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Artist in Residence: Cierra Fogle

Join our current Artist in Residence, Cierra Fogle, every Wednesday and Friday from 4-6PM in our new Creativity Center for collaborative art making and discussion! The Theme for Cierra's residency is CHANGE Cierra Fogle is a multi faceted experimental artist and storyteller from Cincinnati. She mainly works with paint, words, and movement...

Artist in Residence: Cierra Fogle

Join our current Artist in Residence, Cierra Fogle, every Wednesday and Friday from 4-6PM in our new Creativity Center for collaborative art making and discussion! The Theme for Cierra's residency is CHANGE Cierra Fogle is a multi faceted experimental artist and storyteller from Cincinnati. She mainly works with paint, words, and movement...

Art Play Hike: LaBoiteaux Woods

Art Play Hike is an outdoor series in partnership with the Cincinnati Parks. Department Join us this month as we explore LaBoiteaux Woods and take part in hands-on art making. This program is designed for children ages 2-7 and their parent or caregiver. Families will meet at the LaBoiteaux Woods outdoor...

Artist in Residence: Cierra Fogle

Join our current Artist in Residence, Cierra Fogle, every Wednesday and Friday from 4-6PM in our new Creativity Center for collaborative art making and discussion! The Theme for Cierra's residency is CHANGE Cierra Fogle is a multi faceted experimental artist and storyteller from Cincinnati. She mainly works with paint, words, and movement...

Thursday Art Play: Identity Building

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 CAC exhibition by Baseera Khan and create artwork inspired by their work. Stick around for some kid-friendly yoga following each...

Young Adult Lab: Inspired by Baseera Khan: Weight on History

Join us every Thursday in the Creative Learning Center on the 6th floor at the CAC for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program! This week we’ll make art inspired by the current exhibit, Baseera Khan: Weight on History. Artists and educators will be on hand to show...

One Night One Craft: Holiday Wreathmaking

Artist, advocate, and educator Kelsey Nihiser makes her fabulous return to One Night, One Craft with a Holiday Wreathmaking workshop! Make your own circular cornucopia of celebration and enjoy a festive environment of craft and merry making. These living wreaths make excellent gifts, in addition to beautiful adornments for your...

Artist in Residence: Cierra Fogle

Join our current Artist in Residence, Cierra Fogle, every Wednesday and Friday from 4-6PM in our new Creativity Center for collaborative art making and discussion! The Theme for Cierra's residency is CHANGE Cierra Fogle is a multi faceted experimental artist and storyteller from Cincinnati. She mainly works with paint, words, and movement...

Family Festival: Please Play

Come out and play at the Contemporary Arts Center’s new Creativity Center! Join us as we celebrate some unique works of art that encourage interactive play. Design your own 3-D game with clay foam, collaborate on a giant maze and send a fleet of mini robots through it, then noodle...

CAC@21C

Join CAC docents for a half-hour guided tour of the 21C galleries followed by a half-hour tour of the Contemporary Arts Center exhibitions. After the tour, continue your exploration of the CAC! Meet in the lobby of the 21C. Free.

Feminine Ener-G, a Fashion experience by ChiChi

Sisters Sanika and Angel Howell are the owners of ChiChi, Cincinnati's premier women's fashion boutique located in Over the Rhine. Since childhood they have both enjoyed art and fashion. As little girls they enjoyed making paper dolls and designing outfits for them to wear out of paper. Angel went on...

Artist in Residence: Cierra Fogle

Join our current Artist in Residence, Cierra Fogle, every Wednesday and Friday from 4-6PM in our new Creativity Center for collaborative art making and discussion! The Theme for Cierra's residency is CHANGE Cierra Fogle is a multi faceted experimental artist and storyteller from Cincinnati. She mainly works with paint, words, and movement...

Homeschool Wednesday: Weight on History Tour

Join us for a private tour of the FotoFocus Baseera Khan: Weight on History exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center. Following the tour students will create their own unique artwork inspired by the work they explored in the gallery. This program is designed for children ages 6-12 and their parents...

Thursday Art Play: Holiday 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. Bring your little ones to Art Play and make some one-of-a-kind presents sure to make a loved one smile. Stick around for some...

Young Adult Lab: Holiday Card and Gift 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! With our holiday spirits at an all-time high, let’s show the folks we love we care by making them gifts and cards! Artists and...

