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Artist In Residence at the Public Library: Elan Schwartz

Join our Spring Artist-in-Residence, Elan Schwartz, every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC! Elan's residency will be focusing on themes of love, vulnerability, communication, and empathy. Love is an actionable choice we make every day and it is expressed in just...

Thursday Art Play: Painting Portraits

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 painter Vivian Brown and create artwork inspired by their work. Stick around for some kid-friendly yoga following each Art Play...

Young Adult Lab: Tie Dyeing!

Join us every Thursday in the Creative Learning Center on the 6th floor of the CAC for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program! This week, we'll be experimenting with tie dye! Create a one of a kind shirt or tote bag, make it your own, and take it...

Reception for the Xavier Art Society Response Show

Please join us for a small reception on Thursday, April 3 from 5-7pm to celebrate the Xavier Art Society Response Show, The Collective: Student Protests Responding to Vivian Browne: My Kind of Protest, members of Xavier Art Society created artwork inspired by the four themes presented in the exhibition as well...

Painting for All Skill Levels

For the months of April-June participants will be learning or brushing up on their painting skill. We invite all skill levels. These classes are free and are open to participants 16+. These classes run from 5:30pm-7pm every other Thursday. During each session attendees will have 10-15 minutes to have a...

Creative Café

The Creative Café is not just a place, it's a vibrant community where artists, performers, and visionaries come together to inspire and be inspired. Picture yourself immersed in a space filled with art, conversation, and a lively atmosphere. As you sip on your favorite drink, you'll be surrounded by fellow...

The Creative Writing Project: Spring

Join us for a series of workshops designed to provide adult writers of all levels with opportunities to explore the art of creative writing. Inspired by the CAC exhibition, My Kind of Protest, each workshop centers around the topic of identity. This four-week series puts participants amongst a community of...

Yay! Play!

Come out and play at the Contemporary Arts Center’s newest family program! Drop by the CAC's Creativity Center from 10:30am-noon for a giant play date your little ones are sure to love. The Creativity Center is the perfect space to connect with parents and children through conversation and play. Join us...

Artist In Residence at the Public Library: Elan Schwartz

Join our Spring Artist-in-Residence, Elan Schwartz, every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC! Elan's residency will be focusing on themes of love, vulnerability, communication, and empathy. Love is an actionable choice we make every day and it is expressed in just...

Thursday Art Play: Shorts for Shorties

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 film inspired Creativity Center Installation Reels on Wheels and create artwork inspired by the short indie-films in this piece. Stick...

Young Adult Lab: Pressed Flower Lanterns!

Join us every Thursday in the Creative Learning Center on the 6th floor of the CAC for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program! This week, we'll be making unique pressed flower lanterns! Create one as a gift or for yourself to help add a little flair to your...

The Creative Writing Project: Spring

Join us for a series of workshops designed to provide adult writers of all levels with opportunities to explore the art of creative writing. Inspired by the CAC exhibition, My Kind of Protest, each workshop centers around the topic of identity. This four-week series puts participants amongst a community of...

Family Festival: Under the Rainbow

Join us for a rainbow themed Family Festival as we celebrate the CAC’s unique installation, Gravity’s Rainbow through hands on art making and interactive science experiments. Head to the CAC’s Creativity Center to make a rainbow kaleidoscope, design a moving mobile, and work with special guest artist, Marcy Petit, who...

Artist In Residence at the Public Library: Elan Schwartz

Join our Spring Artist-in-Residence, Elan Schwartz, every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC! Elan's residency will be focusing on themes of love, vulnerability, communication, and empathy. Love is an actionable choice we make every day and it is expressed in just...

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. Let's celebrate Earth Day with some nature inspired art making. Stick around for some kid-friendly yoga following each Art Play session. Free for members,...

Young Adult Lab: DIY Trading Cards

Join us every Thursday in the Creative Learning Center on the 6th floor of the CAC for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program! This week, we'll be designing our own trading or gaming cards! Want to create a one of a kind game? Want to make cards for...

Painting for All Skill Levels

For the months of April-June participants will be learning or brushing up on their painting skill. We invite all skill levels. These classes are free and are open to participants 16+. These classes run from 5:30pm-7pm every other Thursday. During each session attendees will have 10-15 minutes to have a...

Artist in Residence at the CAC: Elan Schwartz

Join our Spring Artist-in-Residence, Elan Schwartz, every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC! Free with admission. There is no charge for visitors 18 and under. Elan's residency will be focusing on themes of love, vulnerability, communication, and empathy. Love is an actionable...

