Join us on May 27 to celebrate the opening of Artist-Run Spaces, an assemblage of ten independent arts organizations, non-profits, and collectives based throughout Ohio and Northern Kentucky.
Sometimes known as artist-run, alternative, DIY, or independent spaces, artist-run spaces have historically been hubs of experimentation and community-building organized by artists for artists. Often rejecting more commercialized or institutionalized platforms, they privilege interdisciplinary exchange, grassroots organizing, and learning. Circumventing the bureaucracy, gatekeeping, and loaded histories of the sterile “white cube” of a contemporary gallery, they create experiences and spaces that foster mutual exchange and collectivism. A highlight of works from these organizations will be on display on the Second Floor of the CAC.
Opening Celebration: Artist-Run Spaces
Friday, May 27
RSVPs not required, but highly encouraged.
Schedule of Events:
5:30 Dinner Party
Fausto at the CAC (separate reservations required)
This month, our Exhibit Opening happens to be the same day as Final Friday, which means you can start the evening with a Dinner Party! Enjoy a curated cuisine experience led by the team recently recognized in Food & Wine magazine.Vegetarian and gluten free options. Reservations required. Email events@theferraribros.com
6:30 PM Members Only Cocktail Reception
Lower Level Lobby & Black Box
Free for Members
7:30 PM Performance - PIQUE: Vesper James
Black Box
Free for Members/$20 General Admission
Fractionated Flashbacks will be a reading where Vesper James' mind plays tricks on him by recalling repressed scenarios. The poem Glitting Selfie Construct will be read while a series of intrusion poems insert themselves during the reading. 15 min.
8:00 PM Public Opening: Artist-Run Spaces
Second Floor Gallery
Free, Open to All
8:00 PM Performance - Basketshop: O.J.A.I.
Second Floor Gallery
Free, Open to All
Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence will present Urban Inventory 1, a new performance based on an idiosyncratic walking practice they call Urban Reconnaissance. The piece combines aspects of architectural storytelling, political ideation, filed recordings and the casting of bureaucratic spells.
9:00 PM Performance - The Lodge KY: Nora Barton
Second Floor Gallery
Free, Open to All
Cellist Nora Barton is a recent Chicago transplant currently residing in Northern Kentucky. As Planchette, she finds warmth in harsh sounds and unexpected inspiration in the minutiae of near silence through improvisation, delayed loops, and acoustic resonance.