| | Tuesday, September 12, 2023 |
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| CAM Exhibition Spotlight The Last Days of Love |
| Love is eternal, infinite and goes on and on, but unfortunately Love the exhibition closes in less than one month. Please come see this amazing exhibition before it closes for good on Sunday, October 8.
Love examines this sometimes intense, often elusive emotion. True love, familial love, romantic love, self-love, platonic love, forbidden love, and lost love are all aspects of this universal emotion.
Through contemporary art, Love explores, celebrates, and looks deeply at these various aspects of love and connects us with our shared humanity.
Love is an adaptation of the 2022 exhibition, What Is Left Unspoken, Love at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. |
| Rashid Johnson (American, born 1977), still from The Hikers, 2019, 16mm film transferred to digital video with sound, duration 7:14 minutes, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Gift of Charles Roth, 2021.171. © Rashid Johnson. Photo courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth. |
Love features three incredible works on loan from the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, including powerful videos from Andrea Galvani and Rashid Johnson along with a beautiful beaded punching bag from Jeffrey Gibson titled The Love You Give Is The Love You Get which as curator Micheal Rooks writes,“suggests that love is a form of conditioning that requires practice and discipline and is contingent upon reciprocity, necessarily casting uncertainty on the notion of “unconditional love.’” |
| Loans for this exhibition are from Art Bridges and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the High Museum of Art, and private collections.
This is also the first time that Cameron Art Museum has presented the work of influential conceptual artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres (American, b. Guáimaro, Cuba, 1957; died Miami, Florida, 1996). |
| Love includes Untitled, (LA), 1991 from Gonzalez-Torres, on loan from Art Bridges and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, a work consisting of often colorful cellophane wrapped hard candies which have become known as “candy spills.”
Gonzalez-Torres transforms the stark language of minimalism to elicit reflections on love and loss. As individual pieces of candy are taken from the installation and consumed, the gradual depletion of the spill serves as a metaphor for absence, transience, and the inevitability of loss, while the replenishment of the candy each day extends the metaphor as an act of remembrance and the continuation of love after death. |
As part of funding from Art Bridges, CAM has created some programming associated with the Felix Gonzalez-Torres piece including "Untitled" (Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Love, Art, and the LGBTQ+ Experience), a lecture and gallery talk with artist and art historian Ben Billingsley taking place this Thursday at 6:30 pm. Click HERE to register. |
CAM also presents "Untitled" (Generations) on Saturday, October 7. This family day event takes inspiration from the Gonzalez-Torres work and invites families of all ages and kinds to take part in activities and learn more from various community partners who will be on hand to share resources and more. Click HERE for more information. |
| Love goes out with a bang as we welcome Michael Rooks, the Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the High Museum of Art, for a gallery talk on Sunday, October 1.
This will be an informative and entertaining talk about the works in Love and more. |
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Art Dice $19.99 (CAM member price - $17.99) |
| | Mary's Art Explorers The Book with No Pictures Thursday, Sept 14, 10-11 AM CAM Members: $5 per adult/child; Not-Yet Members: $10 per adult/child Children Ages 2 and Under: Free
We will read The Book With No Pictures and create our own handmade booklets filled with pictures! We will explore our exhibitions for inspiration for our drawings.
Art Explorers is geared towards infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, but big brothers and sisters are welcome to join and create art with us. Your registration includes admission to the museum for the whole day. Space is limited so preregister to guarantee your spot!
