Featured Programs

Happy Valentines Day!

Visit CAM Café all week and enjoy these two love-inspired concoctions! Plus enjoy new menu items like Crispy Wonton Wrapped Shrimp, two new flatbreads, a daily quiche and more!

Call (910) 777-2363 for reservations.

Lunch: Tues-Fri 11 AM-2 PM

Dinner: Thursday 5-8 PM with

Live Music from Warren Darrell

Brunch: Weekends 10 AM-2 PM with Live Music from Ken Schnedetz

Battle of Forks Road Commemoration

Living History Weekend

Sat & Sun, Feb 18-19, 2023

Outside activities free;

$5 suggested donation for lectures

Museum admission applies for galleries

Saturday, February 18

11 AM Kaitlin O'Connor: Presentation on Black and Indigenous Stories at Fort Fisher

12 PM Boundless Tour with CAM's Cultural Curator Daniel Jones

1 PM Rice Festival Films

2 PM Tyanna West: Just Beneath the Surface: Gullah Culture in Southeastern North Carolina

Sunday, February 19

1 PM Illustrated Lecture: Dr. Chris Fonvielle, Jr.

Performance

Dance Cooperative Informal Showings

Sunday, Feb 19, 2023, 3-5 PM

Free with museum admission

The Dance Cooperative will be hosting choreography showings as they prepare for the Wilmington Dance Festival, a celebration of evocative local dancers and choreographers. Choreographers will show works in progress and receive feedback. The Dance Cooperative is a 501(c)3 non-profit whose mission is to nurture the dance community by providing affordable classes and performance opportunities for those under-served artistically, culturally and economically in the greater Wilmington area.

Upcoming Programs

Open House

Volunteer Open House

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2023, 2 PM

Free to attend

Interested in volunteering at CAM? Join us to learn all about it! Opportunities for volunteers – ongoing and event-based - are presented with small bites with and beverages.

Mary's Art Explorers

Freedom in Congo Square

Thursday, Feb 23,10-11 AM

CAM Members: $3 per child/adult; Non-Members: $6 per child/adult

Children 2 and under: free

As a part of our partnership with NEA’s The Big Read, our book will be Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Baston Weathersford and R. Gregory Christies. All children will receive a free copy of the book! Inspired by this story of New Orleans, we will explore our installation of Margi Gras Indian costumes and create our own unique works of art to take home.

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.

BLDM Programming

Book talk with Bertha Todd

Thursday, Feb 23, 6-7:30 PM

$10 suggested donation

Join us for a conversation with Bertha Todd about her book, Reflections on a Massacre and

a Coup. In this book, Todd shares how a group of citizens in Wilmington, North Carolina came together to create the centennial commemoration of the 1898 Massacre, eventually forming the 1898 Centennial Commission (now the 1898 Memorial Foundation). Todd recounts how it all came to be, including the creation of 1898 Memorial Park in 2008.

Promise

Gallery Talk with Hathia and Andrew Hayes

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 1-2 PM

Free with museum admission

Join Hathia and Andrew Hayes for a conversation in the gallery as they share some of the highlights of their collection. The Hayes are lifelong educators and patrons of the arts and performing arts. Hear their stories about the artwork they love and a journey of collecting that dates back to the days of St. John's Museum.

Mary's Art Explorers

Airlie Gardens

Thursday, March 9, 10-11 AM

CAM Members: $3 per child/adult

Non-Members: $6 per child/adult

Children 2 and under: free

Join us at Cameron Art Museum with special guests NHC Parks and Gardens educators! Enjoy science and art together – learn from our guest educators about reptiles and snakes and create artwork inspired by their lessons.

In Conversation Series

Juan Logan with Michael S. Williams

Thursday, March 9, 2023, 6 PM

CAM Members: $15;

Not-Yet Members: $20

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Juan Logan now lives and works in Belmont, North Carolina. Logan’s artworks address subjects relevant to the American experience. At once abstract and representational, his paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, and videos address the interconnections of race, place, and power. They make visible how hierarchical relations and social stereotypes shape individuals, institutions, and the material and mental landscapes of contemporary life.

Michael S. Williams is about fostering community. He spent 15 years in media at The News & Observer where, among several roles, he was the curator of ArtsNowNC.com and managing editor of the triangle.com and Triangle Today publications.

Museum School Classes & Workshops

Figures and Portraits

Instructor: Jeri Greenberg

Come explore your love of painting figures and portraits with me.Through LONG poses and discussions of correct anatomy, fabric and design, students can take their paintings and drawings to the next level.

Adult: All Levels -

Weds, Feb 15 - March 8,

10am- 1pm

CAM member: $172;

Not-yet-member: $215

$20 model fee paid to instructor

Life Drawing

The Natural Way To Draw - With Color!

Instructor: Donna Moore

Add dynamic intensity to figure drawings with the impact of color. Emphasis on value study and structural color fields: not realistic rendering. Experiment with paper prep, creating a variety of surfaces and palettes. (Repeat and new students encouraged.)

Adult: All Levels

Weds, March 1-22, 2-5pm

CAM member: $172;

Not-yet-member: $215

The Revolutionary Print: Printmaking works in the Promise Exhibition

Instructor: Benjamin Billingsley

Discover the history and process behind selected artists in the exhibition. Explore lithographs and serigraphs created by some of the premiere American modernists such as Ellsworth Kelly, Andy Warhol, Frank Stella and Robert Rauschenberg.

Image credit: Frank Stella " The Whale-Watch" (print on silk Crepe de Chine) 1994

Adult: All Levels -

Sun, Feb 19, 1:00 PM-2:30 PM

CAM member: $16;

Not-yet-member: $20

Growing & Throwing

Instructor: Anne McCombie & Heather Wilson

Center yourself as you center your clay. Learn throwing techniques while creating an inner dialog of kindness and self-love.

Saturday, March 11, 11am-2pm

CAM member: $60;

Not-yet-member: $75

Encaustic Workshop

Instructor: Susan Nuttall

Come paint using one of the oldest art mediums. Susan will take you, step by step through the process of creating a hot wax encaustic painting. Bring your inspiration or get ideas using our examples. All levels are welcome. (Minimum age limit is 16 - under 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult.)

Adult: All Levels -

Saturday, March 25, 10am-4pm

CAM member: $100;

Non-member: $125

+ $75 material fee

Paint Like the Masters: Van Gogh a Go Go

Instructor: Kirah Van Sickle

This 4-Week course pulls inspiration from noted post-Impressionist masters, including Van Gogh, Cezanne and Gauguin, with a focus on color and brush-handling confidence. This is an opportunity to explore abstract color, expressive brush strokes and texture, and invigorate your painting practice.

Adult: All Levels -

Thursdays, March 9-30, 6-9pm

CAM member: $288;

Non-member: $360