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FREE CAM COMMUNITY DAY

Saturday, June 7 | 10 AM-5 PM

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🎨 YOU BELONG HERE - come leave your mark!


Join us Saturday, June 7, for CAM Community Day.

Make art outside, try printmaking with real artists, hear live music, and explore the whole museum, completely FREE!


🖼 ALL GALLERIES OPEN - 10 AM - 5 PM

The Game Changers: Diebenkorn, Frankenthaler, and Rauschenberg

Space Makers: Art & Disability in North Carolina

We Belong Here: The Gutierrez Collection


🌱 FOOD - 11 AM - 2 PM

The Well-Fed Ed food truck featuring fresh, plant-based goodness

CAM Cafe serving brunch, call (910) for reservations


🎶 MUSIC - 11 AM - 12:30 PM

DREAMS Center for Art Education Musicians


OUTDOOR COMMUNITY ART PROJECT - 10 AM - 2 PM

Leave your mark in a collaborative outdoor artwork inspired by

Robert Rauschenberg’s Quarter-Mile, guided by local artists including

Ben Billingsley. Try hands-on techniques like silkscreen, image transfer, and monotype printing from on the Pancoe Patio.

THIS WEEK AT CAM

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MARY’S ART EXPLORERS: THE CANDY DISH

Thursday, May 22 | 10 am

CAM Members: $5 per adult/child. |. Not-Yet Members: $10 per adult/child

Children Ages 2 & Under: Free

 

Join us in the Pancoe Education Building as we read The Candy Dish by Kobi Yamada, illustrated by Adelina Lirius. Afterward, participants will create a story-inspired craft. This is a great opportunity for the whole family!

 

Mary's 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. Pre-register to guarantee your spot! Learn More

DON’T HUNT TO GATHER,

HUNT TO FIND!

You’ll look, you’ll think, you’ll use your mind! Each card has the item/description in 4 languages: English, French, Spanish & German.


Adaptable to any climate, children search for common objects or their attributes—color, size, material, texture, pattern, sound, smell, number, or resemblance. Suitable for ages 3 and up.



Stay up to date on new shop items by following us on Instagram@cammuseumshop!

Featured:

Indoor or Outdoor Scavenger Hunt Game - $16.50 ea.

(Member $14.85 ea.)

ON VIEW

The Game Changers: Diebenkorn, Frankenthaler, and Rauschenberg


March 20 - October 5, 2025

Helen Frankenthaler, Richard Diebenkorn, and Robert Rauschenberg created essential works in the mid-20th century, forever changing what American art would look like and what it could mean to us.


The Game Changers exhibition expands viewers’ appreciation of prints in the permanent collection with the generous inclusion of works by Frankenthaler, Diebenkorn, Rauschenberg, and their contemporaries from renowned American museum collections.

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We Belong Here: The Gutierrez Collection


April 25, 2025 – September 7, 2025

We Belong Here: The Gutierrez Collection is the first public exhibition of contemporary art collected over the past decade by North Carolina collectors Onay Gutierrez and Jeff Childers. In their words: “The Gutierrez Collection creates a space for dialogue and understanding across diverse identities and perspectives.”


Featuring over 130 works by international contemporary artists, it focuses on 21st-century pieces that engage with social, political, cultural, and personal issues.

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UPCOMING!

The Space Makers


June 7, 2025 –

October 12, 2025

Space Makers: Art and Disability in North Carolina highlights the powerful and diverse voices of artists with disabilities across North Carolina. Through visual, experiential, and experimental works, these artists explore the many ways disability shapes how we move through and engage with the world.


This exhibition invites viewers to reflect on access, ability, and expression, offering intimate glimpses into each artist's lived experiences and creating space for dialogue, understanding, and connection.


Curated by guest curator Aaron Wilcox.

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MUSEUM SCHOOL CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

Summer classes are online and open for enrollment!

TICKLED BLUE – CYANOTYPE PRINTING

Instructor: Donna Moore


Through the process of cyanotype contact printing, the simplest objects create unique and elegant note cards, bookmarks, fabrics, and frameable prints. Tap into the power of the sun's rays and experiment with the playful surprise elements of "blue printing."


Saturday, June 14, 10 AM - 4 PM & 

Sunday, June 15, 10 AM - 3 PM

Adult: All Levels

CAM Member $152 / Not-yet Member $190

Supplies: $15 Learn More

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INTUITIVE PAINTING

Instructor: Carolyn Faulkner

Express yourself and release your creative energy. This class is about the process, not the product. We will start with a meditation to prepare you for a journey meant just for you! No judgments allowed! You will learn to “not” think! A variety of professional tempera paints and brushes will be provided for you to choose from. Large sheets of paper will be used for painting. Whether it’s your first time or third time taking this class, it is always a little different each time.


Sat-Sun, June 21-22,

10 AM - 4 PM

Adult: All Levels

CAM Member $172 / Not-yet Member $215

Supplies: $20

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CAM CAFÉ

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THE ART OF FOOD – THE GAME CHANGERS | JUNE 11


Join us for a game-changing wine dinner featuring mouthwatering creations by Chef Chip paired with exceptional wines. This inspired evening includes a 5-course chef-curated menu influenced by the groundbreaking work of

Richard Diebenkorn, Helen Frankenthaler, and Robert Rauschenberg, plus an exclusive gallery tour with Executive Director Heather Wilson and

Curatorial Associate Benjamin Billingsley.

$150 per person; all inclusive. Every purchase benefits CAM and its programs. To reserve your spot, call CAM Café at (910) 777-2363 during our business hours.

Lunch:

Tues-Fri 11 AM-2 PM

Dinner:

Thursdays 5-8 PM

Brunch:

Sat & Sun 10 AM-2 PM

Thursday Night is date night!


Enjoy FREE gallery admission on Thursday evenings when you join us for drinks or dinner.

LIVE! AT CAM CAFÉ  THURS 6-8 PM

May 22 Champ St. Amand

May 29: Brian Gross

June 12: Raphael Namé

June 19: Bill Alston

June 26: Roger Davis

July 3: Warren Darrell

July 10: Brian Gross


Illustration: "Save Me a Seat" by Sherri Badalsua.

No museum admission is ever needed to enjoy CAM Café.

Join us today!  


Call (910) 777-2363 for reservations

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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.

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