Museum docent finds joy in giving tours to Alzheimer’s patients

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Posted on 22nd December 2010 by Brian in Links |Local Media |Programs and Events

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Cameron Art Museum's Connections Tours

Did you know CAM offers special tours to Alzhiemer’s patients? Individuals with their caregivers or family members meet in small groups with specially trained docents to view the artworks and discuss the memories so often evoked by art. Tours are offered on the first and third Monday of each month.

Read more about Museum Docent Beverly Turner and our Connections program in this article from Star News.
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For more info or to register for these programs please call Georgia Mastroieni at 910-395-5999 ext. 1019. or mail to: georgia@cameronartmuseum.com

Puppet exhibit at Cameron Art Museum delights entire family

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Posted on 28th July 2010 by Brian in Exhibitions |Links |Local Media

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Bread and Puppets Green Men

By Carmen Rodriguez
StarNews Correspondent

The Port City Puppet Festival may be over, but thanks to the Cameron Art Museum, the puppet party will go on.

“PuppetArt,” an eclectic exhibition of large- and small-scale puppets, runs through the end of the year.

A far cry from Jim Henson’s Muppet family, “PuppetArt” focuses on the artistry and craftsmanship that contributes to puppet culture.

And, boy, what puppets.

The exhibition features puppets on loan from Atlanta’s more traditional Center for Puppetry Arts as well as from the fantastical, politically driven, Vermont-based Bread and Puppet Theatre.

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