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| CAM Community Day Danza Guerreros Quetzalcoatl Performs |
| We are excited to welcome Danza Guerreros Quetzalcoatl to the museum for a CAM Community Day on Sunday, September 24. The museum and all events that day are FREE with the galleries open beginning at 10 AM.
Danza Guerreros Quetzalcoatl celebrates the traditions and culture of Mexico through Aztec dance. Performing in full regalia, the dancers are a multi-generational ensemble dedicated to maintaining customs in their community. Join us for dancing outdoors in the Sculpture Park with this dynamic group of thirty dancers. |
The day begins with Kids @CAM with family activities for visitors of all ages beginning at 12:30 PM. At 2 PM, Danza Guerreros Quetzalcoatl performs outside the museum and beginning at 3:30 PM Lugar de Encuentros/Place of Encounters artist Rodrigo Dorfman joins for a Gallery Talk reflecting on his work, process and more. |
Watch a sample of what Danza Guerreros Quetzalcoatl will bring to CAM on Sunday, September 24. |
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| Rodrigo Dorfman is a Chilean-born, North Carolina-based, award-winning writer, filmmaker and multimedia producer who has worked with POV, HBO, Salma Hayek's Ventanazul and the BBC among others. His films have been screened at some of the top international film festivals in the world (Toronto, Full Frame, Edinburgh, Telluride, Human Rights Watch). With his father, he won best screenplay award from the Writers Guild of Great Britain for Prisoners in Time (1997), starring John Hurt. His short One Night in Kernersville won the Jury Award for best short at Full Frame (2011).
His work has been exhibited at the Levine Museum of the New South, at the Atlanta History Center, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the MAK in Los Angeles and SECCA in Winston Salem.
He is a cinematographer of the Sundance award-winning documentary Always in Season, about the impact of lynching on four different communities; his documentary This Taco Truck Kills Fascists won the Best Louisiana Feature Award at the New Orleans Film Festival, and his feature FIESTA! Quinceañera on the intersection of quinceañeras and immigrant traditions in the South broadcast on PBS stations nationwide in 2018. |
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He is currently in production, with his collaborator, Peter Eversoll, on Bulls and Saints, a feature documentary on reverse migration and bull riding for Latino Public Broadcasting. His feature documentary, Quaranteened, will be broadcast on PBS stations in the spring of 2022 and streamed on the Amazon Prime PBS Documentary Chanel. His memoir Generation Exile will be published by Arte Publico Press in March 2023. |
His immersive documentary experimental installation, Aztecas and Cowboys (2023), is currently on view in CAM's Lugar de Encuentros/Place of Encounters exhibition |
| Lugar de Encuentros/Place of Encounters, featuring six Latin American artists, opened on May 11 and will be on view through January 14, 2024.
Work from this powerful exhibition often straddles two worlds, reflecting both birthplace and resettlement, exploring both tension and harmony in the relationship between the two. From film to installation art to paintings to photography, this exhibition delves into the variety of migrant experiences, offering a space for connection, a chance to encounter another’s experience through art. Artists include NicoAmortegui, Cornelio Campos, Rodrigo Dorfman, Mario Marzan, Renzo Ortega, and Rosalia Torres-Weiner. |
Sunday, September 24 CAM Community Day Schedule of Events
12:30-2 PM Kids@CAM
2-3 PM Danza Guerreros Quetzalcoatl 3:30 PM Gallery Talk with Rodrigo Dorfman |
| CAM Shop + Design NC Beat the rush and buy your copy of The Gardens of Bunny Mellon before Friday’s Design NC book series event with garden historian and author Linda Jane Holden. The Gardens of Bunny Mellon book is $65. |
| CAM Café Shares the Love on Thursday Nights! |
| EAT. DRINK. ART. Join us at the bar or have dinner on Thursdays and get FREE museum admission!
Image Credit: Painting by Sherri Basaldua, Wilmington NC Urban Sketchers |
| Meet us at the Bar @ CAM Cafe after the 9 to 5 for drink specials, assorted flatbreads and live music every Thursday night beginning at 4 PM
Call (910) 777-2363 for reservations and more information |
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| Virtual Conversation Talk About Art with Dayana Camposeco Wednesday, September 6, 2023, 6 PM FREE
Join us for a conversation with Dayana Camposeco and CAM's Executive Director Heather Wilson. Dayana's work is currently on view in Traer a Luz/Bring to Light, an exhibition featuring work with her brother Diego Camposeco. This exhibition of photography explores the bonds of trust – between sister and brother, photographer and subject, family and community as well as light and darkness, life and death, work, and culture within the context of southern Latinx identity.
