| Illumination 2023 Call To Artists: Let Your Light Shine! |
| Attention Artists: Show us your light that shines from within! Submit your proposal today and be part of Illumination 2023.
This is our 9th annual exhibition of artist-made lights which opens on Friday, December 1 through January 14, 2024. It is one of our most popular exhibitions and a chance for you to flex your creativity and win some dough! |
| $1500 in Cash Prize Awards 1st place: $750; 2nd Place: $500; 3rd Place: $250
Finished designs from selected designs are not due until November 15. |
| STEP ONE: Submit your proposal by Wednesday, August 2 to be considered.
Steps for Application: Pay application fee first, then fill out application form. |
| Selected proposals notified on Wednesday August 16 |
| KEY DATES
Proposal Entry Deadline Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 11:59 PM EDT/Midnight
Notification of Acceptance Via email Wednesday, August 16, 2023 5 PM EDT LED lights will be shipped at the time of notification, as well as details for completed lantern shipment
Delivery of Completed Lantern Wednesday, November 15 - Saturday, November 18 by 5 PM (work may be shipped or hand delivered)
Opening Party Friday, December 1, 2023 - 6-9 PM
Public Exhibition Saturday, December 2, 2023 - Sunday, January 14, 2024
Floating Lantern Ceremony Sunday, January 7, 2024 |
Have your work shown at CAM in one our most popular exhibitions! Submit today! |
| New to the CAM Shop Former Wilson Daily Times reporter Keith Barnes has recently written a book about Wilson, NC’s home-grown outsider folk artist, Vollis Simpson. It is over 100 pages and in full color, containing not only photos but newspaper articles and interviews with those who knew him best. Buy your own piece of NC artist history at the CAM shop - $28 (members $25.20) |
| Lucky Season 13! Tickets On Sale Exclusively for CAM Members Now! |
| Tickets to the 13th Season of Jazz at CAM are available exclusively to CAM Members. Not a member? Join today to buy tickets ahead of the general public.
Plus CAM Members get FREE admission, invites to exclusive art openings and events and discounts to CAM Cafe and the Museum Shop. |
| Jazz at CAM is funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, the North Carolina Arts Council and through the generous support of donors like Isabella Hinds, Nancie and James Kennedy, and Dr. William Malloy and Maxine Terry |
| Interested in sponsoring Jazz at CAM? Contact Elizabeth Overton, CAM’s Director of Development for more information at eoverton@cameronartmusum.org and (910) 726-9498. |
| CAM Café Shares the Love on Thursday Nights! |
| 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 |
| Cameron Art Museum has no umbrella institution. We exist through the generosity of our community of members and donors.
A CAM Membership allows us to present powerful work like Lugar de Encuentros/Place of Encounters, our newest exhibit that elevates the voices of NC's Latin American population. Membership also 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! |
| | Family Event Barbecue and Bourbon Bash with Hood's Creek Saturday, July 22, 2023, 5-8 PM 6-8 PM Live Music with Hood's Creek CAM Members: $25; Not-Yet Members: $30 Children (Ages 10 and Under): $12.50
Join us for an evening of barbecue and classic rock! There will be a barbecue buffet and bourbon cash bar while Hood's Creek plays Classic Rock classics.
Buffet Menu Smoked Angus Beef Brisket Southeastern Style Pork Barbecue Brined and Barbecued Chicken Leg Quarters Baked Mac & Triple Cheese Sweet Summer Corn Deviled Egg Potato Salad Cape Fear Cole Slaw Sliced Chilled Watermelon Hush Puppies Banana Pudding |
| English | Spanish Art Explorers A Color of His Own / Su Proprio Color Thursday, July 27, 2023, 10-11 AM CAM Members: $5 per adult/child; Not-Yet Members: $10 per adult/child Children 2 and under: free
Come take part in a bilingual Art Explorers! We will read A Color of His Own / Su Proprio Color and explore our exhibitions looking for different colors. We will create artwork inspired by what we find. Our book will be read in both English and Spanish, and a Spanish-speaking staff member will offer translation of the gallery exploration and art project instructions.
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! |
| CAM Community Day Family Festival Saturday, August 12, 10 AM-12 PM Free Museum Admission Join us for Family Fest, celebrating our upcoming Fall classes and workshops, and the unveiling of our new outdoor sculpture Ode to Oblio! Live music with Mr. Mark, face painting by Funomenal Faces, and a variety of art activities led by our talented Museum School teaching artists. FREE admission to exhibitions and activities! |
| Tour Spanish Language Tour /Tour en español Sabado, 12 de agosto, 11AM / Saturday, August 12, 2023, 11 AM Gratuito con pre-inscripción / Free with pre-registration
Únase a nosotros para una visita guiada de los aspectos más destacados de la exposición actual del Museo Cameron narrada en español.
Join us for a guided tour of highlights from CAM’s current exhibition led in Spanish.
Sponsored in part by |
| Lugar de Encuentros | Place of Encounters Artist Talk with Cornelio Campos Thursday, August 17, 2023, 6 PM CAM Members: $16; Not-Yet Members: $20
Cornelio Campos is a self-taught Mexican-American artist based in Durham, NC. Mr. Campos immigrated to the United States from Mexico as a teenager—a journey and process that now influence many of his paintings. Vibrant colors, iconic American symbols, and intricate geometric patterns define Mr. Campos’s work. Through his paintings, he illustrates some of the harsh realities of immigrating to America that immigrants often overlook. Moreover, he highlights deep-seated political issues that contribute to Mexican immigration, including the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. As an artist with no formal training, Mr. Campos’s paintings exemplify techniques that he has learned through observation, and often defy traditional color schemes. His paintings contain therapeutic, controversial, and enlightening elements that make them both unique and unforgettable.
Lugar De Encuentros / Place of Encounters exhibition related programming is made possible in part by: |
| Design NC Book Series Design NC Book Series with Garden Historian & Author Linda Jane Holden Friday, September 8, 2023, 10:30 AM-12 PM CAM Members: $20; Not-Yet Members: $25
Linda is a garden historian and the author behind the book Presidents' Gardens and The Gardens of Bunny Mellon. Linda grew up in Northern Virginia spending happy youthful hours at the gardens in Mount Vernon, Colonial Williamsburg and Washington, DC.
A gardener in her own right, Linda enjoys any opportunity to create gardens that allow people to experience beauty effortlessly.
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| Lugar de Encuentros | Place of Encounters Artist Talk with Nico Amortegui Thursday, October 26, 2023, 6 PM CAM Members: $16; Not-Yet Members: $20
Nico Amortegui is a Charlotte-based artist that was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. He learned many artistic skills and trades growing up in a family filled with creative types from architects and carpenters to designers, photographers and artists. Known for large-scale paintings and installations, his mural and sculpture works can be found in numerous cities throughout NC as well as Atlanta, DC, and Tel Aviv. Nico has completed 11 solo shows in four states since 2012 and 50+ group shows throughout the East Coast. Most notably, you can find his work with the Smithsonian Latinx Gateways Collection and regionally, at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport, gates B7 & B10. Nico enjoys sculpting & wood-working with found objects, and spending time in his elaborate garden or ceramics studio. |
Workshop Portraiture with Everyday Materials w/Nico Amortegui Friday, October 27, 10 AM-4 PM Adult: All Levels CAM Members: $124; Not-Yet Members: $155 +$10 material fee
This workshop will explore abstract portraiture with attention to how lines, shape, and color work together. Flow of process will be discussed with the goal of guiding participants to identify and discover their own. An emphasis on using everyday materials to create an art piece will also be the theme. |
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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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