Contemporary Arts Center
Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center
for Contemporary Art
44 E. 6th Street,
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513 345 8400
Every week you'll find numerous programs to get your creativity and mind going
October 2024 Events
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3 10:30 AM Thursday Art Play: Light and Shadow Play
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October Thursday Art Play: Light and Shadow Play 4:00 PM Young Adult Lab: Share the Light Lantern Making for Blink
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October Young Adult Lab: Share the Light Lantern Making for Blink |
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6 2:00 PM Screening: OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage
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October Screening: OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage |
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9 4:00 PM Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Maddy McFadden
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October Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Maddy McFadden |
10 10:30 AM Thursday Art Play: The Painted Desert
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October Thursday Art Play: The Painted Desert 4:00 PM Young Adult Lab: Wheat Paste Workshop w/ Technique2012
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October Young Adult Lab: Wheat Paste Workshop w/ Technique2012 5:00 PM Opening Reception for Journeys to Healing
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October Opening Reception for Journeys to Healing |
11 5:00 PM Opening Celebration for Indigenous People's Day Convergence Weekend
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October Opening Celebration for Indigenous People's Day Convergence Weekend |
12 11:00 AM Family Festival: Click! Click!
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October Family Festival: Click! Click! 1:00 PM We Still Here by Marc Lamont Hill
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October We Still Here by Marc Lamont Hill 1:00 PM Journeys to Healing: Artist Talks
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October Journeys to Healing: Artist Talks 1:00 PM Artist in Residence at the CAC: Maddy McFadden
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October Artist in Residence at the CAC: Maddy McFadden |
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16 4:00 PM Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Maddy McFadden
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October Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Maddy McFadden |
17 10:00 AM SOFTlab: Gravity’s Rainbow Opens
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October SOFTlab: Gravity’s Rainbow Opens 10:30 AM Thursday Art Play: BLINK Community Art
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October Thursday Art Play: BLINK Community Art 4:00 PM Young Adult Lab: Blink Parade Decorating
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October Young Adult Lab: Blink Parade Decorating |
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19 1:00 PM Artist in Residence at the CAC: Maddy McFadden
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October Artist in Residence at the CAC: Maddy McFadden 6:30 PM BLINK at the CAC with Market Bleu
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October BLINK at the CAC with Market Bleu |
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23 4:00 PM Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Maddy McFadden
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October Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Maddy McFadden |
24 10:30 AM Thursday Art Play: The Funk Within You
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October Thursday Art Play: The Funk Within You 4:00 PM Young Adult Lab: Zombie Dolls!
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October Young Adult Lab: Zombie Dolls! |
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26 1:00 PM Artist in Residence at the CAC: Maddy McFadden
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October Artist in Residence at the CAC: Maddy McFadden 9:00 AM Sensory Friendly Mornings: Halloween Treat
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October Sensory Friendly Mornings: Halloween Treat 1:00 PM Journeys to Healing: Artist Talks
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October Journeys to Healing: Artist Talks |
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30 4:00 PM Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Maddy McFadden
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October Artist in Residence at the Public Library: Maddy McFadden |
31 10:30 AM Thursday Art Play: Halloween Bash!
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October Thursday Art Play: Halloween Bash! 4:00 PM Young Adult Lab: Halloween Mask Making
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October Young Adult Lab: Halloween Mask Making | ||
October 2024 Events
03
October
2024
Thursday
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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...
03
October
2024
Thursday
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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...
03
October
2024
Thursday
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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...
04
October
2024
Friday
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
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...
06
October
2024
Sunday
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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...
09
October
2024
Wednesday
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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...
10
October
2024
Thursday
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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...
10
October
2024
Thursday
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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...
10
October
2024
Thursday
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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.
11
October
2024
Friday
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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...
12
October
2024
Saturday
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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...
12
October
2024
Saturday
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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...
12
October
2024
Saturday
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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.
12
October
2024
Saturday
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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...
16
October
2024
Wednesday
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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...
17
October
2024
Thursday
10:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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...
17
October
2024
Thursday
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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...
17
October
2024
Thursday
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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...
17
October
2024
Thursday
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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...
18
October
2024
Friday
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
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...
19
October
2024
Saturday
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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...
19
October
2024
Saturday
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM
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...
20
October
2024
Sunday
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
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...
23
October
2024
Wednesday
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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...
24
October
2024
Thursday
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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...
24
October
2024
Thursday
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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...
26
October
2024
Saturday
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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...
26
October
2024
Saturday
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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...
26
October
2024
Saturday
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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.
30
October
2024
Wednesday
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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...
31
October
2024
Thursday
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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...
31
October
2024
Thursday
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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...
02
November
2024
Saturday
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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...
On-Going Events
Through
27
October
2024
Journey of Healing: The Trauma-Informed Power of Art
Artists finding healing from abuse through artistic expression
Through
10
November
2024
Knowing Ourselves, Understanding Each Other
These illustrated memoirs of English language learner students, tell the powerful stories of their lives through words and images.
Through
05
January
2025
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.
Through
09
February
2025
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.
Through
30
December
2025
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.
Through
31
October
2026
SOFTlab: Gravity's Rainbow
This installation, suspended from the ceiling of the CAC’s Dr. Stanley & Mickey Kaplan Hall Lobby, takes something invisible