Featured Programs

Fundraiser

DesignNC

Classicism Reimagined - Design Without Expiration

Thursday, May 4 & Friday, May 5

VIP Cocktail Party: $75;

Forum + Luncheon: $175

Only a few tickets left! Email

Elizabeth Overton for availability

Cameron Art Museum’s springtime fundraiser is back! Join us at the CAM as DesignNC celebrates classicism reimagined. Enjoy engaging presentations from James Carter, Corey Damen Jenkins, and Margot Shaw. A beautiful luncheon will also take place in CAM's courtyard along with book signings by all three authors throughout the day.

Concert

Wilmington Voices Presents I Sing Because...

Sunday, May 7, 2023, 3 PM

SOLD OUT

Join Wilmington Voices, New Hanover County's only professional choral ensemble. The mixed choir will perform classical & contemporary choral works and spirituals with masterful attention to musical detail. Guest artist Dr. Justin Hoke, UNCWs professor of guitar studies, will join the group for a beautiful selection featuring guitar and voices.

Donations are greatly appreciated and will be accepted at the door. Please stop by Visitor Services to get a sticker for entry to the Reception Hall.

Upcoming Programs

Mary's Art Explorers

Mary's Art Explorers at

Airlie Gardens

Thursday, May 11, 2023, 10-11 AM

PLEASE NOTE: Registration for this event is handled through Airlie Gardens and takes place at Airlie Gardens.

Child (Ages 4-12): $3; Adult (13+): $9; Military (w/ valid ID): $5

New Hanover County Resident (w/ valid ID): $5; Children 2 and under: free

Art Explorers is going on a field trip! Join us at Airlie Gardens with Miss Georgia from Cameron Art Museum. Garden admission included with this program.

Not only are flowers beautiful to look at, but they also provide important food for pollinators such as bees and butterflies. Learn about some of our spring blooming flowers and plant your own native wildflower seed to take home and support pollinators in your own yard! We will also read a book about flowers and create our own flower-inspired artwork. The program will be held on the Oak Lawn.

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!

Membership

Member

Preview Day

Lugar de Encuentros /

Place of Encounters

Thursday, May 11, 10 AM-9 PM

Members Only Tours:

11 AM & 1 PM

North Carolina is home to a rich diversity of voices, and this is reflected in its community of Latin American artists. Work from Lugar de Encuentros | Place of Encounters often straddles two worlds, reflecting both birthplace and resettlement, exploring both tension and harmony in the relationship between the two. From film to installation art to paintings to photography, this exhibition delves into the variety of migrant experiences, offering a space for connection, a chance to encounter another’s experience through art. Artists include

Nico Amortegui, Cornelio Campos, Rodrigo Dorfman, Mario Marzan, Renzo Ortega, and Rosalia Torres-Weiner.

Lugar de Encuentros /

Place of Encounters

Opening Night

Thursday, May 11, 2023

5-7 PM Music in the Galleria with Marscia Martinez-Mendoza and Luis Barragán

7 PM In Conversation with Rosalia Torres-Weiner

CAM Members: $15;

Not-Yet Members: $25

Rosalia Torres-Weiner is an artist, activist and community leader in Charlotte, NC. Her art captures the themes, colors and rich symbolism of her native home of Mexico. In 2010, Rosalia shifted the focus of her work from commercial art to art activism, after witnessing the repeated injustices and dysfunction of our immigration system.

Membership

Member

Preview Day

Traer a Luz /

Bring to Light

Thursday, May 11, 2023

10 AM-5 PM

Members Only Tours of 

Place of Encounters & 

Bring to Light

Dayana Camposeco’s work captures intimate often everyday moments. Diego Camposeco described himself as a magical realist, his images as a form of writing with light, blended fact and fiction. This exhibition of photography explores the bonds of trust – between sister and brother, photographer and subject, family and community as well as light and darkness, life and death, work, and culture within the context of southern Latinx identity.

At 5 PM, join Camposeco for a Members-Only gallery talk!

