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Figure Drawing!

2 Models for 2 Hours at Salem Arts 4/27/2024

Join us for this exciting opportunity to draw 2 MODELS! This 2-hour figure drawing session is an experience designed to both challenge and delight artists of all skill levels.

Figure models are an essential part of learning to draw the human figure, and this is a rare opportunity to observe the interplay of 2 nude figures.

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Joining Salem Arts Association entitles you to many benefits. You can participate in our exhibits, receive discounts on workshops and events, even save at local businesses. 

All are invited to join! Artists, performers, writers, art lovers too. No matter how you define your creative spirit there's a membership for you.

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Come visit us this weekend. 


Shop and Gallery Hours:

     Saturdays and Sundays: 12:00 to 6:00 PM 

     Gallery Receptions are Free and Open to the Public


Gallery Address: 159 Derby Street, Salem MA 01970

Phone: 978-745-4850


Email: info@salemarts.org

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Current Exhibits


Our Time on Earth

Our 18th Annual PEM Inspirational Exhibition invites artists to take inspiration from the PEM exhibition “Our Time on Earth, on view at the Peabody Essex Museum through June 9, 2024. From the PEM, “Part of PEM’s Climate + Environment Initiative, this traveling exhibition from the Barbican Centre in London celebrates the power of global creativity to transform the conversation around the climate emergency.”

Reception: Friday, April 12, 2024, 6:00-8:00 PM

Exhibition Dates: April 13 – May 18, 2024

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A form of abstract art that came about in the 1950’s in the US and spread worldwide, minimalism was best described as art with no subtext or, “What you see is what you get.”  Salem Arts Association invited our artist members to present the essence of their expression, to strip down their creative process to concepts that represent a world of simplicity where less is more, and to explore and play with the idea that art doesn’t necessarily have to represent a deep thought or evoke emotion - sometimes, it can just… be.

Reception: Friday, April 12, 2024, 6:00-8:00 PM

Exhibition Dates: April 13 – May 18, 2024

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The 2024 exhibition season is generously sponsored by the Peabody Essex Museum and The Michael and Ronne Cosel Foundation

Call for Art

Upcoming Calls for Art at Salem Arts Association. We have a great line up of exhibitions in 2024. See all Call for Art schedules here. 


Call for Art: Acceptance / Alienation

It has been said by critics of abstract art that abstract works are alienated from reality, rendering them incomprehensible to the viewer.  Similarly, many famous artists have expressed alienation through their works, both abstract and not.  In today’s post-pandemic world, the social condition places individuals on a spectrum between being an outsider or accepted within a variety of boundaries. As artists we create inside the lines and beyond our limits. Salem Arts Association invites our artist community to explore our feelings of belonging and exclusion, consider our place in and around our community and what community means to us, and to express forms of acceptance or alienation in ways that truly embody their voices.

Eligibility: Salem Arts Association Artist Members.

Submission Fees: 

Salem Arts Members $10 per item (First item free for Masters Circle Members)

Submit up to 3 items per artist


Take In: Sunday, May 19, 2024, 12:00-4:00 PM

Reception: Friday, May 24, 2024, 6:00-8:00 PM

Exhibition Dates: May 25 – June 22, 2024

Pick Up of Artwork: Sunday, June 23, 2024, 12:00-4:00 PM

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$3000 in Awards Sponsored by Salem Arts Association Salem Arts Scholarships are awarded to graduating seniors attending any Massachusetts North Shore school (public, charter, or private), who are pursuing visual or performing arts at a university or accredited art school the following fall.

Three scholarship awards will be offered

  • Creative Collective Innovation Award: $1000 award to a graduate who demonstrates creative innovation in visual arts, performance, or multi-media.
  • Ellen Hardy Memorial Scholarship: $1000 award to a graduate who demonstrates creative achievement in visual arts, performance, or multi-media.  
  • Paula Beaulieu Memorial Scholarship: $1000 award to a graduate who demonstrates creative achievement in the visual arts.

Apply Today

Applications must be received on or before Monday May 6, 2024. 

Your Gift Helps Us Make a Difference!

Please consider a contribution to the Salem Arts Association as a tax-deductible donation to the continued growth and cultural provenance of the City of Salem. We are very grateful for any help to make this a bigger, better creative place to be! When you donate you may choose to support our mission or let us know in your comment if your donation is specifically for the Paula Beaulieu Memorial Scholarship or the Ellen Hardy Memorial Scholarship.
Goal: $15,000.00
Collected: $1,985.00
13%

159 Derby Street History Project

Do you know about the amazing history of 159 Derby Street? This historic location has included ship builders, sail makers, distillers, even a paper stamper. Did you know the property dates to 1653? Or that is was once home to Benjamin Hawkes? Ever heard of Tuckers Wharf? How did Kosciuzco Street get it's name? Maybe your grandparents attended the Ukrainian Working Man's Association? 

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Salem Food Tours at Salem Arts

Salem Arts Association is proud to include Salem Food Tours as a partner in our space. Food is an integrated part of the Salem creative scene. Salem Food Tours offers a variety of tour options the give guests a great overview of our delicious City.  As we walk you’ll learn about our local history with a focus on our illustrious spice trade history, walking past historic landmarks, and learning about our modern day dynamic cultural scene. When we’re done you’ll know where to eat, shop, visit, etc. 

Visit SalemFoodTours.com for information and tour booking.


Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Salem Arts Association is committed to our values of of inclusivity, diversity, and respect for all people!  We welcome everyone in our community and offer a safe and prejudice-free environment in which every individual is respected, understood, and appreciated for who they are and how they identify. 

Salem Arts Association reminds our visitors, volunteers, and artists to hold each other accountable, take care of one another, and be kind.

So join us. Join us as a member. Join us as a visitor. Join us as a supporter. Come share your creativity - all the arts. Come share your thoughts. Come share you with us.



North American Reciprocal Museums Program Benefits 

Salem Arts Association Members, Artists and Friends, may now receive extra benefits of our participation with the North American Reciprocal Museums Program known as NARM. Enjoy access to 1,000 museums through the North American Reciprocal Museums (NARM) program.  Join our "Artist Master Circle" or as a "Friend of Salem Arts" at Steward or above and receive NARM Benefits PLUS 10% off at our shop and more from local merchants. See a list of NARM Members where you can get free admission and discounts, including here in Salem at PEM and House of the Seven Gables.


Salem Arts Association is proud to be supported by our sponsors and community partnerships.

Peabody Essex Museum, Create Space Danvers, The Michael and Ronne Cosel Foundation

Creative Collective, Mass Cultural Council, Local Cultural Councils, Salem Main Streets, and Destination Salem. 

      

        

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