Cincinnati Art Museum

In celebration of hip hop’s remarkable, decades-long impact and influence on society, the Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM) will host the groundbreaking exhibition The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, on view from June 28–September 29, 2024.

The multimedia exhibition showcases more than 90 works of art by some of today’s most important and celebrated artists–such as Banksy, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roberto Lugo, Carrie Mae Weems, Mark Bradford, William Cordova, Hassan Hajjaj and Hank Willis Thomas–and fashion brands, with looks from Chanel, Gucci, Cross Colours, Vivienne Westwood and Virgil Abloh’s collections for Louis Vuitton. A range of music ephemera will also be on display.

Calling all teachers! Join us for our first Evening for Educators program this school year on Thurs. Sept 19. from 4–7 p.m.

Inspired by Louise Nevelson’s 125th birthday, this Evenings for Educators presentation will focus on women sculptors. Artist Lisa Merida-Paytes—whose work has been exhibited, collected, and published nationally and internationally for more than 25 years—will present on bringing awareness of people living with disabilities while pushing the boundaries of contemporary art. Participants will have an opportunity to hear about Lisa’s work, ask questions of the artist, and enjoy a docent guided tour of women sculptors in our collection, including Nevelson.

About Evenings for Educators
Evenings for Educators is the museum’s monthly teacher professional development program. Through the lens of the museum’s collection and exhibitions, Evenings for Educators supports all subjects taught in the classroom. It also encourages a STREAM approach as well as Twenty-First Century Learning strategies. The program is offered for teachers of all grade levels and disciplines, art appreciation volunteers, pre-service education majors, teaching artists, as well as community and museum educators.

For each program attended, educators can earn CEU’s and 1–2 graduate credits for an additional fee.

Tickets can be purchased here: https://cincinnatiartmuseum.org/events-programs/events-list/epluse-919/

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If you need accessibility accommodations, please contact us in advance at access@cincyart.org.

Join librarians from the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, along with a museum docent, for this bi-monthly book club. See the Story combines authors’ works from around the world (both fiction and non-fiction) with artwork on view in the museum’s galleries. Participants meet in the library to discuss the book of the month then take a tour of related artworks. Join us and see the story!

Registration required. Registration opens one month before the event.
Free for Members. General public: $5.

Designed for multigenerational families—spanning ages 8 through 88—this monthly gallery walk includes a twist of fun! Family members play an art-based game together, taking them on an impromptu adventure through the galleries.

If you need accessibility accommodations, please contact us in advance at access@cincyart.org.

Free. Registration not required.
Members and FotoFocus Biennial Passport holders only.

Not a member? Join today!

Discover how Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984) developed from a 14-year-old tourist with a camera into America’s most celebrated photographer. Drawn from the Center for Creative Photography’s unparalleled Ansel Adams Archive, featured works range from one-of-a-kind photographs from Adams’s teenage years to jaw-dropping mural-sized prints of his most iconic mature views.

Members are invited to view Discovering Ansel Adams before the exhibition opens to the public. Enjoy snacks and a cash bar in our Great Hall. When you arrive, please check-in at the Visitors Services desk. Learn more about Discovering Ansel Adams.

Ticketed. Free for members.
Tickets are available on Sunday, September 1.

Join us for an enlightening evening with Rebecca A. Senf, PhD, Chief Curator at the Center for Creative Photography and originating curator of Discovering Ansel Adams. Over the past 20 years, Dr. Senf has delved deeply into Ansel Adams’s creative practice and professional development. She will share observations on her own research and highlight key findings that have shaped her understanding of America's most renowned landscape photographer.

The evening will include a short lecture by Dr. Senf, followed by a brief conversation between Senf and CAM Curator of Photography Nathaniel M. Stein, PhD. The event will conclude with a 15-minute Q&A session and a book-signing opportunity, offering a unique occasion to engage with a leading expert on Adams’s work and legacy. Pre-purchase your catalog during registration and pick up in the Museum Shop before the lecture.

Don’t miss this chance to gain a new appreciation of Ansel Adams through the eyes of a leading scholar in the field.

Discovering Ansel Adams
September 27, 2024–January 19, 2025
The Thomas R. Schiff Gallery (Gallery 234 & 235)
Ticketed. Free for Members. Save $2 when purchasing tickets online.
Adult tickets: $12 in-person, $10 online
Seniors, college students and children 6–17 years: $8 in person, $6 online
Children 5 years & under: free

See the exhibition for free on Thursday nights from 5–8 p.m. and during Art After Dark on September 27 and October 25 from 5–9 p.m. FotoFocus passport holders have free entry from September 27–October 31.

