The Contemporary Dayton – February Exhibit Opening
The Contemporary Dayton (The Co), presents artists that explore abstract patterns and saturated colors which draw directly from their own cultural histories and perspectives. These new exhibitions feature Dayton-based and nationally recognized artist, Heather Jones, Nigerian-born, Columbus-raised, Philadelphia-based, and internationally known artist, Odili Donald Odita, and Choctaw-Cherokee/Brooklyn-based artist and filmmaker, Jeffrey Gibson. Additionally, Odita will spend two weeks in Dayton ...
Public Event: The Contemporary Annual Art Auction
The Co’s popular Annual Art Auction returns! Sip, snack, admire and bid with friends and artists in the Dayton Arcade’s magnificent Rotunda. Over 75 works of original art at the most eclectic art party in town. To honor the history of the Dayton Arcade’s architecture and to bring out the vibrancy of the artwork, we request that all wear black and ...
The Contemporary Opening Night Reception / Teju Cole Artist Talk
The Contemporary Dayton (The Co) presents three new solo exhibitions featuring the work of Teju Cole, photographer, curator, Gore Vidal Professor of the Practice of Creative Writing at Harvard University, and former photography critic of The New York Times Magazine; Amy Powell, nationally published Dayton-based photographer; and James “Jamie” Nares, British and New York City-based filmmaker. The exhibitions will open the evening of Friday, September 16, 2022, with an Artist Talk by ...
The Contemporary – Exhibit Opening Night
The Contemporary Dayton is excited to present an all-female lineup of three new solo exhibitions featuring the work of Becky Suss’s exhibition of paintings entitled Home, guest curated by Philadelphia-based art historian, Greer Pagano; Yael Bartana’s The Undertaker; and Ohio-based artist Carmen Winant’s The neighbor, the friend, the lover. The exhibitions will open the evening of Friday, January 13, 2023. OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION / CONVERSATION: ...
The Contemporary’s Annual Art Auction | Worlds of Color
The Co’s Galleries & the Arcade Rotunda | 25 W 4th St, Dayton Sip, snack, browse, and bid with over 700 friends and artists in the Dayton Arcade’s magnificent Rotunda. Over 75 works of original art at the most eclectic art party in town. The Co’s signature fundraiser, proceeds directly fund future exhibitions and education programs. We invite guests to ...
Artist Talk: Tyler Macko
Artist Talk: Tyler Macko FRIDAY, MAY 5 at 6:30 pm The Contemporary Dayton is pleased to present A voice from I don’t know where, new paintings by nationally acclaimed Dayton-based artist Tyler Macko, which address the idea of a crumbling Americana at the nexus of domesticity, consumption, comfort, memory and loss. Culling from the history of American decorative arts, Macko creates ...