November 19, 2024-March 23, 2025
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A celebration of CAM’s collection featuring works by artists with a connection to our state, our region, our home. Opens with a gala celebration on November 16.
Learn MoreAt Cameron Art Museum we present a diverse and dynamic range of exhibitions that showcase the works of both established and emerging artists from around the world.
CAM, like many museums, includes its collection in rotating thematic exhibitions. The collection is not permanently on view. Please call ahead if you are traveling to see a specific work of art.
April 26, 2024-February 16, 2025
Thomas Sayre: Four Walls
This exhibition features new and never-before exhibited by American sculptor and painter Thomas Sayre.
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February 1, 2025 – March 1, 2025
Rising Stars
Celebrate the exceptional talent of Southeastern NC's high school students in this month-long exhibition showcasing their original works.
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February 7, 2025 – April 27, 2025
Elisabeth Chant
North Carolina artist Elisabeth Chant (1865-1947) made an indelible mark on Wilmington, NC’s art community. Explore the people and landscapes of Chant’s world in this exhibition showcasing her works.
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March 20, 2025-October 5, 2025
The Game Changers: Diebenkorn, Frankenthaler, and Rauschenberg
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. Join us as we celebrate the works of remarkable artists from a pivotal period in our shared cultural history.
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March 1, 2023 – April 2, 2023
Preview: March 4, 2023 11 am
Teaching Creating: Work by CAM Museum School Instructors
December 2, 2022 – January 15, 2023
Preview/Opening Party December 2, 2022
Illumination 2022 – Let Your Light Shine
While You’re Here
Explore Cameron Art Museum’s beautiful 9.3 acre museum campus. Discover Caroline, our whirlygig sculpture, spend time in the PNC USCT Park, walk the nature trails, and enjoy our picnic tables, and more.
In addition to Boundless in the PNC USCT Park, you can stroll the museum grounds and encounter sculptures by Mel Chin, the Minnie Evans Gatehouse Replica, Dana Gingras, Clyde Jones, Vollis Simpson, and Hiroshi Sueyoshi. Enjoy the Artist-Made Seating by Tom Spleth just outside the front entrance.
Caroline by North Carolina folk artist Vollis Simpson (American, 1919-2013), a monumental “whirligig”, was created to honor Caroline Butts (1946-2010) who was a strong supporter of the arts and artists, including Simpson.
Visit the PNC USCT Park, within the historic Forks Road Civil War Site. View Stephen Hayes’s sculpture, Boundless, commemorating the soldiers of the United States Colored Troops who fought on the site for their freedom.
Enjoy a stroll along the pond and through the trails located throughout the 9.3 acres of the museum campus. On the trails you will observe native plants and animal life.
There are a few picnic tables located throughout the museum grounds. Pick up lunch at CAM Cafe or bring your own and enjoy the day outside.
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