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Thursday Art Play: Light and Shadow Play

Come celebrate BLINK, one of the largest light, art and projection events in the nation! Join us at the CAC as we create a collaborative scroll, experiment with light play, and design colorful lanterns inspired by this event. Stick around for some kid-friendly yoga following each Art Play session. This special...

Young Adult Lab: Share the Light Lantern Making for Blink

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 have a special project to celebrate BLINK, one of the largest light, art and projection events in the nation! Join us as...

Drawing or Painting

For the month of October participants will decide what pieces they would like to work on during the session time while the instructor comes around to give them advice on their work. This could be work done in a personal studio session that the participant would like advice on or...

Creative Café

Join us Friday, October 4th from 7-10 pm for our 3rd installment of our Creative Café! The Creative Café seeks to be a vibrant, inclusive space that nurtures and showcases the community's talent. Through quarterly events and an emerging online social community, we aim to build a thriving network of...

Screening: OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage

OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage follows Whitney Bradshaw as she photographs women mid-scream in cathartic group sessions where long-silenced stories conjure rage, sorrow, and joy. An activist and sexual abuse survivor, Whitney uses art to fuel action for women’s rights, culminating in a grassroots fight for abortion access in Ohio. The...

Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Maddy McFadden

Join our fall Artist-in-Residence, Maddy McFadden, Every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC! The theme for Maddy’s residency is “Daydreaming and Space-Making.” Her practice engages with space as both a physical and philosophical concept, asks what happens when a space doesn’t...

Thursday Art Play: The Painted Desert

Join us Thursday mornings for creative playtime at the Contemporary Arts Center. This family program uses hands-on art making activities and yoga to excite and educate our youngest visitors. Learn about the FotoFocus exhibition artist, Chip Thomas and create artwork inspired by his work. Stick around for some kid-friendly yoga...

Young Adult Lab: Wheat Paste Workshop w/ Technique2012

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, to celebrate the opening of recent Fotofocus show, Chip Thomas and the Painted Desert, we'll be doing a Wheat Paste Workshop with local...

Opening Reception for Journeys to Healing

Join us for the opening reception for Journeys to Healing, an exhibition on healing from domestic violence. In coordination with the Zonta Club of Cincinnati.

Opening Celebration for Indigenous People's Day Convergence Weekend

Urban Native Collective's Indigenous People's Day Convergence Weekend starts off with an opening Party at the CAC with art and a speaker series at the 21C Museum Hotel next door. This event will showcase the work of Indigenous artists and feature performances from the Copper Face United Powwow Dancers and DJ...

Family Festival: Click! Click!

Stop by the CAC’s Creativity Center for this photo themed Family Festival inspired by our current FotoFocus exhibitions. Join us as we create viewfinder cameras from cardboard, design a still life collage using cyanotype printing, experiment with shutter speeds in our light drawing photo booth, and make a wheat paste...

We Still Here by Marc Lamont Hill

In the United States, being poor and Black makes you more likely to get sick. Being poor, Black, and sick makes you more likely to die. Your proximity to death makes you disposable.” The uprising of 2020 marked a new phase in the unfolding Movement for Black Lives. The brutal...

Journeys to Healing: Artist Talks

Come hear artists in the Journeys to Healing exhibition talk about their work in the P&G Gallery. Free--no registration required.

Artist in Residence at the CAC: Maddy McFadden

Join our fall Artist-in-Residence, Maddy McFadden, Every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC! The theme for Maddy’s residency is “Daydreaming and Space-Making.” Her practice engages with space as both a physical and philosophical concept, asks what happens when a space doesn’t...

Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Maddy McFadden

Join our fall Artist-in-Residence, Maddy McFadden, Every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC! The theme for Maddy’s residency is “Daydreaming and Space-Making.” Her practice engages with space as both a physical and philosophical concept, asks what happens when a space doesn’t...

SOFTlab: Gravity’s Rainbow Opens

This installation, suspended from the ceiling of the Dr. Stanley & Mickey Kaplan Hall Lobby, takes something invisible—gravity—and makes it visible. New York-based design firm SOFTlab constructed a frame made from shapes that mimic clustering bubbles. The cables draped from this structure drift slowly up and down, following the movements...

Thursday Art Play: BLINK Community 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. This week we'll celebrate Blink, one of the largest light, art and projection events in the nation! Join us for some festive art...

Young Adult Lab: Blink Parade Decorating

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 have another special project to celebrate BLINK, one of the largest light, art and projection events in the nation! Join us just...

