Public Tour

Wednesday, 10/19/2022
1:30PM-2:00PM  
Free with Admission

Fall in Oakdale Cemetery Day 1

Thursday, 10/20/2022
10:00AM-12:00PM  
CAM member: $52; Not-yet-member: $65 
Instructor: Alan Cradick
Thursday October 20, 10am-12pm & Friday, October 21, 1-3pm   
This photography workshop is geared to the photographer of all skill levels. Fall is a wonderful time of year for cemetery photography. Pumpkin spice coffee, ghosts, pumpkin spice doughnuts, goblins, pumpkin spice pizza, and tombstones, fall is a great time to walk through Oakdale Cemetery. This is another year round local destination. A wonderful place for reflection, history and photography. Any digital device may be used for this workshop, smart phones, tablets or DSLRs. If using a DSLR is it is suggested that the participant bring an array of lenses, from wide to telephoto. A macro is always fun if you have one. Alan will be available with assistance and technical advice. Day 1 Meetup is 10 am at main gate, 520 North 15th Street. Day 2, we will gather for a conversation about the work.

Mixed Media Mash Up

Thursday, 10/20/2022
4:30PM-6:00PM  
Youth: All Levels - 
Instructor: Anne McCombie 
CAM member: $88; Not-yet-member: $110 
Cut, rip, crumple, draw, paint, glue!! When you create collages and assemblages everything is an art supply! Use a variety of techniques and your favorite images to create your own unique masterpieces! 

Live Music at CAM Café: Hank Barbee

Thursday, 10/20/2022
6:00PM-8:00PM  

Figure Sculpture

Thursday, 10/20/2022
6:30PM-9:00PM  
Instructor: Anne McCombie 
CAM member: $224; Not-yet-member: $280 
Create your own clay figures. Learn basic sculpting techniques to construct your own form using a mannequin, photos, or video. Then create a form inspired by a live model. 

Fall in Oakdale Cemetery Day 2

Friday, 10/21/2022
1:00PM-3:00PM  

Boundless Public Tour

Friday, 10/21/2022
1:00PM-1:30PM  
Free with admission

Drawing and Shading People + Clothing

Saturday, 10/22/2022
11:00AM-2:00PM  
Instructor: Carolyn Faulkner 
CAM member: $44; Not-yet-member: $55 
Youth: Middle School
After drawing a person with graphite pencil you will use a variety of drawing pencils to shade the clothing on your person. Bring in a picture of your choice. Anime characters are acceptable as are ballerinas, fireman, or whatever you choose. You may also use colored pencils to shade. 

 

Live Music at CAM Café: Perry Smith

Saturday, 10/22/2022
11:30AM-1:30PM  

Color Theory with a Twist

Tuesday, 10/25/2022
1:00PM-4:00AM  
Instructor: Kirah Van Sickle 
CAM member: $288; Not-yet-member: $360 
What are ways we can enhance our paintings' color story? Color theory and capturing bold, emotional color can be challenging. This course is a fun study in color fundamentals with a twist. We will explore how we can enhance the characteristics of value, temperature and saturation, along with experimental color combos, to build confidence and more dynamic paintings. We will pull inspiration from art history and modern masters, to create an array of color studies in still life, landscape and abstraction. Great for seasoned beginners to advanced levels, and your preferred painting medium. 

Fiction to Fashion Rehearsal

Tuesday, 10/25/2022
5:00PM-7:00PM  

Public Tour

Wednesday, 10/26/2022
1:30PM-2:00PM  
Free with admission

Mary's Art Explorers

Thursday, 10/27/2022
10:00AM-11:00AM  
Art Explorers is geared towards infants, toddler and preschoolers, but big brothers and sisters are welcome to join and create art with us.
CAM Members: $3 per child; Not-yet-Members: $6
Adults: $3
Children 2 and under: free
Space is limited so preregister to guarantee your spot

Gel Plate Monoprinting

Thursday, 10/27/2022
10:00AM-1:00PM  
Instructor: Donna Moore 
CAM member: $172; Not-yet-member: $215 
Explore the endlessly unique printmaking technique - monoprinting - through popular and easy to wield gelli plates. Countless possibilities feature colors, patterns, stencil masking, textures, and function. Print on papers and fabric to create finished frameable prints, cards, books, and starting substrates for mixed media projects. Full of surprises and fun! 

