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  •   2013

05.15 CAM CHIEF CURATOR DOMINIC MOLON NAMED RISD MUSEUM’S RICHARD BROWN BAKER CURATOR OF CONTEMPORARY ART

05.09 CITY-WIDE OPEN STUDIOS IS NOW OPEN STUDIOS STL, TO BE HELD JUNE 21-23, 2013

04.23 MAJOR EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY INFLUENTIAL PAINTER LARI PITTMAN ON VIEW MAY 24–AUGUST 11, 2013 

04.23 FIRST SOLO AMERICAN EXHIBITION OF FINNISH ARTIST MIKA TAANILA ON VIEW MAY 24–AUGUST 11, 2013

04.23  NEW WORK BY RENOWNED ARTIST KERRY JAMES MARSHALL ON VIEW MAY 24–JULY 7, 2013

04.23 NEW WORK BY ST. LOUIS NATIVE JOSH FAUGHT ON VIEW JULY 10–AUGUST 11, 2013

04.12 SUCCESSFUL DADA BALL FUNDRAISER BENEFITS CAM

04.04 CAM PRESENTS BAD AT SPORTS, APRIL 24-MAY 5 

03.28 CAM LAUNCHES KATHERINE DUNHAM SUMMER INTERNSHIP 

03.20 CAM PARTNERS WITH PADDLE8 FOR ONLINE AUCTION, MARCH 20-APRIL 6 

03.18 CAM HIRES ALEX IHNEN AS DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

03.11 CAM AWARDED $100,000 INNOVATION GRANT BY REGIONAL ARTS COMMISSION

03.05 CAM PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH PATTI SMITH, MAY 5

03.01 TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW FOR CAM’S DADA BALL & BASH FUNDRAISER ON APRIL 6

02.25 CAM PRESENTS US PREMIERE OF ACID BRASS CONCERT ON MARCH 14 WITH SAINT LOUIS BRASS BAND  

02.22 CAM ANNOUNCES MONSANTO FUND GRANT TO SUPPORT EDUCATION PROGRAMMING

02.15 CAM BEGINS FIRST FRIDAYS COLLABORATION WITH  88.1 KDHX ON MARCH 1 

01.17 / UN‐VALENTINE’S DAY AT CAM AND THE PULITZER ON FEBRUARY 14

 

  •  2012

12.12 / CAM PRESENTS JEREMY DELLER: JOY IN PEOPLE, OPENING FEBRUARY 1, 2013

10.24 / NEW DATE! CAM WELCOMES CURATOR THELMA GOLDEN AS 2012 SUSAN SHERMAN ANNUAL DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER

10.12 / CAM HOSTS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN WATCH PARTIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH JONATHAN HOROWITZ: YOUR LAND/MY LAND: ELECTION ‘12

9.12 / CAM PRESENTS LAUREN ADAMS: WE THE PEOPLE AT EXPO CHICAGO

8.12 / CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS ANNOUNCES FALL EXHIBITION SEASON

8.12 / CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS ANNOUNCES FALL PROGRAMMING SEASON

7.12 / CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS TEEN MUSEUM STUDIES CURATE ARTWORK FROM NOVUS COLLECTION

7.12 / CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS AND KDHX ANNOUNCE GRUFF RHYS CONCERT

5.12 / CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS ANNOUNCES FEAST YOUR EYES SUMMER SEASON

5.12 / CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS HOSTS NEW MUSIC, NEW WORKS

4.12 / CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS ANNOUNCES HOMEGROWN SUMMER

4.12 / PRESS PREVIEW - GREAT RIVERS BIENNIAL 2012

4.12 / OPENING NIGHT OF GREAT RIVERS BIENNIAL 2012

4.12 / CAM APPOINTS LISA MELANDRI AS NEW DIRECTOR

4.12 / MONSANTO GRANT SUPPORTS CAM’S NEW ART IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM

