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The new CAM facility, a 10,000 square foot marble-faced building with an updated neo-classic appearance, is dedicated September 22, 1990. It contains a spectacular Central Exhibition Hall, with 3600 square feet and 20 foot high ceilings. Large paintings by David Schirm are installed in this space for the opening.
CAM exhibitions include NOVAE: William H. Johnson and Bob Thompson, in collaboration with David Anderson Gallery, Ritual Renewal: Polish-American Easter Traditions; and Computer Art in Context.
CAM initiates the Stations of the Underground Railroad Project, in which 7 sculptures by Houston Conwill, Estelle Conwill Majozo, and Joseph Depace and purchased and placed throughout Niagara County to mark Underground Railroad sites. These placements are completed in 1993, under the supervision of consultant Relena Jones.
CAM is designated the folk arts documentation center of Western New York.
The National Campaign for Freedom of Expression is created to address continuing acts of censorship and “chilling” amendments to National Endowment of the Arts contracts.
The Decade Show, a cross-cultural survey of art of the 80s, is held by The New Museum of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, and the Studio Museum in Harlem.
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