Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center
My sister came and visited over the Fourth of July holiday. The day after, we headed to the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center. We parked at work and walked over.
The museum is free to get into. We headed all the way up to check the children's room first. It seemed like it would be a good stop with kids -- they had different stations set up.
We then headed downstairs to the exhibit, Creatures: When Species Meet. What an interesting exhibit. So, it definitely did not seem to be vegan friendly. Animals were involved in the creation of art. (Also it seemed like it was a lot of glitter in this exhibit -- a surprising amount). Some of it was really cool -- some of it was definitely on the odder end of the spectrum. I really liked the "art nests." The artist left interesting materials around for the birds to make into nests.
This was an aquarium with fish -- the water is tested daily and they even shift the lights to mimic natural light rhythms.
They also elephant trunk art. The elephants put paint on their trunks and then they go and put it on a large canvas. The proceeds from the sale of the canvases go to support elephant sanctuaries.
The panther movie was something -- I am not sure how I felt about that -- again, was it really art?
Same with the movie called Mules. Two mules were tied together. One of the mules had a sack of white powder tied to its saddle. Then the movie just watches the mules on the move. It made me a little carsick. The camera was tied to their backs although they had a few different angles (maybe a drone?) -- ehh, that's ok.
I do really like their gift shop. I have not eaten at their new restaurant yet, but I did like the one that was there.
Times visited: 1
Time in museum: 45 minutes
Overall: B
The museum is free to get into. We headed all the way up to check the children's room first. It seemed like it would be a good stop with kids -- they had different stations set up.
We then headed downstairs to the exhibit, Creatures: When Species Meet. What an interesting exhibit. So, it definitely did not seem to be vegan friendly. Animals were involved in the creation of art. (Also it seemed like it was a lot of glitter in this exhibit -- a surprising amount). Some of it was really cool -- some of it was definitely on the odder end of the spectrum. I really liked the "art nests." The artist left interesting materials around for the birds to make into nests.
This was an aquarium with fish -- the water is tested daily and they even shift the lights to mimic natural light rhythms.
They also elephant trunk art. The elephants put paint on their trunks and then they go and put it on a large canvas. The proceeds from the sale of the canvases go to support elephant sanctuaries.
The panther movie was something -- I am not sure how I felt about that -- again, was it really art?
Same with the movie called Mules. Two mules were tied together. One of the mules had a sack of white powder tied to its saddle. Then the movie just watches the mules on the move. It made me a little carsick. The camera was tied to their backs although they had a few different angles (maybe a drone?) -- ehh, that's ok.
I do really like their gift shop. I have not eaten at their new restaurant yet, but I did like the one that was there.
Times visited: 1
Time in museum: 45 minutes
Overall: B
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