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The Creative Writing Project: Spring

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...

Family Festival: Art Opening!

Join us for the opening celebration of the CAC's School Outreach exhibit and the new updated Soft Bones installation by artist Garrett Goben in the CAC's Creativity Center! These two great new additions to the 6th floor will be on display for visitors to learn about and explore. Guest artists from...

Market Bleu

Market Bleu is Cincinnati's foremost quarterly night market that showcases elevated handmade products, fine and performance art from across our region and beyond. This event is currently held at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC), located in downtown Cincinnati, Oh.

Alex Lippert Co-LAB : Against the Grain- Tintype Creative Resistance

Against the Grain is an immersive workshop for photographers, artists, and curious image-makers who want to explore tintype not just as a historical process, but as a contemporary act of creative resistance. In a culture dominated by digital speed, algorithmic visibility, filters, photoshop and endless image production, participants investigate what...

The Artist’s Table: An Evening of Conversation with Contemporary Artists

Reserve My Seat Join us for The Artist’s Table—a thoughtfully curated dinner bringing together artists, collaborators, and supporters in the dramatic civic heart of CAC’s Zaha Hadid-designed building, Kaplan Hall. One week ahead of our Spring 2026 Exhibition openings, guests will gather in Kaplan Hall for an evening bookended by live harp...

Thursday Art Play: Sensory Stations

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. Sometimes experimenting is the best part about art. It’s fun to make, fail and try again. Pick a sensory station to create and...

Young Adult Lab: Paper Making

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 learning to make paper in a hands on, DIY way! Supplies and snacks will be provided by the CAC. Artists and educators will be on...

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...

The Creative Writing Project: Spring

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...

Urbana Cafe Grand Opening: Latte Art Competition

So you think you have what it takes to win the battle of the *Milks*? This unique latte art competition will be divided into two groups, Latte Art Dairy, and Latte Art Oat. Each category will only have 8 competitors. Each category will be competing on its own, but then, in...

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: Earth Day Art!

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. Lets celebrate Earth Day together and create artwork designed to make the world a better place. Stick around for some kid-friendly yoga following...

Young Adult Lab: Painting Glass Garden Lanterns 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 participants in painting glass garden lanterns using eco dyes! Make your own...

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...

Gee Horton + Michael Stillion, Premiere of Two Exhibitions

Join us for the opening celebration of two new exhibitions by Gee Horton + Michael Stillion! 7-9 PM Enjoy exclusive gallery access and a cash bar as we debut these powerful new bodies of work. Register Here Michael Stillion: And then it was flowers Curated by Adjunct CAC Curator Maria Seda-Reeder, this...

The Creative Writing Project: Spring

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...

Xaviera Simmons in Conversation with Christina Vassallo

Christina Vassallo From 2020 - early 2023 Christina served as Executive Director of the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, where she redefined a living laboratory that collaborates with artists to make and present new artwork to the public. Vassallo joined the CAC as Executive Director from 2023-2026, and is now...

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: Art Roots

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 artist Gee Horton and create artwork inspired by his new exhibition. Stick around for some kid-friendly yoga following each Art...

Young Adult Lab: Fruit Printing

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're celebrating Spring by doing some fruit printing proving you really can make art out of anything! Supplies and snacks will be provided by the CAC. Artists...

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...

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...

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.

Catch Flight

Xavier Art Society Members Respond to Sheida Soleimani: What a Revolutionary Must Know

Student Art Show: 2026 CAC School Program

The student art show is the culminating event of the School Outreach Program. Featuring the work of students K-12 enrolled in the CAC's SOP Program.

Creative Resistance Captured in Tintype: Immortalizing Art as Activism

Working with artists from Cincinnati and the surrounding regions, Lippert combines in-depth interviews with handcrafted tintypes to explore how different and sometimes unexpected art functions as a tool for community building, cultural memory, and protest.

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