Plan your spring at CAM—pick up our free Programming Calendar and the new issue of The CAM Magazine in the Sculpture Court, then join us for films, talks, workshops, and major exhibition openings that invite you to reflect, recharge, and reimagine your place in the world through art.
CASTELLANI ART MUSEUM OF NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, NY (Spring 2026) — The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University (CAM) announces its Spring 2026 Programming Calendar alongside the release of The CAM Magazine, Issue 2 (Winter/Spring 2026), now available in the museum’s Sculpture Court. Together, the new season of programs and the latest publication invite audiences to engage more deeply with art as a space for reflection, dialogue, and discovery, reinforcing CAM’s mission to connect campus and community through meaningful cultural experiences.
The spring calendar offers a diverse mix of wellness, education, film, and hands-on creative programming designed for all ages. CAM’s popular Yoga @ CAM, led by Full Circle Mind & Body (Lewiston), returns on select Fridays from 12:00–1:00 p.m. on March 6 and 27, and April 10 and 24, offering participants a restorative experience surrounded by art in the galleries. Complementing this series is The Art of Mindfulness, led by Mitchell Alegre, held on the last Wednesday of each month from 12:15–12:45 p.m. on March 25 and April 29, providing guided moments of reflection and presence within the museum environment.
Families are invited to CAM Family Movie Day, a seasonal film series held on select Saturdays from 2:00–4:30 p.m. The Spring Featured Movie Series includes Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024) on February 28 paired with drawing activities, My Neighbor Totoro (1988) on March 28 with themed snacks, and Night at the Museum (2006) on April 18, accompanied by a behind-the-scenes curator-led tour that offers a playful look at what happens inside a museum after hours.
The museum’s signature lecture and discussion platforms also continue this season. On March 11 from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., CAM Meets: Women Who Shaped the Arts brings together art historian Nancy Weekly and artist Chantal Calato for a conversation tracing the influence of women across art history and contemporary practice. Later in the month, CURRENTS: The Weight of Nature on March 25 from 1:30–3:00 p.m. features New York Times bestselling author Clayton Page Aldern, who will discuss how environmental change reshapes human consciousness, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Human/Nature: Envisioning the Environment.
A major highlight of the season is the Opening Reception on April 9 from 4:30–7:00 p.m., celebrating two landmark exhibitions: Human/Nature: Envisioning the Environment and USA250: Celebrating the American Vision. The evening will begin with a Members Preview from 4:30–5:00 p.m., followed by the public opening from 5:00–7:00 p.m., inviting guests to reflect on themes of identity, responsibility, and the futures we are collectively shaping. Hands-on engagement continues with the Textile Workshop, Beginners Wool Painting with Tami Fuller, on April 18 from 1:00–3:00 p.m., offering participants the opportunity to explore fiber techniques and material storytelling.
The spring season also ushers in two upcoming exhibitions that expand CAM’s exploration of art across time and technology: Ctrl+Alt+Dream: Surrealism Then and Now (March 25–July 26, 2026) and Hardwired: Foundational Works in Digital Art (April 22, 2026–January 9, 2028), both of which examine how artists reimagine reality and digital experience through evolving creative tools and traditions.
Coinciding with the release of the programming calendar is The CAM Magazine, Issue 2—Winter/Spring 2026, themed Art as Passage. The new issue invites readers to consider how art transports us across disciplines, histories, and ways of seeing, positioning the museum as a site of movement and transformation. Anchored by in-depth features on Human/Nature: Envisioning the Environment and USA250: Celebrating the American Vision, the magazine explores the intersections of environment, identity, and national narrative as the United States approaches its 250th anniversary. It also marks the launch of CAM’s Nanula Digital Art Gallery with Surrealism & AI: A Century of Imagination, reinterpreting surrealist traditions through contemporary digital tools. Additional highlights include a tribute to the late Muhammad Zahin Zaman, behind-the-scenes insights into conservation and collection care, reflections from museum leadership on growth and grants, and previews of upcoming programs designed to deepen artistic engagement.
Together, the Spring 2026 Programming Calendar and The CAM Magazine underscore CAM’s vision of the museum as an active passageway—one that encourages visitors not only to view art, but to move through it, reflect upon it, and imagine new futures shaped by creativity and community.
All programs are open to the public unless otherwise noted, with registration encouraged for select events. For full details and registration information, visit castellaniartmuseum.org.