Sensory Friendly Mornings at the CAC: Earth Day

During this event, the Museum will be made extra welcoming to our more sensitive guests. Families will be able to choose from a variety of activities and do them at whatever time they feel most comfortable. April's theme is Earth Day! This event is FREE but registration is required. Register here This program...

The Creative Writing Project: Spring

Join us for a series of workshops designed to provide adult writers of all levels with opportunities to explore the art of creative writing. Inspired by the CAC exhibition, My Kind of Protest, each workshop centers around the topic of identity. This four-week series puts participants amongst a community of...

The Mushroom at the End of the World-Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world—and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. It is also an edible delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical prices. In all...

Public Opening for Anti-Robot Inundation Army

Join us to celebrate the opening of Paul Wright's Anti-Robot Inundation Army in the Collective Gallery sponsored by P&G. Meet the artist and enjoy light refreshments. Free, no registration required.

Artist In Residence at the Public Library: Elan Schwartz

Join our Spring Artist-in-Residence, Elan Schwartz, every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC! Elan's residency will be focusing on themes of love, vulnerability, communication, and empathy. Love is an actionable choice we make every day and it is expressed in just...

Thursday Art Play: Piñata Party!

Get ready to shake, swing, and celebrate at a special Thursday Art Play with artists Batres Gilvin! We’re bringing a one-of-a-kind piñata to the Creativity Center shaped like big, playful ears and filled with sweet treats and fun surprises. Inspired by family traditions and self-expression, this interactive event invites children...

Young Adult Lab: Painterly Collage with Chloe Greenberg

Join us every Thursday in the Creative Learning Center on the 6th floor of the CAC for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program! In the Painterly Collage Workshop, we will primarily be exploring shape, value, and texture by creating cut-paper collages out of premade texture sheets. Utilizing photo...

Co-LAB: Printmaking with Natural Materials - Paper Making

Join us with artist Christian Casas, our Spring Co-LAB collaborator, for a hands-on Papermaking Workshop, where you'll learn the art of transforming recycled paper and natural fibers into beautiful handmade sheets. Discover traditional techniques, experiment with textures, and add creative touches like flower petals and colors. Perfect for beginners and...

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...

Artist in Residence at the CAC: Elan Schwartz

Join our Spring Artist-in-Residence, Elan Schwartz, every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC! Free with admission. There is no charge for visitors 18 and under. Elan's residency will be focusing on themes of love, vulnerability, communication, and empathy. Love is an actionable...

The Creative Writing Project: Spring

Join us for a series of workshops designed to provide adult writers of all levels with opportunities to explore the art of creative writing. Inspired by the CAC exhibition, My Kind of Protest, each workshop centers around the topic of identity. This four-week series puts participants amongst a community of...

Artist In Residence at the Public Library: Elan Schwartz

Join our Spring Artist-in-Residence, Elan Schwartz, every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC! Elan's residency will be focusing on themes of love, vulnerability, communication, and empathy. Love is an actionable choice we make every day and it is expressed in just...

Artist in Residence at the CAC: Elan Schwartz

Join our Spring Artist-in-Residence, Elan Schwartz, every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC! Free with admission. There is no charge for visitors 18 and under. Elan's residency will be focusing on themes of love, vulnerability, communication, and empathy. Love is an actionable...

The Collective: Student Protests

Xavier Art Society Members Respond to Vivian Browne: My Kind of Protest

Vivian Browne: My Kind of Protest

This exhibition recovers the depth and variety of the more than three-decade career of Vivian Browne (b. 1929, Laurel, FL; d. 1993, New York, NY). The exhibition features paintings, prints, and works on paper across seven bodies of work, as well as ephemera that highlight Browne’s pioneering activism and influential teaching career.

The Anti-Robot Inundation Army

The artist Paul Wright presents The Anti-Robot Inundation Army Project, an ongoing art project exploring media, propaganda, data, information, knowledge, and web programming.

Kahlil Robert Irving: Ground Water from screen Falls [(Collaged media) + Midwest] Street

For the lobby carpet installation, Kahlil Robert Irving integrates imagery of asphalt with pop culture references, news headlines, and digital ephemera. The artist asks viewers to reconsider their daily engagement with social media, civic community life, and the urban landscape.

SOFTlab: Gravity's Rainbow

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