Calendar

Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Ciara LeRoy

Join us every Wednesday at the downtown public Library from 4-6PM and Saturday at the CAC from 1-3PM for our Artist-in-Residence program where artist Ciara LeRoy will practice their art alongside the general public, educating and inspiring along the way! Residency Theme: SECRET WORDSFrom the early days of written language to...

Thursday Art Play: Creativity Center Artists

Join us Thursday mornings for creative playtime at the CAC. This family program uses hands-on art making activities and yoga to excite and educate our youngest visitors. Learn about the local artists in the Creativity Center and create artwork inspired by their installations. Stick around for some kid-friendly yoga following...

EARLY CLOSURE

Opening Reception for 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition and Faces: Don’t Get It Twisted - Untangling a Textured Legacy

Free - Save My Spot! Faces: Don’t Get It Twisted - Untangling a Textured Legacy Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in partnership with Paloozanoire, is proud to announce the full 2026 artist roster for Faces: Don’t Get It Twisted - Untangling a Textured Legacy (Faces), marking the exhibition’s most expansive year to date. The...

The Creative Writing Project: Winter

The Creative Writing Project is a series of workshops designed to provide adult writers of all levels with opportunities to explore the art of creative writing. Each month-long series puts participants amongst a community of writers and educators, offering instruction and guidance from a diverse group of local and published...

Artist in Residence at the CAC: Ciara LeRoy

Join us every Wednesday at the downtown public Library from 4-6PM and Saturday at the CAC from 1-3PM for our Artist-in-Residence program where artist Ciara LeRoy will practice their art alongside the general public, educating and inspiring along the way! Residency Theme: SECRET WORDSFrom the early days of written language to...

Get It Together: A College and Career Event

Adulting is hard, we can help! Join us for Get It Together: A College and Career Event on Saturday, February 21st from 1-3PM in the Creativity Center! We're having a party to celebrate your next step in life, whether you're looking for summer work, internship opportunities or local college connections...

Teen Art Show Opening Reception

Join us for the opening reception of the CAC's Teen Art Show: Butterfly Effect. Lets celebrate this extraordinary show alongside local arts organizations, teen DJs, and light bites and refreshments. The pressure on teens to make “the right” choices can be both exhilarating and overwhelming. For many, this is the first...

Game Presentations

On February 20th from 2-4 pm, after several weeks of work, participants will present their narrative games to each other and the public. Come and explore new narratives from workshop participants through narrative gaming. Our winter Co-LAB artist Nukes de Almeida Nuku-Graves, an American-born Brazilian-Ghanaian digital artist and video game...

Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Ciara LeRoy

Join us every Wednesday at the downtown public Library from 4-6PM and Saturday at the CAC from 1-3PM for our Artist-in-Residence program where artist Ciara LeRoy will practice their art alongside the general public, educating and inspiring along the way! Residency Theme: SECRET WORDSFrom the early days of written language to...

Thursday Art Play: Printmaking

Join us Thursday mornings for creative playtime at the CAC. This family program uses hands-on art making activities and yoga to excite and educate our youngest visitors. This week we'll be creating prints from found objects, and learning about different types of printing! Stick around for some kid-friendly yoga following...

Young Adult Lab: Narrative Medicine & Exhibition Response w/ Facilitator Dani Clark

Join us every Thursday in the CAC Creativity Center for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program for young adults! This week, we'll be continuing our journey with art therapy by welcoming artist and facilitator Dani Clark to guide us through a simple exercise in response to our current...

Drawing in the Galleries

For the months January-April participants will be learning or brushing up on their still life skills. These classes are free and are open to participants 16+. These classes run from 5:30pm-7pm every Thursday. During each session attendees will have 10-15 minutes to have a group discussion about their work after...

CAC@21c Tour

Two tours, one hour! Join a CAC docent for a half-hour guided tour of the galleries at the neighboring 21c Museum Hotel, followed by a half-hour tour of the Contemporary Arts Center exhibitions. Event takes place on the final Friday of each month. Tours are free and open to the...

The Creative Writing Project: Winter

The Creative Writing Project is a series of workshops designed to provide adult writers of all levels with opportunities to explore the art of creative writing. Each month-long series puts participants amongst a community of writers and educators, offering instruction and guidance from a diverse group of local and published...

Artist in Residence at the CAC: Ciara LeRoy

Join us every Wednesday at the downtown public Library from 4-6PM and Saturday at the CAC from 1-3PM for our Artist-in-Residence program where artist Ciara LeRoy will practice their art alongside the general public, educating and inspiring along the way! Residency Theme: SECRET WORDSFrom the early days of written language to...

SingOUT Cincy Presents: SingIN

No performance, no audience, no pressure! Join SingOUT Cincy for a SingIN at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) at 1:30pm on Saturday, February 28.Singers of all ages and skill levels are invited to join this ninety-minute pop-up choir. We'll sing together - with a focus on making connections and carving...

Illustrated Memoir Project

Voices from Nakivale: Illustrated Memoirs by Young People in the Nakivale Refugee Settlement

States of Becoming: 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition

MFA graduate students exhibit their thesis works.

Faces

Featuring a dynamic and international group of emerging artists, the exhibition explores the profound meaning carried in every texture, style and strand. From natural hair to locs and tapered fades, these world-class works speak life into the journey of diverse hair - a journey of self-expression, heritage, and defiance.

Teen Art Show: Butterfly Effect

Butterfly Effect explores this pivotal stage of life, highlighting the many ways young adults wrestle with the choices placed before us and the impact those choices carry.

Collecting: Classical to Contemporary Art from the University of Cincinnati

Great universities hold great art collections that offer inspiration, knowledge, and learning. They present opportunities to appreciate and interact with original works and enrich our overall human experience. This exhibition showcases a careful selection of works that reveal collecting practices over 200 years at the University of Cincinnati.

SOFTlab: Gravity's Rainbow

This installation, suspended from the ceiling of the CAC’s Dr. Stanley & Mickey Kaplan Hall Lobby, takes something invisible