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Salem Public Schools Artcan Installation

Ongoing, Visit PEM's Essex Street windows Join us for the 10th anniversary of Art CAN Make a Difference, a district-wide art adventure and can drive coordinated by Salem Elementary Art Teachers. This biannual event will be celebrated this year with an art installation at the Peabody Essex Museum. We hope you will visit the mural, which will be on display in PEM’s Essex ... Read More

The Alquemie Project

Jolie Tea 316 Derby Street, Salem

The Alquemie Project is dedicated to the belief in the transformative power of art to support humanity and build community.

The Salem Arts Association ArtWalk

Downtown Salem Salem

Posters of artwork by Salem Arts Association artists will be featured in storefront windows around town. Each business will show a poster with a unique piece of art by a local artist and member of Salem Arts Association turning the streets of Salem into an outdoor art gallery. Funded by a grant from the Mass Cultural Council. Participating businesses include:Beverly ... Read More

Salem Stories at the Peabody Essex Museum

Peabody Essex Museum 161 Essex Street, Salem

June 4, 5, & 6 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Organized by the architecture of the alphabet, Salem Stories presents 26 vignettes about the people, places and events that made Salem, Massachusetts, the city it is today. The exhibition starts at “A is for Always Indigenous” to acknowledge the Native communities who have lived for millennia on the land where the ... Read More

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Salem Arts Festival 2021

Downtown Salem MA

The Salem Arts Festival promotes the arts in downtown Salem through a collaborative festival for residents and visitors providing opportunities to highlight the existing artist community and encourage general community participation in the arts. The festival is celebrating 13 years and draws over 7,000 visitors in a typical year. The festival is looking for art and performance for the sophisticated ... Read More

Free

Cinema Salem Screenings

Cinema Salem 1 E India Square Mall, Salem

Cinema Salem is back! In March of 2020 Cinema Salem closed its doors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, the cinema will reopen under new leadership with a new vision — a second act to follow and build on a 14-year run as Salem’s dedicated independent cinema. We’re eager to get back to showing the kind of movies you've always ... Read More

Free

Broom Making, Book Binding

June 4, 5, & 6 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Craft a rustic broom from scratch or bind your own leather grimoire, book of shadows, spell book, art or dream journal- something for all your creative and magickal works! Personalize your projects with pendants, herbs, dried flowers, bones, charms, stencils. Workshops run every hour by appointment from Thursday – Sunday. Extra ... Read More

If I can’t see your faces, I will draw them.

Cinema Salem 1 E India Square Mall, Salem

'If I can't see your faces, I will draw them' came about because of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on a local level, specifically in our Salem community. It is the culmination of about a year of sketches and consists of over 80 local faces. These drawings were posted to Facebook every day or so starting in April 2020. ... Read More

Free

Studio Opening & Salem Arts Festival

Creative Harbor 35 Congress St Building 2, Suite #304 Salem, MA 01970, Salem

Welcome! We will be open to the public for a grand opening party and art show Friday June 4th through Sunday June 6th!Our first show is titled “Setting Sail” and is a collection of all female artists exploring ocean themes and ideas around re-launching themselves in a post-pandemic world. Creative Harbor is setting sail as a new arts studio, and ... Read More

John S. Hall – Live and LiveStreamed

Satanic Temple 64 Bridge St, Salem

https://fb.me/e/2F6xAVxQWIn person tickets / View Live StreamJohn S. Hall is a poet, spoken word artist, musician (if ukulele counts) and singer-songwriter. He has released numerous albums of varying quality and popularity, including nine albums with various incarnations of his band King Missile.John has appeared on Def Poetry Jam (HBO), The United States of Poetry (PBS) and Beavis and Butthead (MTV). He has performed in Europe, New Zealand, Canada, ... Read More

Free – $15