Featured Programs

Jazz@CAM

La Fiesta Latin Jazz Quintet

Thursday, Feb 2, 2023, 7 PM

CAM Members: $35;

Not Yet Members: $55

The repertoire of this high energy group consists of authentic Latin Jazz made famous by such famous Latin jazz musicians as Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Buena Vista Social Club, and Dizzy Gillespie plus original tunes by Gelb, Anderson and Kleindienst.

La Fiesta’s first recording entitled La Fiesta Latin Jazz Quintet was released in September of 2016 and in 2022 they released Latin Jazz Pandemic Suite.

Upcoming Programs

Mary's Art Explorers

The Year We Learned to Fly

Thursday, February 9, 2023,

10-11 AM

CAM Members: $3 per child/adult; Non-Members: $6 per child/adult

Children 2 and under: free

As a part of our partnership with NEA’s The Big Read, our book will be The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson. All children will receive a free copy of the book! We will explore our installation Flying School and create our own unique works of art to take home.

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!

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.

Galleries After Dark

Conversation with Collectors Glen and Florence Hardymon

Thursday, February 9, 2023, 7 PM

Free with museum admission

Glen and Florence Hardymon welcome visitors into the Hughes Wing to discuss work from their collection now on view as part of Promise.

Promise highlights promised gifts from the collections of Glen and Florence Hardymon and Andrew and Hathia Hayes, as well as new acquisitions and other promised gifts to CAM’s collection. Artists featured in this exhibition include Rick Beck, Lisa Clague, Christina Cordova, Jim Dine, Maud Gatewood, Susan Taylor Glasgow, Sol Lewitt, Juan Logan, Beverly McIver, Joan Miro, Robert Motherwell, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Hiroshi Sueyoshi, and Steffen Thomas.

Tour

Connections Monday

Monday, Feb 13, 2023

10:30 AM-12:30 PM

Free admission with

pre-registration

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 Alzheimers 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 [email protected] for more information and to register.

Performance

Dance Cooperative Informal Showings

Sunday, Feb 19, 2023, 3-5 PM

Free with museum admission

The Dance Cooperative will be hosting choreography showings as they prepare for the Wilmington Dance Festival, a celebration of evocative local dancers and choreographers. Choreographers will show works in progress and receive feedback. The Dance Cooperative is a 501(c)3 non-profit whose mission is to nurture the dance community by providing affordable classes and performance opportunities for those under-served artistically, culturally and economically in the greater Wilmington area.

Open House

Volunteer Open House

Tuesday, Feb 21, 2023, 2 PM

Free to attend

Opportunities for volunteers – ongoing and event-based - are presented with small bites with and beverages.

Museum School Classes & Workshops

Urban Sketching

Instructor: Todd Carignan

This class travels to various locations to do sketchbook drawings from life. Work in pencil, ink, watercolors, colored pencils, etc. Adult: All Levels -

Mondays, February 6-27,

9am-12pm

CAM member: $172;

Not-yet-member: $215

Drawing

Drawing Inspired by Nature

Instructor: Antionette Vogt

Use nature as inspiration to create beautiful drawings! Improve your drawing ability through close observation. For the winter session we will bring the outdoors inside. Class time will be spent drawing various winter greens, indoor plants, and early blooms.

Tues, Feb 7- Feb 28, 1pm-4p

CAM member: $172;

Not-yet-member: $215

Art Buzz

Hammered Copper Hearts

Instructor: Renato Abbate

Make and take the perfect gift for your sweetheart this Valentine's Day: a handmade hammered heart-shaped dish with your loving message stamped inside. Renato Abbate was born in Italy and transplanted yearly till 1999. He currently lives in Wilmington and loves the port city. He is always looking for ways to push his work further using mixed media and clay. Innovation is his inspiration.

Sat, Feb 11, 11am-1:30pm

CAM member: $45;

Not-yet-member: $55

The Revolutionary Print: Printmaking works in the Promise Exhibition

Instructor:

Benjamin Billingsley

Discover the history and process behind selected artists in the exhibition. Explore lithographs and serigraphs created by some of the premiere American modernists such as Ellsworth Kelly, Andy Warhol, Frank Stella and Robert Rauschenberg.

Image credit: Frank Stella " The Whale-Watch" (print on silk Crepe de Chine) 1994

Adult: All Levels -

Sunday, Feb 19,

1:00 PM-2:30 PM

CAM member: $16;

Not-yet-member: $20

Ceramic Figure Sculpture Workshop

Instructor: Anne McCombie

With the observation of a live model to inspire us we will form a mound of clay into figurative sculpture. Work small and create individual body parts or create the full form. The choice is yours. All skill levels are welcome. Adult: All Levels -

Sat, Feb 4 & Sun, Feb 5,

10am-4pm

CAM member: $172;

Not-yet-member: $215

+ $15 material fee

$20 model fee paid to instructor

Figures and Portraits

Instructor: Jeri Greenberg

Come explore your love of painting figures and portraits with me.

Through LONG poses and discussions of correct anatomy, fabric and design, students can take their paintings and drawings to the next level.

Adult: All Levels -

Weds, Feb 15 - March 8,

10am- 1pm

CAM member: $172;

Not-yet-member: $215

$20 model fee paid to instructor