Contemporary Arts Center
Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center
for Contemporary Art
44 E. 6th Street,
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513 345 8400
Every week you'll find numerous programs to get your creativity and mind going
June 2021 Events
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2 4:00 PM Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
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June Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown |
3 10:30 AM Thursday Art Play: Recycled Creations
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June Thursday Art Play: Recycled Creations 6:00 PM Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: National Doughnut Day
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June Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: National Doughnut Day |
4 4:00 PM Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
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June Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown |
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9 4:00 PM Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
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June Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown |
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June Thursday Art Play: Rock Party 6:00 PM Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: DIY Dream Home
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June Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: DIY Dream Home |
11 4:00 PM Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
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June Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown |
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16 4:00 PM Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
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June Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown |
17 10:30 AM Thursday Art Play: Father's Day on Fleek
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June Thursday Art Play: Father's Day on Fleek 6:00 PM Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: Button Making
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June Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: Button Making |
18 4:00 PM Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
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June Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown |
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23 4:00 PM Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
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June Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown |
24 10:30 AM Thursday Art Play: Hello Summer
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June Thursday Art Play: Hello Summer 6:00 PM Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: Writing and Weaving
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June Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: Writing and Weaving 8:00 PM C-YA Cinema: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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June C-YA Cinema: The Perks of Being a Wallflower |
25 4:00 PM Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
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June Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown |
26 12:00 AM In Love, Rage and Solidarity by People’s Banner Workshop
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June In Love, Rage and Solidarity by People’s Banner Workshop 2:00 PM In Love, Rage and Solidarity: Activists Round Table
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June In Love, Rage and Solidarity: Activists Round Table |
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June 2021 Events
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June
2021
Wednesday
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
Artist-in-Residence will be held virtually on Zoom through the end of August. Free Art Supply Kits for virtual programming can be picked up at the Contemporary Arts Center fornt desk. Please Join us every Wednesday and Friday from 4:00pm to 5:30pm for Creative Artmaking. Join Zoom Meeting https://cincycac-org.zoom.us/j/84060698944 Meeting ID: 840 6069 8944 Phoenix...
03
June
2021
Thursday
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Thursday Art Play: Recycled Creations
Join us every Thursday morning for creative playtime at Washington Park's Porch. This family program uses hands-on art making activities and yoga to excite and educator our youngest visitors. Learn about the artist Joan Tanner and create artwork inspired by her CAC exhibition. Design a mobile from found objects, create a...
03
June
2021
Thursday
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: National Doughnut Day
Join us every Thursday at Ziegler Park for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults! Help us celebrate National Doughnut Day with sweet treats and doughnut themed art making. We will be providing donuts for decorating, and the tools to create your own doughnut ring...
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June
2021
Friday
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
Artist-in-Residence will be held virtually on Zoom through the end of August. Free Art Supply Kits for virtual programming can be picked up at the Contemporary Arts Center fornt desk. Please Join us every Wednesday and Friday from 4:00pm to 5:30pm for Creative Artmaking. Join Zoom Meeting https://cincycac-org.zoom.us/j/84060698944 Meeting ID: 840 6069 8944 Phoenix...
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June
2021
Saturday
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
OUECHa Presents: Q & S
OUECHa and the CAC present Q & S (Question and Song). An extension of their work in the CAC exhibition, Wild Frictions, on view through September 2021. Expect language, assembly, and community as OUECHa and the audience explore 15 songs for 15 questions at 5 Points Alley in Walnut Hills....
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June
2021
Wednesday
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
Artist-in-Residence will be held virtually on Zoom through the end of August. Free Art Supply Kits for virtual programming can be picked up at the Contemporary Arts Center fornt desk. Please Join us every Wednesday and Friday from 4:00pm to 5:30pm for Creative Artmaking. Join Zoom Meeting https://cincycac-org.zoom.us/j/84060698944 Meeting ID: 840 6069 8944 Phoenix...
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June
2021
Thursday
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Thursday Art Play: Rock Party
Join us every Thursday morning for creative playtime at Washington Park's Porch. This family program uses hands-on art making activities and yoga to excite and educator our youngest visitors. Who doesn’t love a rock collecting party? Join us as we make mosaics with tiny colorful stones, paint some rock bugs and...
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June
2021
Thursday
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: DIY Dream Home
Do you like it Victorian or Mid-Century Modern? A garden in the back and bay windows in the front? This week we are dreaming up the perfect house. Join us every Thursday at Ziegler Park for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults! Artists and...
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June
2021
Friday
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
Artist-in-Residence will be held virtually on Zoom through the end of August. Free Art Supply Kits for virtual programming can be picked up at the Contemporary Arts Center fornt desk. Please Join us every Wednesday and Friday from 4:00pm to 5:30pm for Creative Artmaking. Join Zoom Meeting https://cincycac-org.zoom.us/j/84060698944 Meeting ID: 840 6069 8944 Phoenix...
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June
2021
Wednesday
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
Artist-in-Residence will be held virtually on Zoom through the end of August. Free Art Supply Kits for virtual programming can be picked up at the Contemporary Arts Center fornt desk. Please Join us every Wednesday and Friday from 4:00pm to 5:30pm for Creative Artmaking. Join Zoom Meeting https://cincycac-org.zoom.us/j/84060698944 Meeting ID: 840 6069 8944 Phoenix...
