Art at Home: The Thirsty Bird Flip-book
Mar 26, 2020
Currently on view on CAM’s facade is Marina Zurkow: The Thirsty Bird. On one side of this split screen video, viewers witness the seemingly eternal motion of an oil pump jack (known colloquially as a “thirsty bird”), and on the other side, a range of archetypal figures drinking from a…
Portraits that capture three decades of black culture
Mar 24, 2020 / Huck
Artist Notes from a Pandemic: Liz Johnson Artur
Mar 24, 2020
Liz Johnson Artur takes photographs of people as a means toward connection. As viewers of the photographs, we connect with the people in the pictures. These connections are powerful—one human being, a group of human beings, linked to each other in the space of a museum. A…
Paul Mpagi Sepuya, the photographer conjuring digital cruising culture
Mar 23, 2020 / Another Man
Art at Home: Embroidery with Janie Stamm
Mar 21, 2020
It seems forever ago, but at CAM’s March First Friday event, artist Janie Stamm taught embroidery to anyone who was willing to try, which became an ever expanding group of visitors before the evening was over. Janie was a teaching artist for LEAP Middle School Initiative this season, leading…
Where the Magic Happens
Mar 19, 2020
Empty crates stand in CAM’s Receiving Area, stored there after the artwork they contained has been put on display. The room is filled with construction materials and meticulously labeled tool boxes, with a paint storage cabinet and a woodshop enclosed within. Jen Nugent leads me around the Staff…