tour, explore the CAC on your own since your tour includes free museum admission. Meet in the lobby of the 21C. Free.

The Art of Yoga

This noon Vinyasa Flow class is scheduled with your lunch hour in mind. Not too hot, not too cool, just the right practice to recharge your midday. All levels of yogis welcome. Bring your mat, some water and your intention to be healthier, calmer and more joyous. These classes are offered...

Art Lab Nights

The CAC has long been a laboratory for artists offering the unique opportunity to explore new techniques and concepts within our gallery walls and the city. In this tradition, we have invited contemporary artists to setup shop in our 6th floor Art Lab. This is your chance, no...

Thursday Art Play: All of The Lights

The artist Erwin Redl created beautiful swinging lights for the CAC lobby. Join us as we experiment with light pads and design glow necklaces. Stick around for kid-friendly yoga in the UnMuseum following each Art Play session. FREE for members, $5 for non members.

Young Adult Lab: Contour Line Watercolors

Stop by the UnMuseum for a free drop-in art making program for young adults. Join us as we practice drawing without ever looking at the paper, then finalize our works with vibrant watercolors. All art supplies will be provided by the CAC.

Drink and Draw: Queer Art

Get ready for Pride month and learn about our favorite queer artists. Help create a banner for our CAC Pride Festival booth celebrating marriage equality or use our supplies to make your own signs of support for the parade. Melt will be serving batch cocktails, wine and beer along with...

Art Lab Nights

The CAC has long been a laboratory for artists offering the unique opportunity to explore new techniques and concepts within our gallery walls and the city. In this tradition, we have invited contemporary artists to setup shop in our 6th floor Art Lab. This is your chance, no...

CAC@21C

Join CAC docents for a half-hour guided tour of the 21C galleries followed by a half-hour tour of the Contemporary Arts Center exhibitions. After the tour, explore the CAC on your own since your tour includes free museum admission. Meet in the lobby of the 21C. Free.

Double Talk: Bilingual Tour

Want to strengthen your Spanish or English language skills? Explore Alison Crocetta and Firelei Baez with a bilingual guide who will encourage dialogue amongst the group. Tours will be conducted in both English and Spanish so speakers of all levels are welcome. Arrive early and enjoy a delicious lunch at...

The Art of Yoga

This noon Vinyasa Flow class is scheduled with your lunch hour in mind. Not too hot, not too cool, just the right practice to recharge your midday. All levels of yogis welcome. Bring your mat, some water and your intention to be healthier, calmer and more joyous. These classes are offered...

Art Lab Nights

The CAC has long been a laboratory for artists offering the unique opportunity to explore new techniques and concepts within our gallery walls and the city. In this tradition, we have invited contemporary artists to setup shop in our 6th floor Art Lab. This is your chance, no matter what...

Thursday Art Play: Father's Day on Fleek

Stop by the UnMuseum to make some fabulous gifts for all those awesome Dads and Grandfathers out there. Decorate a one-of-a-kind tie (or bow tie) then make yourself a matching mini version! His sunnies will love a new hand painted personalized sunglass case that is sure to make him smile!...

Young Adult Lab: Suminagashi Ink

Stop by the UnMuseum for a free drop-in art making program for young adults. Join us as we learn about the ancient art of Suminagashi, or “floating ink”. This marbling process will result in quick prints that are unpredictable and unique. All art supplies will be provided by the CAC.

Art Lab Nights

The CAC has long been a laboratory for artists offering the unique opportunity to explore new techniques and concepts within our gallery walls and the city. In this tradition, we have invited contemporary artists to setup shop in our 6th floor Art Lab. This is your chance, no...

CAC@21C

Join CAC docents for a half-hour guided tour of the 21C galleries followed by a half-hour tour of the Contemporary Arts Center exhibitions. After the tour, explore the CAC on your own since your tour includes free museum admission. Meet in the lobby of the 21C. Free.

Makerspace: Build It and They Will Come

Help us create a crazy city using simple machines, cardboard engineering techniques and paper circuits. Inspired by the cardboard circus of Alison Crocetta and the architecture-inspired art of Mark deJong and Chris Larson. Free admission

The Art of Yoga

This noon Vinyasa Flow class is scheduled with your lunch hour in mind. Not too hot, not too cool, just the right practice to recharge your midday. All levels of yogis welcome. Bring your mat, some water and your intention to be healthier, calmer and more joyous. These classes are offered...

Homeschool Wednesday: Firelei Báez Tour

Join us for a private tour of the new exhibition, To See Beyond, by the artist Firelei Báez. We'll be creating art, examining Báez's portraits and discussing how identity and race have shaped her work. This program is designed for children ages 6-12 and their parents or caregiver. Space is limited....

Artbrary

Do you love to read? Love art? Join the Cincinnati Public Library and the CAC staff for Artbrary, a new event designed for young adults. Meet up at the Contemporary Art Center to discuss art, books, music, and more, then view related artworks from the CAC exhibitions. The artist Firelei Báez’s...

