As the weather begins to cool, CAM begins to warm up with so much to offer the community this fall. Here’s a preview: |
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Susan Harbage Page (American, b. 1959) Peter with Batman Mask, 1993 [detail] Silverpoint photograph. Collection of Cameron Art Museum. Gift of Juan Logan. |
| ART Fall brings change to our exhibition spaces. Two exhibitions close - 5: Five Years of Acquisitionsand The Work of Their Hands - in October to make space for two new shows. On October 19, we welcome the return of Canadian artist Diane Landry’s Flying School (Ecole d’aviation), back to CAM. Close to Home, a celebration of CAM’s permanent collection opens to the public on November 17. This exhibition features a fresh look at these works by artists with a connection to our state, region, and our home. |
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| TALK There’s a lot to talk about at CAM this fall. On September 15, Kimi Faxon Hemingway hosts a discussion of Tiya Miles’ All That She Carried - the inspiration for The Work of Their Hands. Artist Thomas Sayre returns to CAM October 10 for a conversation with Rachel Lewis Hilburn on his work and process and his 30-year career in public art. On November 21, it’s CAM After Darkfeaturing a lively lecture from Close to Home guest curator Ben Billingsley followed by music from Fort Lowell Records. CAM Café stays open late that night serving creative cuisine, cocktails, and drink specials. |
CAM After Dark with Fort Lowell Records |
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SPECIAL EVENTS CAM Café is the place to be on September 28 as it hosts the 2nd annual Barbecue Bourbon Bash with delicious food, drink and live rock n’ roll with Hood’s Creek featuring CAM Café’s Chef Chip Pridgen on guitar! FlowILM returns to CAM on October 19. This FREE outdoor event is a celebration of light, art, science, and the environment. CAM Café also hosts a special Wine Dinner inspired by the works in Thomas Sayre: Four Walls on October 16, call today for reservations at (910) 777-2363. On November 9, it’s the CAMmade Holiday Market featuring art for sale from over 30 local artists. |
| Flow ILM returns on October 19 |
Join us November 16 for CAM Gala 2024: Close to Home an evening of revelry and support for the museum and its legacy in our community with art, cuisine, cocktails and entertainment rooted in our Coastal Carolina home. |
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CAM is truly the place to be this fall. Click HERE to download and print your own Fall, at CAM calendar today and view all CAM has to offer this season! |
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SOLD OUT Thomas Sayre & Tift Merritt: Four Walls, Four Songs Thursday, September 12 at 7 PM
If you are lucky enough to have gotten a ticket, you are in for a special evening as Grammy-nominated Tift Merritt draws directly from her friendship and conversations with Thomas Sayre to create this sound response to this artwork. GOOD NEWS Y'ALL: Tift returns to CAM on January 16, 2025 and tickets are available and on sale now! |
| MARY'S ART EXPLORERS: THE QUILT STORY Thursday, September 12 at 10 AM CAM Members: $5 per adult/child Not-Yet Members: $10 per adult/child Children Ages 2 and Under: Free
Join us Thursday morning as we read The Quilt Story by Tony Johnson and Tomie dePaola. This beloved program is designed for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, but older siblings are welcome to participate too. The session includes story time, hands-on art-making, and a chance to explore the museum. |
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SPARKLING YOGA Sunday, September 15 at 8:30 AM All Levels, Cost: $25 Includes live music and mimosa
Start your Sunday with a unique and rejuvenating experience: Sparkling Yoga. This gentle yoga session, set amidst the peaceful Thomas Sayre: Four Walls exhibition, offers a tranquil escape from the everyday. Led by experienced instructors Steve Unger and Darren Shartle, The soothing sounds of Luis Barragan’s live music will further enhance your meditative experience. After your yoga practice, enjoy a sparkling mimosa at CAM Café. |
| BOOK DISCUSSION with KIMI FAXON HEMINGWAY in THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS Sunday, September 15 at 10 AM Registration required $5 Suggested Donation
Join us for a book discussion in The Work of Their Hands exhibition. We’ll be exploring All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles. Together, we will delve into a powerful story of three generations of women, connected by an embroidered sack. |
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Ever wanted to hold a baby Dinosaur?! |
Now you can! This Dinosaur Egg hand puppet is ready to captivate everyone’s attention. Pop the toothy baby T-Rex, with movable mouth and arms, in and out of the egg to engage little ones in open-ended play. Ages 3 and up - 6" Long x 6" Wide x 9" Tall. |
| Featured: Dinosaur Egg Hand Puppet - $38 (CAM Members $34.20) |
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Thomas Sayre: Four Walls
Thomas Sayre: Four Walls features new and never exhibited works by American artist Thomas Sayre (American, b. 1950). Each of the four large-scale pieces installed in Cameron Art Museum’s Hughes Wing engage the belief systems and symbols that underpin the ideals of church, nation, and creation. Made of materials that include tar, smoke, fabric gowns, gunshots, welding material, earth and fire, these works invite visitors to draw close and experience the messiness of making, and by analogy, to bear witness to the ways that life invades, entangles, and tarnishes us. LearnMore |
| 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 James, Precious Lovell, Katie Pasquini Masopust, Carolyn Mazloomi, Mary Pal, Hattie Schmidt, Beverly Smith, The Advocacy Project, and others.
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| 5: Five Years of Acquisitions
5: Five Years of Acquisitions features Cameron Art Museum’s new acquisitions from over the past five years. Artists featured include Rick Beck, AlexanderCalder, Marc Chagall, Judy Chicago, Willie Cole, Karen Paden Crouch, Salvador Dali, Phil Freelon, Clarence Heyward, Henri Matisse, Robert Motherwell, Ben Owens, Pablo Picasso, Alison Saar, Rosalia Torres-Weiner, Burk Uzzle, and Andy Warhol, among others. Sponsored in part by Lucrecia A. Schneider
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MUSEUM SCHOOL CLASSES & WORKSHOPS |
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| WHEEL THROWN MUGS Instructor: Katelyn Guthrie Learn to throw your own set of mugs on the wheel. Your first session will cover centering and throwing your cylinders. During week 2 you will learn trimming and adding handles made just for your hands! Final firing and glazing will take place after the workshop. Please allow 3 weeks for completion. Adult: All Levels Saturdays, September 21 & 28, 10 am- 1 pm CAM Member $116 Not-yet Member $145 | CYANOTYPE COFFEE MUGS Instructor: Shannon Gehen Use a Cyanotype process to create multi-layer designs on a premade bisque mug. This process is created using layers of glaze to create depth and varying values. Traditional cyanotype is made using the sun, instead, this process uses layers of glaze to form the design. Adult: All Levels Thursday, September 19, 6-9pm CAM Member $64 Not-yet Member $80 |
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Illustration by Maria Liberto Bessette from Urban Sketchers Wilmington NC |
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Lunch: Tues-Fri 11 AM-2 PM |
| Dinner: Thursdays 5-8 PM Enjoy FREE gallery admission Thursday evenings when you join us for drinks or dinner. |
| Brunch: Sat & Sun 10 AM-2 PM | |
| 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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