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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

CAM Exhibition Spotlight:

Illumination 2022 opens!

Illumination 2022, presented by WECT and Fox Wilmington, is now open! This is the 8th incarnation of CAM's artist-made lantern exhibition and competition in which artists were asked to Let Their Light Shine!

36 unique lanterns in a variety of mediums, illuminate our Studio One gallery space. In addition to artists from Wilmington and throughout North Carolina, Illumination 2022 features artists from across the country with Chicago, Nashville, and Adrian, Michigan represented.

Illumination 2022 opened on Friday night with an opening night party featuring music by local favs Neighbro and cocktails & light bites from CAM Cafe.

Artists competed for three cash prizes totaling $1,500. This year’s group of judges included: Rhonda Bellamy, founding executive director of the Arts Council of Wilmington/New Hanover County, Charlotte Cohen, General Manager Fox Wilmington, Mahlaynee Cooper, founder of Speak Ya Peace NC, John Jordan, DesginNC co-founder, Keltsey Mattachione, Gallery Director CAB Gallery at UNCW, Chris Montero, Co-Founder and Co-Owner of Perfect Touch Rental LLC, Miriam Oehrlein, Gallery Director New Elements Gallery, Dr. Abigail Upshaw, Assistant Professor of Art History at UNCW, and Dr. Acquenetta V. Wheeler, Regional Medical Director for Optum, Inc and serves as a Trustee of Cameron Art Museum.

Partygoers admiring The Light that Shines from Within from Illumination 2022 artist Sharon de Beck.

The judges had a hard time making their choices, but the winners were announced to cheers and applause of all that evening.

Sharon de Beck from Wilmington placed third with The Light that Shines from Within. de Beck writes, "As light shines through vintage paper strips beads and stars, it will create interesting and dynamic patterns of light and shadow. Art brings so much light to my life that I wanted to share my work and let my light shine."

Second place winner Untitled from Illumination 2022 artists Lemuel Heida and Tricia Messenger

Second place went to the artists Lemuel Heida and Tricia Messenger from Supply, NC for Untitled. They write, "This collaborative lantern personifies the characteristics and methodology of artwork made individually by combining two styles together to make a cohesive work of functional, sculptural and decorative art."

First place winner A Motivating Force

from Illumination 2022 artist Nancy Sauser

First place went to Nancy Sauser from Mount Holly, NC with her work A Motivating Force. She writes, "My passion is energized by nature. I can sit forever and watch the endlessly changing patterns formed from the light hitting the moving water of a waterfall or ocean waves."

Exhibition goers are encouraged to vote for the People's Choice Award which will be announced the last week of the exhibition.

Illumination 2022 is on view until January 15, 2023. Come visit CAM and share in the light of the holiday season!

Year End Appeal

Help support CAM and the work we do!

Light Up The Night

We hope you enjoy visiting Illumination 2022...and then take some of the magic home with a LumiPet.

LumiPets are soft, cuddly, color changing, usb rechargable, LED nightlights with remote $25.95 (CAM members $23.35)

In-Person Event

Floating Lantern Ceremony

Sunday, January 8, 2023 4-7 PM

Lanterns Sleeves: $12 available now at

CAM Visitor Services

We all have individual reasons to create our own Floating Lantern . . . to honor someone who is a dear friend, to memorialize a cherished family member or treasure a special moment experienced during the year. Visit CAM on January 8 and join others at CAM’s Reflection Pond in an expression of Remembrance, Reflection and Gratitude. There is no charge to attend the Floating Lantern Ceremony and CAM's exhibitions will be free admission all day. Live music near the pond and hot chocolate, beverages and light food service available from CAM Café.

Featured Programs

Open House

Holiday Open House

Thursday, Dec 8, 2022,

10 AM-8:30 PM

Free

Get into the holiday spirit and join us for CAM’s Holiday Open House Thursday, December 8! Enjoy hot chocolate and treats from CAM Café as you check out the latest holiday gifts in CAM’s Museum Shop. Visitors can Pop into Pancoe to make ornaments and learn about events at the

Museum School.

Cameron Art Museum is the perfect place for all of your holiday gift giving needs with CAM Gift memberships, CAM Gift Cards, and CAM Members receive a special 20% off in the Museum Shop all day long!

Mary's Art Explorers

Illumination

Thurs, Dec 8, 2022, 10-11 AM

Members: $3 per child/adult;

Not-yet-members:

$6 per child/adult

Children 2 and under: free

Let’s explore our newest exhibition Illumination! We will read Firenze’s Light and look at all the beautiful lanterns inside the galleries. We will create our own craft lanterns to take home.

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.

Presented by

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60+

Galleries After Dark with Gwenyfar Rohler

Thursday, Dec 8, 2022, 7-8 PM

Free with museum admission

Explore the life of Claude Howell as not only a visual artist but also as a long time writer and contributor to the stories of Wilmington with commentaries and zines.

Tour

American Sign Language Tour

Saturday, December 10, 2022,

11 AM-12 PM

Free

Join us Saturday for an American Sign Language Tour. Two interpreters will be provided, and admission is free.

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Public Program

Minnie Evans Birthday Celebration

Sunday, Dec 11, 2022,

10 AM-5 PM

Events free with museum admission.

