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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 7, 2014 Media Contact: Kim Kelly, Communications Manager 910-395-5999 ext. 1005 kkelly@cameronartmuseum.org

Cameron Art Museum Invites Community to Be a Curator for the Upcoming Exhibition Voting Open until April 28
Wilmington, NC In the life of museums, it is the rare opportunity for the public to directly participate in the process of selecting artwork to be hung in a particular exhibition-until now. The Cameron Art Museum is inviting the public to participate as a curator in its first ever crowdsourced exhibition titled, Wilmington Collects Art. The exhibition has a central focus on one of its core collections of work by artists associated with Wilmington (both deceased and living). The public has an opportunity to view and vote online for their top picks for the exhibition from artwork by 52 artists represented in the online gallery. http://www.cameronartmuseum.org/vote/ Participants select and vote for (3) works from the gallery of fifty-two images. The twenty-five artworks with the most "votes" will be installed in the Claude Howell Gallery of the Cameron Art Museum Brown wing from May 2June 1, with an opening reception on Friday May 2, from 6-8 p.m. The reception will be supported by live music performed by local artists, cash bar and food. All of the artists included are invited to attend the reception as honored guests along with complimentary admission to anyone who voted. The entire collection of fifty-two artworks will also be shown in the exhibition via a digital gallery for visitors to enjoy. HOW TO VOTE Everyone is invited to select their top 3 favorite artworks from the selection of fifty-two artworks created by artists associated with Wilmington from CAM's permanent collection. 1st: Register by including first name, last name and email. 2nd: Click on the detail views in the gallery to see complete images, view individually or scroll through all at once. 3rd: Vote for top three selections. The voting ends April 28 at 11:59 p.m. when all votes are tallied. Comments are encouraged. 4th: Upon logout votes are added.
The Cameron Art Museum presents six to eight changing exhibitions annually; ongoing family and children's programs; a unique program of tours for Alzheimer's patients and their caregivers; The Museum School classes for adult and youth education;

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interdisciplinary programs (lectures, music, films, literature, dance); Healthy Living Classes and ongoing workshops and classes in ceramics at the Clay Studio with resident artist Hiroshi Sueyoshi. The Cameron Art Museum also features the CAM Caf. Cameron Art Museum is open from 10:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and from 10:00 a.m. 9:00 p.m. Thursday. CAM Caf is open from 11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and from 5:00 9:00 p.m. Thursday for dinner. For more information about the museum, please visit www.cameronartmuseum.org.

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