DESIGNlife News

It’s not your usual summer camp. Not by a long shot.

In fact, Design Camp, now in its 25th year, has provided more than a diversion. It has given a good many students their careers.

“For many kids, this is their first exposure to, say, landscape architecture,” says Nicole Welch, the program’s facilitator and Curator [...]

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The Contemporary Art Museum (CAD) is breaking ground on its new location. Read the News & Observer article about this exciting development.

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CAM Hires Seasoned Museum Professional
In May 2009, CAM was fortunate to hire nationally recognized museum professional Jay Gates as the Interim Director. Mr. Gates is Director Emeritus of The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC and was formerly the Director of The Dallas Museum of Art and the Seattle Art Museum. Mr. Gates brings more [...]

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CAM/now, Golden Belt and The Cotton Room at Golden Belt are proud to announce the inaugural Triangle Arts Mixer, an evening for arts organizations, arts supporters, and artists of all disciplines to mix, mingle, and find new ways to activate and advance the Triangle arts scene. The event will feature a broad network of area [...]

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Design Campers were featured in WRAL.com feature on how to prepare for college. NC State Director of Admissions Tommy Griffin was interviewed as well! Watch: http://www.wral.com/news/local/video/5688094/

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One of our industrial design camp projects this summer is to design and build a 3-string guitar.  Our camp instructor Matthew Gilbride needs 200 Altoid tins (1 tin for each guitar).
Please save any regular sized Altoid tins and you can either mail them to us or drop them off in the Brooks Hall Mailroom (there [...]

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Re-imagine the world around you through the lens of art + design.  From the buildings above you to the shoes on your feet—someone has designed everything that you see.  Unleash your creativity in a week-long series of fun and innovative art and design projects developed by CAM (Contemporary Art Museum) and NC State College of [...]

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Please join CAM and Moore Square Museums Magnet Middle School in celebrating the completion of our annual after school program, Moore Square: Past, Present & Future. Eighteen sixth-grade students have participated in this unique multi-disciplinary project. The students’ artwork will be on display in storefront windows throughout downtown Raleigh from May 16 through [...]

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CAM is offering a series of summer art+design camps for middle school students at Marbles Kids Museum!
Re-imagine the world around you through the lens of art + design. From the buildings above you to the shoes on your feet—someone has designed everything that you see. Unleash your creativity in a week-long series [...]

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CAM is offering a series of summer art+design camps for middle school students at Marbles Kids Museum!
Re-imagine the world around you through the lens of art + design. From the buildings above you to the shoes on your feet‹someone has designed everything that you see. Unleash your creativity in a week-long series of [...]

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A.T. Stephens has moved from CAM, the Contemporary Art Museum Initiative, to a full-time assignment as a Teaching Assistant Professor in Design Studies with the College of Design. In addition to the two First Year Design Culture and Context courses he currently teaches and seminars he will introduce, Stephens will develop and work with others [...]

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Believe it or not, planning for the 2009 summer Design Camp is well under way. We had a fantastic camp season last summer, which, of course, was largely due to our wonderful camp instructors. We do recruit camp instructors from inside and outside of the College, so feel free to pass along this information to [...]

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CAM/now is proud to present a night of body moving rock and roll at Lincoln
Theatre in Raleigh featuring the bands Lakeland, Your Vegas and the first ever live performance by The Design.
Fronted by N.C. State College of Design graduates, The Design will be headlining the evening and is comprised of the same members of the [...]

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The New Raleigh blog featured CAM’s building plans and exhibition.
New Raleigh Blog Article
The News & Observer’s June 15 article about CAM’s museum plans.
http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1108569.html

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“Growth 1: The Garden”
Exhibition Site: Flanders 311, 311 West Martin Street, Raleigh
Dates: June 6-July 5, 2008
Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Reception: First Friday June 6th, 6-9 p.m.
CAM will present “Growth 1: The Garden,” an exhibition of work by CAM artist-in-residence Taj Forer and volunteers at the Anathoth Community Garden, from June 6 to July 5, [...]

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