| CAM Announcement! Heather Wilson Named CAM's Executive Director |
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| Breaking News! Heather Wilson, Cameron Art Museum’s current Interim Executive Director, has been named the new Executive Director by the museum’s Board of Trustees. Wilson will be the seventh director Cameron Art Museum has had in its 61-year history, leading the museum into its seventh decade. Wilson has been an integral part of the CAM leadership operations since 2006 when she was hired as a Development Officer and was promoted to Deputy Director in 2019. Wilson led the museum’s most recent strategic planning process and procured numerous grants for the CAM, including grants from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Institute of Museum and Library Services, and PNC Bank in support of the Boundless United States Colored Troops sculpture. She was the project director for the Boundless project, working closely with artist Stephen Hayes. As Deputy Director, she led a needs assessment of CAM’s programming and has led the museum’s DEIA efforts. Wilson has authored numerous publications in support of CAM and has curated numerous projects over the years. Wilson holds a Master of Fine Arts from UNC-Wilmington, where she co-founded the nationally known literary journal, Ecotone. She received a BA from the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, where she graduated with Highest Honors. Since the retirement of Anne Brennan, the former museum head, at the end of March 2023, Wilson has been leading the institution as Interim Executive Director. |
| “After an intensive search and review of a few well qualified candidates, our Search Committee was unanimous in selecting Ms. Wilson to lead the Cameron Art Museum into the future. Her vision, knowledge, expertise, and commitment to CAM and the Cape Fear Region assure us a level of continuity and progressive leadership moving forward.” - Gregory C. Miller, CAM Board of Trustees Chair |
| From Cameron Art Museum Executive Director Heather Wilson |
| Dear Friends of Cameron Art Museum,
I am beyond honored to accept this position as Executive Director of Cameron Art Museum. Over the past 16 years I have worked, first in the development office and then as Deputy Director, to grow CAM’s commitment to community engagement, emphasizing diversity, access, and inclusivity. Art is a common language, something that can bring us together across lines of difference and help us to find empathy and understanding. I look forward to serving you as the next Executive Director of Cameron Art Museum.
We have many exciting things in store in the coming weeks and months, but I hope first that you will join us for a celebratory drink and a toast to this new era at Cameron Art Museum on Thursday, June 22 at 5:30 pm in CAM Café as we open the new exhibition, Love. Let’s honor our past while raising a glass to our future, together.
With gratitude, |
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| 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 the shop, Museum School, and for public programs. Join CAM today! |
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| New to CAM's Museum Shop! O Loves M bags. Conceived of during a yoga class, created from surplus yoga mat material and fabric over-runs. These recycled planet-friendly, wallet-friendly bags are made in the USA. Come check out the whimsical prints (VW bus, dogs, ladybugs, peacock feathers and more) and vibrant colors, you’ll be sure to find the perfect bag to match your favorite outfit!
Featured: Stella Crossbody Bags – assorted colors $27.50 (member price $24.75) |
Love Dance Sunday, June 25, 2023, 2-5 PM DJ Set by Louis Join us for a Sunday afternoon tea dance in the CAM Courtyard as we celebrate the opening of Love, Gay Pride and all the wonderful things summer brings! |
| | Membership New Member Coffee Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 10-11 AM Free; CAM members only
New CAM Members are invited to a Member Coffee to meet Interim Director Heather Wilson and learn a little about CAM's history. Tour of the galleries following the coffee is optional. |
| CAM Museum Shop Coffee with the Shop Artists Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 11:30 AM-1:30 PM Free
Meet one or more Museum Shop Artists and learn more about them and their work. Lemonade and nibbles make the conversation even better. |
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| CAM Community Day Juneteenth Celebration Sunday, June 18, 2023, 10 AM-5 PM Children's activities in the courtyard: 12-2 PM with stories and art making for ages 5 and up Juneteenth Celebration: 2-5 PM FREE Museum Admission
Celebrate Juneteenth, Sunday June 18, at Cameron Art Museum for a day of performances, art-making activities, an insightful panel and more - all offered with FREE museum and event admission all day!
Join the Juneteenth Committee of Wilmington Inc. and Speak Ya Peace NC live at CAM for music and poetry by SolTree Reign. We will convene our Celebration with a Panel discussion with local activists, professors and guest speakers. Be prepared for a panel discussion, "Live with Derrick Anderson". We will be live, honest, and transparent. Come prepared to leave CAM filled with knowledge, enlightenment, and Joy.
Guests: Derrick Anderson, Moderator
Panelists: Makeda Baker, RN MA, Poet; Dr. Breea C. Willingham Associate Professor of Criminology at UNCW; Lettie Gore, historian and racial justice educator, and JaQuan Bagley, Veteran
We will welcome Special Guest Poets, Jadon Kenion, Madelyn Athena Purdie, Ellie Lorenz and Zenith Ayodele Jarrett. Sonya Amen-Ra will have a table tribute to the USCT. |
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| Mary's Art Explorers I Need a Hug / Necesito un Abrazo Thursday, June 22, 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 I Need a Hug / Necesito un Abrazo, then explore our new exhibitions Love and together. We will create artwork inspired by our book and our two exhibitions. 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!
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. |
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| Exhibition Opening for Love Thursday, June 22, 2023, Member OnlyTours at 11 AM, 1PM, and 5PM Free; CAM members only
Love (June 22-October 8) 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.
Love includes work by Ghada Amer, Thomas Barger, Susanna Coffey, Alanna Fields, Andrea Galvani, Jeffrey Gibson, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Fritzi Huber, Rashid Johnson, Jana Vander Lee, Felicita Felli Maynard, William Selig, Dixon Stetler, Lien Truong, Michele Tejuola Turner, jinna valentine and Akram Zaatari. Loans for this exhibition are from Art Bridges and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the High Museum of Art, and private collections.
Love is an adaptation of the 2022 exhibition What is Left Unspoken, Love at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. |
| Love Artists Talk with Lien Truong and jina valentine Thursday, June 22, 2023, 6 PM CAM Members: $15; Not-Yet Members: $20
Join artists Lien Truong and Jina Valentine for a conversation in the gallery as Cameron Art Museum opens Love. They'll explore how family relationships can inform art, how family and community love have driven certain series of their work, and how family love informs their artistic practice in general. |
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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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