Drawing or Painting

For the month of October participants will decide what pieces they would like to work on during the session time while the instructor comes around to give them advice on their work. This could be work done in a personal studio session that the participant would like advice on or...

BLINK at the CAC

Stop by the CAC during your BLINK adventures! Walk along Walnut or 6th Street to be astonished by the activation of the renowned Zaha Hadid architecture. Meanwhile, our building will be available as a Comfort Station. Our Lobby, Lower Level, and 2nd Floor Galleries will be open with cash bars and...

Artist in Residence at the CAC: Maddy McFadden

Join our fall Artist-in-Residence, Maddy McFadden, Every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC! The theme for Maddy’s residency is “Daydreaming and Space-Making.” Her practice engages with space as both a physical and philosophical concept, asks what happens when a space doesn’t...

BLINK at the CAC with Market Bleu

Stop by the CAC during your BLINK adventures! Walk along Walnut or 6th Street to be astonished by the activation of the renowned Zaha Hadid architecture. Then, step inside the CAC Lobby and enjoy Market Bleu, a quarterly event that allows artisans and artists to showcase and sell their products at...

BLINK at the CAC

Stop by the CAC during your BLINK adventures! Walk along Walnut or 6th Street to be astonished by the activation of the renowned Zaha Hadid architecture. Meanwhile, our building will be available as a Comfort Station. Our Lobby, Lower Level, and 2nd Floor Galleries will be open with cash bars and...

Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Maddy McFadden

Join our fall Artist-in-Residence, Maddy McFadden, Every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC! The theme for Maddy’s residency is “Daydreaming and Space-Making.” Her practice engages with space as both a physical and philosophical concept, asks what happens when a space doesn’t...

Thursday Art Play: The Funk Within You

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 say goodbye to the Creativity Center installation, The Funk Within You with music and printmaking inspired artwork. The sixth floor will...

Young Adult Lab: Zombie Dolls!

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 celebrate halloween a week early by making zombie dolls! The gorier and weirder, the most undead, the better! Artists and educators on...

Artist in Residence at the CAC: Maddy McFadden

Join our fall Artist-in-Residence, Maddy McFadden, Every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC! The theme for Maddy’s residency is “Daydreaming and Space-Making.” Her practice engages with space as both a physical and philosophical concept, asks what happens when a space doesn’t...

Sensory Friendly Mornings: Halloween Treat

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. The theme of October's program is seasonal--not-so-spooky Halloween! The program is free, but registration is required. Register...

Journeys to Healing: Artist Talks

Come hear artists in the Journeys to Healing exhibition talk about their work in the P&G Gallery. Free--no registration required.

Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Maddy McFadden

Join our fall Artist-in-Residence, Maddy McFadden, Every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC! The theme for Maddy’s residency is “Daydreaming and Space-Making.” Her practice engages with space as both a physical and philosophical concept, asks what happens when a space doesn’t...

Thursday Art Play: Halloween Bash!

Join us for a super spooky Halloween-themed Art Play and trick-or-treat throughout the museum offices! Costumes are welcome as we create art inspired by this eerie day. Stop by the CAC to create some “scary” artwork, then trick-or-treat throughout the museum. Stick around for some spine-tingling yoga. Free for members, $5...

Young Adult Lab: Halloween Mask Making

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, it's halloween! Celebrate by making your own Halloween mask. Make it spooky! Make it funny! Make it however you want! We'll have plenty...

Artist in Residence at the CAC: Maddy McFadden

Join our fall Artist-in-Residence, Maddy McFadden, Every Wednesday 4-6PM at the downtown Public Library and every Saturday 1-3pm right here at the CAC! The theme for Maddy’s residency is “Daydreaming and Space-Making.” Her practice engages with space as both a physical and philosophical concept, asks what happens when a space doesn’t...

Journey of Healing: The Trauma-Informed Power of Art

Artists finding healing from abuse through artistic expression

Knowing Ourselves, Understanding Each Other

These illustrated memoirs of English language learner students, tell the powerful stories of their lives through words and images.

Chip Thomas and the Painted Desert Project

Chip Thomas is a photographer, activist, and physician whose public murals appearing in the desert landscape of Northern Arizona reflect the spirit and struggles of the Navajo people and other marginalized communities.

Barbara Probst: Subjective Evidence

Barbara Probst’s unique photographic practice, combining simultaneous, multiple views of a single scene, conveys a complex, playful, and darkly cinematic vision of people in time and space.

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