Recollection: The Past Is Present

On View: February 19, 2010 - June 20, 2010

The exhibition’s visual and thematic referencing of the past while being rooted firmly in the present connects the art work of Amalia Amaki, Lillian Blades and Beverly Buchanan to the historical-tinged quilts by African American women in the exhibition. The use of textural materials, color, found objects, building shapes and cultural images balance delicacy and strength while evoking the individualized stories and shared histories of the diaspora of African Americans, Africa and the Caribbean.

Their work reminds the viewer of specific memories, direct experiences or exposure while looking at the miniature churches, houses and shack sculptures of Beverly Buchanan both colorful and starkly devoid of color, the ornate and delicate fans, candy and treasure boxes of Amalia Amaki and the large-scale mosaic styled mixed media wall hangings of Lillian Blades, no matter the background of the visitor. In addition, the artists collectively share an interest in the African American southern experience with each maintaining homes and work studios in Georgia, although only Blades currently lives in the Atlanta area year-round.

All of the contemporary work dovetails and resonates with the African American quilts which will be on loan to CAM by the Mississippi Museum of Art from their newly acquired collection for this exhibition.

Toying With Art

On View: March 13, 2009 - March 28, 2010

Toying with Art is an exhibition of toys designed and fabricated by artists. More than 50 artists from around the country have created toys in a wide variety of sizes, themes and styles for this exhibition. Running through the holidays, Toying with Art is sure to be fun for kids of all ages.

This project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources. Sponsored in part by Ann Sherman-Skiba and the Talking Phone Book, a publication of Hearst Holdings.

Kaleidoscope: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection

On View: May 15, 2009 - May 9, 2010

This exhibition features selected paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, photographs, furniture, decorative arts and other objects drawn from the museum's permanent collection. The exhibition's configuration will change throughout the year, as individual works are rotated. This approach is taken for several reasons: to protect fragile works on paper from prolonged exposure to light; to allow additional works from the collection to be exhibited; and to create or elicit new, unexpected meanings and associations between works of art and viewers.

The first installation of KALEIDOSCOPE will be organized by color, with works of art selected by and installed with works of similar or related palettes. The resulting juxtapositions are designed to yield unexpected and unusual relationships, as works of divergent periods, styles and subjects are seen together for the first time, related only by the artists' and artisans' choices of color. Subsequent installations may be organized by single-artist installations, themes or subject matter.

This exhibition received support from the Estate of Katherine Phillips.

CAM Education Department and KALEIDOSCOPE

Curator of Education Georgia Mastroieni gives us some insight to the youth and adult educational programs offered at the Cameron Art Museum. She then leads us through a tour of our current exhibition KALEIDOSCOPE: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection.

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Docent Insights: KALEIDOSCOPE

We again take a look at one of our current exhibitions KALEIDOSCOPE: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection. Museum docent Mrs. Connie Simon leads a through the exhibition and points out a few of her favorite pieces from our permanent collection.

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This project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

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