Mary's Art Explorers

Thursday, 8/25/2022
10:00AM-11:00AM  
CAM Members: $3 per child; Not Yet Members: $6
Adults: $3
Children 2 and under: free
Art Explorers is geared towards infants, toddler and preschoolers, but big brothers and sisters are welcome to join and create art with us.
Space is limited so preregister to guarantee your spot

Live Music at CAM Café: Bill Alston

Thursday, 8/25/2022
6:00PM-8:00PM  

Boundless Public Tour

Friday, 8/26/2022
1:00PM-1:30PM  
Free with Admission

Live Music at CAM Café: Roger Davis

Saturday, 8/27/2022
11:30AM-1:30PM  

A Preview: Forward Motion Dance Arts in Motion

Sunday, 8/28/2022
2:00PM-3:00PM  
Forward Motion Dance will bring a preview event of their new and recent choreography to CAM. Enjoy dance performances with live music and film as the artists interact with the audience through discussion and audience questions. Forward Motion Dance Company, Inc., is a Wilmington, NC, based non-profit 501(c)(3) dance organization whose mission is to provide local and regional communities with quality modern contemporary dance and education in the art of dance, as well as enhance the local arts community by providing performance opportunities for area dancers and performance artists.
$8 Members and students/ $14 Non-members

Public Tour

Wednesday, 8/31/2022
1:30PM-2:00PM  
Free with admission

Live Music at CAM Café: Kelly G

Thursday, 9/1/2022
6:00PM-8:00PM  

Jazz@CAM Brian Miller

Thursday, 9/1/2022
7:00PM-8:45PM  
Tickets:
CAM Members: $35; Not Yet Members $55

'Resilience' Community Screening and Gallery Tour

Friday, 9/2/2022
12:00PM-1:30PM  
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. 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, 9/2/2022
1:00PM-1:30PM  
Free with admission

Live Music at CAM Café: Roger Davis

Saturday, 9/3/2022
11:30AM-1:30PM  

Paint With Pastels: Improve Your Drawing

Tuesday, 9/6/2022
10:00AM-1:00PM  
Instructor: Jeri Greenberg
CAM member: $232; Not-yet-member: $290
Working with still lifes, models, photos and nature, we will work with your pastels and charcoal to improve drawing skills as well as pastel techniques. We will focus on color, temperature, values, shapes, layout and more to bring a drawing to a finished painting.

Printmaking Studies: Linocut

Tuesday, 9/6/2022
2:00PM-5:00PM  
Instructor: Antoinette Vogt
CAM member: $128; Not-yet-member: $160
Explore the relief printmaking method of Linocut to create striking images. Students will learn the basics of carving their design into the linoleum block, inking and printing. The class will explore printing in black ink to create bold images as well as the option to try multi color printing to create a unique effect. Tap into your creativity and see what you can create! Please come to first class with an image or idea you want to translate into a print. This class is suitable for students aged 14 to adult.

Awesome Animals! Shading and Proportions

Tuesday, 9/6/2022
4:30PM-6:00PM  
Instructor: Carolyn Faulkner
CAM member: $88; Not-yet-member: $110
Youth: Middle School –
Learn two essential techniques to draw an awesome animal! Proportions are a must to make a correct drawing. Proportions are the size relationships between objects and the sub-parts of an object. Shading enhances the drawing and gives it a 3D effect. We will work with graphite pencils to create realistic creatures. Camels, elephants, and tigers are a few choices.

Fearless Color!

Wednesday, 9/7/2022
10:00AM-12:00PM  
Instructor: Carolyn Faulkner
CAM member: $116; Not-yet-member: $145
Do you love bright bold colors? Do you love soft muted colors? If so, this class is for you! Learn how to create a harmonious color palette and a contrasting color palette. Decide if you want a painting filled with harmony or a painting using bold contrasts. Your painting can be a garden scene or objects of your choice. I will bring in photos but you can choose from your own as well. Contrast will give your artwork drama and opposition. Harmonious colors are similar. They flow, they are close in hue! Are you the person that wants to blend and get along or are you the rebel that wants to be different? Let your personality explode on your canvas!

Public Tour

Wednesday, 9/7/2022
1:30PM-2:00PM  
Free with Admission

Beginner Drawing

Thursday, 9/8/2022
9:00AM-12:00PM  
Instructor: Todd Carignan
CAM member: $232; Not-yet-member: $290
Start your artist journey with good drawing habits! Learn the fundamentals for drawing, such as where to begin, how to measure and how to decide how light or dark to make something.

Mary's Art Explorers

Thursday, 9/8/2022
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; Non-Members: $6
Adults: $3
Children 2 and under: free
Space is limited so preregister to guarantee your spot

Drawing in the Gallery

Thursday, 9/8/2022
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.

Fearless Watercolor

Thursday, 9/8/2022
1:00PM-4:00PM  
Instructor: Janice Castiglione
CAM member: $232; Not-yet-member: $290
Watercolor is known for being the most difficult medium to paint with. This class is designed to push through our fears and find joy in exploring the aspects of what this paint can do. Research how colors can flow together and mix on the paper, create soft edges or hard sharp edges. Let's let the pressure go and concentrate on finding joy in creating. No expectations or pressure. Each class will begin with a demo.

