Featured Programs

Membership

New Member Coffee

Wednesday, April 19, 10-11 AM

Free; CAM members only

New CAM Members are invited

to a Member Coffee to meet Interim Director Heather Wilson and learn about CAM's history. 

Tour of the galleries following the coffee is optional.

Mary's Art Explorers

Earth Day

Thursday, April 20, 2023, 10-11 AM

CAM Members: $3 per child/adult Not-yet-members: $6 per child/adult

Children 2 and under: free

In celebration of Earth Day, we will talk about ways we can take care of our environment and create art out of recycled materials.

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!

Earth Day 2023

Earth Day Film Screenings; Followed by a Q&A

Thursday, April 20, 6:30-8 PM

6:30-7 PM: Confluence (12 min) & FlowILM (13 min), presented by Gene Felice

7 PM: Freedom Hill (28 min)

7:30 PM: Discussion with Director Resita Cox, Dr. Britt Moore &

Debroah Dicks Maxwell

$10 suggested donation

Join us for screenings of short documentaries in honor of Earth Day 2023. Learn about FlowILM 2022 and the Confluence/Algae Society exhibition (2022) in two sort documentaries produced by the OUR team at UNCW. 

Confluence featured a multi-sensory art and science experience presenting the human+algal relationship and their complex roles in climate change.

Freedom Hill introduces the present day impact of climate change alongside environmental justice. Princeville, NC is the first town incorporated by freed, formerly enslaved Africans in America. This historical significance sits on a precipice: it is gradually being washed away. Freedom Hill is a short documentary exploring the environmental racism washing away the town of under 2,000.

Sponsored in part by

Performance

SOLSTICE CYCLES -

Traces of the Enmeshment:

The River Home

Saturday, April 22, 2-3:30 PM

Free with museum admission

SOLSTICE CYCLES is an experimental, collaborative Improv Project between Karola Luettringhaus with Alban Elved Dance Company and Carl Kruger with the Slow Ear Ensemble. The focus of the project is the contemplation and celebration of earthly phenomena, cycles, and seasons. Guests will experience a live performance of sound, dance, and projections. The audience is invited to sit and observe or move and create sound with the performers. This program supports our annual interdisciplinary understanding of earth and the environment through the arts.

Earth Day Celebration

FlowILM

An Evening of Light, Sound, and Movement

Saturday, April 22, 6-9:30 PM

The 2023 FlowILM event at the Cameron Art Museum will feature an array of artists, scientists, local non-profits and UNCW labs / programs focused on local / global water issues, including educational and family-oriented activities and more.

The arts portion of the event will feature live performance, dance, sculpture, installation and light / sound work created by an array of artists and produced by the Coaction Lab at The University of North Carolina Wilmington. Participating organizations will share their research and creativity with an array of family friendly activities, throughout the late afternoon from 6pm-8pm, with the main art events running from 8pm to 9pm.

Sponsored in part by:

Upcoming Programs

Performance

Encore Chorale and Sentimental Journey Singers

Sunday, April 23, 2023, 3 PM

Free; donations appreciated

Registration Required

Encore Creativity for Older Adults, the nation’s largest choral arts organization for adults 55 and older, ushers in the light of spring with the Encore Chorale of Cape Fear's free spring concert. The local group, conducted by Angela Burns, will sing a fun and uplifting mix of choral arrangements of popular songs centered around themes of light and love. The concert will also include a performance by the Sentimental Journey Singers of Cape Fear conducted by Michaela Wood, a therapeutic music program that connects those with cognitive change and their care partners through song.

Book Buzz

The Kudzu Queen with Mimi Herman

Sunday, April 30, 2023, 1-2 PM

CAM Members: $20;

Not-Yet Members: $25

Join author Mimi Herman for a discussion on her latest novel about Mattie Lee Watson, a sharp, spunky, and courageous heroine. Mimi is a Kennedy Center teaching artist, director of the United Arts Council Arts Integration Institute and co-director of Writeaways writing workshops in France, Italy, and New Mexico. She has taught in the Masters of Education programs at Lesley University, served as the 2017 North Carolina Piedmont Laureate, and been an associate editor for Teaching Artist Journal. She is the author of A Field Guide to Human Emotions, Logophilia, and The Art of Learning. Mimi has performed her poetry and fiction at venues ranging from Why There Are Words in Sausalito to Symphony Space in New York City.

Museum School Classes & Workshops

Printmaking Studies: Collagraph Collage Plates

Instructor: Antoinette Vogt

Learn the art of collagraph relief printmaking using plates created by collage. In this workshop students will create printing plates by gluing elements onto the printing surface to create an image. Students are asked to gather collage supplies ahead of time and bring them to the first class session. Students will create their plates during the first session and print them during the second session.

Adult: All Levels -

Sundays, April 30 & May 7,

1-4 pm

CAM member: $80

Not-yet-member: $100

+ $8 material fee

Street Photography: Portraiture

Instructor: Alan Cradick

Using your smart phone ordigital camera, we will delve into the art of street photography. Whether you are looking to sharpen your skills crafting images of the streets and alleys of Wilmington or want to try your hand at producing portraits of strangers you will enjoy this workshop. By working with strangers to create a photograph in half a minute, this workshop will hone the photographer's interpersonal and portrait skills.Grab your smart phone, tablet or camera and sign up now.

Adult: All Levels -

Saturday, April 22, 10-12pm & Sunday, April 23, 12-2pm

CAM member: $52

Not-yet-member: $65

Figure Sculpture

Instructor: Anne McCombie

Sculpt figures out of clay while observing the human form. All skill sets invited.

Adult: All Levels -

Thursday, April 27- June 1,

6-9 pm

CAM member: $224

Not-yet-member: $280

+ $20 material fee

$25 model fee paid to instructor

How to Compose a Painting

Instructor: Todd Carignan

This workshop will tackle the principles of design. Students will bring their own projects to work on during class. All mediums are welcome.

Adult: All Levels -

Saturday, April 29,

10:00am-4:00pm

CAM member: $100

Not-yet-member: $125

Clay

Homeschooling with Clay

Instructor: Anne McCombie

Pottery class for homeschooling students.

Youth: All Levels -

Fridays, April 21-May 12,

11-12:30

CAM member: $88;

Non-member: $110

+ $20 material fee

Creating Stained Glass Art

Instructor:

Jane Del Rosso Freach

Immerse yourself in learning the ageless art of producing your very own stained glass art piece, be it a window, a door corner, a box, or a sun catcher. During this class as a beginning student, you'll be given instruction on how to make two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional stained glass art pieces. Adult: All Levels -

Thursdays, April 20- May 25,

10-1pm

CAM member: $232

Not-yet-member: $290