3.12 / CAM ANNOUNCES SUMMER EXHIBITION - GREAT RIVERS BIENNIAL 2012

3.12 / CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR CAM’S 7TH ANNUAL CITY-WIDE OPEN STUDIOS

3.12 / CAM HOSTS GOOD IDEAS FOR CITIES

2.12 / CAM RAISES OVER $500,000 FOR EXHIBITIONS AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS

2.12 / FEBRUARY FEAST YOUR EYES

2.12 / VALENTINE’S FREE FAMILY DAY

1.12 / OPENING NIGHT OF SPRING 2012 EXHIBITIONS

1.12 / CAM’S ANNUAL GALA CELEBRATING THE LEGACY OF DIRECTOR PAUL HA

1.12 / 2012 SPRING EXHIBITIONS - CHRISTODOULOS PANAYIOTOU AND FIGURE STUDIES: RECENT REPRESENTATIONAL WORKS ON PAPER

  • 2011

11.11 / CAM RECEIVES $25,000 GRANT FROM THE NEA TO FUND THE FRONT ROOM

11.11 / CAM NIGHTS KICK OFF

11.11 / THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT - CAM LAUNCHES iPHONE APP

10.11 / HALLOWEEN FREE FAMILY DAY AT CAM

10.11 / CAM HIRES SEARCH FIRM AND APPOINTS INTERIM DIRECTOR

9.11 / GREAT RIVERS BIENNIAL 2012 ARTISTS ANNOUNCED

9.11 / SUSAN SHERMAN ANNUAL DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER: RICHARD ARMSTRONG, DIRECTOR OF THE GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION

9.11 / LISA GROVE SELECTED AS DIRECTOR AND CEO OF TELFAIR MUSEUMS

9.11 / PAUL HA SELECTED AS DIRECTOR OF MIT’S LIST CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS

9.11 / CAM ART BUS HITS THE STREETS

8.11 / OPENING WEEKEND OF FALL 2011 SEASON

8.11 / LAST FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR CRYPTIC EXHIBITION

7.11 / FALL 2011 SEASON - DAVID NOONAN AND EMILY WARDILL

7.11 / DRINK WHAT GOYA DRANK

7.11 / 6TH ANNUAL CITY-WIDE OPEN STUDIOS

7.11 / TEEN MUSEUM STUDIES EXHIBITION OPENING NIGHT

6.11 / FOOD FOR THOUGHT - JULY

6.11 / SUMMER SCHEDULE OF FREE FAMILY PROGRAMMING

6.11 / “SECRET SHOW” TO BE PLAYED AT CAM’S ANNUAL CONCERTS IN THE COURTYARD

5.11 / LOCAL ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES AT CAM - CITY-WIDE OPEN STUDIOS, GREAT RIVERS BIENNIAL, AND FLAT FILES

5.11 / CAM TO PARTICIPATE IN BLUE STAR MUSEUMS FOR THE 2ND YEAR

05.11 / BRAD CLOEPFIL TALK

5.11 / THE CONTEMPORARY’S VIVA LA MASTERS GALA RASISES OVER $352,000 - MOST PROFITABLE EVENT IN MUSEUM’S HISTORY

5.11 / CAM AND THE PNC FOUNDATION LAUNCH THE PNC ARTS ALIVE BUS

5.11 / OPENING NIGHT OF CRYPTIC: THE USE OF ALLEGORY IN CONTEMPORARY ART WITH A MASTER CLASS FROM GOYA

4.11 / SIMON KELLY ON THE SHOCK OF THE AVANT-GARDE AT CAM

4.11 / CAM PRESENTS A NEW FRONT ROOM EXHIBITION - THE ST. LOUIS COMPLAINT CHOIR BY TELLERVO KALLEINEN AND OLIVER KOCHTA-KALLEINEN

3.11 / TASTE THE ART CURRENTLY ON VIEW AT FOOD FOR THOUGHT

3.11 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS PRESENTS A NEW FRONT ROOM EXHIBITION - PAVEL BUCHLER

3.11 / CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS AWARDED $10,000 GRANT BY MONSANTO FUND

