CAM Acquires Two New Artworks Judy Chicago & Kara Walker Join Permanent Collection |
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Kara Walker (American, b. 1969) Lost Mountain at Sunrise from the portfolio Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated), 2005 Offset lithograph and screenprint on paper, edition 25/35 |
| Judy Chicago (American, b. 1939) Return of the Butterfly, 2012 Lithograph, 35/50 |
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We are thrilled to announce works by contemporary American artists Judy Chicago and Kara Walker are joining our permanent collection.
Chicago’s Return of the Butterfly and Walker’s Lost Mountain at Sunrise from the portfolio Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)were among several works presented at a special CompassAcquisition Dinner for the museum’s Compass & Director’s Circle Giving Societies held at the museum on Wednesday, February 21. |
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“Cameron Art Museum is pleased to add the work of internationally renowned artists Judy Chicago and Kara Walker to our collection. Both of these artists have made a significant impact on the contemporary art world and add depth to our permanent collection.” - Heather Wilson, Executive Director Cameron Art Museum - |
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At the Compass Acquisition Dinner, guests enjoyed cocktails and dinner from CAM Cafe as museum staff presented various works that were nominated for acquisition. The group ultimately selected these two works to join CAM’s core collection of works on paper.
Compass is one of CAM's leadership level membership groups whose members share an interest in education, collecting, and giving. Offering a variety of exclusive programs and experiences, membership provides educational insight into all aspects of CAM and its collection.
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VIRTUAL CONVERSATION: TALK ABOUT ART WITH DR. ANA EDWARDS WED, FEB 28 @ 6:00 - 7:30 PM Free Pre-Registration Required This talk will be led by VCU professor Dr. Ana Edwards who will be using Sonya Clark’s Monumental Cloth, amongst other works, to address how we collectively memorialize ideas and locations, especially in regard to public spaces. Learn More
Image Credit (Right): Sonya Clark (American, b. 1967), Monumental Cloth (old) 1/2 edition. Hand Woven linen cloth reproduction of the dish cloth used as the Confederate Flag of Truce, tea stain, and red dye. Collection of Paul and Sara Monroe. Photo by Taylor Dabney. | | JAZZ@CAM: ANGELA BINGHAM TRIO THURS, MAR 7 @ 7:00 - 9:00 PM CAM Members: $35 Not-Yet Members: $55
Jazz Vocalist Angela Bingham will perform with Grant Osborne on piano and Scott Sawyer on Guitar. Her trio will feature music from the American songbook and beyond, with a focus on the great female composers & lyricists.
Raleigh, North Carolina based jazz vocalist Angela Bingham has been a singer her entire life. She began studying piano and performing from the American songbook at age 5 in her home of the San Francisco Bay Area. She studied jazz in her teens and early 20s under the direction of Roger Letson at De Anza College, and went on to gain training through workshops and private lessons with some of the world’s most well known jazz vocalists and instrumentalists. Learn More | |
Featured: The COVID Stitch Book - $50 (CAM Members $45), Tea Towel - $15 ea. (CAM Members: $13.50 ea.) |
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CAM Shop is proud to support the efforts of The Advocacy Project. In 2020 they partnered with organizations in Nepal, the US, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda and Bangladesh to describe the impact of COVID-19 in these countries through embroidery. Over 200 individuals, almost all of them women and girls, were able to tell their stories through quilt blocks. The COVID Stitch contains profiles of each artist and their designs. The Advocacy Project has also created tea towels designed by a fiber artist who survived gender-based violence by rebels in Northern Uganda. This project helps provide continuing income for women who have survived so much. |
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Monument takes inspiration from Boundless, the public sculpture on Cameron Art Museum’s grounds by Stephen Hayes honoring the United States Colored Troops (USCT) and their fight for freedom. Through their work, artists Radcliffe Bailey, Sonya Clark, Willie Cole, Stephen Hayes, Juan Logan, Alison Saar, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Kara Walker, and others create a dialogue acknowledging, questioning, and confronting the idea of commemoration in the built environment in the United States. |
| | Stay in the Light: Works by Charles Edward Williams |
In Stay in the Light, South Carolina artist Charles Edward Williams draws inspiration from historical photography of the Civil Rights movement, offering a contemporary response to social and political issues of the past and present. His paintings and focus on human emotion and our connectedness and commonality. Stay in the Light includes new work created for this exhibition, as well as work from Williams's Sun and Light series. |
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The Work of Their Hands: American Quiltmaking
The Work of Their Hands explores the continuing legacy of quilt-making and the evolution of textile art, starting with traditional quilts made for bedcoverings to contemporary fabric artworks by artists including Brittney Boyd Bullock, Celeste Butler, Robin Cowley, Michael Cummings, Gee’s Bend quilters, Michael James, Precious Lovell, Katie Pasquini Masopust, Carolyn Mazloomi, Mary Pal, Hattie Schmidt, Beverly Smith, The Advocacy Project, and others.
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| | 3 Artists
See the work of three dynamic Wilmington artists: Elizabeth Darrow, Gayle Tustin and Karen Paden Crouch. Seen together, these works capture the creative spirit of these three women artists.
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MUSEUM SCHOOL CLASSES & WORKSHOPS |
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| THE POWER OF OCEAN WAVES Instructor: Carolyn Faulkner Paint the ocean with passion! Using brighter colors with shades and tints that will show the depth of the waves. The movement of the turbulent water in some areas and gentler in others will express the emotion and spirit of water with acrylics. Adult: All Levels Wed, Mar 20-Apr 10, 9:30 AM-12:00 PM CAM Member $136 Not-yet Member $170 |
Supplies: Two 16”x20” canvases, # 2 Artist Loft canvases at Michael’s. Liquitex or Golden acrylic paint. (Please do not purchase basics or artists loft). Magenta, cadmium yellow, titanium white, Ultramarine Blue, Emerald Greed, Brilliant Purple, Cobalt teal, light blue permanent, and cobalt blue are good colors to begin with. Palette Paper. A medium soft synthetic brush in a flat and a filbert. A one inch wide brush is preferable. Please do not purchase a stiff bristle brush |
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| BATIK WORKSHOP Instructor: Judith Chandler Do you ever find movie theaters, restaurants and stores too cold in the summer? Ever wish you had remembered to bring a sweater or jacket? An easy solution is to have a gorgeous silk scarf or shawl in your purse. It is small enough to tuck away in your bag and have it close at hand when you need a little comfort. Learn traditional batiking processes as you create a beautiful one of a kind silk scarf. We will work with silk, hot wax, traditional tools and dyes. Adult: All Levels Sat-Sun, Mar 16-17, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM CAM Member $100 Not-yet Member $125 |
Supplies: $30 Supply Fee. All supplies provided. |
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