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Incipit Spring
Incipit Spring
Incipit Spring, a group show co-organized by Salem Art Gallery/Salem Arts Association, featuring the work of local artists and their interpretations of renewal, growth, and the season itself
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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
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
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 Arts Festival 2021
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
If I can’t see your faces, I will draw them.
'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
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
Studio Opening & Salem Arts Festival
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
Salem Stories at the Peabody Essex Museum
Salem Stories at the Peabody Essex Museum
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
John S. Hall – Live and LiveStreamed
John S. Hall – Live and LiveStreamed
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
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Drawn Together Artists Exhibition
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
Image/Imagination Exhibition
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
Primavera Exhibition
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.
Paul Nathan Exhibition
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.
Incipit Spring and Free Admission at the Satanic Temple
In support of the Salem Arts Fest, The Satanic Temple is pleased to offer Free Admission, June 5–6, 2021! Exhibit info:We are pleased to announce Incipit Spring, a group show co-organized with Salem Arts Association. Featuring the work of local artists and their interpretations of renewal, growth, and the season itself, this juried exhibition will be the first of its kind displayed within ... Read More
Real to Reel at Cinema Salem
Raw Art Work's Real to Reel students creatively engage in the art of visual storytelling
Crafting Goody Bags at Salem Public Library
Crafting Goody Bags at Salem Public Library
Drop by the Salem Public Library’s front steps on June 5th from 9-5 to pick up your ‘Crafting Goody Bag’ (while supplies last). This is a free-form, no instructions, craft kit! It’s up to you to use your creativity to come up with your own creation! If you would like to show it off and have a virtual viewing, take ... Read More
Drop-In Art Making: Pride Buntings
Drop-In Art Making: Pride Buntings
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.
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Yoga in the Galleries (Virtual and In-Person Event)
Yoga in the Galleries (Virtual and In-Person Event)
Sunday, June 6 | 9 am Sign up here! Deepen your breath and take in the serenity of Anila Quayyum Agha’s All the Flowers Are For Me through this hybrid yoga class with our friends from The Salty Buddha that you can enjoy either in person or from home! For in-person participants: Masks are required at all times. Space is limited. Sealed ... Read More
Drawn Together Live Model Drawing Event at the Salem Maritime Park
Drawn Together Live Model Drawing Event at the Salem Maritime Park
Limited capacity – first come, first served. Participants are encouraged to bring their own drawing supplies. 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
Diamond’s Dine In Drag Brunch
Diamond’s Dine In Drag Brunch
Mark your it’s time for Brunch Starting June 6th Diamond’s Dine In comes to Gulu-Gulu Cafe make sure to catch me and a new guest EVERY WEEK for numbers, games, drag, and of course mimosasGet ready for an incredible show and be sure to get your seats nice and early because Bambina the Don Diva/Kyle Louviere is coming to Salem See you June 6thPoster ... Read More
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Cinema Salem Screenings
Cinema Salem Screenings
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