Cameron Art Museum - Exhibitions

The Cameron Art Museum is housed in a 42,000 square foot facility designed by the architectural firm of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates (NYC).

The Cameron presents changing special exhibitions comprised of fine arts, crafts and design.

The Museum presents changing special exhibitions comprised of fine arts, crafts and design.

GWATHMEY SIEGEL: Inspiration and Transformation

On View: June 22 - January 10, 2010

Inspiration and Transformation is the first museum exhibition devoted to the work of American architectural firm Gwathmey Siegel and Associates Architects (NYC). The firm designed the Cameron Art Museum, as well as many other notable museums, residences and corporate offices. This exhibition addresses eight Gwathmey Siegel projects, focusing primarily on five that represent major transitions in their forty-five year practice. The exhibition demonstrates the broader cultural currents in American modernist art and architecture, as well as the more specific inspiration of art associated with each of these commissions.

This exhibition is curated by Adjunct Curator of Architecture and Design, Doug Sprunt.
This exhibition received support from the Estate of Katherine Phillips; the Hilldsdale Fund; the Randleigh Foundation Trust, Henry and Roya Weyerhaeuser, established by William R. Kenan, Jr. who was a native of Wilmington NC; Nancy C. Allen; Mr. and Mrs. Scott Sullivan; Jon and Deedy Vincent; and Deborah and Matt Long. Additional support came from Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cain; Mr. and Mrs. Scott Corbett; Rick Myracle and John Taylor; and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nasseri.

Kaleidoscope: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection

On View: May 15 - 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.

Winning IDEAs: Selected Product Designs 2008

On View: April 16 - October 25, 2009

This exhibition features a collection of International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) winners.

The IDEA Awards are presented annually by IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America), with selections made by an international jury of professional designers and academics. Each day, we live and work with products and objects whose functionality, beauty and availability are taken for granted. Few of us remember that these products are conceived, designed and put into production by industrial designers.

The Cameron Art Museum's exhibition features a selection of the award-winning designs drawn from the 2008 IDEA competition, including Gold-, Silver- and Bronze-winning designs from the competition's 17 product categories: Commercial & Industrial Products, Communication Tools, Computer Equipment, Design Strategy, Ecodesign, Entertainment, Environments, Home Living, Interactive Product Experiences, Leisure & Recreation, Medical & Scientific Products, Office & Productivity, Packaging & Graphics, Personal Accessories, Research, Student Designs and Transportation.

This exhibition received support from the Estate of Katherine Phillips.

This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council with funding from the state of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.