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With Art in Mind

With Art in Mind programs are a comfortable gathering that allow people living with dementia and their care partners to socialize and engage in activities in a safe, welcoming environment. Free for all. Reserve your spot by emailing Shannon Braun, or call 513-979-2302.

Thursday Art Play: Drive-In Movie Play Date

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 learning about the Creativity Center's newest work of art, Reels on Wheels! This exciting piece showcases the magic of movies...

CAC's Artist in the Park: Karen Boyhen

Visit the CAC’s Summer Artist-in-Residence, Karen Boyhen, every Wednesday 4-6PM at the Washington Park Porch! Karen is also at the CAC every Saturday 1-3pm! Join team Tiny Cincinnati! Together we'll build a small scale version of parts our city from the ground up. Construction materials include: paper mache, recycled materials, found...

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...

Young Adult Lab: Patchwork Shirts

Join us every Thursday from 4:00-6:00pm. This week, we'll be making our own patchwork shirts! All art supplies will be provided by the CAC. Artists and educators on hand to assist. Supplies and snacks will be provided by the CAC. The CAC's Teen Programs are made possible in part by the Institute...

Still life Drawing

For the months of July-September 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 other Thursday. During each session attendees will have 10-15 minutes to have a group discussion about their...

Family Festival: Community Block Party

Stop by the CAC’s Creativity Center on July 12 for an indoor block party the whole family is sure to enjoy! Join us as we celebrate community focused artwork inspired by our Ohio Now exhibition and create alongside some of our favorite local artists! Design a felt banner with artist Garrett...

Artist in Residence at the CAC: Karen Boyhen and special guest Courtney Cooper!

THIS WEEK IS A SPECIAL AIR HAPPENING ALONG WITH OUR SUMMER FAMILY FESTIVAL FROM 11AM-1PM! Join our Summer Artist-in-Residence, Karen Boyhen, 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. Join team Tiny...

CAC's Artist in the Park: Karen Boyhen

Visit the CAC’s Summer Artist-in-Residence, Karen Boyhen, every Wednesday 4-6PM at the Washington Park Porch! Karen is also at the CAC every Saturday 1-3pm! Join team Tiny Cincinnati! Together we'll build a small scale version of parts our city from the ground up. Construction materials include: paper mache, recycled materials, found...

Thursday Art Play: Stay Weird Ohio

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 Ohio artists currently showing work in our galleries and create your own artwork inspired by their work. Stick around for...

Young Adult Lab: Fabric Collage w/ Iliana Marsh

Join us every Thursday from 4:00-6:00pm. In this workshop, we’ll be going over how to collage various types of fabrics into an art piece. By having pattern, color, and texture variations of fabrics as well as buttons, ribbons, stamps and beads to add details to the work itself. Hopefully this...

Artist in Residence at the CAC: Karen Boyhen

Join our Summer Artist-in-Residence, Karen Boyhen, 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. Join team Tiny Cincinnati! Together we'll build a small scale version of parts our city from the...

ArtsWave's Truth & Innovation Showcase

ArtsWave will present the fifth anniversary Truth & Innovation Showcase celebrating the original artwork of 25 BIPOC artists commissioned through ArtsWave’s Black and Brown Artist Grant program at Contemporary Arts Center this summer. On Saturday, July 19, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., the visual arts exhibition will be open...

Feed the People

Join us for Feed The People with artist Cofi Higgins, an immersive experience in partnership with the CAC and West End Garden. The Feed the People Co-LAB will host Creative Wellness Tea Workshops.This program offers a unique experience at West End Garden, where participants will tour the garden, enjoy a...

Film Screening: Eight Men Out from Cindependent Film Festival

Get Tickets Event Timeline 6:00pm to 7:00pm - Social hour 7:00pm - Film Eight Men Out (1988) John Sayle's 1988 drama, Eight Men Out is tied to Cincinnati in multiple ways. Scandal-notwithstanding, the film depicts the Cincinnati Reds' first World Series Championship, over the Chicago White Sox in 1919. And in a bit of cinema-trickery,...

CAC's Artist in the Park: Karen Boyhen

Visit the CAC’s Summer Artist-in-Residence, Karen Boyhen, every Wednesday 4-6PM at the Washington Park Porch! Karen is also at the CAC every Saturday 1-3pm! Join team Tiny Cincinnati! Together we'll build a small scale version of parts our city from the ground up. Construction materials include: paper mache, recycled materials, found...

Thursday Art Play: Marcus Leslie Singleton

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 Marcus Leslie Singleton and create artwork inspired by their work. Stick around for some kid-friendly yoga following each Art...

Young Adult Lab: Block Print Postcards

Join us every Thursday from 4:00-6:00pm. This week, we'll be learning block printing through the process of designing, carving, and printing a set of postcards, as a way to introduce participants to the technical skills of printmaking as well as the reflective and communicative properties of this age old art...

Still life Drawing

For the months of July-September 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 other Thursday. During each session attendees will have 10-15 minutes to have a group discussion about their...

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...

Feed the People

Join us for Feed The People with artist Cofi Higgins, an immersive experience in partnership with the CAC and West End Garden. The Feed the People Co-LAB will host Creative Wellness Tea Workshops.This program offers a unique experience at West End Garden, where participants will tour the garden, enjoy a...

CAC's Artist in the Park: Karen Boyhen

Visit the CAC’s Summer Artist-in-Residence, Karen Boyhen, every Wednesday 4-6PM at the Washington Park Porch! Karen is also at the CAC every Saturday 1-3pm! Join team Tiny Cincinnati! Together we'll build a small scale version of parts our city from the ground up. Construction materials include: paper mache, recycled materials, found...

Thursday Art Play: Float On

Join us for a very special Thursday Art Play! Families can learn about the Creativity Center installation Buoyant and meet the local artist Karen Saunders who created the piece. Stop by to make a special view finder and create additional projects inspired by Saunders work. Stick around for some kid-friendly...

Young Adult Lab: Jewelry Making

Join us every Thursday from 4:00-6:00pm for Young Adult Lab! This week, we'll be making jewlery out of charms, beads, wire and other attachments! Artists and educators on hand to assist. Supplies and snacks will be provided by the CAC. The CAC's Teen Programs are made possible in part by the...

Artist in Residence at the CAC: Karen Boyhen

Join our Summer Artist-in-Residence, Karen Boyhen, 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. Join team Tiny Cincinnati! Together we'll build a small scale version of parts our city from the...

ProjectArt Presents: Inner Worlds, Shared Spaces

Group exhibition of ProjectArt teaching artists and students.

Regional 90 Community Gallery Opening

Regional Connections features works by artists living and working in Cincinnati, OH or Indianapolis, IN, and Louisville KY and surrounding cities. The show comes to the CAC as a collaboration with artist collective Region 90, created by Cierra Fogle and co-founder Maxine Wallace.

Ohio Now: State of Nature

'Ohio Now: State of Nature' brings together artists across Ohio who focus on sustainability, agriculture, food justice, and natural ecologies.

2025 Truth & Innovation Showcase

Original artwork of 25 BIPOC artists commissioned through ArtsWave’s Black and Brown Artist Grant program.

Marcus Leslie Singleton: New Steps

This exhibition presents the results of the new steps Marcus Leslie Singleton took in his artistic practice following his return from a month-long artist residency at La Four­chette de Rōze, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire in January 2024.

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