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CAM Workshops for Artists of All Levels

One and two day classes in creative writing, art appreciation, and all visual art media.

Adult

Ceramic Tabletop Fountains

Make a tabletop fountain that will do well around the home to bring the gentle element of bubbling water to life. The shallow water surface of the design makes it a good source for providing water to pollinators in the yard. Learn how to make a slab-built ceramic vessel, including various ways to design and create textures within slabs of clay prior to firing and glazing.
Date/Time:
Saturdays, March 29-April 5, 10am-2pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $116 / Not-yet Member $145
Instructor:
Matthew French
Supplies:
$35 supply fee
Register
IMG_4019 Photography
Workshop

Paint a Portrait with 3 Colors

Boost your confidence by exploring a limited palette. While it may seem limiting at first, using just a few colors can actually enhance your understanding of how paint colors interact. Focus on the essentials, making your painting experience more enjoyable and less intimidating.
Date/Time:
Saturday, March 29, 10am -4pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $100 / Not-yet Member $125
Instructor:
Amy Gibson
Supplies:
Paint is provided. Please bring an 8x10 or 9x12 panel or canvas and a few brushes a palette or palette paper,
Register
Adult

Hand Paper Making

Embark on a hands-on journey into papermaking with local plant fibers. You'll learn how to identify, harvest, and process plants for hand papermaking, and gain skills in pulping, pressing, and drying textured papers. Discover how to make formation aids and explore natural dyes, including indigo grown by the instructor. Create a supply of paper for printing, drawing, writing, and sculpture and experiment with creative pulp techniques. Throughout the workshop, you'll learn to dye paper.
Date/Time:
Friday- Saturday, April 4-5, 10am-4pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $195 / Not-yet member $156
Instructor:
Catherine Cross
Supplies:
$20 Supply fee paid to instructor. All tools and expendable supplies are provided by the instructor. A supply fee covers expendable supplies. Students are invited to bring gloves and cover ups.
Register
IMG_2446 Photography
Workshop

Landscape Photography – Carolina Beach State Park

We have many beautiful natural areas in and around Wilmington. In this workshop, we will explore the Ft. Fisher Hermit boardwalk and trail. The following day, we will meet at Cameron Art Museum to share our work in a group critique. We will explore the use of wide and telephoto lenses as well as using our nifty fifty to create the perfect panoramic. This session is open to all skill levels and any digital device, so grab your digital camera, smart phone or tablet and sign up.
Date/Time:
Wednesday-Thursday, April 9-10, 10am-12pm & 12-2pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $52 / Not-yet member $65
Instructor:
Alan Cradick
Supplies:
Bring any digital device, smart phone, tablet or digital camera.
Register
Spring 2024 Images
Adult

Sketching and Painting Carnivorous Plants

Get up close and personal with these fascinating plants. Our first class begins at the Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant Garden to take photos or do quick sketches of these fascinating plants! Then returning to the CAM to begin sketching. In case of rain the first day photos will be provided with class beginning at the CAM. Contour drawing, shading, breaking down complex shapes into simpler forms, color mixing, creating vibrant hues and layering colors for depth and texture will be explored.
Date/Time:
Friday-Sunday, April 25-27, 10am-2pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $140/ Not-yet member $175
Instructor:
Carolyn Faulkner
Supplies:
Acrylic paints ( Liquitex or Golden)> NO Liquitex Basics paints please. Color list will be sent out 2 weeks before class begins.Acrylic painting brushes, sketch book, HB drawing pencil, kneaded eraser, small canvases (10” x 12”). No canvas board please.
Register
Carnivorous Plants Artwork
Adult

Hand-Built Teapots

In this two-day workshop you will design and shape the main components of your teapot—body, spout, handle, and lid. You’ll learn hand-building techniques to form each part, ensuring your teapot is both functional and beautifully balanced. You'll incorporate textures, patterns, or small details that make it truly unique. This workshop combines function and artistry, leaving you with a one-of-a-kind teapot that’s both practical and a beautiful piece of ceramic art! Photo by Manki Kim
Date/Time:
Saturday-Sunday, April 26-27, 10am-12pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $76/ Not-yet Member $95
Instructor:
Anne McCombie
Supplies:
All supplies provided.
Register
Adult

