Workshops

CAM Workshops for Artists of All Levels

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

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Veterans’ Studio: Family Workshop, Boundless Impressions

Inspired by Stephen Hayes’s Boundless and the history of CAM’s grounds, families will create plaster casts using hand impressions, natural textures, and meaningful objects. Participants will also learn about the Battle of Forks Road and the United States Colored Troops who fought for freedom on this land. Through artmaking, museum exploration, and shared storytelling, families will reflect on service, remembrance, belonging, and the lasting impressions we leave on one another. No previous experience is necessary. All tools, materials, and refreshments are provided.

Date/Time:

Saturday, September 26th, 10am-2pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

Free; registration required. For veterans and active-duty military personnel.

Instructor:

Renato Abbate

Supplies:

Building Vessels with Paper Clay – please call

Learn what to recycle to create the foundation for making your own paper clay to use for building vessels, trays, bowls and more. Test different recipes including outside mixtures and ways to test notate your findings. Explore armature materials and molds.

Date/Time:

Sundays, September 27th & October 4th, 10am-1pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $120 / Not-yet-member $150

Instructor:

Catherine Cross Tsintzos

Supplies:

Adult

Painting Watercolor Flowers

Studio will have vases with fresh flowers and plants. Also photos of flowers will also be available. Students have an option to paint from life or photos. Bringing in your own photo is ok. We will explore drawing and painting florals. Design and composition will be discussed and implamented. Join instructor painting her favorite subject.

Date/Time:

Saturday & Sunday, October 3rd & 4th, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: Intermediate

Admission:

CAM Member $184 / Not-yet-member $230

Instructor:

Janice Castiglione

Supplies:

Workshop

Writing Picture Books: From Storykeeper to Storyteller

Have you always wanted to write a picture book? Is there a story you've been keeping that you want to tell? Learn the specifics of the format. Explore the writing process thru in-class activities designed for brainstorming, developing ideas, plotting and revising. The course will include in-class opportunities for writing and giving & receiving critiques. Class participants will work toward developing a picture book manuscript that is uniquely their own.

Date/Time:

Saturday & Sunday, October 3rd & 4th, 10am-1pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $120 / Not-yet-member $150

Instructor:

Jane Smith

Supplies:

Adult

Painting With A Limited Palette

A limited palette can be exciting and fun while offering a challenge to create a wide range of values. Working from a photo helps to keep focus. Students will bring a portrait, landscape, or interior photo to draw and paint on 12” x 18” paper. Limited palette choices are monochromatic or complementary pairs.

Date/Time:

Saturday & Sunday, October 10th & 11th, 10am-2pm

Skill Level:

Adult: Beginner

Admission:

CAM Member $136 / Not-yet-member $170

Instructor:

Judith Chandler

Supplies:

Adult

Back to Basics Drawing – Foundations for Your Paintings – full, please call to join waitlist

Let's get back to the basics! This workshop will strengthen your drawing skills before you add your paint. Students will use models and still life objects to work on drawing what you see, not what your brain wants you to see. We will take our time and focus on proportions and depth.

Date/Time:

October 17th & 18th, 10am - 2pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member: $128 / Not-yet-member: $160

Instructor:

Jeri Greenberg

Supplies:

Adult

Photographing Oakdale Cemetery

Who doesn’t want to visit a cemetery in October? Tombstones, crypts and overgrown grave sites. And so much more. This beautiful, landscaped area is an undiscovered gem here in Wilmington. A morning of photography and, the next day, a group critique of our work.

Date/Time:

Saturday & Sunday, October 17th & 18th, 10am-12pm & 12-2pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $60 / Not-yet-member $75

Instructor:

Alan Cradick

Supplies:

Adult

Sculpt a Human Hand

Human hands are always in front of us but are some of the most complex body parts for the artist to accomplish. Students will learn basic anatomy along with how to observe common shapes and unique features in sculpting a human hand. This is a great class for beginners and intermediates who would like to develop their figure sculpting skills.