Dayana Camposeco’s [b.1994, Mexican-American Visual Artist] artwork reflects an abstract perspective of everyday life. Dayana will be graduating from Cape Fear Community College this following year and intends to pursue a Digital Arts degree at UNC Wilmington. Dayana’s goal and vision is to celebrate diversity and highlight beauty while exploring themes of migration, systemic poverty, and queerness. As a current queer Latinx photographer based in Wilmington, NC, their current work focuses on intimate portraiture while exploring social, political, and cultural themes within traditionally underrepresented groups in the American South. |
| Jazz at CAM Rahsaan Barber and Everyday Magic Thursday, September 7, 2023, 7 PM CAM Members: $35; Not Yet Members: $55 Rahsaan Barberhas set out on a singular path of musical excellence in performance, composition, education, and entrepreneurship. In addition to working as a professor at The University of North Carolina since 2020, Rahsaan enjoys a performance career that encompasses an ever-expanding range of musical styles, including jazz, blues, funk, classical, fusion, soul, Latin, and world music |
| Design NC Book Series Linda Jane Holden Friday, September 8, 2023, 10:30 AM-12 PM CAM Members: $20; Not-Yet Members: $25
Linda is a garden historian and the author behind the book Presidents' Gardens and The Gardens of Bunny Mellon. Linda grew up in Northern Virginia spending happy youthful hours at the gardens in Mount Vernon, Colonial Williamsburg and Washington, DC.
A gardener in her own right, Linda enjoys any opportunity to create gardens that allow people to experience beauty effortlessly.
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| Dance Tracing Gesture with Karola Luttringhaus Saturday, September 9, 2023, 2-4:30 PM Free with museum admission
Tracing Gesture is a choreographic and academic project that investigates meaning in art, movement, and choreography. At 2 PM, Karola performs a new dance piece entitled Gestures of Love, a thought and movement experiment where gesture serves as the basis for dance, and dance is a form of language. Afterwards, gather in the Love exhibition to meet the artist and discuss her choreographic practice, how she creates movement, and her work with language, meaning, and storytelling. Karola states, " I examine how the body's movements speak to me and through me, and I am inviting an open discussion around how we assign and discover meaning in art in general, including the works of the current Love exhibit at CAM."
Following the performance and discussion the artist will offer an opportunity to deepen the conversation around gesture, meaning, and dance by inviting guests to explore their own unique gestures of love by creating a collection of movement sentences that assemble into a "multi-faceted story of love". No experience or dance background necessary. All ages. All abilities.
Tracing Gesture is a choreographic and academic project that investigates meaning in art, movement, and choreography. |
| Tour Connections Monday Monday, September 11, 2023, 10:30 AM-12:30 PM Free; pre-registration required
Enjoy a morning of music in the galleries, adapted exhibition exploration, as well as optional hands-on activities and the choice to bring a boxed lunch to enjoy in our café or courtyard area. Geared towards individuals in the earlier stages of Alzheimer’s and dementia, this program is offered on Mondays when we are otherwise closed to the public to ensure a quiet and calm environment. Groups or individuals with their loved ones are welcome.
Email education @cameronartmuseum.org for more information and to register. |
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| Mary's Art Explorers The Book with No Pictures Thursday, Sept 14, 10-11 AM CAM Members: $5 per adult/child; Not-Yet Members: $10 per adult/child Children Ages 2 and Under: Free
We will read The Book With No Pictures and create our own handmade booklets filled with pictures! We will explore our exhibitions for inspiration for our drawings.
Art Explorers is geared towards infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, but big brothers and sisters are welcome to join and create art with us. Your registration includes admission to the museum for the whole day. 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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| Educator Resources Educator Appreciation Night Thursday, September 14, 4-7 PM Free for educators and administrators Pre-K to College
Spend a fun and relaxing evening at CAM with free admission during an exclusive event for educators and view our new exhibitions. Scheduled tours will be available for each gallery to answer your questions and provide information about upcoming events. Our Educators Night will provide information and materials about tours, workshops, and other free resources for area educators. All educators and administrators - from Pre-K to College - welcome and encouraged to attend and explore fun ways to bring art into your classroom and spark creativity in your students. |
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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 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 CAM Cafe, the Museum Shop, Museum School, and for public programs. Join CAM today!
And now, Household Membership include two FREE Guest Admission Passes per year! Just bring a guest to the Visitor Services Desk as you enter, flash your digital membership card, and share your favorite CAM experience with your friend (or family member).
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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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