Paint Like the Masters: Helen Frankenthaler – Class Full, Please Call

As a member of the New York School, Helen Frankenthaler's color field painting style is expressive, nature and landscape-inspired. This one day intensive is an opportunity to explore color and abstracting with brushes and an array of alternative painting tools: scrapers, trowels, sponges, sticks and pouring. Our medium of choice will be acrylic on watercolor paper. Beginner to advanced levels welcome. Image: Helen Frankenthaler, Nature Abhors a Vacuum, 1973, Acrylic on canvas,
National Gallery of Art

Date/Time:
Sunday, May 4, 10am-4pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $112 / Not-yet member $140
Instructor:
Kirah Van Sickle
Supplies:

- Basic Acrylic set of Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Quinacridone Magenta, Cadmium Red Medium, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, and Burnt Umber.
- Pad of 11 x 14" 140# Cold Press Watercolor Paper (Canson, Strathmore, or Artist Loft brand preferred). Please no sketch paper or Arches
- Synthetic flat bristle brush at least 1" wide
- Paper Towels
- Apron
- Sketchbook/Notebook
- Sketch pen or extra fine Sharpie

Instructor will provide palettes, alternative tools and pouring medium
$5 Supply Fee

Frankenthaler Artwork
Adult

Women in Art History: Lecture – Taking Up Space: Camille Claudel to Maya Lin

An exploration of the contributions to Western art history made by women. The artists we will discuss have been too often excluded, ignored, or relegated to the status of secondary members of important movements "led" by male artists. Rather than being a "revisionist" history, the course will address various factors that kept many women out of the art world system and out of traditional art historical surveys - while emphasizing the importance of the goals and accomplishments of visionary women artists
Date/Time:
Sunday, May 4, 2-3:30pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM MEMBER $15, Not-yet Member $20
Instructor:
Ben Billingsley
Supplies:
Register
Workshop

Painting People in Watercolor

Using photographs and models, we will be discussing anatomy, faces and proportions as well as how to put figures into your paintings.
Date/Time:
Tuesday-Thursday, May 6-8, 10am-4pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $196 / Not-yet Member $245
Instructor:
Todd Carignan
Supplies:

Arches or Winsor & Newton cold-pressed watercolor block 7"x10"-12"x16" (the paper is the most important supply!), an assortment of brushes from mop (squirrel hair) to small round (can be a synthetic), I recommend at least one mid-sized round sable brush, assorted professional watercolor paints, a mixing tray, a water container for cleaning brushes, a roll of paper towels, pencil with eraser, a small spray bottle, any photos you would like to paint from
$25 Model Fee

Register
Carignan Times Square Watercolor
Adult

Charcoal: Hardworking, Dynamic & Delicate

Open up to one of art's most forgiving traditional mediums. A versatile tool for loose sketching, completing a polished drawing, or adding dynamic expressive punch in mixed media. Charcoal can go from its impactful darkest dark to the softest palest grey leaving a dusty trail of delicate descriptive values in between. It lives to be pushed hard, erased, and reworked. Purchase minimal supplies – studio materials available for experimentation.
Date/Time:
Saturday& Sunday, May 10-11, 10am-4pm & 12-4pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $120 / Not-yet member $150
Instructor:
Donna Moore
Supplies:

Charcoals (all soft - vine or willow, compressed, pencils), kneaded and block erasers, drawing pad (preferably 18x24"), paper towels, wipes, or reusable art rag, instructor will provide a number of supplies available for experimentation
Supply Fee$5

Register
Donna Charcoal Artwork
Adult

Women in Art History: Lecture – Raising their Voices: Margaret Bourke-White to Kara Walker

An exploration of the contributions to Western art history made by women. The artists we will discuss have been too often excluded, ignored, or relegated to the status of secondary members of important movements "led" by male artists. Rather than being a "revisionist" history, the course will address various factors that kept many women out of the art world system and out of traditional art historical surveys - while emphasizing the importance of the goals and accomplishments of visionary women artists
Date/Time:
Sunday, May 18, 2-3:30pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM MEMBER $15, Not-yet Member $20
Instructor:
Ben Billingsley
Supplies:
Register
Adult

Women in Art History: Lecture – Making a Statement: Käthe Kollwitz to Barbara Kruger

An exploration of the contributions to Western art history made by women. The artists we will discuss have been too often excluded, ignored, or relegated to the status of secondary members of important movements "led" by male artists. Rather than being a "revisionist" history, the course will address various factors that kept many women out of the art world system and out of traditional art historical surveys - while emphasizing the importance of the goals and accomplishments of visionary women artists
Date/Time:
Sunday, June 1, 2-3:30pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM MEMBER $15, Not-yet Member $20
Instructor:
Ben Billingsley
Supplies:
Register
IMG_4019 Photography
Adult