It is with great honor that Cameron Art Museum pays tribute to Mary Cameron Hoey by naming its most popular and long-standing family program after her. Mary’s Art Explorers is a story time, art making, and museum exploration program. |
| Educator Resources Educator Appreciation Night Thursday, September 14, 4-7 PM Free for educators and administrators Pre-K to College
Spend a fun and relaxing evening at CAM with free admission during an exclusive event for educators and view our new exhibitions. Scheduled tours will be available for each gallery to answer your questions and provide information about upcoming events. Our Educators Night will provide information and materials about tours, workshops, and other free resources for area educators. All educators and administrators - from Pre-K to College - welcome and encouraged to attend and explore fun ways to bring art into your classroom and spark creativity in your students. |
Art Lecture: Felix González-Torres “Untitled” (Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Love, Art, and the LGBTQ+ Experience), 2023 Presented by Ben Billingsley Thursday, Sept 14, 6:30-7:30 PM Free; Pre-registration Required
Artist and educator Benjamin Billingsley leads a lecture-style presentation centered on the work of Felix González-Torres, allowing time for Q&A in the gallery, with a focus on the theme of love in the broader context of art examining LGBTQ+ experiences. With González-Torres as the starting point, Billingsley will explore related works from LGBTQ+ artists with a variety of intersectionalities, considering issues of race, gender-identity and sexuality as explored in the works on exhibition. The discussion will include works by Thomas Barger, Jeffrey Gibson, Alanna Fields, and Felicita Felli Maynard among many others.
Image Credit (Right): Felix Gonzalez-Torres (American, b. Cuba, 1957 – 1996) “Untitled” (L.A.), 1991 [detail] Green candies in clear wrappers Endless Supply Overall Dimensions Vary with Installation Original dimensions: approximately 192 x 14 x 1 1/2 inches Original Weight: 50 lb. (22.7 kg) Jointly owned by Art Bridges and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art |
Educator Resources Closing the Gap with Arts Integration feat. Kevin Lee Y Green Thursday, Sept 21, 4-7 PM Free for educators and administrators Pre-K to College
Dancer and choreographer Kevin Lee Y Green will lead an arts integrated workshop that demonstrates the power of dance and movement as a catalyst for social change. Using the work "Untitled" (L.A) by Felix Gonzales-Torres, Green will offer a creative space for educators to build understanding, empathy and resilience with LGBTQ+ youth in our community.
These workshops are designed to teach educators how to use the arts to teach core curriculum and help close the achievement gap through active learning strategies that engage all learners. These workshops are offered free to all educators in Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, and Sampson countries. Participating educators will receive a certificate of completion to submit to their respective counties for CEU credit consideration. |
Sunset Performance Series Raphael Namé Thursday, Sept 21, 7 PM Free
Boundless has always represented more than just the USCT who marched on our grounds but rather the resiliency of a people worldwide. We honor the many voices of the African diaspora wherever they found themselves in the western world.
Bossa Nova or a "New Sound" builds itself off the samba rhythms of Afro Brazilians and jazz influenced chord voicings. A beautifully distinct sound that calms wherever its heard.
Join us for a evening of calm Brazilian sounds from Raphael Namé and his ensemble.
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| Join us this Thursday, 4-8 PM at CAM Café as we welcome EOD Distillery for a FREE Cocktail Tasting.
Sample one of their handcrafted spirits. |
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| CAM Café Shares the Love on Thursday Nights! |
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| EAT. DRINK. ART. Join us at the bar or have dinner on Thursdays and get FREE museum admission!
Image Credit: Painting by Sherri Basaldua, Wilmington NC Urban Sketchers |
| | Meet us at the Bar @ CAM Cafe after the 9 to 5 for drink specials, assorted flatbreads and live music every Thursday night beginning at 4 PM
Call (910) 777-2363 for reservations and more information |
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A CAM Membership allows us to create programming like CAM Community Days with FREE admission which brings people together from across our community.
CAM Members receive FREE admission, passes for friends and family, invitations to special members-only events and tours like member preview tours, and discounts in CAM Cafe, the Museum Shop, Museum School, and for public programs. Join CAM today!
And now, Household Membership include two FREE Guest Admission Passes per year! Just bring a guest to the Visitor Services Desk as you enter, flash your digital membership card, and share your favorite CAM experience with your friend (or family member).
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Cameron Art Museum (CAM) provides a cultural gathering place that enriches the lives of museum visitors and the community through high-quality exhibitions, lifelong learning in the arts, dynamic public programs, and stewardship and interpretation of the collection. |
This project was supported by the NC Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources |
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