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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Purchase a Paver, Build A Park!

USCT Park Opens Nov. 13

On November 13, 2022 the United States Colored Troops Park will open on the grounds of the Cameron Art Museum becoming a public space for community healing and connection across lines of difference, one that is vital to the health of our region. The community is invited to help contribute to its creation by purchasing a paver honoring their loved ones that will line the entrance way of the park and on view for generations to come.

The USCT Park will enhance CAM’s standing as a trusted cultural gathering place for community learning and dialogue. The event marks the one year anniversary of the unveiling of Boundless, the public sculpture by artist Stephen Hayes that commemorates the United States Colored Troops and their fight for freedom. Now, the next step is to create a gathering space for the over 60,000 visitors from across the country who come to the CAM each year and the 8,000 school children who visit the museum on trips. USCT Park will become a community space for gathering, field trips, classes, workshops, storytelling, live music, and annual USCT living history events for years to come, in which the sculpture Boundless will be the centerpiece.

The purchase of a paver will help solidify the museum’s vision for the USCT Park which will be the first of its kind in North Carolina and in the nation, focused on the heroism of the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War.

With community support, the new USCT Park will be a central community space for important programming telling a little-known Civil War story whose impact can still be seen on the city today. Programming held at the USCT Park will promote social change, healing, and engagement within the continuum of this story with students (K-12, university, and community college), children, families, and the public.

This project will benefit a local, state-wide, and national audience for years to come.

The deadline for purchasing a paver is August 1, 2022.

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE A PAVER TODAY

For questions contact Liz Shafer at eshafer@cameronartmuseum.org

or call 910-726-9496

Show your support for the USCT

Bring Boundless Home!

Visit the Museum Shop at CAM for a selection of Boundless merchandise including the

Stephen Hayes designed replica and the Boundless commemorative book which includes images and illustrations and the names of the men who served in the USCT.

Available while supplies last.

Join us this weekend for Museums on Us!

Bring your Bank of America card for FREEAdmission Saturday July 2 & Sunday July 3!

Attention Artists!

Illumination 2022

Call to Artists

Be part of Cameron Art Museum’s 8th Annual Exhibition of Artist Made Lights

How does the light shine in your mind, your heart, your soul? How will your hands blend the light with sculptural components to create art?

Artists are encouraged to submit proposals that explore traditional and contemporary media utilizing elements of color, texture, light, and shadow.

All themes are welcome. Click below to learn more and submit proposals.

Deadline for submissions is

Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 11:59 PM EDT

Submit Proposals

Featured Programs

Screening & Boundless Tour

Resilience

Community

Friday, July 1, 2022

12-1 PM Film Screening

1-1:30 PM Boundless Tour

View the award winning documentary 'Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope'. The film screens in our spacious reception hall from 12-1 PM, followed by an optional brief discussion with other community members. Learn about the

New Hanover County Resiliency Task Force.

After the screening at 1 PM, join our Cultural Curator Daniel Jones for a tour of Boundless with a focus on resiliency themes.

The CAM offers free screenings of Resilience on the first Friday of each month. Feel free to grab lunch at the CAM café, or bring your own lunch!

No fee and no registration necessary.

Upcoming Programs

Art Explorers

When Pigasso Met Mootisee

Thursday, July 14, 2022, 10-11 AM

CAM Members: $3 per child;

Non-Members: $6

Adults and children 2 and under: free

Learn about artists, animals and friendship when we read When Pigasso Met Mootisse. We will see modern art in our State of the Art exhibition, then create our own "modern art messes" using watered down paint.

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!

Illustrated Lecture

History of Seagrove with Brian Evans

Thursday, July 21, 2022, 7 PM

Free with museum admission

Ceramist Brian Evans will discuss Seagrove, the jewel that we have in southeastern North Carolina for working potters. Evans will discuss the development of Seagrove and the lives of artists like Ben Owen, supported by the soil where they live and work.

Art Explorers

Airlie Gardens

Thursday, July 28, 2022, 10-11 AM

CAM Members: $3 per child;

Non-Members: $6

Adults and children 2 and under: free

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

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!

Book Buzz

Luc Travers and Stories in Paint: 50 Moving Artworks from AmericanMuseums

Saturday, July 30, 2022, 1-2:30 PM

CAM Members: $20; Non-Members: $25

Join Luc Travers for the release of his new book, Stories in Paint: 50 Moving Artworks from American Museums. In his book, Luc shares paintings with dramatic, poignant, and meaningful stories while demonstrating a powerful method to make the visual arts more interactive and engaging for everyone. During a thirty-minute slideshow presentation, Luc will share some of his favorite artworks from the book as well as some of the distinctive touches that make it innovative. Following the presentation there'll be time for questions, discussion, and book signing. Your registration includes a complimentary glass of wine, beer, or sparkling water.

