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Intro to Painting

During the month of September, participants will learn how to mix paint, how to prepare a painting surface, and how to lay down an underpainting. This exploration will be done through still lives. During each session students will have 10-15 minutes to have a group discussion about their work. Dates: SEPT...

Poems While You Wait in the Gallery

The current installation of Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ “Untitled” (L.A.), 1991, welcomes visitors with an endless supply of candy sprawled across the CAC’s gallery floor. Guests are invited to select a piece, and even eat it, allowing the experience of the artwork to engage senses not often activated in a gallery setting. While...

Educator Workshop + Happy Hour: UnMuseum Playdate

Hang out and get hands-on in our popular, interactive learning space. Discover our educator resources and how to schedule a field trip without the hassle. Participate in a curated lesson plan led by UnMuseum artist, Karen Saunders (Buoyant), alongside complimentary drinks and light bites. Non-members $5.00; Members and pre-service educators...

Underworld Black Arts Festival

The Underworld Black Arts Festival is back with a day packed full of knowledge, experience, and celebration. Experience the Black History 101 Mobile Museum in the CAC Kaplan Hall Lobby from 10:00am-6:00pm. The curated collections of objects features notable Black musical artists. Free--no registration required. The UnderWorld Black Arts Festival International...

The Cyber Effect by Mary Aiken

Mary Aiken, the world’s leading expert in forensic cyberpsychology, offers a starting point for all future conversations about how the Internet is shaping development and behavior, societal norms and values, children, safety, privacy, and our perception of the world. Drawing on her own research and extensive experience with law enforcement,...

Illustrated Memoir Reception

Join us on September 14 from 5-7pm for the opening reception of Make Tank Inc's Illustrated Memoir Project, Knowing Ourselves, Understanding Each Other. This powerful show, in the CAC's Community Gallery, highlights the life stories and illustrations of English language learner students. Through words and images, students have captured important...

Special Event: Shepard Fairey Talk at the CAC

On September 17, National Voter Registration Day, Cincinnati will host renowned street artist Shepard Fairey! Fairey will take the stage at the Contemporary Arts Center’s Black Box Theater for an inspiring talk open to the public at 6:00 PM. He’ll dive into his journey as an artist and discuss how...

Intro to Painting

During the month of September, participants will learn how to mix paint, how to prepare a painting surface, and how to lay down an underpainting. This exploration will be done through still lives. During each session students will have 10-15 minutes to have a group discussion about their work. Dates: SEPT...

Opening Reception for Barbara Probst: Subjective Evidence

Join us as we commemorate the opening of Barbara Probst: Subjective Evidence at the CAC as part of the 2024 FotoFocus Biennial! 8-10 PM Opening Reception – Free 9 PM Afterparty at Alice OTR – No Cover for CAC Members The reception will feature a cash bar, live DJ, and more! Register Now Subjective Evidence...

Queens Village: Revolutionary Recipes

Revolutionary Recipes: The Flavors of a Black Woman Amplified" is a collaborative, intergenerational, and immersive exhibition that explores Black womanhood with an ethnographic focus on what ingredients made the woman in

Jayson Musson: His History of Art

"a sitcom orbiting art history and all the fun to be had dancing on the minefield of the past"

Felix Gonzalez-Torres: “Untitled” (L.A.)

Take It Or Leave It

What turns an everyday object into a work of art? Inspired by Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ work in the CAC’s 5th floor gallery, "Take It or Leave It" explores the questions that everyday objects as art can raise. This show in the CAC's Community Gallery invites the public to curate and create with everyday objects.

Knowing Ourselves, Understanding Each Other

These illustrated memoirs of English language learner students, tell the powerful stories of their lives through words and images.

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.

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.

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.