FlowILM Digital Projection for Earth Day Thursday, April 22, 6-9 PM Free and open to the public
Cameron Art Museum will host FlowILM, a live performance and light and sound installation by a group of Interdisciplinary artists and scientists known as the Algae Society in celebration of Earth Day. Aquatic organisms unique to the Cape Fear River and coastal ecosystems will be projection-mapped onto the museum's exterior walls and landscapes, interfacing with silhouettes, shadows, and movements of a lone dancer, connected through the medium of sound. Water samples and data from the museum's pond and the surrounding community will make the invisible visible through projected digital light and scales of magnification. Visitors are encouraged to meander the museum grounds and interact with the art, experiencing symbiotic worlds of biological and ecological art, biomimicry, interactive systems, and multi-sensory data translation.
This outdoor event is presented free of charge. Social distancing and masks required. Rain dates will be Friday April 23rd or Saturday April 24th. |
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Exhibition COVID Story Quilts: Global Perspectives on the Pandemic Opens to the public Thursday, April 22
The Advocacy Project works with marginalized populations of the Global South to bring attention to the issues they face. One of the most successful of these projects has been Advocacy Quilts. The Project has sent Peace Fellows to many countries around the world to work with survivors of gender-based violence, families of the disappeared, war refugees, people living in poverty, victims of Agent Orange and others.
During the pandemic, the Advocacy Project supported some of our partners to tell the stories of how COVID has affected their lives. As a result, we are now constructing quilts from Nepal (families of the disappeared) and Zimbabwe (young girls resisting child marriage). Additionally, a group of high school girls from Arlington, Virginia became interested in supporting this work and created COVID blocks of their own which are also being put into a quilt. Women from the slums of Nairobi have also asked to make COVID blocks. The contrast among these works is striking as they offer different perspectives on how the COVID virus affect different populations.
This special exhibition displays the unique perspectives of our community and how we have been impacted by COVID this year. With color, fabrics, words, and images, our community comes together to process this collective experience – through art.
Image: The Zimbabwe Girls COVID Quilt, 2020. Courtesy of The Advocacy Project. |
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Family Activity Tree Whisperers Earth Day Family Activity with Fritzi Huber Saturday, April 24, 11 AM-2 PM Suggested Donation: $5
Join artist Frizi Huber in a celebration of Earth Day. Create your message on a paper round for our CAM community tree installation and make a paper round to take with you. Your paper round will become a part of Tree Whisperers, an ongoing project collecting messages from people around the world for large tree assemblages. |
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United States Colored Troops Public Sculpture Telethon Saturday, April 24, 9 AM-3 PM on Facebook Live
The South was fighting for the Confederacy. The North was fighting to preserve the Union. The United States Colored Troops were fighting for their freedom.
Former slaves James Bayles enlisted in the 5th USCT in Yorktown, VA, in 1864. He was wounded at the Battle of Forks Roads in Wilmington, NC, where 1,600 brave USCT fought for freedom. learn their story this fall at Cameron Art Museum.
Join us for our USCT Public Sculpture Telethon on Facebook Live. To give today, visit our USCT Public Sculpture page or call (910) 395-5999. |
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Emily Burdette Thursday, April 22, 6-8 PM |
| Raphael Namé Saturday, April 24, 11:30 AM-1:30 PM |
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Membership New Member Coffee New CAM Members are invited to a Member Coffee to meet Executive Director Anne Brennan and learn a little about CAM's history. Tour of the galleries following the coffee is optional. Free event for members. Click the link below to register and please select the date you wish to attend. To ensure a safe gathering and follow social distancing restrictions, each coffee will be capped at 20 members. Upcoming Date:
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 10:30-11:30 AM |
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Virtual Design NC 2021 Modernism to Maximalism: Form and Function Reimagined Thursday, April 29 and Friday, April 30
Inspiration comes in all forms: modernist and maximalist, interiors and exteriors, in person and virtually! Join Design NC and the Cameron Art Museum on April 29th and April 30th as we live stream presentations from influential and renowned interior designers Thom Filicia and Celerie Kemble along with modernist architect Robert Gurney and ornamental and architectural plaster craftsman Foster Reeve. This year’s conversations will be set in a virtual forum where participants will enjoy live discussions on these varying design aesthetics as we explore how they differ and how they might be the same. |
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Virtual Art Conversations Pandemic Story Quilt Wednesday, April 28, 10 AM via Zoom CAM Members: $3; Non-Members: $8; Students & Teachers: Free
Join CAM docent and Board member of The Advocacy Project and Director of Youth and Family Programs Georgia Mastroieni as they discuss the power of storytelling and art for those facing trauma and the Pandemic Story Quilt Project. |
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This project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. |
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