Date/Time:

Saturday & Sunday, October 17th & 18th, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $184 / Not-yet-member $230

Instructor:

Rob Diseker

Supplies:

Adult

See the World in Black and White

Documentary photographer Robert Frank once said, “Black and white are the colors of Photography.” This workshop will explore the use of the monochrome palette in photography. We will spend two hours downtown photographing light and shadow, removing the distraction of color that sometimes obscures the true subject of the image. Sunday, we meet at the Pancoe Center to share our work and have a group critique.

Date/Time:

Saturday & Sunday, October 24th & 25th, 10am-12pm & 12-2pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $60 / Not-yet-member $75

Instructor:

Alan Cradick

Supplies:

Adult

Capturing the Coastal Light – a Seagull Painting -full, please call to join waitlist

Transform a common coastal icon into a dramatic masterpiece. This workshop isn't just about painting a bird - it’s about the dramatic interaction of light and shadow. Whether you use watercolors, acrylics, or oils, you’ll learn to see beyond "white feathers" and discover the rich spectrum of greys, blues, and warm ambers that bring a subject to life. Simulate glowing sunlight by emphasizing shadow and light differences.

Date/Time:

Sunday, October 25th, 10am-2pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $96 / Not-yet-member $120

Instructor:

Rena Powell

Supplies:

Adult

Gel Print Collage/Mixed Media – full, please call to join waitlist

Gel printing offers a fun process of exploring abstract printmaking that results in papers perfect for any mixed media or collage project. This two day intensive starts with basic fundamentals of gel printing, along with stencils, design techniques and color combos. Students will create an array of collage studies with compositional insights and other collage materials to create an array of evocative, colorful mixed media studies. All levels welcome.

Date/Time:

Friday & Saturday, November 6th & 7th, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $ 224 / Not-yet-member $280

Instructor:

Kirah Van Sickle

Supplies:

Adult

Paint Like the Masters: Joaquin Sorolla

Like the Impressionists, and Postimpressionists, Sorolla was a master of light. We can see his keen sense of place, the energy and emotional quality of color, especially coastal themes, and embrace them into our own painting practice. Let’s explore loose, Impressionistic techniques in this one-day intensive. All painting mediums welcome, instructor will demo in acrylic and watercolor. Seasoned beginners to intermediate.

Date/Time:

Sunday, November 8th, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $128 / Not-yet-member $160

Instructor:

Kirah Van Sickle

Supplies:

Adult

Liminal Space

Liminal space, the space from where you have been to where you are headed, an area that can be, but is not always, occupied. Unsettling, sometimes spooky, liminal space exists as that in-between space passed thru going from here to there. We will explore its meaning and possible ways to illustrate that meaning in photography. Each participant will present a single liminal space with up to five photographs.

Date/Time:

Wednesdays, November 11th & 18th, 6-8pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $60 / Not-yet-member $75

Instructor:

Alan Cradick

Supplies:

Adult

Elements and Principles in Pairs

A great way to learn Elements and Principles of Art is through exercises that pair: Line and Movement, Shape and Balance, Form and Unity, Color and Contrast, Value and Emphasis, Texture and Pattern, & Space and Proportion. Using provided accordion folding books, you may create a personal resource to keep at hand for your future art work. Activities include drawing, painting, collage, and simple etching.

Date/Time:

Friday – Sunday, November 13th-15th, 10am-2pm

Skill Level:

Adult: Beginner

Admission:

CAM Member $136 / Not-yet-member $170

Instructor:

Judith Chandler

Supplies:

Adult

Luminary Christmas Trees

Create a decorative statement luminary for your mantel or table. Ceramic slab built, with guided instruction and creativity encouragement.

Date/Time:

Saturday, November 14th, 10am-1pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $72 / Not-yet-member $90

Instructor:

Shannon Gehen

Supplies:

Book Arts

The Handmade Artist Book

Working with ceramic handbuilding skills, students will create a cold finish ceramic book cover to use as their artist book. Work with a variety of papers to create signatures; you will learn ways to create interest and embellish your signatures with a variety of mixed media art supplies.

