Calendar

Memories in the Museum: Skin Deep

Firelei Báez’s figurative work draws from the history of ornamentation and fashion as an act of resistance among women of the African Diaspora. Join us for an artist-led project inspired by Báez’s work following a tour of the exhibition. Free, reservations required. Please call the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Cincinnati to...

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...

Kitchen Chemist: Laboratory Style Home Cooking

Discover how science and cuisine come together in this fun and informative class that explores the surreal concepts of home from Chris Larson and Mark deJong’s exhibitions. Kris Ebeling, the love child of Bob Ross and Bill Nye the Science guy, will offer demonstrations and a few hands-on activities to...

Thursday Art Play: Wearable Art

Fashion or Sculpture? Join us as we learn about the artist Tracy Featherstone and her wearable and interactive art. Design your own structures to decorate your body, add some (nonpermanent) color to your hair and see what new fashionable forms you can create. FREE for members, $5 for non members.

Young Adult Lab: Zines!

Join us every Thursday in the UnMuseum for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults! Artists and educators will be here to show us how to make zines using mixed collage materials. All 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.

Mark de Jong's House Tour

End your summer with one last tour of the Circle, Square, Stair and Swing Houses their artist Mark de Jong and Curator Steven Matijcio. Ask all the questions you want while traveling between house on luxury transportation –via a yellow school bus. Make sure to arrive at the CAC early because...

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: Firelei Baez Art

Join us as we learn about the artist Firelei Báez and create artwork inspired by her work. Stick around for some kid-friendly yoga in the UnMuseum following each Art Play session. FREE for members, $5 for non members.

Young Adult Lab: Wire Portraits

Join us every Thursday in the UnMuseum for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults! Artists and educators will be here to show us how to make sculptures and portraits using wire and foam. All 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.

Double Talk: Bilingual Tour

Want to strengthen your Spanish or English language skills? Explore the CAC’s architecture exhibitions 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. 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...

Artbrary

Do you love to read? Love art? Join the Cincinnati Public Library and the CAC staff for Artbrary, a free new program designed for teens and young adults. Meet up at the Contemporary Art Center for a private tour of the artist Sandra Cinto’s secret room, followed by a workshop...

Thursday Art Play: Edible Art

Contemporary art is often inspired by food! Stop by the UnMuseum as we create art from edible materials. Don’t miss out on all the yummy fun! FREE for members, $5 for non members.

Young Adult Lab: Edible Art

Stop by the UnMuseum for a free drop-in art making program for young adults. Join us as we experiment with edible art, using materials that are both beautiful and tasty! All art supplies will be provided by the CAC.

Swing House Open House

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.

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...

The Building Re-Imagined

Artist Mark de Jong and architects John Isch and Renee Martin will tour visitors through the CAC, both as it is, as well as a newly imagined state. As part of a commissioned project for de Jong’s Swing House exhibition, Isch and Martin worked with the artist to create a...

Resonator Performance: Alison Crocetta

RESONATOR is a durational performance piece that features Crocetta singing, a thirty-minute song cycle, a cappella. This work was inspired by the Italian futurist Luigi Russolo’s work, Intonarumori, and his related manifesto, The Art of Noise. Join us in the CAC’s Blackbox for this performance. During this performance, viewers are...

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: CAC Circus

Join us as we learn about the artist Alison Crocetta and her exhibition, Circus of One. We'll create artwork inspired by the circus and her work. Stick around for some kid-friendly yoga in the UnMuseum following each Art Play session.

Young Adult Lab: Blue Tape Mural

Stop by the UnMuseum for a free drop-in art making program for young adults. Join us as we create a giant mural using only blue painters paint. Most museum walls are off limits to visitors, but we're opening up the UnMuseum walls and windows for Young Adult Lab's canvas. All...

Art off the Walls Gala & Art Auction

The CAC Board of Trustees, Chairpersons Kate and Bill Baumann and The Alice & Harris Weston Director Raphaela Platow invite you to join us for an evening of boundless creativity as the artistic experience comes to life. From live drawing to dazzling performances, every moment will be unforgettable. Schedule of Events...

Educator Workshop: Bringing Mindfulness to the Classroom

New Year’s resolutions are not just for January. Commit yourself to self-care this New SCHOOL Year. The rewards of being a teacher are numerous, powerful, and life affirming. The challenges can also be numerous and powerful. This educator workshop focuses on you. Instructor Cathy Sacco will offer tools to help...

Swing House Open House

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: Art Garage Sale

Our Art Play families have made a lot of cool projects this summer, but there always seems to be leftover materials when we’re done. Join us as we clean out our GIANT supply closet and offer up some of our favorite activities! We’ll have loads of materials and lots of...

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.