Exhibitions

At 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.

October 3, 2025 – August 16, 2026

Cameron Art Museum: The Collection

This reinstallation of Cameron Art Museum's permanent collection situates North Carolina in a global context, and the exhibition features over 60 works, including paintings, sculpture, prints, and photographs, by local, national, and internationally known artists.
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November 8, 2025 – May 10, 2026

From Mountains to Sea

From Mountains to Sea showcases contemporary North Carolina artists exploring the evolving relationship between humanity and the natural world through painting, sculpture, and multimedia works inspired by nature, memory, and place.
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November 21, 2025 – March 15, 2026

Nested: Where Light Gathers and Nature Holds

UNCW alumna and multidisciplinary artist Meredith Connelly illuminates CAM’s grounds with an installation exploring the connections between science, nature, and technology. Inspired by the nests of North American birds, the work invites reflection on nature’s adaptability and the materials we create.
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Exodus of Confederates from Atlanta from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)

November 10, 2023 – March 31, 2024

Monument

Love Exhibition

June 22, 2023 – October 8, 2023

Love

Promise Artwork 2024

November 12, 2022 – May 21, 2023

Promise

60 Plus Artwork
October 6, 2022 – April 10, 2023

60+

February 25, 2022- September 4, 2022

20 Years

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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