Lugar de Encuentros /

Place of Encounters

Artist Talk with Renzo Ortega

Friday, May 12, 2023, 11 AM

CAM Members: $16

Not-Yet Members: $20

Renzo Ortega (Lima, Peru 1974) is an artist based in Carrboro, NC. Renzo received a BFA in painting from the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes del Peru (1999), studied at the Art Students League of New York (2000-04), and has his MFA in painting from Hunter College (2014). His artwork has been exhibited in solo and group shows in the United States and Perú and has been commissioned to create public art projects and community murals.

Museum School Classes & Workshops

Photography

Landscape Photography II

Instructor: Alan Cardick

Landscape Photography is a wide-ranging topic. It can be as simple as documenting the flowers in your backyard or as grand as the million acres of a western National Park. While we don't have any sweeping vistas to compare with the iconic west, we do have many beautiful natural areas in and around Wilmington. This session is open to all skill levels and any digital device, so grab your digital camera, smart phone or tablet and sign up.

Adult: All Levels -

Monday, May 15, 9-11am & Tuesday, May 16, 12-2pm

CAM member: $52;

Not-yet-member: $65

Secret Garden Hideaways

Instructor: Carolyn Faulkner

Bring in a photo to begin creating your favorite garden hideaway. Do Monet's gardens inspire you or do you have your own garden space that you love. I will bring in a photo to demonstrate from so that you will learn the basics of values, tones, tints, mottling and blending colors in Acrylics. A garden bench in your painting for interest is a must! And don't forget the flowers!

Adult: All Levels -

Wednesdays, May 10-*June 7, 10am-12:30pm

CAM member: $136

Not-yet-member: $170

Plates and Paints

Instructor: Anne McCombie

This is a 2-part workshop. The first week we will make slab rolled plates and platters, then 2 weeks later we will come back and paint our pieces.

Adult: All Levels -

Saturday, May 6 & May 27, 11am-1pm

CAM member: $64

Not-yet-member: $80

+ $15 material fee

Creative Writing

Backyard Nature Writing: A Poetry and Prose Workshop

Instructor: Valerie Nieman

Every cricket or blade of grass, if considered closely, is a wonder. Immerse yourself in nature to unlock new power in your writing. In this workshop, the emphasis will be on techniques of close observation and accurate description to, in the words of Blake, "see a World in a Grain of Sand /And a Heaven in a Wild Flower." Using the pond and outdoor areas of the CAM, and models drawn from haiku masters, naturalists, and contemporary writers, we'll celebrate nature with poetry and flash prose. Instructor Valerie Nieman's outdoor experiences as a hiker, angler, sailor, forager, and farmer infuse her five novels and three books of poetry praised for their attention to the natural world.

Adult: All Levels -

Saturday, May 20, 10am-2pm

CAM member: $48;

Not-yet-member: $60

Life Drawing

Long Pose Life Drawing: Dancer Theme

Instructor: J. Greenberg and Donna Moore

If Degas can do it, why can't we? Next up in Long Pose Workshop series - Dancers are the theme! Featuring professional local dancers in simulated rehearsal environment. Each day will start with shorter single model pose, break, to return with two models for an extended pose up to three hours. Format is self-guided - develop composition in medium of your choice. Register for one or both days. Click on "Show Individual Events" to register for single day sessions.

Adult: All Levels -

Friday, May 26, 11 - 4pm & Saturday, May 27, 10am-3:30pm

CAM member: $60 Friday; $64 Saturday; $116 weekend;

Not-yet-member: $75 Friday; $80 Saturday; $145 weekend

Watercolor Landscaping

Instructor: Janice Castiglione

We will explore the many aspects of landscape painting. We will paint trees, fields, skies, foliage and buildings. Also covering the way to tone images in the background to give a 3D effect on a 2-dimensional surface. Pushing some elements back and other elements forward. Putting all the elements together to create a fully completed landscape.

Adult: Intermediate -

Saturday-Sunday, May 20-21, 10-4pm & 12-4pm

CAM member: $144

Not-yet-member: $180