 

Closing the Gap with Arts Integration

Thursday, 10/27/2022
4:00PM-7:00PM  
Deepen your understanding of CAM’s USCT public sculpture Boundless through the lens of history, poetry, and movement. Learn what arts integration is and how you can employ it in your classroom. These workshops are designed to teach educators how to use the arts to teach core curriculum and help close the achievement gap through active learning strategies that engage all learners. These workshops are offered free to all educators in Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, and Sampson countries. Participating educators will receive a certificate of completion to submit to their respective counties for CEU credit consideration.

Live Music at CAM Café: Ken Schnedetz

Thursday, 10/27/2022
6:00PM-8:00PM  

Boundless Public Tour

Friday, 10/28/2022
1:00PM-1:30PM  
Free with admission

Fiction to Fashion Runway Show

Friday, 10/28/2022
7:00PM-9:00PM  
Free to participants

Nature's Sketchbook: En Plein Air

Saturday, 10/29/2022
9:00AM-4:00PM  
$248 for CAM members/$310 not yet member
Instructor: Kirah Van Sickle
Saturday, October 29, 9am-4pm & Sunday, October 30, 11am-3pm

Let's enjoy time in nature and all the inspiration for sketching and informal watercolor quick studies. This two-day intensive is a fun introduction to working en plein air as well as refresher for building a painting reference library. Students will learn an array of drawing and watercolor techniques, with graphite, water soluble colored pencils, markers, watercolor, and gouache. This is the perfect primer for building a sketchbook/journal practice for travel and artist on the go. All levels welcome, from beginner to advanced.
Instructor will provide meeting locations prior to the class.

Registration for this class is temporarily unavailable through the Museum School page. Please register using this link:
https://52374.blackbaudhosting.com/52374/Natures-Sketchbook-En-Plein-Air-6470

Live Music at CAM Café: Ron + Luis

Saturday, 10/29/2022
11:30AM-1:30PM  

Nature's Sketchbook: En Plein Air

Sunday, 10/30/2022
11:00AM-3:00PM  
$248 for CAM members/$310 not yet member

Instructor: Kirah Van Sickle
Saturday, October 29, 9am-4pm & Sunday, October 30, 11am-3pm

Let's enjoy time in nature and all the inspiration for sketching and informal watercolor quick studies. This two-day intensive is a fun introduction to working en plein air as well as refresher for building a painting reference library. Students will learn an array of drawing and watercolor techniques, with graphite, water soluble colored pencils, markers, watercolor, and gouache. This is the perfect primer for building a sketchbook/journal practice for travel and artist on the go. All levels welcome, from beginner to advanced.
Instructor will provide meeting locations prior to the class.

Registration for this class is temporarily unavailable through the Museum School page. Please register using this link:
https://52374.blackbaudhosting.com/52374/Natures-Sketchbook-En-Plein-Air-6470

Printmaking Studies: Collagraph Collage

Sunday, 10/30/2022
1:00PM-4:00PM  
Instructor: Antoinette Vogt 
CAM member: $80; Not-yet-member: $100 
Learn the art of collagraph relief printmaking using plates created by collage. In this workshop students will create printing plates by gluing elements onto the printing surface to create an image. Students are asked to gather collage supplies ahead of time and bring them to the first class session. Collage items should be less than 1/8” thick and can include scraps of cardboard; textured item such as sandpaper, fabric, burlap or lace; string or twine, leaves, etc. Students will create their plates during the first session and print them during the second session. This class is suitable for teens aged 14 to adult. 

Beginning Oil Painting

Tuesday, 11/1/2022
9:00AM-12:00PM  
Instructor: Todd Carignan 
CAM member: $232; Not-yet-member: $290 
Start on your adventure with oil painting. Learn how to organize your palette, mix colors, and apply paint to the canvas. Previous knowledge of drawing is a must! 