Premiering at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Discovering Ansel Adams provides an unprecedented exploration of the early career of Ansel Adams (1902–1984), demonstrating how, between 1916 and the 1940s, Adams developed from a 14-year-old tourist with a camera into America’s most celebrated photographer. Drawn from the definitive Adams collection at the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, the exhibition brings together approximately 80 virtuosic photographs with unique ephemera including the artist’s handwritten correspondence, snapshots, personal possessions, and photographic working materials. Featured works range from small, one-of-a-kind photographs from Adams’s teenage years to jaw-dropping mural-sized prints of his most iconic mature views. Join the artist on his journey from teenage musician to young mountaineer, as he makes his first pictures at Yosemite, experiences the American Southwest, learns how to communicate with a broad national audience, and undertakes an epic quest to photograph America’s national parks. Along the way, discover how Ansel Adams became Ansel Adams.

Founded in 1975 by the President of University of Arizona and Ansel Adams, the Center for Creative Photography is one of the world’s finest institutions for the study of the history of photography, and a singularly important archive for Ansel Adams studies. Discovering Ansel Adams presents a rare opportunity to encounter the CCP’s Ansel Adams collection outside of Arizona.

🌟 Discovering Ansel Adams premieres at the Cincinnati Art Museum! Explore the early career of America’s most celebrated photographer, showcasing around 80 stunning photographs and unique ephemera from 1916 to the 1940s. Experience Adams’s journey from a young tourist to a master artist through personal letters, snapshots, and iconic mural-sized prints. Ticketed event; free for members. Don’t miss this unparalleled exhibition! 📸✨

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Free. Registration not required.

We’re throwing an Art After Dark like no other! Enjoy music from acclaimed Hip Hop artist and DJ Talib Kweli, DJ Bandcamp, DJ Arie, DJ Trub, and performances from Heroes Rise; food for purchase; cash bars; and free admission to ticketed exhibitions. It’s all in celebration of the final weekend of The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century!

Art After Dark | The Remix is presented in partnership with Cincinnati Music Accelerator and will take place in the museum’s front parking lot–rain or shine. Off-site parking is available at 640 Eden Park Drive with complimentary shuttles provided provided by Metro from from 5–10 p.m. Convenient ADA parking is available onsite. We encourage guests to use a rideshare service with drop-off available at the base of Art Climb.

No coolers, chairs, outside food or drink allowed. Selfie sticks, tripods, monopods, drones, and large photographic equipment are prohibited. All bags are subject to inspection and the museum reserves the right to determine what must be checked.

If you need accessibility accommodations, please contact us in advance at access@cincyart.org.

Discover the magic of reading on Wed. Oct 2 from 11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m. during our REC Reads program!

FREE. No registration required.

Bring your toddler or preschooler to the Rosenthal Education Center (REC) for a morning of art-themed story books, songs, and sensory activities. This 45-minute long program will get your little one excited about art in a fun and interactive way. Join us every first and third Wednesday of the month for a fun filled story time and artmaking activity!

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If you need accessibility accommodations, please contact us in advance at access@cincyart.org.

Stop by the REC between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on the second Sunday of the month to meet Rosenthal Education Center Artist in Residence John Lanzador and create an original work of art to take home!

Free & registration not required! *

Discover the magic of reading on Wed. Oct 16 from 11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m. during our REC Reads program!

FREE. No registration required.

Bring your toddler or preschooler to the Rosenthal Education Center (REC) for a morning of art-themed story books, songs, and sensory activities. This 45-minute long program will get your little one excited about art in a fun and interactive way. Join us every first and third Wednesday of the month for a fun filled story time and artmaking activity!

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If you need accessibility accommodations, please contact us in advance at access@cincyart.org.

October 25, 2024–February 9, 2025
Vance Waddell and Mayerson Galleries (Galleries 124 and 125)
Free Admission
Friends of Prints
Press Release

George Bellows (1882–1925) was a painter, illustrator, and printmaker. The exhibition will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the artist’s passing and feature 55 lithographs and drawings gifted and lent by Dr. James and Mrs. Lois Sanitato.

Bellows chose to leave his native Columbus, Ohio, and moved to New York in 1904 to become a professional artist. He enrolled in the New York School of Art where he became a student of Robert Henri (1865–1929). Henri encouraged his students to move beyond European traditions, to open their eyes to contemporary life and the transformation of the New York urban environment.

By the age of 26 Bellows had garnered critical acclaim, becoming the youngest elected member to the National Academy. During his 20-year career, his paintings captured the spirit and character of life in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Financially successful, in 1916, he set up set up a lithograph press in his studio at a time when the medium was associated with ephemeral commercial art and collectors’ favored etchings.

Over the next nine years Bellows executed more than 190 prints, almost single-handedly elevating lithography to a fine art in the United States. The inherent flexibility of the process, its potential for drawing in vigorous strokes, and its richness of tone were well suited to his expressive yet journalistic style. The subjects that fascinated him range from intimate studies of his family and friends to snap shots of American life, the atrocities of World War I, and what first caught the public’s attention: boxing. All were new and undeniably American subjects. Today, Bellows is known for his paintings, yet his accomplishments in lithography stand on equal footing.

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This exhibition has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of Ohio Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities. Support provided by the IFPDA Foundation.