Artist in Residence: Cierra Fogle

Join our current Artist in Residence, Cierra Fogle, every Wednesday and Friday from 4-6PM in our new Creativity Center for collaborative art making and discussion! The Theme for Cierra's residency is CHANGE Cierra Fogle is a multi faceted experimental artist and storyteller from Cincinnati. She mainly works with paint, words, and movement...

Spaghetti Midwestern Exhibition Opening

Join DUMPTRUCK for the grand opening of their Community Gallery exhibition Spaghetti Midwestern. Attendies will be able to engage in corresponding art-making activities in the Creativity Center Art Lab. Cash bar. More about the exhibition: Spaghetti Midwestern is a cityscape installation meant to remind the viewer of the types of skylines...

Social Therapy: Broken Mirror Project

Spoken word artist, motivational speaker, and community organizer Desirae “The Silent Poet” Hosley has created a community called Social Therapy where adults and young adults come together to bridge the social gap in the new, pandemic-world through writing and storytelling. In this iteration, Social Therapy: Broken Mirror Project, we will...

Thursday Art Play: Holiday 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. Bring your little ones to Art Play and make some one-of-a-kind presents sure to make a loved one smile. Stick around for some...

Artist in Residence: Cierra Fogle

Join our current Artist in Residence, Cierra Fogle, every Wednesday and Friday from 4-6PM in our new Creativity Center for collaborative art making and discussion! The Theme for Cierra's residency is CHANGE Cierra Fogle is a multi faceted experimental artist and storyteller from Cincinnati. She mainly works with paint, words, and movement...

Thursday Art Play: Happy (Almost) New Year's Party!

Happy (almost) New Year’s! Stop by for a fabulous kid-friendly New Year’s bash! We’ll be decorating party masks and making festive creations for the big day. Don’t miss our countdown and dramatic balloon drop at 11am. Stick around for some kid-friendly yoga following each Art Play session. Free for members,...

Young Adult Lab: It's the End of the Year As We Know It

Join us every Thursday in the Creativity Center on the 6th Floor of the CAC for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program! Cheers to the New Year (Almost)! In order to kick off your celebrations, we will be creating resolution inspired art, party hats, and ending the...

Artist in Residence: Cierra Fogle

Join our current Artist in Residence, Cierra Fogle, every Wednesday and Friday from 4-6PM in our new Creativity Center for collaborative art making and discussion! The Theme for Cierra's residency is CHANGE Cierra Fogle is a multi faceted experimental artist and storyteller from Cincinnati. She mainly works with paint, words, and movement...

Final Friday at the CAC

NOVEMBER 25: Final Friday at the CAC 10AM-7PM Regular Gallery Hours On The Line: Documents of Risk and Faith Images on which to build, 1970s-1990s Baseera Khan: Weight On History Cameron Granger: The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Heaven Kahlil Robert Irving: Ground Water from screen Falls [(Collaged media) + Midwest] Street Napoleon Maddox: What...

CAC@21C

Join CAC docents for a half-hour guided tour of the 21C galleries followed by a half-hour tour of the Contemporary Arts Center exhibitions. After the tour, continue your exploration of the CAC! Meet in the lobby of the 21C. Free.

Unraveling

Unraveling is a popup exhibition created in response to the show Baseera Khan: Weight on History and is hosted by the Contemporary Arts Center.

Napoleon Maddox: What You Holdin'?

Director, MC, multimedia artist, and Cincinnati-native Napoleon Maddox will host our October-January CoLAB series and exhibition titled What You Holdin’?. Inspired by the resourcefulness of the Black Arts tradition, this program is centered around the notion of ‘designing your future and life, using your own blueprint with the materials on hand.’

A Community Gallery Installation by DUMPTRUCK

Spaghetti Midwestern is a cityscape installation meant to remind the viewer of the types of skylines and highway memorabilia found in middle America. The work will be a combination of a site-specific installation where the artists will drape fibers on the Community Gallery walls to create city-like structures and a lovingly rendered tapestry portrait of home.

On the Line: Documents of Risk and Faith

A group exhibition examining the complex relationship between humans and nature

Images on which to build, 1970s-1990s

Activism, education, and media production in trans, queer, and feminist movements

Cameron Granger: The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Heaven

Meditations on Black history and culture, and the communities that continue to thrive, persist, and love

Baseera Khan: Weight on History

Addressing issues of access, cultural appropriation, and migration

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.