museum school course descriptions 2011

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THE MUSEUM SCHOOL

2011

Cameron Art Museum3201 South 17th Street Wilmington, NC 28412

910-395-5999



Cameron Art Museum

Anne Brennan

Anne Brennan holds an MFA in Painting from East Carolina

University and B.A. in Studio Art from Davidson College. She hastaught studio foundation courses including Basic and Life Drawing

at ECU and Cape Fear Community College. She has taught Museum

Studies at UNCW and art history at Pitt Community College. She is

currently Acting Director at Cameron Art Museum and is working

with at-risk youth, the Kinston Police Department and the Kinston

Community Council for the Arts on the completion of two public art

murals for the City of Kinston, honoring the participants and

Kinston’s African American Music Heritage Trail with funding from

the North Carolina Arts Council.

Martha Burdette

Martha Burdette earned a BFA in Art Education from the University

of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1988. Since that time she has

taught art in public schools from kindergarten through high school

and has taught adults and lifelong learners in museum, community

settings and in her studio. Her preferred format and medium is

large scale charcoal figures or landscapes.

Ned Irvine

Ned Irvine received a BFA in Studio Art

from UNC-Chapel Hill and a Masters in

Graphic Design from the NCSU College

of Design, where from 2000-2003 he

served as visiting faculty. In 2003, he

joined UNCW studio art faculty to found the graphic design

program. Currently, Irvine teaches courses at UNCW in graphic

design, typography and artist’s bookmaking. He is a practicing

graphic designer, printmaker and book artist.

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INSTRUCTOR ROSTER FOR THE MUSEUM SCHOOL 2011Cameron Art Museum

September KruegerIn 2010, September Krueger received an MFA in Textiles from

East Carolina University and in 1994, a B.S. in Textile Design

from Philadelphia University. With a range of instruction from

studio foundation courses and textile survey to batik and quilt

workshops, Krueger has taught at ECU, studio-assisted at

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and conducted artist-

teaching residencies in NC Public Schools. As former Studio

Manager for Artworks Silkscreen Printers in Harrisburg, PA, her

responsibilities included garment design, sample making, pattern making, sewing,dyeing and screenprinting.

Donna Moore

Donna Moore joined Wilmington’s art community in 1977. As a

Creative Arts major at UNCW, she studied and worked with Claude

Howell. Moore has taught at Cape Fear Community College, St.

John’s Museum of Art (now Cameron Art Museum) as well as

facilitated after-school art classes in her Castle Creek Studios.

Moore consistently works from observation of the human figure.Even though she has developed facility working in a variety of

mediums such as wire, fiber and acrylic paint, Moore discovered

drawing in charcoal, graphite and pastel best serves her intuitive expression.

Dennis Walsak

In 1980, Dennis Walsak began making books that open in four directions, unfold like

origami constructions and, with their unusual combinations of words and images,

resemble sculpture more than conventional codex. A pioneer in what is now known

as book arts, his work has been exhibited at the North Carolina Museum of Art, is in

the permanent collection of Cameron Art Museum and has sold in art bookstores in

Washington, Los Angeles and New York. Since 1976, Walsak has owned and

operated the graphic design/multimedia productions studio, Modular Graphics and

Media which recently expanded to include 621N4TH Gallery.




INSTRUCTOR ROSTER FOR THE MUSEUM SCHOOL 2011Cameron Art Museum

Margie Worthington

In 1984, with a B. A. in Psychology from UNC-Chapel Hill and an

MFA in Ceramics from East Carolina University, Margie

Worthington moved to Wilmington. She served as the first

Curator of Education at St. John’s Museum of Art (now Cameron

Art Museum) in Wilmington from 1985 to 1990. From 1990 to

2004 she was a member of the art faculty at the University of

North Carolina at Wilmington where she taught studio courses in

design, painting, and mixed mediums. Currently, Worthington is a

full time studio artist working primarily in collage. Her works are included innumerous private collections and the permanent collections of the Randall Library

on the campus of UNCW and Cameron Art Museum.

