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Thursday Art Play: CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER

Thursday Art Play will be canceled today due to inclement weather. We look forward to seeing you all next Thursday on the Washington Park Porch. 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...

Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: Graphic Scores

CAC exhibiting artist Steffani Jemison creates artworks inspired by music and dance called graphic scores. In these works, the motions of the hand respond to what is heard in the outside world. Join CAC educators for a graphic score workshop using sidewalk chalk for big and bold works. Supplies and...

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...

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...

Thursday Art Play: Weaving Wonders

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 Hellen Ascoli and create artwork inspired by her CAC exhibition. Join us for weaving focused art making using...

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...

People’s Banner Workshop: Open Studio

Register HERE. Join interdisciplinary artist Migiwa Orimo for an Open Studio session of People’s Banner Workshop at the Contemporary Arts Center’s Black Box Theater. Area activists and citizens are invited to produce protest banners and flags with a shared goal of providing visual aids to local and regional activist groups...

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.

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...

Art Play Hike: Loose Parts Building

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. Create a found objects sculpture, make prints from...

Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: Contour Wire Portraits

Join us this Thursday at Ziegler Park for a project that is both whimsical and wacky during Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults! Artists and educators will be on hand to show us how to make sculptures and portraits using wire and foam. Supplies...

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...

People’s Banner Workshop: Open Studio

Join interdisciplinary artist Migiwa Orimo for an Open Studio session of People’s Banner Workshop at the Contemporary Arts Center’s Black Box Theater. Area activists and citizens are invited to produce protest banners and flags with a shared goal of providing visual aids to local and regional activist groups for direct...

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...

Thursday Art Play: Natural Wonders

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. This nature themed Art Play is filled with art making inspired by the great outdoors. Use natural materials to create a clay...

Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: Mixed Media Sculptures

Join us every Thursday at Ziegler Park for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults! Artists and educators will be on hand to help you create organic sculptures inspired by Joan Tanner’s FLAW. In addition, local artist Garrett Goben will be in attendance to play...

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...

C-YA Cinema: Hearts Beat Loud

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...

People’s Banner Workshop: Open Studio

The Co-LAB program is generously supported by ArtsWave. Join interdisciplinary artist Migiwa Orimo for an Open Studio session of People’s Banner Workshop at the Contemporary Arts Center’s Black Box Theater. Area activists and citizens are invited to produce protest banners and flags with a shared goal of providing visual aids to...

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...

Thursday Art Play: Life Aquatic

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 how artists use water as an important element in their work and create your own art using H20 as the main...

Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: Stained Glass Sidewalk Chalk

Join us every Thursday at Ziegler Park for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults! This week join us for stained glass sidewalk chalk as we beautify the sidewalks of Zeigler Park. Artists and educators will be on hand to help you create. Supplies and...

Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: Stained Glass Sidewalk Chalk

Join us every Thursday at Ziegler Park for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults! This week join us for stained glass sidewalk chalk as we beautify the sidewalks of Zeigler Park. Artists and educators will be on hand to help you create. Supplies and...

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...

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.

People’s Banner Workshop: Open Studio

The Co-LAB program is generously supported by ArtsWave. Join interdisciplinary artist Migiwa Orimo for an Open Studio session of People’s Banner Workshop at the Contemporary Arts Center’s Black Box Theater. Area activists and citizens are invited to produce protest banners and flags with a shared goal of providing visual aids to...

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.

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.

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.

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.