Ceramic Tabletop Fountains

Make a tabletop fountain that will do well around the home to bring the gentle element of bubbling water to life. The shallow water surface of the design makes it a good source for providing water to pollinators in the yard. Learn how to make a slab-built ceramic vessel, including various ways to design and create textures within slabs of clay prior to firing and glazing.
Date/Time:
Saturdays, March 29-April 5, 10am-2pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $116 / Not-yet Member $145
Instructor:
Matthew French
Supplies:
$35 supply fee
Register
Workshop

Paint a Portrait with 3 Colors

Boost your confidence by exploring a limited palette. While it may seem limiting at first, using just a few colors can actually enhance your understanding of how paint colors interact. Focus on the essentials, making your painting experience more enjoyable and less intimidating.
Date/Time:
Saturday, March 29, 10am -4pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $100 / Not-yet Member $125
Instructor:
Amy Gibson
Supplies:
Paint is provided. Please bring an 8x10 or 9x12 panel or canvas and a few brushes a palette or palette paper,
Register
IMG_2446 Photography
Adult

Hand Paper Making

Embark on a hands-on journey into papermaking with local plant fibers. You'll learn how to identify, harvest, and process plants for hand papermaking, and gain skills in pulping, pressing, and drying textured papers. Discover how to make formation aids and explore natural dyes, including indigo grown by the instructor. Create a supply of paper for printing, drawing, writing, and sculpture and experiment with creative pulp techniques. Throughout the workshop, you'll learn to dye paper.
Date/Time:
Friday- Saturday, April 4-5, 10am-4pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $195 / Not-yet member $156
Instructor:
Catherine Cross
Supplies:
$20 Supply fee paid to instructor. All tools and expendable supplies are provided by the instructor. A supply fee covers expendable supplies. Students are invited to bring gloves and cover ups.
Register
Spring 2024 Images
Workshop

Landscape Photography – Carolina Beach State Park

We have many beautiful natural areas in and around Wilmington. In this workshop, we will explore the Ft. Fisher Hermit boardwalk and trail. The following day, we will meet at Cameron Art Museum to share our work in a group critique. We will explore the use of wide and telephoto lenses as well as using our nifty fifty to create the perfect panoramic. This session is open to all skill levels and any digital device, so grab your digital camera, smart phone or tablet and sign up.
Date/Time:
Wednesday-Thursday, April 9-10, 10am-12pm & 12-2pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $52 / Not-yet member $65
Instructor:
Alan Cradick
Supplies:
Bring any digital device, smart phone, tablet or digital camera.
Register
Carnivorous Plants Artwork
Adult

Sketching and Painting Carnivorous Plants

Get up close and personal with these fascinating plants. Our first class begins at the Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant Garden to take photos or do quick sketches of these fascinating plants! Then returning to the CAM to begin sketching. In case of rain the first day photos will be provided with class beginning at the CAM. Contour drawing, shading, breaking down complex shapes into simpler forms, color mixing, creating vibrant hues and layering colors for depth and texture will be explored.
Date/Time:
Friday-Sunday, April 25-27, 10am-2pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $140/ Not-yet member $175
Instructor:
Carolyn Faulkner
Supplies:
Acrylic paints ( Liquitex or Golden)> NO Liquitex Basics paints please. Color list will be sent out 2 weeks before class begins.Acrylic painting brushes, sketch book, HB drawing pencil, kneaded eraser, small canvases (10” x 12”). No canvas board please.
Register
Adult

Hand-Built Teapots

In this two-day workshop you will design and shape the main components of your teapot—body, spout, handle, and lid. You’ll learn hand-building techniques to form each part, ensuring your teapot is both functional and beautifully balanced. You'll incorporate textures, patterns, or small details that make it truly unique. This workshop combines function and artistry, leaving you with a one-of-a-kind teapot that’s both practical and a beautiful piece of ceramic art! Photo by Manki Kim
Date/Time:
Saturday-Sunday, April 26-27, 10am-12pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $76/ Not-yet Member $95
Instructor:
Anne McCombie
Supplies:
All supplies provided.
Register
Frankenthaler Artwork
Adult

Paint Like the Masters: Helen Frankenthaler – Class Full, Please Call

As a member of the New York School, Helen Frankenthaler's color field painting style is expressive, nature and landscape-inspired. This one day intensive is an opportunity to explore color and abstracting with brushes and an array of alternative painting tools: scrapers, trowels, sponges, sticks and pouring. Our medium of choice will be acrylic on watercolor paper. Beginner to advanced levels welcome. Image: Helen Frankenthaler, Nature Abhors a Vacuum, 1973, Acrylic on canvas,
National Gallery of Art

