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Contemporary Arts Center
Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center
for Contemporary Art
44 E. 6th Street,
Cincinnati, OH 45202

513 345 8400

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Alchemizing stories for intergenerational evolution

On view through
30 August
2026

Gee Horton: Chapter 4, In Another Lifetime

This narrative-driven exhibition features Gee Horton’s loosely autobiographical account of the struggles of Freeman Little, a 37-year-old Black man living with Guent Bu Wa, a rare hereditary sleep disorder that causes vivid, prophetic dreams.

Painting the containers of our contemporary landscapes

On view through
30 August
2026

Michael Stillion: And then it was flowers

Michael Stillion’s work explores the human condition through emotionally charged, visually layered compositions. In 'And then it was flowers' Stillion presents recent paintings, works on paper, ceramic sculptures, and an animation, all which depict vessels with human-like features.

Art as activism and the tool for writing a counter-hegemonic narrative

On view through
31 May
2026

Creative Resistance Captured in Tintype: Immortalizing Art as Activism

Working with artists from Cincinnati and the surrounding regions, Lippert combines in-depth interviews with handcrafted tintypes to explore how different and sometimes unexpected art functions as a tool for community building, cultural memory, and protest.

A floating symphony of color and form

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

On view through
31 May
2026

Voices Unheard: Art, Identity, and Experience

This multidisciplinary art show highlights the voices of detained youth through visual art, writing, music, and science. Each piece reflects personal stories of identity, resilience, rehabilitation, and growth based on environment and lived experience.

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