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

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

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

Salem Arts Association is honored to host an exhibit of artwork produced during the Drawn Together sessions. Every Tuesday night since 2016 Sue Grillo and Beki Ferrari have put together uniquely eclectic scenes featuring live models as inspiration for drawing. Although initially at Gulu Gulu Café covid restrictions compelled them – with help from the wonderful people at Creative Collective ... Read More

Salem Arts Association is proud to host the largest collection of Paul Nathan artworks in the world. Nathan's unique process starts with acrylic paintings which are then photographed and composed as collage creating a whimsical and wonderful world uniquely their own. We are debuting a new exhibition of Nathan’s art for the Salem Arts Festival. 

Primavera, from the Italian, "in the style of springtime." In “Primavera” Salem Arts Association invited the community to share work in all mediums around the themes of the spring season, fresh starts, healing and any other interpretation applicable to this theme.

Image / Imagination is an exhibit that considers the way the artist imbues artwork with their personal statement. All art can be viewed as an imaginative interpretation of the physical world. Exhibited work includes but is not limited to surreal art, fantasy art and dystopic images

Create your own Pride Bunting — a decorative flag banner in celebration of Pride Month. New activities created by PEM’s education team debut every other Saturday at 10:30 am. Check out pem.org/get-creative-at-home for more.