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
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.
On view through
05
January
2025
Optical Authority
Students from the Art Academy of Cincinnati respond to the artist, materials, and themes presented in Subjective Evidence.
On view 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.
On view through
10
February
2025
Terra Futura
Created in 2022 by artist and storyteller Louisa L, Terra Futura is more than an art project, it's a movement aimed at igniting passion and action inspired by the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The project educates and empowers young minds to champion sustainability and drive positive change for a brighter future.
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.
On view 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