Live Music at CAM Café: Ron + Luis

Thursday, 9/8/2022
6:00PM-8:00PM  

Social Pottery

Thursday, 9/8/2022
6:00PM-8:00PM  
Instructor: Renato Abbate
CAM member: $228; Not-yet-member: $285
Come and enjoy and experiment with pottery at our studio with Renato. We will cover hand building, throwing, extruding, decals, and glazing. Get into the studio and have fun with other people that love art.
Renato Abbate was born in Italy and transplanted yearly till 1999. He currently lives in Wilmington and loves the port city. He is continuously looking for ways to push his work further using mixed media and clay. He is always striving to create the perfect mug, using innovation as his inspiration.
Additional Open Studio hours are available to students. Hours will be published with the Museum School staff schedule.

A History of Wilmington and Lower CF

Thursday, 9/8/2022
6:30PM-8:00PM  
Instructor: Dr. Chris Fonvielle
CAM member: $72; Not-yet-member: $90
Join Dr. Chris E. Fonvielle Jr., Professor Emeritus in the Dept. of History, UNC Wilmington and author, for a four part conversation on the history of Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear. Dr. Fonvielle will lead discussions on the region's lay of the land, its earliest inhabitants, the arrival of Europeans and Africans, settlement, development, growth, wars, epidemics, riots, rebirth, renewal, and much more. Explore the history of our city whether you have always called Wilmington home or if you are settling into new surroundings. "A splendid time is guaranteed for all!"

Knitting Your Way - Yes You Can!

Friday, 9/9/2022
11:00AM-1:00PM  
Instructor: Susan Borovsky
CAM member: $116; Not-yet-member: $145
Knitting is a life long skill. We will take each student from where you are (whether neophyte or expert) to where you want to be.
Students can choose a personal goal or project for guidance throughout the class. This is a wonderful class whether you are a beginning knitter and want to try our relaxing skill, or you are looking to advance your current skill set to tackle blankets, scarves, garments etc., or if you need help making knowledgeable knitting decisions. Whatever your particular need, this is the place for you. From basic beginners to lace knitting, from reading patterns to creating your own style, what you want and need you'll get.

Boundless Public Tour

Friday, 9/9/2022
1:00PM-1:30PM  
Free with admission

SOTA GalleryTalk

Saturday, 9/10/2022
10:00AM-7:55AM  
Volunteers
Museum admission + surcharge

Natural Way To Draw - Intro Workshop

Saturday, 9/10/2022
10:00AM-4:00PM  
Instructor: Donna Moore
CAM member: $100; Not-yet-member: $125
Through gesture and observation of live models, practice capturing form and character of a subject by activating your personal visual sense. One day workshop is introduction to upcoming 6-week class based on Kimon Nicolaides classic method - The Natural Way to Draw. Encourages quick, expressive renderings. (return and new students encouraged!)

Live Music at CAM Café: Raphael Namé

Saturday, 9/10/2022
11:30AM-1:30PM  

AM Life Drawing Studio

Monday, 9/12/2022
9:30AM-12:00PM  
Facilitator: Donna Moore 
CAM member:  $20; Not-yet-member:  $25 
Work with professional nude models, following a self-guided format studying the human form - in your medium of choice. A basic understanding of technique and tools is suggested. Purchase punch cards online to be used in morning or evening sessions.  Purchase punch cards through the Museum School office to be used in morning or evening classes during the Fall session.  Single, drop-in tuition can be reserved online or paid upon arrival.  Ongoing weekly.  

Connections Monday

Monday, 9/12/2022
10:00AM-12:00PM  
Free admission with pre-registration
Enjoy a morning of music in the galleries, adapted exhibition exploration, as well as optional hands on activities and the choice to bring a boxed lunch to enjoy in our café or courtyard area. Geared towards individuals in the earlier stages of Alzheimer's and dementia, this program is offered on Mondays when we are otherwise closed to the public to ensure a quiet and calm environment. Groups or individuals with their loved ones are welcome. Email education @cameronartmuseum.org for more information and to register.

New Member Coffee

Wednesday, 9/14/2022
10:00AM-11:00AM  
New CAM Members are invited to a Member Coffee to meet Executive Director Anne Brennan or Deputy Director Heather Wilson and learn a little about CAM’s history. It’s an introduction to CAM’s exhibitions, programs, classes and volunteer opportunities. Free; registration required.
Tour of the galleries following the coffee is optional.

Drawing Inspired by Nature: Fall Foliage

Wednesday, 9/14/2022
10:00AM-1:00PM  
Instructor: Antoinette Vogt 
CAM member: $172; Not-yet-member: $215 
Use nature as inspiration to create beautiful drawings! Improve your drawing ability through close observation of nature, capturing the unique shapes and colors of Fall plants and blooms. Learn different techniques to enhance your drawings and add color. Class time will be spent outside, drawing and gathering, then returning to the studio to refine drawings. Focus will be given to composition and developing new ways to capture your subject. Experimentation is encouraged. Students are welcome to bring in clippings from their own garden or yard. Some previous drawing experience suggested but not required. 

Public Tour

Wednesday, 9/14/2022
1:30PM-2:00PM  
Free with admission

Natural Way to Draw

Wednesday, 9/14/2022
2:00PM-5:00PM  
Instructor: Donna Moore 
CAM member: $232; Not-yet-member: $290 
Bring expressive energy to your Life Drawing Studio practice! Capture form and character of live models through gesture, contour, modelled drawing, and mark-making exercises. Based on the classic method of study by Kimon Nicolaides, "The way to learn to draw is by drawing". (returning and new students encouraged!) 

Pottery Date Night

Wednesday, 9/14/2022
7:00PM-9:00PM  
Instructor: Renato Abbate 
CAM member: $60; Non-member: $75 
Two-hour crash course on the potter’s wheel. Have a date night you will never forget. We will provide everything necessary. Everyone will have one fired and glazed piece. Bring your lover, partner or friend and get down and dirty on the wheel.