Virginia Wright-Frierson

Virginia Wright-Frierson earned her BFA degree in

painting from the University of North Carolina,

Greensboro, and furthered her studies in Cortona, Italy,

New York and Arizona. She and her husband, Dargan,

settled in Wilmington, NC in 1977. Her record includesover thirty exhibitions in the southeastern US as well as

Italy. Her work is included in museum, private and corporate collections. In addition,

she has written and illustrated children's books and has received numerous public

art commissions.





The Library at THE MUSEUM SCHOOL

The Cameron Art Museum's library is a study

center encompassing a wide range of art

historical subjects from Ancient Art to Post

Modernism. This is a non-circulating collection

that includes artist biographies, anthologies of

museum collections from local, national, and

international museums, and books on art theory,

museum studies, and fine art. The library

numbers over 2000 publications. Core collections

include books on American, art from the Carolinas

folk art, African American art, women artists,

American photographers, architecture, the art of

drawing, ceramics, and glass making.



COURSE LISTINGS FOR THE MUSEUM SCHOOL 2011Cameron Art Museum

2019-01Drawing from the Middle of the Brain

(Beginning and Intermediate Level)

Tuition: Members $180/ Non-Members $210 Tuesdays: 8, 15, 22 February & 1, 8, 15 March [10:00AM – 12NOON]Studio 1 (located inside museum entrance)

Instructors: Martha Burdette and Donna MooreLearn the basics of how to draw from observation! Drawing from theMiddle of the Brain explores both analytical and intuitive approachesto drawing. Burdette and Moore offer the opportunity for students to work from still

life, nature and the figure. To a certain extent, they will shape course contentfollowing the students’ areas of interest. Investigations include structural design

elements of value, space, scale, line quality, composition, and visual texture.Students will learn time-honored drawing techniques, both additive and subtractive,by working with charcoal, graphite, eraser, conte, ink and ink wash. CEU credit isavailable through NHCS. To register contact Christine Kilian [email protected].

2020-01

Introduction to Book Arts

Tuition: Members $150/ Non-Members $180 (Supplies NOT included.)

Wednesdays 9, 16, 23 February & 2, 9 March [6:30 – 8:30 pm]

Studio 1 (located immediately inside museum entrance)

Instructors: Ned Irvine and Dennis Walsak Course Description: This intensive team-taught course will present an historicalsurvey of the artist’s book, and introduce basic bookbinding techniques includingpamphlet stitch, accordion, coptic and case binding. Students will investigate bookstructure, the relationship of narrative and explore concepts of the book as artmedium and craft. CEU credit is available through NHCS. To register contactChristine Kilian at [email protected].


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COURSE LISTINGS FOR THE MUSEUM SCHOOL 2011Cameron Art Museum

2016-01Exploring the Visual Language in Paint

(Intermediate Level)

Tuition: Members $180/Non-Members $200 (Supplies NOT included.) Thursdays 17, 24 February & 3, 10, 17, 24 March [10:00 AM – 12:30 PM]Studio 1 (located inside museum entrance)

Instructor: Margie Worthington This course is for the student who desires to get back into painting or to pursuegreater freedom of expression. Worthington has designed course content toheighten visual awareness and sensibility regardless of painting style. Through aseries of guided exercises, students will explore the elements and principles of thevisual language - line, shape, color, texture, rhythm, balance, and harmony. For

example, students will study the power of simple line to convey feeling andarrangements of shapes to suggest meaning. Participants will gain insight into theimportance of composition and discover more effective ways to use it. This coursefocuses on abstraction, but no experience in abstract painting is necessary.Students need not favor abstract art to benefit from this class. Some paintingexperience is required. Students will work in water-based mediums, preferablyacrylics. CEU credit is available through NHCS. To register contact Christine Kilian [email protected].