Art Lab Nights

The CAC has long been a laboratory for artists offering the unique opportunity to explore new techniques and concepts within our gallery walls and the city. In this tradition, we have invited contemporary artists to setup shop in our 6th floor Art Lab. This is your chance, no...

A Raising

A Raising is an 11-channel audio installation juxtaposing the idiosyncratic lives and work of Mark de Jong and Chris Larson. The artists’ work is currently, and purposefully, paired alongside one another at the Contemporary Arts Center; by employing the architecture of their personal pasts, A Raising seeks to magnify the...

Thursday Art Play: Hello Summer

Let’s celebrate summer with a few of our favorite sunny things. We’ll decorate sunglasses, design beach balls and paint with mystery ink that only appears with the help of some warm, summer sun (or our fancy UV light bulbs). FREE for members, $5 for non members.

Young Adult Lab: The Art of Slime

Stop by the UnMuseum on the 6th floor for a free drop-in art making program for young adults. Join us as we create, paint and explore the art of slime. All art supplies will be provided by the CAC.

Art Lab Nights

The CAC has long been a laboratory for artists offering the unique opportunity to explore new techniques and concepts within our gallery walls and the city. In this tradition, we have invited contemporary artists to setup shop in our 6th floor Art Lab. This is your chance, no...

Family Festival: Be the Rainbow

Join us as we celebrate the artist Firelei Báez’s color-bursting portraits and create identity inspired works of art. We’ll create rainbow portrait capes, design blind contour drawings with neon watercolor paint, and so much more!

CAC@21C

Join CAC docents for a half-hour guided tour of the 21C galleries followed by a half-hour tour of the Contemporary Arts Center exhibitions. After the tour, explore the CAC on your own since your tour includes free museum admission. Meet in the lobby of the 21C. Free.

The Art of Yoga

This noon Vinyasa Flow class is scheduled with your lunch hour in mind. Not too hot, not too cool, just the right practice to recharge your midday. All levels of yogis welcome. Bring your mat, some water and your intention to be healthier, calmer and more joyous. These classes are offered...

A Circus of One (Act II)

Be one of the lucky ones to see this in gallery performance by artist Alison Crocetta. Her exhibition will come to life with this 30 minute event followed by a brief Q&A. This performance runs the gamut from absurd to trance-inducing as she interacts with a large, shape-shifting wooden horse...

Art Lab Nights

The CAC has long been a laboratory for artists offering the unique opportunity to explore new techniques and concepts within our gallery walls and the city. In this tradition, we have invited contemporary artists to setup shop in our 6th floor Art Lab. This is your chance, no matter what...

One Night One Craft: Hand Lettering

Join us for this special class with hand-lettering expert and Cleveland artist, Lisa Quine. Lisa will take you through the basic steps of learning fonts and styles to create your very own pennant and send you home with an inked-in quote of your choosing. Each participant will be given pens...

Thursday Art Play: Wearable Art

Sometimes getting dressed can be an art form in itself, especially for toddlers. Join us as we experiment with the different ways our bodies can interact with art! Stick around for some kid-friendly yoga on the sixth floor following each Art Play session. FREE for members, $5 for non members.

Young Adult Lab: T-shirt Explosion

Stop by the UnMuseum for a free drop-in art making program for young adults. Join us as we get ready for the Fourth of July by learning about tie-dye techniques using sharpie markers. All art supplies will be provided by the CAC.

Art Lab Nights

The CAC has long been a laboratory for artists offering the unique opportunity to explore new techniques and concepts within our gallery walls and the city. In this tradition, we have invited contemporary artists to setup shop in our 6th floor Art Lab. This is your chance, no matter what...

CAC@21C

Join CAC docents for a half-hour guided tour of the 21C galleries followed by a half-hour tour of the Contemporary Arts Center exhibitions. After the tour, explore the CAC on your own since your tour includes free museum admission. Meet in the lobby of the 21C. Free.

Graham MacIndoe

Through his iconic images, Scottish photographer Graham MacIndoe explores the Cincinnati rock band, The National.

Firelei Báez

Caribbean-born, Brooklyn-based artist Firelei Báez navigates a broad spectrum of color, race, and identity in her first Ohio exhibition.

Alison Crocetta

Alison Crocetta celebrates the delicate resonance of her voice in both song and action as well as the unique marriage between objects and their shared lives as subjects and performance supports.

Mark de Jong

Mark deJong’s Swing House welcomes adventurous renters into a three-story structure where all floors and walls have been removed to allow the flight of a swing from the front of the house to the back.

Chris Larson

Using humble materials and pioneer techniques to fabricate unexpectedly fantastical worlds that are simultaneously spartan and psychedelic, Chris Larson employs a workman’s approach to archaic looking machines that recast their surroundings, and inhabitants, in a newfound light.