Thursday, August 11, 2022, 10-11 AM
CAM Members: $3 per child/adult; Non-Members: $6 per child/adult
Children 2 and under: free
Inspired by our featured story Summer Song, we will celebrate the colors of summer! We will look for examples of summer inside our exhibitions, then create collages using some of our favorite images of summertime.
Art Explorers is geared towards infants, toddler and preschoolers, but big brothers and sisters are welcome to join and create art with us. Space is limited so preregister to guarantee your spot!
Thursday, August 11, 2022, 7 PM
Free with museum admission
Susan serves on the board of the Carolina Beach Mural Project. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Susan studied Commercial Art and Advertising at Utah State University. In 1996, she started Creative Art by Susan Nuttall, a company specializing in commissioned artwork incorporating oils, textured mix media, and encaustic paintings along with original murals. Her need to create heavy textured artwork started when her grandfather went blind. Susan lives at Carolina Beach where her paintings are inspired from photos taken during her many travels around the world.
Saturday, August 13, 2022, 11 AM-2 PM
Open house for Museum School classes and workshops for the Fall 2022 Session (September 6-December 2).
Saturday, August 20, 2022, 10 AM-5 PM
Museum and exhibitions free and open to the public
Come enjoy the opening of the first Kids State of the Art. View works of children ages 5 to 17 that were submitted to CAM and partnering organizations. Enjoy interactive art activities, live performances, and a celebration of young artists and their collective creativity. All of CAM’s exhibitions and programs will be free and open to the public!
Thursday, August 25, 2022, 10-11 AM
CAM Members: $3 per child/adult; Non-Members: $6 per child/adult
Children 2 and under: free
It’s a special time of year, and many of our Art Explorer friends or their siblings will be starting Kindergarten (or other school grades)! We will read Goodbye Preschool, Hello Kindergarten and talk about all the exciting things that come with growing up. We will create ‘back to school’ crafts that we can give our teachers or other people we love.
Art Explorers is geared towards infants, toddler and preschoolers, but big brothers and sisters are welcome to join and create art with us. Space is limited so preregister to guarantee your spot!
Sunday, August 28, 2022, 2-3 PM
CAM Members & students: $10; Not Yet Members: $12
Forward Motion Dance will bring a preview event of their new and recent choreography to CAM. Enjoy dance performances with live music and film as the artists interact with the audience through discussion and audience questions.
Forward Motion Dance Company, Inc., is a Wilmington, NC, based non-profit 501(c)(3) dance organization whose mission is to provide local and regional communities with quality modern contemporary dance and education in the art of dance, as well as enhance the local arts community by providing performance opportunities for area dancers and performance artists.
Friday, September 2, 2022
12-1 PM Film Screening
1-1:30 PM Gallery Tour
View the award winning documentary 'Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope'. The film screens in our spacious reception hall from 12-1 PM, followed by an optional brief discussion with other community members. Learn about the New Hanover County Resiliency Task Force.
After the screening at 1 PM, join our Cultural Curator Daniel Jones for a gallery tour with a focus on resiliency themes.
The CAM offers free screenings of Resilience on the first Friday of each month (unless there is a holiday and then it moves to the second Friday). Feel free to grab lunch at the CAM café, or bring your own lunch!
No fee and no registration necessary.
Thursday, September 8, 2022, 10-11 AM
CAM Members: $3 per child/adult; Non-Members: $6 per child/adult
Children 2 and under: free
Learn all about artist Sonia Delaunay and her love of art and color! We will read Sonia Delaunay: A Life of Color, then be inspired by all of the colorful works of art we find on display in the galleries. We will create our own works of art using bold shapes and colors in creative ways.
Art Explorers is geared towards infants, toddler and preschoolers, but big brothers and sisters are welcome to join and create art with us. Space is limited so preregister to guarantee your spot!
Monday, September 12, 2022, 10 AM-12 PM
Free admission with pre-registration
Enjoy a morning of music in the galleries, adapted exhibition exploration, as well as optional hands-on activities and the choice to bring a boxed lunch to enjoy in our café or courtyard area. Geared towards individuals in the earlier stages of Alzheimers and dementia, this program is offered on Mondays when we are otherwise closed to the public to ensure a quiet and calm environment. Groups or individuals with their loved ones are welcome. Email education@cameronartmuseum.org for more information and to register.
Saturday, September 17, 2022, 10 AM-4 PM
CAM Members: $144; Non-Members: $180
Join Boundless creator and Duke professor Stephen Hayes for this rare opportunity to explore the creative process of sculpture using found materials. In addition to Boundless, Hayes' recent CAM solo show Voices of Future’s Past was both a critical and popular success that examined social and economic themes impacting the African American experience expressed through sculpture, assemblage and textile work. Hayes was also recently accepted into Kehinde Wiley’s prestigious Black Rock artist in residency program in Senegal.
This Master Class is truly a once in a lifetime chance to gain insight and inspiration from an amazing artist in an intimate setting.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 2 PM
Free
Opportunities for volunteers – ongoing and event-based - are presented with small bites and refreshments. Members of CAM Staff may attend to discuss needs for their departments.
Thursday, September 22, 2022, 10-11 AM
CAM Members: $3 per child/adult; Non-Members: $6 per child/adult
Children 2 and under: free
It’s the first day of Autumn, let’s celebrate! We will read Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn and talk about the differences between the seasons. We’ll create paintings using fall colors, and unconventional painting and printing materials.