Date/Time:

Friday - Sunday, November 20-22nd, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $ 232 / Not-yet-member $290

Instructor:

Catherine Cross Tsintzos

Supplies:

Workshop

Support, Critique, Refresh

"Art needs friends, with our bodies against the wind and our hands cupped around the flame..." -Fredrik Backman. Do you find yourself in a rut with a particular painting, drawing, sculpture or photograph? Or perhaps do you have lingering questions about your art practice in general? Share your frustrations and goals. Bring in three examples of your work and you will receive creative ways to move your practice forward. We will also be doing some journaling. Open to intermediate and advanced.

Date/Time:

Sunday, November 22nd, 10am-1pm

Skill Level:

Adult: Intermediate

Admission:

CAM Member $52 / Not-yet-member $65

Instructor:

Helen Mirkil

Supplies:

Adult

Portrait Painting from Life

We will work from two models, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. We will use a limited palette and focus on light and shadow to create a likeness.

Date/Time:

Saturday, December 5th, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: Intermediate

Admission:

CAM Member $116 / Not-yet-member $145

Instructor:

Todd Carignan

Supplies:

Book Arts

The Plaster Book

Students will create one or two handmade books using plaster and compounds with mica windows and natural dye finishes. Complete your book filled with lots of interesting papers and bind using the Coptic binding stitch.

Date/Time:

Sunday, December 6th, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $116 / Not-yet-member $145

Instructor:

Catherine Cross Tsintzos

Supplies:

Adult

Deep Six – Tell A Story with Images

In the first session participants will explore story telling with images. The story can be as simple as sharing an item: car, a house. A process: making an omelet, planting a seed or flower. Or of an experience, going for a walk, getting a tattoo, eating a favorite treat. Participants will decide on their story, photograph it, then distill it down to six, or fewer, images… the Deep Six, the most expressive photographs that depict the essence of the story.

Date/Time:

Saturdays, December 12th & 19th, 12-2pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $60 / Not-yet-member $75

Instructor:

Alan Cradick

Supplies:

Adult

Creative Connection with Your Spirit Guide

Through guided meditation and visualization led by a practiced instructor, students will work to connect with their Spirit Guides. They will then draw with graphite or colored pencil or paint your guide. This is meant to be a fun class but meaningful and eye-opening class. Your artwork will connect you more to this higher part of yourself and align you with the universe. No art experience necessary.

Date/Time:

Saturday, December 12th, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $116 / Not-yet-member $145

Instructor:

Carolyn Faulkner

Supplies:

Adult

Painting Ocean Scenes with Gouache

Dive into gouache painting with a focus on vibrant ocean life. In this workshop we’ll explore the basics of painting with gouache, a unique medium that combines fluid watercolor techniques with the smooth opacity of acrylics. You’ll learn to navigate the medium's versatility while building the skills to paint expressive ocean scenes.

Date/Time:

Sunday, December 13th, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $116 / Not-yet-member $145

Instructor:

Evin Bryson

Supplies:

Clay

Veterans’ Studio: Family Workshop, Boundless Impressions

Date/Time:

Saturday, September 26th, 10am-2pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

Free; registration required. For veterans and active-duty military personnel.

Instructor:

Renato Abbate

Supplies:

Building Vessels with Paper Clay – please call

Date/Time:

Sundays, September 27th & October 4th, 10am-1pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $120 / Not-yet-member $150

Instructor:

Catherine Cross Tsintzos

Supplies:

Adult

Painting Watercolor Flowers

Date/Time:

Saturday & Sunday, October 3rd & 4th, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: Intermediate

Admission:

CAM Member $184 / Not-yet-member $230

Instructor:

Janice Castiglione

Supplies:

Workshop

Writing Picture Books: From Storykeeper to Storyteller

Date/Time:

Saturday & Sunday, October 3rd & 4th, 10am-1pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $120 / Not-yet-member $150

Instructor:

Jane Smith

Supplies:

Adult

Painting With A Limited Palette

Date/Time:

Saturday & Sunday, October 10th & 11th, 10am-2pm

Skill Level:

Adult: Beginner

Admission:

