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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: On Display

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 exhibition Wild Frictions and create artwork inspired by this CAC show. Design your own hanging banner and create a...

Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: I am on the Verge of TOTAL VICTORY

Join us every Thursday at Ziegler Park for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults! Inspired by Nora Turato and Phoebe Kurr’s I am on the verge of a TOTAL VICTORY, students will think about the phrases seen in pop culture, social media, and self...

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...

In Love, Rage and Solidarity: Artists Round Table

Register HERE. For this final virtual round table, interdisciplinary artist, and People’s Banner Workshop facilitator Migiwa Orimo will invite artists who are active in local social justice activism and artists and activists who participated in the previous People’s Banner Workshop sessions to host a conversation that explores the role of...

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: Creepy Crawlers

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 insect-themed Art Play is filled lots of creepy crawler inspired art making. Design a bug box, sculpture your favorite insect with...

Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: Guerilla Gardening

What is Guerilla Gardening? It is a portal for potential plant life, so that wildflowers and native plants can be spread among your local communities. Join us this Thursday at Ziegler Park for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults! Artists and Educators will be...

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.

Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: Sun Prints

The perfect project for a sunny summer day at the park? Sunprints. Join us every Thursday at Ziegler Park for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults! This week artists and educators will walk us through the process of making prints using light and simple...

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: On the Go

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. Many CAC artists include elements of movement in their work. Learn how to create art using movement as your inspiration. Stick around...

Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: Comb 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 Cien Tierras, Artists and educators will be on hand to teach you how to create woven art on a comb. Supplies and snacks will be provided...

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...

Educator Workshop: Best Practices--the Art Room and Neurodiversity

This workshop is still in the planning stages. Information will be made available as more is known about what Coronavirus restrictions look like.

Artist in Residence @ Ziegler Park: Phoenix S. Brown

Join us for this special edition of Artist and Residence @ Ziegler Park! Phoenix S Brown is a Cincinnati-native,Milwaukee-based artist who received Bachelors of Fine Arts with an art history minor from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. She is a C-YA Teen Council graduate turned working artist who participated...

Thursday Art Play: Summer Sendoff

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 say goodbye to summer with a celebratory send off. We’ll make colorful cake sculptures, decorate party hats and enjoy a sweet...

Young Adult Lab at Ziegler Park: Photo Scavenger Hunt

As the final culmination to a beautiful summer at Ziegler Park, Join us for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults! As a way to document the friends we have made and the beauty we have found, artists and educators will be on hand to...

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.

C-YA Cinema: Rome + Juliet

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...

CANCELED - Artist in Residence @ Ziegler Park: Phoenix S. Brown

***Artist in Residence is canceled this evening due to inclement weather.**** Join us for this special edition of Artist and Residence @ Ziegler Park! Phoenix will be joining our monthly movie night for a final celebration full of creativity, snacks, and film. Phoenix S Brown is a Cincinnati-native,Milwaukee-based artist who received Bachelors...

Fast Forward Gala & Auction 2021

Please arrive early.The 2021 CAC Gala and benefit auction, FastForward, challenges you to reimagine the present moment and lean into the unknown with vibrance and optimism. While there is no formal dress code for the event, guests are invited display their own personal concept of futurism. Whether you draw inspiration from...

Fast Forward Gala & Auction 2021

2021 CAC x Artsy FastForward Benefit Auction (LIVE NOW – Aug 30) Whether you draw inspiration from Retrofuturism, Aftrofuturism, Modern futurism, Ecofuturism, or a new interpretation altogether, now is the time for us to chart a new course by leveraging hope and envisioning a better tomorrow. This year's Gala features a corresponding...

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.