Contemporary Arts Center
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Established | 1939 |
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Location | 44 E. 6th Street Cincinnati, Ohio, United States |
Director | Raphaela Platow |
Website | www.contemporaryartscenter.org |
The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) is a contemporary
History
The Contemporary Arts Center was founded as the Modern Art Society in 1939 by Betty Pollak Rauh, Peggy Frank Crawford and Rita Rentschler Cushman. These three women were able to raise enough money through donations to display modern art at the
Construction on the Emery Wing at the Cincinnati Art Museum replaced the original space of the CAC. As a result of the museum’s need to expand, the center moved out in 1962 and temporarily inhabited various locations at the Taft Museum of Art, space at 608 Main Street, and the Carew Tower. In 1964 the center occupied the fourth floor of the Women’s Exchange building at 113 West Fourth street where it remained for six years. After two years on Fourth street the center announced that it had plans to move to the Mercantile Center on Fifth street, which opened in 1970. The new building cost $400,000 and was designed by Harry Weese. The CAC’s space covered about 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) and overlooked the new bus terminal in downtown Cincinnati. Despite early financial troubles in 1971, the CAC was able to put on over 400 exhibitions during its 30-year stay on Government Square. A permanent lease for the location was acquired in 1982 through a city bond.
Early proposals for a new home began at the end of the 1980s and included possible locations at the Ohio Mechanics Institute (currently the Emery Center) and the
Projects and exhibitions
In March 2008, the Contemporary Arts Center announced the exhibition and auction "FORM: Contemporary Architects at Play".[2]
Participating architects included:[2]
- Peter Eisenman, Eisenman Architects
- Michael Graves, Graves Design
- Zaha Hadid, Zaha Hadid Architects
- Thom Mayne, Morphosis
- Bill Pedersen, Kohn Pedersen Fox
- Laurinda Spear, Arquitectonica
- Bernard Tschumi, Bernard Tschumi Architects
- Jaime Velez, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP
- Massimo Vignelli, Vignelli Designs, Inc.
- Buzz Yudell, Moore Ruble Yudell Architects and Planners
Christie's Fine Arts Division sold eight pieces and one concept at auction raising $425,000.[citation needed]
In March 2011 the Laminex Group brought the collection to New Zealand for the Auckland Arts Festival and invited New Zealand architects and design professionals to submit entries for a New Zealand collection. The domestic competition was entitled "Formica Formations".[3] Queenstown designer Graham Roebeck of Structural Integrity Ltd won the Professional category and Auckland Unitec student Norman Lin, the emerging designer category.
Controversies
In 1990, a Cincinnati jury acquitted the Contemporary Arts Center and its director,
Location
44 East 6th Street (Corner of 6th & Walnut), Cincinnati, OH 45202 Across Walnut Street from the Aronoff Center for the Arts in downtown Cincinnati's cultural and entertainment area known as the Backstage District.
Architecture
In 2003, the CAC moved to its first free-standing home which was designed by
The building's footprint is 11,000 square feet (1,000 m2), with a total area of 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2) on seven floors. The project cost $34 million, with design features including "Urban Carpet", "Jigsaw Puzzle", and "Skin/Sculpture".
Awards
- 2004 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Award[citation needed]
- 2005 American Architecture Award from The Chicago Athenaeum[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Ohio Traveler Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Museum Center Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Villarreal, Ignacio. "Form: Contemporary Architects at Play Opened at The Contemporary Arts Center". artdaily.com. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ "Formica Formations". Formica Formations. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ISBN 9780762741809. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ^ Isabel Wilkerson (October 6, 1990), Cincinnati Jury Acquits Museum In Mapplethorpe Obscenity Case The New York Times.
- ^ Muschamp, Herbert (8 June 2003). "ART/ARCHITECTURE; Zaha Hadid's Urban Mothership". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
External links
- The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) Official Site