Date/Time:
Sunday, May 4, 10am-4pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $112 / Not-yet member $140
Instructor:
Kirah Van Sickle
Supplies:

- Basic Acrylic set of Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Quinacridone Magenta, Cadmium Red Medium, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, and Burnt Umber.
- Pad of 11 x 14" 140# Cold Press Watercolor Paper (Canson, Strathmore, or Artist Loft brand preferred). Please no sketch paper or Arches
- Synthetic flat bristle brush at least 1" wide
- Paper Towels
- Apron
- Sketchbook/Notebook
- Sketch pen or extra fine Sharpie

Instructor will provide palettes, alternative tools and pouring medium
$5 Supply Fee

Adult

Women in Art History: Lecture – Taking Up Space: Camille Claudel to Maya Lin

An exploration of the contributions to Western art history made by women. The artists we will discuss have been too often excluded, ignored, or relegated to the status of secondary members of important movements "led" by male artists. Rather than being a "revisionist" history, the course will address various factors that kept many women out of the art world system and out of traditional art historical surveys - while emphasizing the importance of the goals and accomplishments of visionary women artists
Date/Time:
Sunday, May 4, 2-3:30pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM MEMBER $15, Not-yet Member $20
Instructor:
Ben Billingsley
Supplies:
Register
Carignan Times Square Watercolor
Workshop

Painting People in Watercolor

Using photographs and models, we will be discussing anatomy, faces and proportions as well as how to put figures into your paintings.
Date/Time:
Tuesday-Thursday, May 6-8, 10am-4pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $196 / Not-yet Member $245
Instructor:
Todd Carignan
Supplies:

Arches or Winsor & Newton cold-pressed watercolor block 7"x10"-12"x16" (the paper is the most important supply!), an assortment of brushes from mop (squirrel hair) to small round (can be a synthetic), I recommend at least one mid-sized round sable brush, assorted professional watercolor paints, a mixing tray, a water container for cleaning brushes, a roll of paper towels, pencil with eraser, a small spray bottle, any photos you would like to paint from
$25 Model Fee

Register
Donna Charcoal Artwork
Adult

Charcoal: Hardworking, Dynamic & Delicate

Open up to one of art's most forgiving traditional mediums. A versatile tool for loose sketching, completing a polished drawing, or adding dynamic expressive punch in mixed media. Charcoal can go from its impactful darkest dark to the softest palest grey leaving a dusty trail of delicate descriptive values in between. It lives to be pushed hard, erased, and reworked. Purchase minimal supplies – studio materials available for experimentation.
Date/Time:
Saturday& Sunday, May 10-11, 10am-4pm & 12-4pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM Member $120 / Not-yet member $150
Instructor:
Donna Moore
Supplies:

Charcoals (all soft - vine or willow, compressed, pencils), kneaded and block erasers, drawing pad (preferably 18x24"), paper towels, wipes, or reusable art rag, instructor will provide a number of supplies available for experimentation
Supply Fee$5

Register
Adult

Women in Art History: Lecture – Raising their Voices: Margaret Bourke-White to Kara Walker

An exploration of the contributions to Western art history made by women. The artists we will discuss have been too often excluded, ignored, or relegated to the status of secondary members of important movements "led" by male artists. Rather than being a "revisionist" history, the course will address various factors that kept many women out of the art world system and out of traditional art historical surveys - while emphasizing the importance of the goals and accomplishments of visionary women artists
Date/Time:
Sunday, May 18, 2-3:30pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM MEMBER $15, Not-yet Member $20
Instructor:
Ben Billingsley
Supplies:
Register
Adult

Women in Art History: Lecture – Making a Statement: Käthe Kollwitz to Barbara Kruger

An exploration of the contributions to Western art history made by women. The artists we will discuss have been too often excluded, ignored, or relegated to the status of secondary members of important movements "led" by male artists. Rather than being a "revisionist" history, the course will address various factors that kept many women out of the art world system and out of traditional art historical surveys - while emphasizing the importance of the goals and accomplishments of visionary women artists
Date/Time:
Sunday, June 1, 2-3:30pm
Skill Level:
Adult: All Levels
Admission:
CAM MEMBER $15, Not-yet Member $20
Instructor:
Ben Billingsley
Supplies:
Register

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