Last year, July CAM was put to sleep gently, to the sound of beating drums, cymbals, horns, and bells. But it didn't die forever. This year, celebrate with us the rebirth of CAM in its new incarnation: March.

The death parade was loud and bright, so get ready to make it look mournful by comparison with your craziest costumes and whatever you can find to play or bang on. Get in a celebratory mood, and meet up at:

4 PM, FEBRUARY 28, AT ROOSEVELT PARK
(between Lonestar Blvd & Grove, by the river)

We'll march down along the river to arrive at La Tuna bar for libations. Congratulations, it's a CAM!

Welcome to the new CAM website, with graphic design by Chuck Ramirez. The 2010 CAM calendar is now online, and will be available in the San Antonio Current throughout the month of March. It looks like CAM is starting early this year, with lots of events in February at the Southwest School of Art and Craft, David Shelton Gallery, Sala Diaz, and other spaces. But don't let that fool you... the official rebirth of CAM is on February 28 on the San Antonio River. Keep checking in as we highlight events on this page throughout next couple of months.

It’s hard to believe, but Contemporary Art Month is coming soon! The month-long contemporary art extravaganza is moving to March in 2010, which means it’s only three months away. We need your help to make sure all facets of San Antonio’s contemporary art community are represented. Because of the holidays, we are opening the calendar submission system a little early this year. Starting today, you can enter your exhibits, performances, and educational events on our website for inclusion in the 2010 CAM calendar. If you want to have your events listed in the print calendar in the San Antonio Current, be sure to have them in by January 15.

We’ve made a few changes since July. One of the biggest is that we are now accepting a new listing type: open studios. The CAM open studio day is Sunday, March 7, and any artist with a studio of some kind is encouraged to participate. There is no fee for this type of CAM listing.

We have also enabled image uploading capabilities for all listing types (not just exhibits), and you will be notified by email when your listings have been approved, instead of having to login to check your listings page. Finally, a map will be generated automatically for every venue and open studio listing.

If you submitted events in July, you already have an account. If you don’t have your password, you have two options. You can either dig up the email we sent you with your login information, or reset your password. The email should have a subject heading that reads “Account details for [your username] at Contemporary Art Month.” You can reset your password by visiting this page and entering your email address (or your username, if you remember it). If all else fails, please contact us and we can manually reset your password and/or update your email address.

As always, thank you for your continued support of CAM and San Antonio’s vibrant art community.

Contemporary Art Month is honored to work with the San Antonio Symphony to bring contemporary classical music to visual art venues all over the city. This project, which is still in the planning stages, will feature solo and small ensemble concerts by Symphony musicians throughout the month of March.

More details coming soon!

March 2010 will bring more cutting edge art and events than ever before, with city-wide exhibitions, special openings, studio and gallery tours, an awards ceremony, and endless opportunities for everyone to participate. In addition, for the first time, Luminaria, San Antonio's Arts Night, will coincide with CAM. Get ready for tag team action!

Contemporary Art Month is a grass roots participatory event: it builds on two dozen years of rich community devotion and depends as much as ever on YOUR involvement in March 2010.

Beginning December 1, CAM will begin accepting submissions for the official March 2010 calendar through this website. Until January 15, artists and arts institutions can enter their exhibitions, performances, events, and educational programs for inclusion in the calendar, which will be distributed online and in a free pull-out section in the San Antonio Current.

Everyone is free and encouraged to participate in both CAM and Luminaria, but Luminaria submissions are separate and the deadline is imminent.  Go to the Luminaria site for details.