beachbites 15 En Plein Air Reflections of Wrightsville Sound By MARIMAR McNAUGHTON PHOTO BY ALLISON POTTER En plein air artists produced locally inspired paintings that will hang at the Wrightsville Beach Museum of History now through September 30. First come, first served Instant Art Show Nicholas Cullinan, then from the Tate Modern gallery in London, left, accepts work from an artist as a curator during the 2011 show. www.wrightsvillebeachmagazine.com WBM Shifting sunlight and shadow, beads of sweat and biting insects — the terrors and pleasures of painting outdoors is not for all, but when access to private grounds is granted, en plein air painters are quick to pack easels and head into the wild. To passersby, these adventurous artists pop up in the landscape and like a rash of rain lilies after a downpour, they look so at home in the setting. Almost 20 en plein artists pro-duced more than 60 paintings this spring during six different forays to the Wrightsville Sound area, visiting the historic Sweeny home on Summer Rest Road, the Beane estate on Airlie Road, the modernist home of Anne Russell and Howard Garriss at Bradley Creek Point and St. James Episcopal Church’s Mount Lebanon Chapel in Airlie Gardens. Each original painting was created in situ, or outdoors, in a two-to-three hour timeframe with studio touch ups and fram-ing permitted before public exhibition. The initiative, led by the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society, hung the work in its his-toric Latimer House. By special arrangement with the historical society, a selection of pieces is now exhibited at the Wrightsville museum through September 30 making the artwork available to an even broader audience. The Wrightsville Museum of History at 303 West Salisbury Street, near the Wrightsville Beach Visitors Center and the North Carolina Coastal Federation Stanback Coastal Education Center is open Tuesday-Friday, 10 am to 4 pm; Saturday, noon to 5 pm; and Sunday, 1-5 pm. Admission is free. By MARIMAR McNAUGHTON Cameron Art Museum’s clock is ticking, counting down the weeks, days, hours and minutes until its doors open at noon Friday, September 19 to native and resi-dent North Carolina artists, 18 years of age or older. For 24 hours, or until the CAM’s exhibition hall walls are filled, the southeast region’s leading museum of contemporary art will accept a single work from artists who deliver an original piece in person who will be greeted by one of three visiting curators: Laura Hoptman, curator in the department of painting and sculp-ture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York Peter Eleey, curator at P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center, a MOMA affiliate or Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson: Nancy and Bob Magoon CEO and Director, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado. During the open, trans-parent acceptance of all work, and the around-the- clock installation, State of the Art/Art of the State emulates the artistic process as the entire exhi-bition wing becomes an authentic work of art itself. For the artists, meeting a curator of national or international standing, and having their work viewed by curators currently working in the field of contemporary art, is the inspiration for the exhibition that opens during a public reception, 6 pm Saturday, September 20 and runs through Thursday, February 12, 2015. COURTESY OF CAMERON ART MUSEUM
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