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Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Micah Mickles

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 Micah Mickles will practice their art alongside the general public, educating and inspiring along the way! The residency is called "What's Worth Keeping." The public library workshop will...

Thursday Art Play: Keep Cincinnati Beautiful

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 have special guests from Keep Cincinnati Beautiful in the studio, helping us create artwork that inspires us to make our community...

Young Adult Lab: Magnet Making Using Lo-Fi Photography w/ Art Therapist Sharee Allen

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 continue a series of workshops led by art therapist Sharee Allen. Sharee will guide all participants in creating magnets using old black and white photos! Supplies...

Drawing in the Galleries

For the month of June participants will be focusing on landscape drawing. 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 a 2 hour drawing...

Artful Adventure: A Fundraising Playdate

Get My Tickets Now You’re invited to the biggest playdate of the year! Join us on June 13 for a delightful Artful Adventure designed for the whole family. Children ages 2 and under are free and Adult Member tickets start at just $20. Child Ticket: $15 Adult Member Ticket: $20 Non-Member Ticket: $30 in advance, $35 at...

Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Micah Mickles

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 Micah Mickles will practice their art alongside the general public, educating and inspiring along the way! The residency is called "What's Worth Keeping." The public library workshop will...

Thursday Art Play: Father's Day Gift Making

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. Stop by the Creativity Center to make some fabulous gifts for all those awesome Dads, Grandfathers, or special role models in your life. Stick...

Young Adult Lab: Texture Collage

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 using various textures and rubbings to create unique collages. Supplies and snacks will be provided by the CAC. Artists and educators will be on hand...

Drawing in the Galleries

For the month of June participants will be focusing on landscape drawing. 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 a 2 hour drawing...

Artist Talk with Gee Horton at The Mercantile Library

Register Please join us at The Mercantile Library on Saturday, June 20 for an Artist Talk with Gee Horton. As a way to open up and discuss his solo exhibition, Chapter 4, In Another Lifetime, on view at CAC between April 24 and August 30, 2026, Horton will have an informal conversation...

Artist in Residence at the CAC: Micah Mickles

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 Micah Mickles will practice their art alongside the general public, educating and inspiring along the way! The residency is called "What's Worth Keeping." The public library workshop will...

Soul Session 2 : Some Kinda Blue

About the Artist Phyllis Jeffers-Coly is a dynamic and engaging writer and teacher from North Carolina whose voice is “authentic, nurturing, accessible and soulful, revealing and reflecting her own capacity for the healing she is sharing with others.” Described as “the real deal” by Dr. Gail Parker, Phyllis’ voice, on...

Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Micah Mickles

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 Micah Mickles will practice their art alongside the general public, educating and inspiring along the way! The residency is called "What's Worth Keeping." The public library workshop will...

Thursday Art Play: Hello Summer!

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. Let's celebrate the beginning of summer with some sunny, seasonal art making. Stick around for some kid-friendly yoga following each Art Play session. Free...

Young Adult Lab: Pride Weekend Tie-Dye and pronoun button making w/ Art Therapist Sharee Allen

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 continue a series of workshops led by art therapist Sharee Allen. We're celebrating Pride with a workshop geared toward making tie-dyed bandanas, shirts, etc. Plus we'll...

Drawing in the Galleries

For the month of June participants will be focusing on landscape drawing. 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 a 2 hour drawing...

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...

Open Mic Night

Step into a night of creativity with word artists and poets, Jamie Lee Morris and Brandon Issac, as they lead an open mic inspired by our latest exhibitions. Explore our gallery, draw inspiration from the art, craft your own poem during the first hour’s workshop, then take the stage to share...

Artist in Residence at the CAC: Micah Mickles

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 Micah Mickles will practice their art alongside the general public, educating and inspiring along the way! The residency is called "What's Worth Keeping." The public library workshop will...

Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Micah Mickles

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 Micah Mickles will practice their art alongside the general public, educating and inspiring along the way! The residency is called "What's Worth Keeping." The public library workshop will...

ProjectArt Presents: The Heart of it All

This exhibition brings together three ProjectArt artists whose work centers on storytelling, lived experience, and connection through a wide range of materials and approaches.

Michael Stillion: And then it was flowers

Michael Stillion’s work explores the human condition through emotionally charged, visually layered compositions. In 'And then it was flowers' Stillion presents recent paintings, works on paper, ceramic sculptures, and an animation, all which depict vessels with human-like features.

Gee Horton: Chapter 4, In Another Lifetime

This narrative-driven exhibition features Gee Horton’s loosely autobiographical account of the struggles of Freeman Little, a 37-year-old Black man living with Guent Bu Wa, a rare hereditary sleep disorder that causes vivid, prophetic dreams.

SOFTlab: Gravity's Rainbow

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