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.

Thomas Sayre: Four Walls

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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Tulip Quilt

February 23, 2024 – October 20, 2024

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 like Celeste Butler, Michael Cummings, Gee’s Bend quilters, Michael James, Beverly Smith and others.
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Sorting Fish by Claude Howell

November 17, 2024-March 23, 2025

Close to Home

A celebration of CAM’s extensive collection featuring works by artists with a connection to our state, our region, our home.
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Sunburst by Alexander Calder

June 21-October 6, 2024

5: Five Years of Acquisitions

This exhibition features new acquisitions from over the past five years. Artists featured include Rick Beck, John Cage, Willie Cole, Clarence Heyward, Robert Motherwell, Alison Saar, and Rosalia Torres-Weiner, among others.
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Love Exhibition

June 22, 2023 – October 8, 2023

Love

Exodus of Confederates from Atlanta from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)

November 10, 2023 – March 31, 2024

Monument

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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