3.11 / 2011 SGC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WELCOME RECEPTION AT CAM

3.11 / GET CANDID WITH CAM’S CHIEF CURATOR DOMINIC MOLON

3.11 / TASTE THE ART CURRENTLY ON VIEW AT FOOD FOR THOUGHT

2.11 / CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS PRESENTS A NEW EXHIBITION IN THE FRONT ROOM - THEA DJORDJADZE & GEORGE MACIUNAS

2.11 / CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2011 EXHIBITION - CRYPTIC

2.11 / CAM NIGHTS WINTER SCHEDULE - PINOT & PICASSO COME TOGETHER AT CAM

1.11 / VALENTINE’S FREE FAMILY DAY AT CAM

1.11 / FREE FAMILY PROGRAMS AT CAM RESCHEDULED DUE TO WINTER WEATHER

1.11 / MYSTERIES REVEALED AT THE MISTERIOS DE MAYO KICK-OFF PARTY

1.11 / NEW ART IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD (NAN) CELEBRATES 15 YEARS OF ARTS EDUCATION

1.11 / POETRY READING BY JESSICA BARAN AND MARY JO BANG AT CAM

1.11 / CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS PRESENTS NEW SEASON OF THE FRONT ROOM

1.11 / FREE FAMILY PROGRAMS AT THE CONTEMPORARY

1.11 / OPENING NIGHT AT THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM-JAN 21 

  • 2010

11.10 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS ANNOUNCES 2011 WINTER EXHIBITIONS

11.10 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS PRESENTS ETSY ART SALE AND HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE

9.10 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS ANNOUNCES FALL 2010 EXHIBITIONS

8.10 / NEW YORK MAGAZINE ART CRITIC JERRY SALTZ TO TALK AT THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS ON OCTOBER 6, 2010 

 8.10 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS PRESENTS THE FRONT ROOM

8.10 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS APPOINTS DOMINIC MOLON AS CHIEF CURATOR

8.10 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS PRESENTS A CELEBRATION OF COLLECTIONS

8.10 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS’ TEEN MUSEUM STUDIES PRESENTS “LIFE IN DECAY”

7.10 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS PRESENTS 5TH ANNUAL CITY-WIDE OPEN STUDIOS

7.10 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS WELCOMES MILITARY MEMBERS AND FAMILIES WITH FREE ADMISSION ALL SUMMER

  • 2009

12.09 / DAVID OBEDIN ANNOUNCED AS CHAIRMAN OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS

12.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS’ FRONT ROOM EXHIBITS FOR 2010

11.09 / THE CONTEMPOARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS ANNOUNCES NEW ADDITIONS TO TEAM

10.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS PRESENTS STEPHEN PRINA: MODERN MOVIE POP

10.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS PRESENTS SEAN LANDERS: 1991-1994, IMPROBABLE HISTORY

9.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS RECEIVES GRANT FROM MISSOURI ARTS COUNCIL FOR NEW ART IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

9.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS AND THE GATEWAY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE 4TH GREAT RIVERS BIENNIAL: A VISUAL ARTS AWARD PROGRAM

9.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS PARTICIPATES IN SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE MUSEUM DAY

9.09 / PLAYING IN THE DARK: A COLLISION OF ART AND CHESS AT THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS

9.09 / TOUR THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS WITH YOUR CELL PHONE

8.09 / FREE WELLS FARGO ADVISORS WEDNESDAYS AT THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS

8.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS OPENING NIGHT ON SEPTEMBER 11

8.09 / FOR THE BLIND MAN EXHIBIT RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT 

8.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS RECEIVES GRANT FROM EMERSON TO SUPPORT EDUCATION PROGRAMS

8.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS RECEIVES GRANT FROM THE BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

7.09 / THE WILLIAM E. WEISS FOUNDATION AWARDS THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS GRANT TO SUPPORT 2009-2010 EXHIBITIONS