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June
2021
Thursday
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Thursday Art Play: Father's Day on Fleek
Join us every Thursday morning for creative playtime at Washington Park's Porch. This family program uses hands-on art making activities and yoga to excite and educator our youngest visitors. Stop by Art Play to make some fabulous gifts for all those awesome Dads or Grandads out there. Stick around for yoga...
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June
2021
Thursday
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: Button Making
Join us every Thursday at Ziegler Park for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults! For the button collector in all of us, the CAC is bringing our button maker to Ziegler Park. Artists and educators will be on hand to help you draw and...
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June
2021
Friday
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
Artist-in-Residence will be held virtually on Zoom through the end of August. Free Art Supply Kits for virtual programming can be picked up at the Contemporary Arts Center fornt desk. Please Join us every Wednesday and Friday from 4:00pm to 5:30pm for Creative Artmaking. Join Zoom Meeting https://cincycac-org.zoom.us/j/84060698944 Meeting ID: 840 6069 8944 Phoenix...
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June
2021
Wednesday
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
Artist-in-Residence will be held virtually on Zoom through the end of August. Free Art Supply Kits for virtual programming can be picked up at the Contemporary Arts Center fornt desk. Please Join us every Wednesday and Friday from 4:00pm to 5:30pm for Creative Artmaking. Join Zoom Meeting https://cincycac-org.zoom.us/j/84060698944 Meeting ID: 840 6069 8944 Phoenix...
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June
2021
Thursday
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Thursday Art Play: Hello Summer
Join us every Thursday morning for creative playtime at Washington Park's Porch. This family program uses hands-on art making activities and yoga to excite and educator our youngest visitors. Let’s celebrate summer with a few of our favorite sunny things. We’ll decorate sunglasses, design some colorful beach balls and paint with...
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June
2021
Thursday
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: Writing and Weaving
Join us every Thursday at Ziegler Park for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults! Inspired by Hellen Ascoli’s weavings created on the backstrap loom, local artist Rowe schnure will lead us through our own handweaving projects for Young Adult Lab. Similar to Ascoli, we...
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June
2021
Thursday
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
C-YA Cinema: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
We did a thing. The CAC’s Teen Council presents a summer movie series at Ziegler Park designed just for teens. Join us each month as we explore the highs, lows and awkwardness of life through film. Stop by Ziegler Park from 8-9 for music, art making and to secure your...
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June
2021
Friday
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
Artist-in-Residence will be held virtually on Zoom through the end of August. Free Art Supply Kits for virtual programming can be picked up at the Contemporary Arts Center fornt desk. Please Join us every Wednesday and Friday from 4:00pm to 5:30pm for Creative Artmaking. Join Zoom Meeting https://cincycac-org.zoom.us/j/84060698944 Meeting ID: 840 6069 8944 Phoenix...
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June
2021
Friday
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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.
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June
2021
Saturday
12:00 AM
In Love, Rage and Solidarity by People’s Banner Workshop
In Love, Rage and Solidarity is a programming series taking place in the Black Box Theater of the Contemporary Arts Center, as well as virtual platforms. In Love, Rage and Solidarity created by Migiwa Orimo, interdisciplinary artist and facilitator of the People’s Banner Workshop, is a six-part programming series that will...
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June
2021
Saturday
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
In Love, Rage and Solidarity: Activists Round Table
In this virtual kick-off event, interdisciplinary artist, and People’s Banner Workshop facilitator Migiwa Orimo will present the strategic benefit of having “embedded artist-activists” in social justice demonstrations by sharing her experience working as an artist with various Yellow Springs activist-groups. Hear from organizers of the YS Speaking Up for Justice about...
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June
2021
Saturday
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
PRIDE Block Party
Wear your rainbow colors proud and party with us, 21cCincinnati, and Nicholsons SAT 6.26 from 4-8pm! The Yellow Penguins are transforming Gano Alley for Pride Month. There will be dancing, family-friendly activities, raffle prizes, and more! The CAC lobby and lower level will be open for face painting, family activities,...
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June
2021
Wednesday
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Artist in Residence Live: Phoenix S. Brown
Artist-in-Residence will be held virtually on Zoom through the end of August. Free Art Supply Kits for virtual programming can be picked up at the Contemporary Arts Center fornt desk. Please Join us every Wednesday and Friday from 4:00pm to 5:30pm for Creative Artmaking. Join Zoom Meeting https://cincycac-org.zoom.us/j/84060698944 Meeting ID: 840 6069 8944 Phoenix...
On-Going Events
Through
08
August
2021
Joan Tanner, FLAW
In this site-specific installation, net-like structures hang from the ceiling, corrugated fiberglass panels disguise corners and wrap around columns, while freestanding elements of cut and painted wood populate the floor.
Through
08
August
2021
Steffani Jemison, End over End
This exhibition brings together two videos, alongside a new suite of kinetic sculptural objects and conceptual drawings on glass that unfold as a series of experiments, reflecting Jemison’s interest in performance and the politics of embodiment.
Through
19
September
2021
Hellen Ascoli, Cien Tierras
For her first solo museum exhibition, Ascoli presents several new works including a large-scale textile installation in the CAC’s lobby, a site-responsive kinetic wall sculpture, text-based weavings, videos displayed in custom-built furniture, and more.
Through
19
September
2021
Wild Frictions
Attentive to the ways in which artists monitor, contemplate, and intervene in societies as they change, Wild Frictions brings together works that reflect some of the anxieties, disruptions, and tensions which arose or intensified during 2020.