Featured Programs

Jazz at CAM

Brian Miller Quartet

Thursday, September 1

7 PM

CAM Members: $35;

Not-Yet Members: $55

Brian Miller is a native of Kinston, NC and is a graduate of North Carolina Central University. Brian was first exposed to music at his church and developed a strong passion for music at an early age. By the time he graduated from high school, he played saxophone, tuba, trumpet, snare drum, bass clarinet and valve trombone.

Brian performed with the NCCU Jazz Ensemble twice at the White House for President Bill Clinton, and the band has recorded his original composition, Desmond Street. He has also performed with Tom Browne at Blues Alley, performed “On-Air” live with Branford Marsalis for WNCU 90.7 FM jazz radio, played Dual Sax Battles with James “Saxsmo” Gates, and opened up for “An Evening of Smooth Jazz” in Lansing, MI for headliner, Gerald Albright.

Screening

Resilience 

Community Screening & Boundless Public Tour

Friday, September 2, 2022

12-1 PM Film Screening

1-1:30 PM Gallery 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 gallery tour with a focus on resiliency themes.

The CAM offers free screenings of Resilience on the first Friday of each month (unless there is a holiday and then it moves to the second Friday). Feel free to grab lunch at the CAM café, or bring your own lunch!

No fee and no registration necessary.

Free Admission

Bank of America Museums on US Weekend

Saturday, September 3 & Sunday, September 4

10 am to 5 pm

Making plans for the weekend? Bring your Bank of America card and receive free admission Saturday and Sunday thanks to their Museums on Us program!

ASL Tour

American Sign Language Interpreted Tour of 20 Years

Saturday, September 3, 2022,

11 AM

Two interpreters provided

Free

In recognition of Deaf Awareness month, CAM is offering an ASL Interpreted Tour of 20 Years on its closing weekend.

Upcoming Programs

Mary's Art Explorers

Sonia Delaunay:

A Life of Color

Thursday, September 8, 2022, 10-11 AM

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

Children 2 and under: free

Learn all about artist Sonia Delaunay and her love of art and color! We will read Sonia Delaunay: A Life of Color, then be inspired by all of the colorful works of art we find on display in the galleries. We will create our own works of art using bold shapes and colors in creative ways.

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.

Back to School at CAM's Museum School

Tuesdays,

September 6- 20, 2pm-5pm  

Printmaking Studies: Linocut 

Instructor: Antoinette Vogt  

CAM member: $128;

Not-yet-member: $160  

Explore the relief printmaking method of Linocut to create striking images. Students will learn the basics of carving their design into the linoleum block, inking and printing. 

Wednesdays,

September 7 - 28,

10am - 12pm  

Fearless Color! 

Instructor: Carolyn Faulkner  

CAM member: $116;

Not-yet-member: $145  

Do you love bright bold colors? Do you love soft muted colors? If so, this class is for you! Learn how to create a harmonious color palette and a contrasting color palette. Decide if you want a painting filled with harmony or a painting using bold contrasts. Contrast will give your artwork drama and opposition. 

Thursdays,

September 8-29, 6:30-8pm   

A History of Wilmington and Lower Cape Fear 

Instructor: Dr. Chris Fonvielle  

CAM member: $72;

Not-yet-member: $90  

Join Dr. Chris E. Fonvielle Jr., Professor Emeritus in the Dept. of History, UNC Wilmington and author, for a four-part conversation on the history of Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear. Dr. Fonvielle will lead discussions on the region's lay of the land, its earliest inhabitants, the arrival of Europeans and Africans, settlement, development, growth, wars, epidemics, riots, rebirth, renewal, and much more.

Thursdays,

September 8-October 13, 6pm-9pm  

Social Pottery 

Instructor: Renato Abbate  

CAM member: $228;

Not-yet-member: $285  

Come and enjoy and experiment with pottery at our studio with Renato. We will cover hand building, throwing, extruding, decals, and glazing. Get into the studio and have fun with other people that love art. 

Awesome Animals! Using Shading and Proportions

Instructor: Carolyn Faulkner

Youth: Middle School -

Tuesdays, September 6-27, 4:30-6pm

CAM member: $88;

Not-Yet-member: $110

Learn two essential techniques to draw an awesome animal! Proportions are a must to make a correct drawing. Proportions are the size relationships between objects and the sub-parts of an object. Shading enhances the drawing and gives it a 3D effect. We will work with graphite pencils to create realistic creatures. Camels, elephants, and tigers are a few choices.

Drawing in the Gallery

Instructor: Antoinette Vogt

Adult and Youth -

Thursdays: September 8, October 6, November 3, December 1, 11am-12:30pm

CAM member: $20;

Not-Yet-member: $25

Enjoy a morning drawing in the gallery. Improve your drawing skills and learn new techniques while enjoying the exhibits at CAM. Each session will focus on drawing two-dimensional or three-dimensional artwork in the current exhibitions.

Natural Way To Draw - Intro Workshop

Instructor:  Donna Moore

Saturday, September 10,

10am-4pm

CAM member: $100;

Not-Yet-member: $125

$20 model fee paid to instructor

Through gesture and observation of live models, practice capturing form and character of a subject by activating your personal visual sense.  Encourages quick, expressive renderings.

Fridays,

September 9- 30, 11am-1pm  

Knitting Your Way-

Yes You Can! 

Instructor: Susan Borovsky  

CAM member: $116;

Not-yet-member: $145  

Knitting is a life long skill. We will take each student from where you are (whether neophyte or expert) to where you want to be.