Clifton Cultural Arts Center

★★★★Matt Z

Nice facility, parking is a bit challenging. There is a dedicated parking lot next to Skyline Chili lot, but it isn’t big enough to serve everyone wanting to use the arts center.

★★★★sarah s

We chose CCAC for our wedding reception because it was in the same neighborhood as the church where we got married. When we started planning, Raine was the event coordinator. She was immediately buffaloed by straight-forward questions, and she just would not stay organized or save/file any documents we supplied at her request, so I ended up having to make a packet of all of her info so she could keep track better. I really felt like I was her secretary, but she was supposed to be working for us! A few weeks before the wedding she was letting us know when to have our vendors come drop off our orders, but she would change the timeframe day to day, which led to me having to keep updating our florist, caterer and table rental people. Working with her added so much work on my end since I had to keep updating the vendors on when they could come drop off our order when Raine shifted the timeline and then sending the same information over and over since Raine didn't save it the first time she requested it. Luckily for us, Raine was replaced by Liz about 2 weeks before the wedding, and our experience immediately improved! Liz seems to be someone who is on top of things and cares about her clients. Liz was great about anticipating our needs beyond what we had already considered. As far as the space itself, the CCAC ballroom is a little bare, but we were really happy with how it looked with our decorations. They have a great lighting system, so we were able to program the lights on different modes for dinner versus dancing. Our guests had the chance to go around to the art gallery and onto the roof where there are a few firepits, so it was excellent for our guests who weren't big dancers. I think having other spaces for everyone to go gave everyone the chance to stay through to the end of the night. I was really happy nobody left early! For the price (about $4500), I thought the plastic folding chairs that come with the rental were a little flimsy and uncomfortable, so I splurged on banquet chairs from an outside vendor. My main selling point with CCAC was that it was walkable from our church, so I really didn't consider anywhere else. If I had worked with Liz from the start, and if CCAC offered better chairs or a little lower price I think I would easily give CCAC 5*!

★★★★★Ena Nearon

A phenomenal art center filled with diverse spaces covering the full gamut of artistic experience. The Golden Ticket Art Exhibit 2025 featured 3 stories filled with with exciting visual art.

★★★★★Greg R

It is amazing to have a community group with the resources of Clifton Cultural Arts Center. After completely rehabbing a building they were renting, they lost that space, but had the resources to build their own building in the heart of the Clifton Gaslight District in Cincinnati. Three floors, plus an agricultural/ concert venue rooftop! Gallery space, art creation, music lesson rooms, orchestra rehearsal and a performance space, and a "Make" shop. And the sweeping windows add views of this beautiful urban area of town from an entirely new perspective. One picture below is one of the views from the ground floor of this brand new building. Another is a map showing where the building is now. Don't park in the Skyline Chili lot next door. But the lots across from Dewey's Pizza, and the Methodist Church lot, connected by stairs to the Dewey's lot can be accessed from Senator Place, and is ok to park, except Sunday mornings.

★★★★★Joni Littlejohn

Fantasy art camp was absolutely the best! The children could not wait to get inside that building. The teachers were wonderful.