Ray Kennedy Musicals
Ray Kennedy
Musicals
Ray Kennedy &
Opera House Theatre Company
Saturday, July 21, 7 PM
An evening that's sure to have you humming along and your feet tapping when Ray Kennedy, long time director and choreographer for Opera House Theatre Company, combines his love for the Great American Songbook with a musical preview of Sunset Boulevard and Violet, his two upcoming summer productions. The music of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Rodgers & Hart begins a program which has just added Beth Swindell and Jordan Davis, to join Ray presenting great standards. Wilmington theater favorites Cassandra Vallery (Norma Desmond) and Kendra Goehring-Garrett (Violet Karr), the leads in the upcoming shows will perform with Ray, along with Sunset Boulevard co-stars: Coleman Cox, Eric Johann and George Domby (just added). The standout evening is followed by conversation and Q&A. Cash bar opens at 6:30 PM
Fitzsimmons
Families
Kids@CAM with 
Bobbi Fitzsimmons
Saturday, July 21, 11-2 PM
No pre-registration necessary
Guest artist and quilter, Bobbi Fitzsimmons, will lead an exploration of shapes in patchwork quilts.  There will be quilts and books on display so children can discover all the different shapes quilt makers use to form their patterns.  Children will then be able to make two quilt blocks of their own using pre-cut fabric shapes, paper and paste.  One block will be to take home and one will be to add to the group quilt for the CAM.
Suggested donation $5 per child - Parental supervision required at all times
Silva
Illustrated Lecture
Shannon Silva, filmmaker
Thursday, July 26, 6:30 PM - Free event
Filmmaker Shannon Silva gives an overview of her body of work, including the short narrative film Baby Oil, currently on view in CAM's North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship 2017 Award Exhibition. Her feature documentary, It's A Girl Thing: Tween Queens and The Commodification of Girlhood, was awarded Best Social Documentary at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival. Shannon is Associate Chair and Associate Professor, UNCW Film Studies Dept. and founder of UNCW's Visions Film Festival.
Make Trouble
Theatre
Make Trouble
Saturday, July 28, 2-3 PM
Sunday, July 29, 2-3 PM
Free events
Make Trouble, in association with Alchemical Theatre of Wilmington, present back to back 90 minute productions of timeless classic in an up close and personal format.  Romeo and Juliet on Saturday, July 28, and Love's Labour's Lost on Sunday, July 29.
Savia
Art Inspire Music
Susan Savia
Thursday, August 9, 6:30 PM
CAM Members: Free
Museum Admission all others
Susan Savia will perform musical selections in the galleries inspired by the work in CAM's current exhibitions: North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship 2017 Award Exhibition and Works of Honor: NCAC Artist Fellowship recipients from the Collection. Savia is a chanteuse and singer/songwriter, a proficient guitarist and harmonica player. For this program she will perform a variety of original and eclectic songs using her clear, four octave voice to interpret and guide us on a journey through each song selection inspired by the art on view.
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This project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council,
a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources.

Cameron Art Museum, 3201 South 17th Street, Wilmington, NC 28412