Celebrate Minnie Evans’ Birthday with us with family activities, a special performance and an exclusive first look at a new documentary about Minnie and her work. Visit and take in a gallery filled with Minnie’s work now on display at part of 60+.

11 AM - 1 PM Ornament Making

1 PM "Miss Minnie" by

Joyce Grear

2 PM Work-in-Progress Preview Screening of "Minnie Evans: Visionary Artist" by Linda Royal

Upcoming Programs

Concert

Wilmington Chamber Orchestra

Thursday, Dec 15, 2022, 7-8 PM

CAM Members: $25;

Not-yet-Members: $30

The Wilmington Chamber Orchestra is comprised of Wilmington’s finest orchestral and jazz musicians. Conducted by Dominic Talanca and featuring alto saxophonist Maxwell Snyder, the group will recreate the legendary album Charlie Parker with Strings. Using the original arrangements from the 1949 and 1950 studio recordings, the music features jazz standards by American composers such as George Gershwin and Cole Porter, performed with a classical string section and jazz rhythm section.

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Kids@CAM

"I Have a Dream" Peace Flag Weekend

Sat & Sun, January 14-15, 2023 10 AM-2 PM

CAM Members: $5;

Not-yet-Members: $10

CAM honors the life and work of civil rights activist Martin Luther King with the "I Have a Dream" Peace Flag Project. We invite the community to take inspiration from King’s iconic speech from 1963 and create a Tibetan prayer flags.Your flag will be included in a community installation that will be displayed around the CAM pond.

Learn More

Attention Teachers!

Your students can be part of this wide-spreading community installation. Classroom Kits of 5 to 15 flags available at discounted rates for educators.

Classroom Kits

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

Bill Alston

Thursday, December 8, 6-8 PM

Roger Davis

Sat, December 10, 11:30 AM-1:30 PM

Gentle Yoga

with Steve Unger

Tuesdays from 9-10 AM

Donation: $10

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Purchase a CAM Gift Card

for the artist in your life!

CAM Gift Cards can be redeemed in CAM Cafe, the Museum Shop, and in the Museum School for any

Class & Workshop

Kids@CAMp

Holiday Intercession Camp

December 21-23, 9am-1pm

Need a few hours for last-minute shopping or gift wrapping? Join instructor Anne McCombie and gift the kids a few days of merry activities at CAM. Campers explore simple techniques and crafts to celebrate the season. Register for one day or all three! Please click on "Show individual events" to register for a single day. This can be one or two days or select the package for a three-day

Holiday CAMp.

Ages 7-12 Youth: All Levels

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday,

December 21-23, 9am-1pm

CAM member: $52 daily;

Not-yet-member: $65 daily

Museum School Classes & Workshops

Exciting Skies

Instructor:

Carolyn Faulkner

This will not be a sky with clouds moving horizontally. You will paint with upward strokes as if there is a wind beneath blowing the clouds up and out to the side! The palette will be blues, lavenders, and turquoise.

Adult: All Levels -

Wednesday, January 11- February 1, 10am-1pm

CAM member: $172;

Not-yet-member: $215

Women in the Arts - A Handmade Journal Series

Instructor:

Catherine Cross Tsintzos

Whether you need a journal for writing, sketching, stitching, mixed media or gifting, create beautiful Japanese Side/Stab Bind journals. Immerse yourself with colorful and inspiring art history of women artists who have left lasting impressions on the art world. Each session provides a plethora of visual beauty and demonstrations to assist participants with the completion of four separate journals.

Thursday January 12 -February 23, 10am-12pm

CAM member: $156;

Not-yet-member: $195

+ $5 material fee

Free Flowing Watercolors

Instructor:

Janice Castiglione

This six-week course is designed to explore the characteristics of flowing watercolors. Each week we will study a different aspect of painting: color mixing, value, depth, and composition. Every class will start with a demonstration. Every other week all will paint the same painting, step by step. The between weeks will be the students time to create and develop their ideas and interests. Drawing experience required.

Adult: Intermediate -

Thurs, Jan 12- Feb 16 2-5pm

CAM member: $232;

Not-yet-member: $290

Printmaking Studies: Reduction Linocut

Instructor: Antionette Vogt

Reduction Linocut is a multi-colored relief printing method which uses the same piece of linoleum for each color. From start to finish, students will learn how to plan their design, carve each consecutive layer, and print each color on top of the last. At the end of four weeks students will have created an edition of multi-colored prints.

Adult: All Levels -

Wed, Jan 18-Feb 8, 11am-2pm

CAM member: $128;

Not-yet-member: $160

Morning Pottery

Instructor: Renato Abbate

The focus of this class will be on hand building techniques, including pinch, coil, and slab building. An emphasis on design elements will be developed through each project so that students explore shape, form, and volume.

Adult: All Levels -

Mon, Jan 23- Feb 27 9am-12pm

CAM member: $228;

Nont-yet-member: $285

Seeing Abstractly

Instructor: Donna Moore

Painting abstractly begins with seeing abstractly. Reinforce the fundamental techniques that enable artists to break down and simplify compositions. Traditional design basics generate balance, unity, and dynamic structures through the recognition of prevailing shapes, sensitive color, patterns, and visual texture found in any subject matter. Practice builds through both drawing and painting.

Thursdays, Jan 26- Febr 23, 10am-1pm

CAM member: $196;

Not-yet-member: $245

On View

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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