Cameron Art Museum

Visit the Cameron Art Museum and see its wonderful “collection of fine art, design and crafts, including significant holdings of historical and contemporary work by North Carolina artists, designers and artisans.”

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• Discover Craft North Carolina: A Traveler's Guide to North Carolina Crafts Gateway to a world of traditional and contemporary crafts at museums, galleries, schools, and arts centers across the state of North Carolina.
• Lesson plan: Observing connections: Art, poetry and the environment Students will explore the poem of Pat Lowery Collins, “I Am An Artist” and create their own poem from what they see and experience. They will then illustrate their poems with a visual design. This is the first lesson in a series of three in which students are creating art based on their observations: Lesson 1 Observing Connections —Art, Poetry, and the Environment; Lesson 2 Observing Connections—Changing Landscapes; Lesson 3 Observing Connections—North Carolina Pottery and Face Jugs
• Folkstreams - The Best of American Folklore Films A fabulous treasury of documentary films of American folk culture.
• Quilts and Quiltmaking in America Interviews with quilters highlight quilting within the context of daily life. The online collection shows both highly traditional and innovative quilts, and demonstrates the artisans' excellent design and technical skill.
• Lesson plan: Folklife Students will learn North Carolina folklore, traditions, war activities, local legends, superstitions, food preparation traditions, art, songs and dances which are unique to the area.

Related pages

• Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art: This art center presents exhibits and educational programs focusing on North Carolina artists and their art.
• Asheville Art Museum: Through works of art in permanent and special exhibition, students will learn about the rich history of visual arts in North Carolina.
• Bea Hensley, Blacksmith: A National Heritage Fellowship Award winner, Bea Hensley has been blacksmithing since he was a young man. Today, he and his son give demonstrations of traditional techniques to create fine ornamental ironwork.

Related topics

• Learn more about Francis Speight, Mary Cassatt, New Hanover County, North Carolina, Romare Bearden, art museum, arts, crafts, fine art, and folk arts.

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The Cameron Art Museum houses a collection of fine art, design and crafts, including significant holdings of historical and contemporary work by North Carolina artists, designers and artisans. Located at 3201 South 17th Street, it is the only accredited art museum in southeastern North Carolina and is supported entirely by the public through contributions, grants and membership. Although the website itself has sample images from the collection, it offers information about upcoming and current exhibits.

“The museum’s grounds include a significant site of one of the last battles of the Civil War, called “The Battle of Forks Road,” fought on February 20, 1865 just before the fall of the city and the subsequent collapse of the Confederate forces. After the fall of Fort Fisher following the largest naval bombardment to date in US history, Union troops marched up the Cape Fear peninsula to capture Wilmington and seal off the Confederate Army’s last remaining port. Lining the edge of the Museum grounds are confederate revetments built during the Battle of Forks Road in the last days of the Civil War.”

The museum is open Wednesday through Sunday. It offers free guided tours for school groups of 10 or more who have given a 3 week advance notice. Only pencils may be used in the galleries. To schedule a tour, call (910) 395-5999 ext.1007. One chaperone for every ten students is required.

Also see the documentary about Francis Speight on the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s Documentary page.

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