CAM breaking records after starting the year with loss of funding [Video]

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Diane Landry: Flying School is featuring multi-colored umbrellas with lights and sounds. It’s one of many exhibits at the Cameron Art Museum.

“We have really defined ourselves as a place where everyone can come and connect and be inspired by visual art,” said Heather Wilson.

Wilson is the executive director at CAM and has been for the past year and a half. So far though, her time in that role hasn’t been smooth sailing.

Last year the museum finished in the red losing over $113,000.

“A lot of museums have umbrella institutions; City, county, state or university funders,” said Wilson. “Our museum is funded by our community.”

That reliance didn’t make it easier when things took a turn for the worse.

“We started the year with an unprecedented loss that we had never had before,” said Wilson.

A chunk of the museum’s annual funding from a …