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Art Play Hike: Bellevue Hill Park

Art Play Hike is an outdoor series in partnership with the Cincinnati Parks. Join us this month as we explore Bellevue Hill Park and take part in hands-on art making Come explore the great outdoors with your little one. Art Play Hike is a free drop-in program with no registration required....

Artist in Residence: Jamie-Lee Elizabeth

Join Jamie-Lee Elizabeth, our Artist-In-Residence for this Fall, every Wednesday from 4-6PM and every Saturday from 11am-1pm in our Creativity Center for free collaborative art making and discussion! Jamie-Lee's residency will be focusing on the themes of vulnerability and human connection by exploring love and heartbreak, friendship and family, black womanhood,...

Bespoken Live

Bespoken Live uses storytelling and story-listening to spark contagious hope and belonging. Bespoken facilitates story exchanges, both in person and digitally, with mindfulness techniques, trauma-informed activities, and tailored story crafting approaches. Bespoken believes we discover who we are by knowing each others' stories. We move toward healing when we tell...

Thursday Art Play: Fabulous Fall

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 fall with art making and projects and explore the season. Stick around for some kid-friendly yoga following each Art Play...

Young Adult Lab: Redacted Poems

Join us every Thursday in the Creative Learning Center at the CAC for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program! This week, we'll be creating redacted poems out of old books, magazines, speeches, etc. No experience required! Artist’s and educators will be on hand to assist. Snacks and...

Young Adult Lab: Redacted Poems

Join us this Thursday in the Creativity Center on the sixth floor of the CAC for Young Adult Lab, afree drop-in art-making program! Create poetry by redacting words from famous speeches andmonologues throughout history! Snacks and supplies provided by the CAC. The CAC's Teen Programs are made possible in part by...

Annual Gala

Our annual gala is more momentous than ever for this anniversary celebration of our home for new perspectives, the Zaha Hadid Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art. Declared to be "The most important American building since the Cold War" by architecture critic Herbert Muschamp for The New York Times,...

Artist in Residence: Jamie-Lee Elizabeth

Join Jamie-Lee Elizabeth, our Artist-In-Residence for this Fall, every Wednesday from 4-6PM and every Saturday from 11am-1pm in our Creativity Center for free collaborative art making and discussion! Jamie-Lee's residency will be focusing on the themes of vulnerability and human connection by exploring love and heartbreak, friendship and family, black womanhood,...

Thursday Art Play: Sky Watchers

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. The artist Karen Saunders looked to the sky for inspiration when designing Buoyant, her Creativity Center piece. Let's learn about her work and...

Young Adult Lab: Collage Your Mind

Join us this Thursday in the Creativity Center on the sixth floor of the CAC for Young Adult Lab, afree drop-in art-making program! Express yourself through the fun and interactive art of collage! Snacks and supplies provided by the CAC. The CAC's Teen Programs are made possible in part by the...

Community Gallery Opening

Join us from 5-7pm for the opening celebration of Growing Roots: An Ecology of Here in the Creativity Center's Community Gallery. Growing Roots: An Ecology of Here is a creative research project and exhibition that spawned from the summer 2023 Co-LAB program. In collaboration with the CAC's Ecologies of Elsewhere...

Artist-In-Residence: Jamie-Lee Elizabeth

Join Jamie-Lee Elizabeth, our Artist-In-Residence for this Fall, every Wednesday from 4-6PM and every Saturday from 11am-1pm in our Creativity Center for free collaborative art making and discussion! Jamie-Lee's residency will be focusing on the themes of vulnerability and human connection by exploring love and heartbreak, friendship and family, black womanhood,...

Family Festival: A Celebration of Creativity!

Our building is 20 years young, and we’re celebrating with the unveiling of a brand new mural inside our sixth floor Creativity Center! Join us for a family-friendly festival inspired by our Zaha Hadid designed building. We’ll have a certified pillow-fort architect on hand to guide visitors through some collaborative...

Artist in Residence: Jamie-Lee Elizabeth

Join Jamie-Lee Elizabeth, our Artist-In-Residence for this Fall, every Wednesday from 4-6PM and every Saturday from 11am-1pm in our Creativity Center for free collaborative art making and discussion! Jamie-Lee's residency will be focusing on the themes of vulnerability and human connection by exploring love and heartbreak, friendship and family, black womanhood,...

Homeschool Wednesday: A Rehearsal on Legacy

Join us for a private workshop inspired by the CAC exhibition, A rehearsal on legacy with Zaha Hadid. Did you know that you can construct floors and walls using compacted soil? Join Associate Professor, Paula Meijerink from Ohio State University, to learn about the architectural process of rammed earth. Following...

