Contemporary Arts Memphis “CAM” develops young artists through exposure to visual art as a vehicle for change. CAM specifically works with high schoolers who are interested in the visual arts as a future pathway to educational or professional opportunities.
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Sample Programs Offered
Program Type: Arts Integration
Program Description:
At CAM, we integrate art into non-art curriculums to learn lessons from real life — including social issues, media related topics and therapy. A potential program would be creating a business idea and allowing the students to create/develop the visual arts marketing materials for it (logo, concept, etc.). A deliverable could also be an artist statement.
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Program Type: Arts Integration
Program Description:
CAM can design in-school programming that will provide high school students the opportunity to meet/learn from local artists, art dealers, gallery owners, curators and museum directors. This is an opportunity to teach students in hopes of growing their understanding of the visual arts/specific genres, the Memphis arts ecosystem and the various arts jobs available if they seek to become professionals in the arts. Other related topics may be art history courses or arts college readiness/CV prep.
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Program Type: Arts Curriculum, Arts Integration, Arts Appreciation
Program Description:
| CAM offers arts-specific instruction to high school students. Sessions/workshops can be provided on drawing, painting, and other skills-based courses. CAM also has an on-site studio, with lighting/sculpture studio, where classes can also be hosted. Courses can be more specific to visual arts students – composition, still life, gesture drawing. Finally, we can host student professional development courses like artwork documentation, portfolio development, etc. |
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