Public Tour

Wednesday, 11/2/2022
1:30PM-2:00PM  
Free with admission

Natural Way to Draw With Color!

Wednesday, 11/2/2022
2:00PM-5:00PM  
Instructor: Donna Moore 
CAM member: $172; Not-yet-member: $215 
Add dynamic intensity to figure drawings with the impact of color. Emphasis on value study and structural color fields, not realistic rendering. Experiment with paper prep, creating a variety of surfaces and palettes. (Repeat and new students encouraged.) 

 

Drawing in the Gallery

Thursday, 11/3/2022
11:00AM-12:30PM  
Instructor: Antoinette Vogt 
CAM member: $20; Not-yet-member: $25  
Enjoy a morning drawing in the gallery. Improve your drawing skills and learn new techniques while enjoying the exhibits at CAM. Each session will focus on drawing two-dimensional or three-dimensional artwork in the current exhibitions. Topics will include: understanding composition, size, proportion, and balance; how an artist creates depth on a two dimensional surface; exploring color with colored pencils; and more. 

Live Music at CAM Café: Nick Black

Thursday, 11/3/2022
6:00PM-8:00PM  

Jazz@CAM Shana Tucker

Thursday, 11/3/2022
7:00PM-8:00PM  
Tickets:
CAM Members: $35; Not Yet Members $55

The Printed Story

Friday, 11/4/2022
10:00AM-4:00PM  
Instructor: Catherine Cross Tsintzos 
CAM member: $100; Not-yet-member: $125 
When bookbinding and printmaking combine, the possibilities are endless! In six hours learn to tell your own story by expanding a single art block print, that you learn to create, and expand it into a sequence of image to create the pages of your own hand bound book. Learn about paper, colorants, cyanotype, ways to embellish, hand carved block prints and simple monotype printmaking techniques. 

'Resilience' Community Screening and Gallery Tour

Friday, 11/4/2022
12:00PM-1:30PM  
12pm – 1pm screening, 1pm to 1:30pm Gallery Tour
View the award winning documentary 'Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope'. The film screens in our spacious reception hall from 12 PM to 1 PM, followed by an optional brief discussion with other community members. Learn about the New Hanover County Resiliency Task Force. www.nhcbouncesback.org. After the screening, join our Cultural Curator Daniel Jones for a gallery tour with a focus on resiliency themes.
The CAM offers free screenings of ‘Resilience’ on the first Friday of each month (unless there is a holiday and then it moves to the second Friday). Feel free to grab lunch at the CAM café, or bring your own lunch!
No fee and no registration necessary.

Boundless Public Tour

Friday, 11/4/2022
1:00PM-1:30PM  
Free with admission

Fun with Yupo Day 1

Saturday, 11/5/2022
10:00AM-4:00PM  
Instructor: Janice Castiglione 
CAM member: $144; Not-yet-member: $180 
Saturday-Sunday, November 5-6, 10-4pm & 12-4pm 
We had so much fun in the last Yupo class, we're going to do it again! Paint with watercolor paint and WC materials on this paper. Yupo is an archival plastic paper. The water and paint don't absorb into the paper, leaving more time to manipulate the paint. We will use other materials for special effects and have fun exploring. Each day will begin with a demo. 

I Am Day 1

Saturday, 11/5/2022
10:00AM-12:00PM  
Instructor: Alan Cradick 
CAM member: $52; Not-yet-member: $65 
Saturday, November 5, 10am-12pm, & Sunday November 6, 1-3pm 
In this workshop participants will offer a white board with "I Am" written on the top to people on the street and invite them to complete the thought by writing down their feelings. We will then make a portrait with the person and the board. By working with strangers to create a photograph in half a minute, this workshop will hone the photographer's interpersonal and portrait skills. On Saturday, we will meet at the corner of Market and Front streets downtown. Sunday we will gather for a conversation about the work.

Live Music at CAM Café: Double Cherry Pie

Saturday, 11/5/2022
11:30AM-1:30PM  

Fun with Yupo Day 2

Sunday, 11/6/2022
12:00PM-4:00PM  

I Am Day 2

Sunday, 11/6/2022
1:00PM-3:00PM