7.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS RECEIVES REGIONAL ARTS COMMISSION GRANT

7.09 / DAVID HOFFMANN APPOINTED AS NEW CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS BOARD MEMBER

7.09 / FREE FAMILY HALLOWEEN DAY AT THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS

7.09 / ARTIST CAREY YOUNG RECEIVES ARTIST IN RESIDENCY GRANT FOR EXHIBITION AT THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS

7.09 / NEW ART IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RECEIVES GRANT FROM EMPLOYEES COMMUNITY FUND OF BOEING ST. LOUIS 

7.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS BALANCES ITS BUDGET FOR THE SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW

6.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS AND THE GATEWAY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE A CALL TO ARTISTS FOR THE GREAT RIVERS BIENNIAL 2010

6.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS JOINS BANK OF AMERICA MUSEUMS ON US PROGRAM

5.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS’ 5TH ANNIVERSARY GALA EXCEEDS FUNDRAISING GOALS

4.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS IS LOOKING FOR CREATIVE TEENS FOR NEW ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

4.09 / METRO ACADEMIC CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL DEDICATES NEW SCULPTURE AFTER TWO-YEAR COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH THE CONTEMPORARY

4.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS’ CHIEF CURATOR ANTHONY HUMBERMAN RECEIVES THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION CURATORIAL FELLOWSHIP

4.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS PRESENTS CHANTAL ACKERMAN: MOVING THROUGH SPACE AND TIME

4.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS PRESENTS CAREY YOUNG: SPEECH ACTS

4.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS TO HOST A LECTURE BY PHILIPPE VERGNE

4.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS CELEBRATES FIVE YEARS WITH ANNUAL GALA

3.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS ANNOUNCES THE RECEIPT OF A GRANT FROM THE WILLIAM T. KEMPER FOUNDATION, COMMERCE BANK TRUSTEE FOR A PROGRAM BENEFITING UNDERSERVED STUDENTS

3.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS ANNOUNCES NEW WIDGET TECHNOLOGY FOR FRONT ROOM GALLERY

3.09 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS’ ANNUAL DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER EVENT

2.09 / GO GREEN WITH THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS

2.09 / MISSOURI ARTS COUNCIL PROVIDES THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSUEM ST. LOUIS WITH GRANT TO SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIAL ADVANCES

2.09 / COCA AND THE ORANGE GIRLS PRESENT EURYDICE AT THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS

1.09 / SOUTHWEST BANK WEALTH MANAGEMENT PRESENTS CRUSH AT THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS

1.09 / BOEING AND ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL PROVIDES THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS A GRANT FOR TEEN MUSEUM STUDIES PROGRAM 

  • 2008

11.08 / TARGET AWARDS GRANT TO THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS FOR FREE FAMILY DAY PROGRAM

11.08 / MARTIZ PROVIDES GRANT TO THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS TO SUPPORT FREE FAMILY DAY

11.08 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS TO HONOR ART LEGENDS FROM ST. LOUIS AT THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

10.08 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS’ CONTEMPORARY ARTREACH PROGRAM WORKS WITH METRO ACADEMIC CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL ON A TWO-YEAR COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM

10.08 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS RECEIVES $50,000 GRANT FROM EMERSON TO SUPPORT EDUCATION PROGRAMS

9.08 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS TO HONOR ART LEGENDS FROM ST. LOUIS AT THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

9.08 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS RECEIVES $100,000 GRANT FOR CURATORIAL PROGRAM

8.08 / OPENING NIGHT AT THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS ON SEPTEMBER 12

3.08 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS’ DADA BALL AND AFTER PARTY

3.08 / 3RD ANNUAL CITY-WIDE OPEN STUDIOS AND STARVING ARTIST BBQ AT THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS

1.08 / THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS STARTS NEW WALK-IN WEDNESDAYS LUNCH TIME PROGRAM