CAM Café

Hours

Lunch: Tues-Fri 11 AM-2 PM

Dinner: Thurs 5-8 PM

Brunch: Sat & Sun 10 AM-2 PM

Call (910) 777-2363 for reservations

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Live Music

at CAM Café

Thursdays 6-8 PM

& Saturdays 11:30 AM-1:30 PM

Perry Smith

Thurs, June 16, 6-8 PM

Bill Alston

Sat, June 18, 11:30 AM-1:30 PM

Gentle Yoga

with Steve Unger

Tuesdays from 9-10 AM

Donation: $5

Flow Yoga

with Kim Gardiulo

Fridays from 8:30-9:30 AM

Donation: $10

Boundless Public Tours

with Daniel Jones, CAM Cultural Curator

Fridays at 1 PM

Free with museum admission

Photo Courtesy of Jeff Janowski/UNCW

Support the USCT Sculpture Park!

Purchase a Paver, Build a Park!

Join Cameron Art Museum’s campaign to commemorate the United States Colored Troops, and their historic efforts at the Battle of Forks Road, on the museum grounds.

Your purchase of a personalized paver will help us to realize a park, the first of its kind in North Carolina and in the nation, focused on the heroism of the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War.

Learn More

Meet CAM education staff and our phenomenal roster of teaching artists, while touring the Pancoe Education Center. Wander through our mixed media studio space, the clay studio, and kiln room and learn about our Fall classes.

FALL CLASSES TO BE ANNOUNCED JULY 1

Upcoming Classes & Workshops

Watercolor Landscapes

Instructor: Janice Castiglione

New Session added! Explore the many aspects of landscape painting. We will practice the elements, like trees, skies, ground foliage, and buildings. Also covering the elements of composition, color and design. I will demonstrate how to push things back onto the distance and bring other elements forward to give your painting a dimensional illusion. After practicing the elements we will attempt to bring it all together in a complete landscape painting.

Adult: All Levels -

August 6-7, Saturday 10am-4pm & Sunday, 12pm-4pm

CAM member: $144;

Non-member: $160

Light Trails and Dark Streets; Night Photography Downtown

Instructor: Alan Cradick

With long exposures and using available light, you photo making does not need to end with the daylight. Many great images are made with longer shutter speeds and use of a tripod to steady your camera. Headlight streaks are also part of the night photography mix. We will meet downtown and spend the evening utilizing longer and longer exposures as the sun sets. There is no need for special equipment, just your camera and a tripod. On Saturday, we will meet at 6 pm, the following day, we meet for a group critique and to share our work.

Adult: All Levels -

Saturday-Sunday, July 16-17,

6-8pm & 12-2pm

CAM member: $54;

Non-member: $60

Summer Blossom

Instructor: Carolyn Faulkner

A favorite cut flower from your garden can be the start to a dramatic painting. In this workshop you will be painting a single flower on a larger scale. Changing scale allows you freedom of movement and ease in blending different colors one into the other. You will create your painting starting with basic shapes, adding high lights and low lights, and then blending similar or unlike colors. Your painting will be dramatic! You can paint realistically or be expressive and stylized.

Adult: All Levels -

Saturday & Sunday July 23-24, 10 am- 4 pm

CAM member: $171;

Non-member: $190

Partner Portraits in Plaster

Instructor: Judith Chandler

Using plaster gauze, students will work with their partners and create a plaster portrait of each other. There will be 5+ layers of gauze to build a strong piece. The plaster will stay on the face for approximately 30 minutes. then removed and allowed to dry fully. For a more formal portrait, the surface can be layered with liquid plaster to create a specific texture or a smooth surface. Finishing may be as desired though most choose smooth sanding or spray painting. Once hard, the plaster will be removed and allowed to dry fully. It is expected that the plaster will remain white but there are options for adding humor or perhaps scary elements if desired.

Adult: All Levels -

Saturday, July 9, 10am -4pm, & Sunday, July 10, 12pm- 4pm

CAM member: $144;

Non-member: $160

+ $15 material fee

Make New Surfaces to Paint on With Your Pastels

Instructor: Jeri Greenberg

Come learn to make new surfaces for your paintings! Using Gesso, Pumice, Alcohol, Acrylics, Inks and more, we can transform your paper into new and exciting surfaces. See how your pastels love these new surfaces. Come and have some fun.

Adult: All Levels -

Saturday, July 16, 10am- 4pm

CAM member: $99;

Non-member: $110

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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