Featured Programs

Mary's Art Explorers

Goodbye Preschool, Hello Kindergarten

Thursday, August 25, 2022,

10-11 AM

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

Children 2 and under: free

It’s a special time of year, and many of our Art Explorer friends or their siblings will be starting Kindergarten (or other school grades)! We will read ‘Goodbye Preschool, Hello Kindergarten’ and talk about all the exciting things that come with growing up. We will create ‘back to school’ crafts’ that we can give our teachers or other people we love.

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!

A Preview: Forward Motion Dance Arts in Motion 2022

Sunday, August 28 2-3pm

CAM Members and students $10 Not-yet Members $12

Forward Motion Dance will bring a preview event of their new and recent choreography to CAM. Enjoy dance performances with live music and film as the artists interact with the audience through discussion and audience questions.

Upcoming Programs

Jazz at CAM

Brian Miller Quartet

Thursday, September 1, 2022,

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. While a student at NCCU, he worked with jazz artists like Clark Terry, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Terrence Slide Hampton, Maceo Parker, Grady Tate, and Nicholas Payton, and played at the Montreux and Vienne Jazz Festivals. 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, opened up for “An Evening of Smooth Jazz” in Lansing, MI for headliner, Gerald Albright and remains in very high demand among jazz, gospel and R&B musicians alike.

Back to School at CAM's Museum School

Tuesdays,

September 6-October 11, 10am-1pm  

Paint With Pastels,

Improve your Drawings and Your Techniques 

Instructor: Jeri Greenberg  

CAM member: $232;

Not-yet-member: $290  

Working with still life, models, photos and nature, we will work with your pastels and charcoal to improve drawing skills as well as pastel techniques. We will focus on color, temperature, values, shapes, layout and more to bring a drawing to a finished painting.

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- October 13,

9am -12pm 

Beginning Drawing 

Instructor: Todd Carignan 

CAM member: $232;

Not-yet-member: $290   

Start your artist journey with good drawing habits! Learn the fundamentals for drawing, such as where to begin, how to measure and how to decide how light or dark to make something. 

Thursdays,

September 8-October 13, 1pm-4pm  

Fearless Watercolor 

Instructor: Janice Castiglione 

CAM member: $232;

Not-yet-member: $290 

Watercolor is known for being the most difficult medium to paint with. This class is designed to push through our fears and find joy in exploring the aspects of what this paint can do. Let's let the pressure go and concentrate on finding joy in creating.

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. 

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. 

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.