2017-01Introduction to Silk Painting

Tuition: Members $120/ Non-Members $150 (Supplies included.)Monday, February 21, 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Thursday, February 24, 6:30-8:30 pmSaturday, February 26, 10:00 am – 2:00 pmSaturday, March 5, 10:00 am – 12 noon (Final critique/discussion and pickup of work)Studio 1 (located inside museum entrance)

Instructor: September KruegerSilk painting is an ancient craft that uses dyes to create imagery on cloth. Forcontemporary artists, painting on cloth offers a new medium and support for the

watercolorist. For the quilter or other textile artist, silk painting offers the freedomto create an original composition to stitch and embellish. In this introductory course,students will learn the basic techniques of silk painting using water solubleresists. Krueger will demonstrate painting techniques, drawing in the resist linesand finishing techniques; will show examples of work and instruct students in designdevelopment and in building their own frames. She will also demonstrate steamingpainted fabrics and will steam all the students’ completed work. Ages 12 and up.






CEU credit is available through NHCS. To register contact Christine Kilian [email protected].

COURSE LISTINGS FOR THE MUSEUM SCHOOL 2011

Cameron Art Museum2018-01Introduction to Figure Drawing

Tuition: Members $150/ Non-Members $180 (Supplies not included.) Tuesdays: 22 February & 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 March [6:30-9:00 pm]Studio 1 (located inside museum entrance)

Instructors: Anne Brennan and Virginia Wright-Frierson This course focuses on analyzing and drawing the human form. Working from lifemodels, topics covered

include: gesture drawing, contour drawing, proportions, landmarks and scale, basicanatomy (skeletal and muscle groups), light, rendering and portraiture.

The primary medium will be charcoal, but students will also be introduced totechniques and exercises in graphite, ink, conte, and wet mediums on variouspapers and surfaces. Students will benefit from individual attention as well as groupdiscussion/critiques of work. Instructors will reference figurative work in art historyand offer for study original selections of figuration from CAM’s permanent collectionof art. The last class will be a final crit/social with food and beverage. CEU credit isavailable through NHCS. To register contact Christine Kilian [email protected].








This program is supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of theDepartment of Cultural Resources.

REGISTRATION FOR COURSES AT THE MUSEUM SCHOOLCameron Art Museum

Steps for registration at The Museum School:(Supply lists available at: http://www.cameronartmuseum.com/adult.php next to thecourse description as a printable PDF.)

1) Read through the course book to determine the course or

courses you would like to take. Note that if you are amember of the Cameron Art Museum or become a memberyou can take the courses at the reduced rate.

2) Once you have chosen your course or courses be sure tonotate the course number designation including the -01 andthe exact name of the course.

3) Email or contact Christine Kilian and give her the followinginformation. In email include the course number and name in

the SUBJECT line. Your nameAddressHome Phone NumberCell Phone NumberEmailMembership? Yes No Like to join at this time?Payment type: credit card, checkCOURSE INFORMATION (this is needed for EACH course)

Course NumberCourse Name (as listed in this course book)Course Instructor(s)Dates and timesCost

Do you prefer information via ___ Email or ____ Mail


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4) Christine will take your credit card information and process itimmediately. Checks can be mailed to the Cameron ArtMuseum 3201 South 17th Street, Wilmington, NC 28412.Confirmation of registration upon check clearance.

5) If a class is rescheduled due to instructor illness or inclementweather there will be a notification on the Cameron ArtMuseum web site www.cameronartmuseum.com under theEducation tab. The class will subsequently be rescheduled toanother time.

6) Refunds/cancellations: Refunds are only available if writtennotification is provided to THE MUSEUM SCHOOL 5 workdaysprior to the first scheduled class. A processing fee of $10 is

charged on cancellations.

7) Supply lists available at:http://www.cameronartmuseum.com/adult.php next to thecourse description as a printable PDF.


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