June 2025. Four shows total Enjoy this performance presented by Cirque d’Art Theater. Tickets at VRCFA. Contact SSU Mckinley Box Office for ticket information @ 740-351-3600 Follow Cirque on Facebook
The Museum expects to reopen in October, 2025, with renovated exhibition spaces, expanded collection exhibits, and a new gallery for temporary exhibitions. A new, hands-on kids room is in the works, as well as the addition of a digital-based gallery. Please visit the Museum YouTube station, SOMACC VIDEOS for virtual offerings. Collection objects an building […]
June 14, July 12, and October 11, 2025 Second Saturdays in the ACID district fill with Art, Culture, Innovation, and Dining! Enjoy the local businesses, artists, musicians, performers, poets, food, drinks, and hands-on art projects, all in one day! To join the fun as an artist musician, poet, foot vendor please contact the museum: 740-354-5629, […]
Cirque d’Art exists to mentor individuals physically, intellectually, emotionally and socially to attain positive self-esteem and self-confidence in a safe, enjoyable, and instructional performing arts environment. Cirque d’Art respects the value of every individual regardless of socio-economic status, special needs, education level, ethnic origin, shape or size.
Hey Seekers! Get ready for the April, 2025 Clarence Carter Egg Hunt! This April, you’ll be able to hunt down craft eggs painted by local artists, inspired by images of Carter’s iconic egg paintings. The eggs will be hidden throughout downtown Portsmouth, and we will be posting hints on the egg locations. Multiple eggs will […]
In the Richards Gallery
Permanent Collection in now online! Select the link. The Carl Ackerman Collection, with more than 10,000 historic local photographs, is an endless resource for thematic exhibitions in the Burton Room and other galleries. Cataloguing of the collection is ongoing, but more than 6300 images have already been digitized for direct public access. For researchers of […]
SOMACC Videos is The Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center’s channel on YouTube. When you visit SOMACC Videos you can expect to find interviews with exhibiting artists and museum staff, recordings from gallery talks, and episodes from our “From the Vault” video short series. SOMACC Videos