Art Explorers is geared towards infants, toddler and preschoolers, but big brothers and sisters are welcome to join and create art with us. Space is limited so preregister to guarantee your spot!
Thursday, September 22, 2022, 11:30 AM-1:30 PM
Free
Meet one or more Museum Shop Artists and learn more about them and their work. Coffee and nibbles make the conversation even better.
Saturday, September 24, 2022, 11 AM-12 PM
Free with museum admission
Take a public tour through CAM's current exhibitions with an American Sign Language interpreter.
Friday, October 7, 2022
12-1 PM Film Screening
1-1:30 PM Gallery Tour
View the award winning documentary 'Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope'. The film screens in our spacious reception hall from 12-1 PM, followed by an optional brief discussion with other community members. Learn about the New Hanover County Resiliency Task Force.
After the screening at 1 PM, join our Cultural Curator Daniel Jones for a gallery tour with a focus on resiliency themes.
The CAM offers free screenings of Resilience on the first Friday of each month (unless there is a holiday and then it moves to the second Friday). Feel free to grab lunch at the CAM café, or bring your own lunch!
No fee and no registration necessary.
Sunday, October 9, 2022, 2-3 PM
Adults: $10; Children ages 17 & under: free
Listen to a selection of works inspired by the students’ tour through the 20 Years Exhibition
Monday, October 10, 2022, 10 AM-12 PM
Free admission with pre-registration
Enjoy a morning of music in the galleries, adapted exhibition exploration, as well as optional hands-on activities and the choice to bring a boxed lunch to enjoy in our café or courtyard area. Geared towards individuals in the earlier stages of Alzheimers and dementia, this program is offered on Mondays when we are otherwise closed to the public to ensure a quiet and calm environment. Groups or individuals with their loved ones are welcome. Email education@cameronartmuseum.org for more information and to register.
Thursday, October 13, 2022, 10-11 AM
Child (Age 4-12): $3; Adult (Age 13+): $9; Military (ID required): $5
New Hanover County Resident (ID required): $5
Children 2 and under: free
Art Explorers is going on a field trip! Join us at Airlie Gardens with Miss Georgia from the Cameron Art Museum.
Did you know that bats are the only mammal on earth that can truly fly? Learn all about the adaptations that make bats so special and find out what kinds of bats live here in NC! We will read Bats on the Beach and create our own bats using arts and crafts supplies.
Garden admission included with this program.
Art Explorers is geared towards infants, toddler and preschoolers, but big brothers and sisters are welcome to join and create art with us. Space is limited so preregister to guarantee your spot!
Thursday, October 27, 2022, 10-11 AM
CAM Members: $3 per child/adult; Non-Members: $6 per child/adult
Children 2 and under: free
Halloween is right around the corner – get into the spirit with our book Room on the Broom about a kind witch and her animal friends. We will make Halloween arts and crafts and of course, costumes are encouraged!
Art Explorers is geared towards infants, toddler and preschoolers, but big brothers and sisters are welcome to join and create art with us. Space is limited so preregister to guarantee your spot!
Satruday, November 12, 2022, 6-11 PM
Gala Tickets: $300
Raffle Tickets: $200
Cameron Art Museum
3201 South 17th Street
Wilmington, NC 28412
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Tuesdays from 9-10 AM
Suggested Donation: $5
Come join us in an ever-changing gallery setting for a yoga practice designed for relaxation, rejuvenation and self-reflection. Come breathe with us as we restore the body and mind in a one hour session. Asanas are all-level and beginners are welcome. Participants can choose to use a mat or a chair. Donations support youth scholarships.
Fridays at 1 PM
Free
Public tours of Boundless, a sculpture by NC artist Stephen Hayes commemorating the United States Colored Troops and their fight for freedom.
Photograph by Jeff Janowski/UNCW
Thursdays from 6-8 PM & Saturdays from 11:30 AM-1:30 PM
August
4 Laura McLean
6 Michaela Haley
11 Duke of Uke
13 Bill Alston
18 Champ Saint-Ahmand
20 Perry Smith
25 Bill Alston
27 Roger Davis
September
1 Kelly G
3 Roger Davis
8 Ron & Luis
10 Raphael Namé
15 Front Porch Band
17 Josh Youse
22 Champ Saint-Ahmand
24 Perry Smith
29 Laura McLean
October
1 Double Cherry Pie
6 Nick Black
8 Josh Youse
13 Michaela Haley
15 Raphael Namé
20 Hank Barbee
22 Perry Smith
27 Ken Schnedetz
29 Ron & Luis
Illustration of Michaela Haley by Haley Branner, 2022
Public Tour
Wednesday, 8/10/2022
1:30PM-2:00PM
Mary's Art Explorers
Thursday, 8/11/2022
10:00AM-12:00AM
Live Music at CAM Café: Duke of Uke
Thursday, 8/11/2022
6:00PM-8:00PM
Galleries after Dark with Susan Nuttall
Thursday, 8/11/2022
7:00PM-8:00PM
Boundless Public Tour
Friday, 8/12/2022
1:00PM-1:30PM
Museum School Open House
Saturday, 8/13/2022
11:00AM-2:00PM