Contemporary Arts Center
Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center
for Contemporary Art
44 E. 6th Street,
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513 345 8400
The CAC is dedicated to showing contemporary art that inspires thought, action, and creativity
On view through
12
February
2023
Images on which to build, 1970s-1990s
Activism, education, and media production in trans, queer, and feminist movements
On view through
27
February
2023
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 view through
05
March
2023
Under the Canopy
This installation by interdisciplinary and summer 2022 Co-LAB artist Julia Orquera Bianco uses Burnet Woods and our relationships to it as its subjects. Manipulating light through entrancing canopy banners, the exhibit invites the public to deepen their connection to nature through art.
On view through
02
April
2023
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
On view through
25
September
2023
Baseera Khan: Weight on History
Addressing issues of access, cultural appropriation, and migration
On view 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.