Thursday Art Play: Building Inspiration

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 artists from the CAC exhibition A rehearsal on legacy and create artwork inspired by their work. Stick around for some...

Young Adult Lab: Zine Making with Kyle Mace

Join us every Thursday in the Creative Learning Center at the CAC for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program! This week, we'll be making zines dedicated to your community! Fill your zine with words, pictures, drawings, whatever you feel best represents the people you surround yourself with!...

Artist-In-Residence: Jamie-Lee Elizabeth

Join Jamie-Lee Elizabeth, our Artist-In-Residence for this Fall, every Wednesday from 4-6PM and every Saturday from 11am-1pm in our Creativity Center for free collaborative art making and discussion! Jamie-Lee's residency will be focusing on the themes of vulnerability and human connection by exploring love and heartbreak, friendship and family, black womanhood,...

Co-LAB: Architectural Abstractions I

Architects and designers draw inspiration from a variety of sources and often use painting as a means of studying ideas. Zaha Hadid created a series of paintings for many of her projects, including the CAC. These paintings were used as a way of thinking abstractly about a concept or design,...

Artist in Residence: Jamie-Lee Elizabeth

Join Jamie-Lee Elizabeth, our Artist-In-Residence for this Fall, every Wednesday from 4-6PM and every Saturday from 11am-1pm in our Creativity Center for free collaborative art making and discussion! Jamie-Lee's residency will be focusing on the themes of vulnerability and human connection by exploring love and heartbreak, friendship and family, black womanhood,...

Thursday Art Play: Halloween Party

Join us for a super spooky Halloween-themed Art Play! 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 offices. Stick around for some spine-tingling yoga. Free for members, $5 per non member child. This...

Young Adult Lab: Zombie Dolls

Join us every Thursday in the Creative Learning Center at the CAC for Young Adult Lab, a free drop-in art making program! This Halloween we will be carving out good times with zombie barbie dolls (the more blood and guts the better). Costumes are encouraged. Supplies and snacks will be...

CAC@21c

Join a CAC docent for a half-hour guided tour of the 21c exhibitions followed by a half-hour tour of the Contemporary Arts Center exhibitions. Come early to Metropole to enjoy a complimentary cocktail and tour will meet in the lobby of the 21c. Event is free and meets on the...

Artist-In-Residence: Jamie-Lee Elizabeth

Join Jamie-Lee Elizabeth, our Artist-In-Residence for this Fall, every Wednesday from 4-6PM and every Saturday from 11am-1pm in our Creativity Center for free collaborative art making and discussion! Jamie-Lee's residency will be focusing on the themes of vulnerability and human connection by exploring love and heartbreak, friendship and family, black womanhood,...

Sensory Friendly Mornings at the CAC: 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. This session's theme will be fun as it's inspired by the spookiest time of...

Artist in Residence: Jamie-Lee Elizabeth

Join Jamie-Lee Elizabeth, our Artist-In-Residence for this Fall, every Wednesday from 4-6PM and every Saturday from 11am-1pm in our Creativity Center for free collaborative art making and discussion! Jamie-Lee's residency will be focusing on the themes of vulnerability and human connection by exploring love and heartbreak, friendship and family, black womanhood,...

Artist-In-Residence: Jamie-Lee Elizabeth

Join Jamie-Lee Elizabeth, our Artist-In-Residence for this Fall, every Wednesday from 4-6PM and every Saturday from 11am-1pm in our Creativity Center for free collaborative art making and discussion! Jamie-Lee's residency will be focusing on the themes of vulnerability and human connection by exploring love and heartbreak, friendship and family, black womanhood,...

Soft Steps

Over the summer, museum visitors joined Artist in Residence Anissa Pulcheon in making collaborative works of art exploring dreams

Emerging Architectural Perspectives

Student Projects from the School of Architecture and Interior Design at the University of Cincinnati in conjunction with the 20th Anniversary of the CAC’s Zaha Hadid designed building

Community Gallery Growing Roots

This exhibition invites the viewer to learn more about local BIPOC farming and growing initiatives. Photographs and a short film document the experiences of several of these individuals, as well as their reflections on some of the themes explored by the work in Ecologies of Elsewhere.

A Permanent Nostalgia for Departure

A view of Zaha Hadid's legacy not as a conclusive overview, but rather as a point of departure full of possibilities and reflections

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.