Gu Wenda: United Nations
Peabody Essex Museum 161 Essex Street, SalemGu Wenda is among the most significant artists to emerge from China in the last 50 years. His awe-inspiring installations immerse visitors in a vision of shared humanity, global connectivity, and mass participation. He began as an ink painter, but by 1993 Gu began his united nations series, in which he works with human hair and other bodily materials. In ... Read More
Spirits: Tsherin Sherpa with Robert Beer
Peabody Essex Museum 161 Essex Street, SalemExplore the captivating paintings of one of the most renowned Himalayan artists of our time. Tsherin Sherpa’s works are grounded in the traditional Buddhist art of his training but stretch, bend, reconfigure, and repurpose its forms to explore contemporary concerns. The exhibition’s paintings and sculptures trace the evolution of his Spirits series whose subjects resemble Tibetan Buddhist deities transformed by ... Read More
PEM Pals May
Peabody Essex Museum 161 Essex Street, SalemFriday, May 5, 2023 from 10:30-11:30 am Included with admission Join us for a special reading of Buko by Jennifer Estacio, followed by a hands-on activity inspired by the book! Designed for children (5 and under) and their caregivers, PEM Pals aims to engage and excite all of the senses through books, movement, music, art and hands-on activities. Held once ... Read More
2023 MASSACHUSETTS POETRY FESTIVAL
Downtown Salem MAThe Massachusetts Poetry Festival is a biennial celebration of contemporary poetry. This year the Festival will be back on the ground in Salem, MA, May 5-7. We will feature over 150 poets in 75+ events ranging from workshops, panels, readings, and more. Tickets are now available, and if you purchase a ticket before April 8, you will automatically be in the running ... Read More
Reception for Drawn Together: The Exhibit
Salem Arts Association 159 Derby Street, SalemSalem Arts Association is honored to host an exhibit of artwork produced during the Drawn Together sessions. Every Tuesday night Sue Grillo has put together scenes featuring live models as inspiration for drawing. Although initially at Gulu Gulu Café a collaboration including the folks of SCAM; covid restrictions compelled them – with help from the wonderful people at Creative Collective ... Read More