CAM Member $136 / Not-yet-member $170

Instructor:

Judith Chandler

Supplies:

Adult

Back to Basics Drawing – Foundations for Your Paintings – full, please call to join waitlist

Date/Time:

October 17th & 18th, 10am - 2pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member: $128 / Not-yet-member: $160

Instructor:

Jeri Greenberg

Supplies:

Adult

Photographing Oakdale Cemetery

Date/Time:

Saturday & Sunday, October 17th & 18th, 10am-12pm & 12-2pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $60 / Not-yet-member $75

Instructor:

Alan Cradick

Supplies:

Adult

Sculpt a Human Hand

Date/Time:

Saturday & Sunday, October 17th & 18th, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $184 / Not-yet-member $230

Instructor:

Rob Diseker

Supplies:

Adult

See the World in Black and White

Date/Time:

Saturday & Sunday, October 24th & 25th, 10am-12pm & 12-2pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $60 / Not-yet-member $75

Instructor:

Alan Cradick

Supplies:

Adult

Capturing the Coastal Light – a Seagull Painting -full, please call to join waitlist

Date/Time:

Sunday, October 25th, 10am-2pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $96 / Not-yet-member $120

Instructor:

Rena Powell

Supplies:

Adult

Gel Print Collage/Mixed Media – full, please call to join waitlist

Date/Time:

Friday & Saturday, November 6th & 7th, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $ 224 / Not-yet-member $280

Instructor:

Kirah Van Sickle

Supplies:

Adult

Paint Like the Masters: Joaquin Sorolla

Date/Time:

Sunday, November 8th, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $128 / Not-yet-member $160

Instructor:

Kirah Van Sickle

Supplies:

Adult

Liminal Space

Date/Time:

Wednesdays, November 11th & 18th, 6-8pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $60 / Not-yet-member $75

Instructor:

Alan Cradick

Supplies:

Adult

Elements and Principles in Pairs

Date/Time:

Friday – Sunday, November 13th-15th, 10am-2pm

Skill Level:

Adult: Beginner

Admission:

CAM Member $136 / Not-yet-member $170

Instructor:

Judith Chandler

Supplies:

Adult

Luminary Christmas Trees

Create a decorative statement luminary for your mantel or table. Ceramic slab built, with guided instruction and creativity encouragement.

Date/Time:

Saturday, November 14th, 10am-1pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $72 / Not-yet-member $90

Instructor:

Shannon Gehen

Supplies:

Book Arts

The Handmade Artist Book

Date/Time:

Friday - Sunday, November 20-22nd, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $ 232 / Not-yet-member $290

Instructor:

Catherine Cross Tsintzos

Supplies:

Workshop

Support, Critique, Refresh

Date/Time:

Sunday, November 22nd, 10am-1pm

Skill Level:

Adult: Intermediate

Admission:

CAM Member $52 / Not-yet-member $65

Instructor:

Helen Mirkil

Supplies:

Adult

Portrait Painting from Life

We will work from two models, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. We will use a limited palette and focus on light and shadow to create a likeness.

Date/Time:

Saturday, December 5th, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: Intermediate

Admission:

CAM Member $116 / Not-yet-member $145

Instructor:

Todd Carignan

Supplies:

Book Arts

The Plaster Book

Date/Time:

Sunday, December 6th, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $116 / Not-yet-member $145

Instructor:

Catherine Cross Tsintzos

Supplies:

Adult

Deep Six – Tell A Story with Images

Date/Time:

Saturdays, December 12th & 19th, 12-2pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $60 / Not-yet-member $75

Instructor:

Alan Cradick

Supplies:

Adult

Creative Connection with Your Spirit Guide

Date/Time:

Saturday, December 12th, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $116 / Not-yet-member $145

Instructor:

Carolyn Faulkner

Supplies:

Adult

Painting Ocean Scenes with Gouache

Date/Time:

Sunday, December 13th, 10am-4pm

Skill Level:

Adult: All Levels

Admission:

CAM Member $116 / Not-yet-member $145

Instructor:

Evin Bryson

Supplies:

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