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SUMMARY:CAM Community Day: Echoes of Us
DESCRIPTION:CAM Community Day: Echoes of Us\nPublic Exhibition Opening: Echoes of Us: North Carolina Storykeepers\nSaturday\, October 24  |  10 am-5 pm\nReception Hall\, Galleries and Grounds\nFree Admission and Activities \nSpend the day discovering our newest exhibition\, Echoes of Us\, and the storykeepers uplifting the voices of communities across our state. Enjoy a full day of free admission for you and your family\, with art activities\, demonstrations\, storytelling\, music\, and exhibition tours. This CAM Community Day celebrates the opening of Echoes of Us: North Carolina Storykeepers. \n10 am-12 pm (Reception Hall & Sculpture Garden): Kids@CAM. Celebrate Cherokee traditions\, stories\, and art with Kids@CAM. This family-friendly program explores how stories can be shared through symbols\, patterns\, color\, and objects\, with Cherokee storytelling by Nancy Pheasant at 11 AM. \n10:30 am (Boundless sculpture): The celebrations open at Boundless with a grounding ceremony by gospel artist Mary D. Williams. \n11 am and 2 pm (Sculpture Garden): Learn more about Cherokee life and culture through engaging storytelling with Cherokee artist Nancy Pheasant. An ASL interpreter will be present for the 11 am storytelling. \n11 am-1 pm (Pancoe – Museum School): Enjoy a live stone-carving demonstration by Paris Alexander\, exploring themes of nature\, human emotion\, and the passage of time. \n12 pm (Hughes Wing): Join guest curator Brenda Miller Holmes for a guided tour of the exhibition. \nStop by CAM Café and enjoy brunch from 11 am-2 pm. A selection of warm and savory Southern favorites will be available for purchase. \n  \nEchoes of Us:  North Carolina Storykeepers is presented to the community by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation’s Inclusive Public Art Initiative. \nAdditional support provided by Alan and Mebane Boyd\, Dr. Michael A. Freeze II\, and Mx. L.S. “Bo” Dean\, Jr. \n\nAbout the artists:\nMary D. Williams is an accomplished gospel singer\, performer\, educator\, historian\, and scholar whose work explores the music\, history\, and cultural traditions of the Black South. She has performed at many colleges\, universities\, schools\, churches\, libraries\, and cultural institutions\, including the United States Congress and the North Carolina State Capitol\, as well as venues throughout the United States and abroad. Mary has appeared in film\, television\, and theater\, including Blood Done Sign My Name\, The Wronged Man\, and The Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway. Through performance\, teaching\, and storytelling\, Mary brings generations of voices and traditions to life for her audiences. She has received numerous honors and awards and is currently writing her first book about gospel legend Mahalia Jackson. \nNancy Pheasant is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and a multimedia Indigenous artist who resides in the Wolftown community of the Qualla boundary in Cherokee\, NC. Specializing in shell carving\, Nancy creates intricate\, museum-quality gorgets and jewelry while preserving the traditional art form. She has also received recognition and blue ribbons for first place and best of show in the Cherokee fall festival art competition in 2013 and 2019. While passionate about sharing her culture through presentations\, demonstrations\, and traditional storytelling\, Nancy also creates beadwork\, gemstone jewelry\, and traditional Indigenous clothing and textiles. After retiring from a career as a North Carolina EMS paramedic\, Nancy now focuses on preserving traditional shell carving and sharing Cherokee culture through art\, demonstrations\, presentations\, and storytelling. \nParis Alexander’s work uniquely blends realism and abstraction\, exploring themes of nature\, human emotion\, and the passage of time. While working with materials such as clay and stone\, Paris creates pieces that engage with their surroundings. The human form has remained a central part of his work throughout his career\, allowing him to explore movement\, expression\, and the human experience. With more than 35 years as a professional artist\, Paris has exhibited his work nationally and internationally\, completing numerous private commissions and public art projects. His practice continues to evolve through experimentation with new materials\, techniques\, and approaches to form. \n\nAbout the guest curator:\nBrenda Miller Holmes is a collaborative community muralist\, educator\, arts administrator\, and public art consultant who has been facilitating community-engaged projects throughout North Carolina\, the San Francisco Bay Area\, and internationally for twenty years. Trained in an artistic approach that mirrors the principles of popular education\, her interest resides at the intersection of public art\, justice\, community empowerment\, and collaborative storytelling. Leveraging her experience as a community-based public artist and administrator\, her consulting work focuses on equity-based initiatives\, place-based storytelling\, and building capacity for emerging public artists. \n\nAbout the exhibition:\nEchoes of Us: North Carolina Storykeepers is a celebration of NC-based artists who work in service to the collective by lifting up the voices of NC communities through public art. From the Qualla Boundary to the Outer Banks\, this exhibition traces a throughline between individual artist practices and the role of artists as community storykeepers. Learn more about the exhibition. \nPresented to the community by Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation’s Inclusive Public Art Initiative
URL:https://cameronartmuseum.org/event/cam-community-day-echoes-of-us/
LOCATION:Cameron Art Museum\, 3201 S 17th St\, Wilmington\, NC\, 28412\, United States
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