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Upcoming Classes

& Workshops

Pop-Up Workshop: Theatrical/Stage Photography with Alan Cradick

Dress Rehearsal: Thurs, Dec 9, 6:30-9 PM

Critique: Tues, Dec 14m 10 AM-12 PM

Adult: All Levels

CAM Members: $50; Non-Members: $55

Coffee Mug and Pour Over

with Shannon Gehen

Thurs, Dec 9, 6-9 PM

Adult: All Levels

CAM Members: $54; Non-Members: $60

Botanical Plaster Casting

with Antoinette Vogt

Fri, Dec 10, 12:30-3:30 PM

Youth and Adult: All Levels

CAM Members: $45; Non-Members: $50

+$9 material fee

Art of the Underglaze: Minnie Inspired Majolica with Renato Abbate

Sat, Dec 11, 10 AM-2 PM

Adult: Beginning

CAM Members: $58.50; Non-Members: $65

On the Fold

with Catherine Cross Tsintzos

Sun, Dec 12, 1-4 PM

Adult: All Levels

CAM Members: $63; Non-Members: $70

Blue Note Special with Donna Moore

Wed, Dec 15, 11 AM-2 PM

Sold Out

Make Your Own Aluminum Ornaments with Renato Abbate

Thurs, Dec 16, 6-9 PM

Youth and Adult: All Levels

CAM Members: $54; Non-Members: $60

+$10 material fee

Annual Appeal

2021 Year-End Giving Campaign

We invite you to join us during this season of giving by supporting CAM and the work we do here. Your gift to the museum can do so much - from helping fund an exhibition to providing field trips for children to making it possible for a child to participate in summer camp or an art class. We simply can’t do it without you. Your support will make a real, lasting impact on our community by providing high-quality art opportunities to all.

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Museum Shop

CAM Gift Cards

CAM Gift Cards are available at our Visitor Services desk during museum hours. Cards can be redeemed for admission, membership, programs, Museum School classes, Museum Shop and CAM Café. Card values starting at $25. Must purchase in person and must be redeemed in person.

Minnie Evans 129th Birthday Celebration

Sunday, December 12, 11 AM-3 PM

In honor of Minnie Evan’s 129th Birthday, the Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra Chamber ensembles will perform works of music inspired by her works of art. Cameron Art Museum supplied five of Minnie Evans’s artworks to inspire the orchestra. The WSO has commissioned local composer, and former WSYO student, Algernon (AJ) Robinson, to write a composition for quartet honoring her many works of art.

Cameron Art Museum will also display the artwork that inspired the musical selections being played at this very special event and special tours of the work with CAM Executive Director Anne Brennan will be offered at 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM.

CAM education staff invites visitors to create a Minnie Evans inspired ornament in the CAM courtyard from 11 AM-12:30 PM.

Born in Pender County, Minnie Evans spent her life in the Wilmington area. Many of Minnie Evans’s works were inspired by the plants at the Airlie Gardens and her compositions were mostly abstractions blending nature with the face of God. Her work is known for highly charged color and meticulous symmetry and is often compared to Buddhist mandala paintings.

In 1934, Ms. Evans said she had a vision from God, who told her she must draw and paint. By the mid '50's she was painting in oil and in 1961, she had her first formal exhibit at the Little Gallery, the predecessor to St. John's. In 1962, she met New York photographer Nina Howell Starr. In 1966, Mrs. Starr helped arrange exhibits of her work at the Church of the Epiphany and St. Clements Episcopal Church in New York. From that time on she was featured in shows all over the country and overseas. Her works are found in major museums and many private collections, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She was recently featured in the international Outsider Art Fair. CAM is home to the Minnie Evans Study Center and is committed to preserving and researching her life and work.

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Wilmington Symphony Orchestra

Minnie Evans 129th Birthday Concert

Sunday, December 12, 2 PM

Adults: $10

Students and children 19 and under: free

“We talk of heaven, we think everything is going to be white. But I believe we’re going to have the beautiful rainbow colors.”

– Minnie Evans

In honor of Minnie Evan’s 129th Birthday, the Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra Chamber ensembles will perform works of music inspired by her works of art. Many of her works were inspired by the plants at the Arlie Gardens and her compositions were mostly abstractions blending nature with the face of God. Her work is known for highly charged color and meticulous symmetry and is often compared to Buddhist mandala paintings. The WSO has commissioned local composer, and former WSYO student, Algernon (AJ) Robinson, to write a composition for quartet honoring her many works of art.

Cameron Art Museum will also display the artwork that inspired the musical selections being played at this very special event.

Museum Shop

Shop for the Holidays

at CAM Museum Shop!

Looking for the perfect gift this holiday season?

Support CAM and local artists when you make a purchase at the Museum Shop. Choose from jewelry, pottery, and scarves from artists you know and the best selection of puzzles and puppets in the Cape Fear area. Our popular felt ornaments (from dinosaurs to reindeer to Shakespeare and Bob Marley) make any tree ready to shine. Everyone is invited to shop and CAM members get a special discount! Open during regular museum hours.

CAM Café

"Let the food speak for itself" -Chip Pridgen

Hours

Lunch: Tues-Fri 11 AM-2 PM

Dinner: Thurs 5-8 PM

Brunch: Weekends 10 AM-2 PM

Call (910) 777-2363 for reservations.

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CAM Café Music

Thursdays 6-8 PM

& Saturdays 11:30 AM-1:30 PM

Bill Alston

Thursday, December 9, 6-8 PM

Raphael Namé

Saturday, December 11, 11:30 AM-1:30 PM

Art Explorers

How the Grinch

Stole Christmas

Thursday, December 23, 10-11 AM

Sold Out

Jazz@CAM

Brian Miller Quartet

January 6, 2022, 6:30-8 PM

CFJS/CAM Members: $25

Non-Members: $30

Students & Military: $15

In-Person Event

Floating Lantern Ceremony

Sunday, January 9, 2022, 4-7 PM

Lanterns Sleeves: $12 ($15 on January 9) at CAM Museum Shop

More Info

USCT Public Program Series

An Afternoon with Mary D. Williams

Sunday, January 16, 2022, 2 PM

CAM Members: $16; Non-Members: $20

Students: $12

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Jazz@CAM

Tickets On Sale Now

Cameron Art Museum, in partnership with Cape Fear Jazz Society, is pleased to announce its 11th year of Jazz@CAM showcasing the best in local and regional jazz. The series, focusing on this uniquely American art form, takes place the first Thursday evening of each month beginning in October and continuing through April 2022.In addition to local favorites like Benny Hill on December 2, Jazz @CAM welcomes the Grammy®-nominated John Brown Quintet on February 3.

January 6, 2022

Brian Miller Quartet

February 17, 2022

John Brown Quintet

March 3, 2022

Ti Harmon with THRIO feat. Andrew Berinson

April 7, 2022

El Jaye Johnson Band

CFJS/CAM Members: SIGN IN to your account at top right to have member discount applied at checkout. Haven't created an online account? Click REGISTER at top right on registration page.

Non Members: Join CAM now for member benefits including a discount on this program.

Purchase Tickets

Stephen Hayes Voices of Voices Future's Past

This project was supported by the NC Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources