Salem Arts Association Calls for Art

PEOPLE'S CHOICE

Ellen Garvey — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:26:49 GMT

PEOPLE'S CHOICE:

To open the 2012 season the Salem Arts Association presents work in its gallery that will be voted on by the public
May 26-June 30, 2012

Download the call for art: pdf, doc

PHOTO SALEM

Ellen Garvey — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:32:40 GMT

PHOTO SALEM:

A Group show sponsored by Shetland Park and the Salem Arts Association
March 16 - June 13

click here for the call for art

Salem Arts has been invited to invite our professional photographers to participate in a show sponsored at Shetland Park. Work will be on view in the 2nd floor Atrium and in the Small Business Development Center from March 16 through June 13. An opening reception will be held by Shetland Park on March 16 and an artists reception will be held by Salem Arts Association during the Salem Arts Festival the first weekend of June. **UPDATE: Show dates and pickup have changed.

Artists and Authors Exhibition

Ellen Garvey — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:01:45 GMT

2nd Annual

Annual Artists & Authors Winter Exhibition
at the Hawthorne Hotel

February 23, 2012 from 5-9 p.m.

click here for the call for art

SAA at the Winter Market

Ellen Garvey — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:43:29 GMT

SAA at the Winter Market

The Salem Arts Association will be open on Artists' Row from November 10th until December 22nd as part of the Winter Market.

Artists click here for the complete Call for Art
.
Consignment contract and Inventory forms are available here

The Winter Market is a project being put together by the Salem Main Streets program and the City of Salem as an extension of their highly successful Farmers Market.

The new market will be held in the Artists' Row Buildings and will run from 2-6 p.m. on Thursdays, November 10, 17, Tuesday, November 22 (there will be no market on Thanksgiving), December 1, 8, 15 and 22. It will feature some of the summer vendors as well as many new ones offering fresh and organic foods that use locally grown ingredients, baked goods, crafts, festive holiday items and much more. For more information: http://salemmainstreets.org/

Not Your Average Self-Portrait

Tommy Gagnon — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:09:11 GMT

Not Your Average Self-Portrait

Artists, Click here for the call for art!

Who are you? What shows YOU in the best light for others to see? We aren’t looking for a brilliant Rembrandt style self-portrait, but something that really shows YOU and what you are about in this life.

Members are invited to bring in two works of art for the October exhibit on Artists’ Row.
Artwork must be ready to hang with a hanging wire. “Saw tooth” hangers or simple hanging loops will not work with our hanging system.
There is no size restriction, except that the pieces must fit through the door, and one must
remember that we have over a hundred members who would wish to submit their works, so space
is at a premium.
There is no fee for submitting, but exhibitors are asked to sit in the gallery for four hours during the month of October, making sales, interacting with visitors and answering the phone.

The exhibit will be juried for entry by Emily Trespas, Instructor in Art at Phillips Academy in Andover. Degrees: BA, Mount Holyoke College; MFA in Printmaking, Cornell
Interests: My fervor to ferret out things undefined from facts to fleece to photographs undefined manifests itself in collecting, recycling, and reinterpreting. I am inspired by potential exchanges between the representational and
nonobjective, ideas of absence and presence, and materials and techniques. I create to understand the
surrounding world, document discoveries, and reveal ties to places, things, and one another. In teaching,
I strive to instill my students with curiosity and confidence in their creative promise.

Contact gallery@salemartsassociation.org for more information.
TAKE-IN: OCTOBER 2, 2011 from 4-6 PM
OCTOBER 3, 2011 from 6-8 PM

Just add Water: PEM Companion Exhibit

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:08:24 GMT

Just Add Water
A compliment to the Peabody Essex Museum’s Ripple Effect: The Art of H2O

ARTISTS, Click here for the Call for Art!

Submit your art to the SAA’s Signature Exhibit. Think: water; lack of water; the effects of water; water in all its states; how to hold water; how water doesn’t want to be held; moving through water; water, water everywhere! The PEM’s curator of Ripple Effect, Jane Winchell, will jury this special exhibit. The exhibit will be located on PEM property, the Carriage Barn of the Andrew-Safford House at 13 Washington Square across from the Common and the Hawthorne Hotel in historic Salem, Massachusetts.

The exhibit will run September 3-30. Take in is August 28 and 29, 4-8pm at the exhibit location. TWO pieces can be submitted.

September Exhibit: FIVEbySEVEN

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:27:33 GMT

September Exhibit: FIVEbySEVEN
At the SAA Gallery on Artists' Row
This show is open to anyone (members and non-members) in the community who would like to participate. All work for this exhibit should be 5” x 7” in size. We will encourage community contribution by having art
materials at the SAA building during these times: Thursdays during Farmer’s Market on September 15th and 29th; Saturdays September 10th and 24th from 4‐6 pm. Invite your friends and local celebrities to come down and make some art! We will hang it in the exhibition —ON THE SPOT!

IN-PERSON DROPOFF ONLY on August 28 and 29.

ARTISTS, VIEW THE CALL TO ART HERE

September Retail Items Needed

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:18:38 GMT

September Retail Items Needed
At the SAA Gallery on Artists' Row
We need Items for Sale by SAA members in September at the SAA Gallery Artist’s Row Retail Shop. Drop‐Off Items at the SAA Gallery in Artist’s Row on Sunday, August 28 from 4 ‐ 6 and Monday, August 29 from 6 ‐ 8. The SAA Gallery is located at Artist Row on 24 New Derby Street in Salem. Parking is available adjacent to the Gallery in Klop Alley.

VIEW THE CALL FOR ART HERE

August Retail Items Needed

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:16:07 GMT

August Retail Items Needed
At the SAA Gallery on Artists' Row
We need Items for Sale by SAA members in August at the SAA Gallery Artist’s Row Retail Shop. Drop‐Off Items at the SAA Gallery in Artist’s Row on Sunday, July 31 from 4 ‐ 6 and Monday, August 1 from 6 ‐ 8. The SAA Gallery is located at Artist Row on 24 New Derby Street in Salem. Parking is available adjacent to the Gallery in Klop Alley.

VIEW THE CALL FOR ART HERE

August Exhibit: Photography 2011

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:56:39 GMT

August Exhibit: Photography 2011
At the SAA Gallery on Artists' Row
Calling all PHOTOGRAPHERS! This month's exhibit is dedicated to you. Bring us your best and most creative work for this month's exhibit. Feel free to be creative with your presentation and express your artistic vision through photography in all its' permutations.

IN-PERSON DROPOFF ONLY on July 31, and August 1.

ARTISTS, VIEW THE CALL TO ART HERE.

Call for SAA Gallery Retail Shop: July Items for Sale

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:14:05 GMT

July Retail Items Needed
At the SAA Gallery on Artists' Row
We need Items for Sale by SAA members in July at the SAA Gallery Artist’s Row Retail Shop. Drop‐Off Items at the SAA Gallery in Artist’s Row on Sunday, June 26 from 4 ‐ 6 and Monday, June 27 from 6 ‐ 7. The SAA Gallery is located at Artist Row on 24 New Derby Street in Salem. Parking is available adjacent to the Gallery in Klop Alley.
IN-PERSON DROPOFF ONLY: Deadline June 27
VIEW THE CALL FOR ART HERE

SAA Call to Artists, FROZEN

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:52:55 GMT

Frozen
Thursday, June 30 to Sunday, July 31

Opening reception: Saturday, July 9 from 4 to 7 p.m.

At the SAA Gallery on Artists' Row
As much as we long for warmth in the long cold months of winter, we long for cool refreshing relief during the hot summer months. The theme for July’s exhibit is “FROZEN”. What can you come up with to bring that theme to life? Be creative. The theme is open to your interpretation.
Exhibit Dates: June 30 – July 31. Accepted work
must remain on view until the exhibit closes.
IN-PERSON DROPOFF ONLY: Deadline June 27
Click here for more information and the Artist Call

SAA Call to Artists, WIP: Work in Progress

Wed, 11 May 2011 21:38:49 GMT

WIP: Work in Progress
Thursday, June 2 to Sunday, June 26

Opening reception: Saturday, June 11 from 4 to 7 p.m.

At the SAA Gallery on Artists' Row
It’s time for the first show of the season at Artists Row! For this exhibit we’re looking for pieces that illustrate the meaning of the phrase “Work In progress”.
IN-PERSON DROPOFF ONLY: Deadline May 31
Click here for more information and the Artist Call

Arts Walk, June 3 - 5, 2011

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:58:50 GMT

SAF_ART WALK proposals.pdf

As the city prepares to take in artists proposals for the Salem Arts Festival we have begun to take in names and businesses that would like to participate in the 2011 ARTS WALK. Please email BJ Larson if you are interested in:
• Being in a group exhibition space
• You want to participate within a business
• You are a business and want to take in one or more artists
• You want to work outdoors, en plein air

Salem Arts Association Spring Show

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:25:54 GMT

Salem Arts Association Spring Show
Saturday, April 9 to Saturday, April 30

Opening reception: Saturday, April 16 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

The First Universalist Society of Salem [FUSS], 211 Bridge Street and just after 20 Federal Street, Salem. See http://www.salemuu.org for directions.
DEADLINE: Saturday, April 9
Check here for more information and for the Artists Call.

Open Call for Art! Landscape / Seascape (theme)

SAA Membership — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:33:58 GMT

LANDSCAPE / SEASCAPE

Thursday, September 2–Sunday, September 26, 2010

(Artists’ Reception: Saturday, September 11, 4:00–7:00 pm)

Salem Arts Association Gallery

Artists’ Row at 24 New Derby Street

Artists are invited to submit digital images of their work (in .jpg format) prior to the exhibition for purposes of publicizing the show and to document the exhibition, particularly for our magazine, S’ART.

Artwork Take-In: Sunday, August 29, 4:00–6:00 pm
OR Monday, August 30, 6:00–7:00 pm at the SAA Gallery

Submission Info: Download the full call and entry form.

Call for Photography!

SAA Membership — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:37:22 GMT

TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT (photography)

Thursday, August 5–Sunday, August 29, 2010

(Artists’ Reception: Saturday, August 14, 4:00–7:00 pm)

Salem Arts Association Gallery

Artists’ Row at 24 New Derby Street

Submission Info: Download the full call and entry form.

Call for PEEPS (Art)

SAA Membership — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:14:43 GMT

Call for PEEPS (Art)
"Ahht for Peeps: Art About People by the
Salem Arts Community and All of Artists Row."

Hosted by the Salem Arts Association
www.salemartsassociation.org

Friday, August 6-Sunday, August 8, 2010

(Artists' Reception: Saturday, August 7, 4:00-7:00 pm. Please bring a dish of nibblies for all the hungry peeps! Don't forget to invite all your friends and family to this FUN event!)

Salem's Old Town Hall

Artwork Take-In: Thursday, August 5, 3:00-7:00 pm
at Old Town Hall during the Farmers' Market.

Submission info: Download the full call and entry forms (pdf)

Call For Art: CELEBRATING THE HUMAN FORM

SAA Membership — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:28:22 GMT

Call for Art!

CELEBRATING THE HUMAN FORM

Artist's are encouraged to submit digital images (in .jpg format) of the work they will be entering as far in advance as possible to be considered for the shows promotional materials including the official postcard and for use in S'ART Magazine (complete entry still required at time of drop off). Please send jpegs in advance to gallery@salemartsassociation.org

Exhibition: CELEBRATING THE HUMAN FORM

Thursday, July 1–Sunday, August 1, 2010

(Artists’ Reception: Saturday, JULY 10, 4:00–7:00 pm)

Salem Arts Association Gallery Artists’ Row at 24 New Derby Street*

Submission Info:

Work Sought: Artists are invited to submit up to two (2) works. Works may be in any medium and include two-dimensional, three-dimensional, sculptural works, photography, mixed media, crafts or experimental works.

Entries will be juried from original work only.

Accepted work must remain with the exhibit until the exhibit closes.

All TWO-dimensional work must be wired for hanging.

We regret that we are unable to accommodate installations.

Size Limitations: 18” x 24” (any direction) for two-dimensional work, including frame (if applicable). A limited number of pedestals are available for sculptural work.

Eligibility: Open to all SAA members and non-members. Visit www.salemartsassociation.org for info on membership.

Entry Fee: Free for SAA members; $5 per piece for non-members.

Commission: The artist will pay 30% commission to the SAA unless he or she volunteers for a four hour shift in the Gallery during the month of the exhibit, in which case the artist pays a 20% commission.

Artwork Take-In: Sunday, June 27, 4:00–6:00 pm OR Monday, June 28, 6:00–7:00 pm at the SAA Gallery, 24 New Derby Street, Unit 1, Salem, MA. Exhibition will be hung Wed., June 30.

Acceptance Notification: All artists will be notified by e-mail or phone by Wednesday, June 30.

Work Not Accepted: Must be picked up Thursday, July 1–Sunday July 4, during regular Gallery operating hours (Thu 11–7; Fri-Sat 10–6; Sun 12–6).

Pick-Up of Unsold Work: Sunday, August 1, 4:00–6:00 pm or Thursday, August 5, 10:00 am–4:00 pm at the SAA Gallery. All work MUST be picked up! We have NO storage. The SAA is not responsible for work damaged, lost, or stolen, after the pick-up date.

Download the full call and entry form (PDF) here.

Call For Art: Salem Willows Public Art Project

SAA Membership — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:29:51 GMT

Call for Art!

Salem Willows Public Art Project

The City of Salem is requesting proposals from area artists to improve the visual appeal of concrete barriers placed at the end of Fort Avenue to separate parking from a sitting/passive recreational area at Salem Willows Park. Successful proposals will consider the placement of the barriers, the Salem Willows community, and Salem’s interesting, varied history. There are 10 barriers at the site. Work should be site specific and able to be completed on site.

CRITERIA

The City of Salem will award a stipend of $1000.00 to the chosen artist and will be paid in installments of $500.00 for initial material investment and $500.00 upon completion of the project.

All proposals submitted should address the following criteria to the degree feasible:

Appropriateness of art for the Salem Willows setting
Transforming the concrete blocks into a more visually appealing barrier
Ability to incorporate Salem Willows varied and interesting history
Attention to the elements, including marine environment and weather
Durability and sustainability of materials
Ease of maintenance

Selection Process

The City of Salem Park and Recreation Department will review all proposals and make the final selection(s) based on the above referenced criteria.

ELIGIBILITY

This Call for Artists and Craftspeople is open to all individuals and groups regardless of race, gender, belief, national origin, sexual orientation or physical disabilities.

SUBMITTAL

Submissions must include a written description including sketches, drawings, photos or other visual support, timeline and materials list, as applicable. Artists should also include a resume and/or brief biography and samples of work, as applicable.

A site visit for interested artists will be held on June 23, 2010 at 1 p.m.

All proposals must be received by 12:00pm (noon) Monday, July 5, 2010, in the City of Salem Park and Recreation Department, 5 Broad Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970. The artist who is selected will be notified By Friday, July 19, 2010. Proposal shall be completed by August 23, 2010.

Salem Arts Association Calls for Art

PEOPLE'S CHOICE

PEOPLE'S CHOICE:

PHOTO SALEM

PHOTO SALEM:

Artists and Authors Exhibition

SAA at the Winter Market

Not Your Average Self-Portrait

Just add Water: PEM Companion Exhibit

September Exhibit: FIVEbySEVEN

September Retail Items Needed

August Retail Items Needed

August Exhibit: Photography 2011

Call for SAA Gallery Retail Shop: July Items for Sale

SAA Call to Artists, FROZEN

SAA Call to Artists, WIP: Work in Progress

Arts Walk, June 3 - 5, 2011

Salem Arts Association Spring Show

Open Call for Art! Landscape / Seascape (theme)

LANDSCAPE / SEASCAPE

Thursday, September 2–Sunday, September 26, 2010

(Artists’ Reception: Saturday, September 11, 4:00–7:00 pm)

Salem Arts Association Gallery

Artists’ Row at 24 New Derby Street

Artwork Take-In: Sunday, August 29, 4:00–6:00 pm OR Monday, August 30, 6:00–7:00 pm at the SAA Gallery

Submission Info: Download the full call and entry form.

Call for Photography!

TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT (photography)

Thursday, August 5–Sunday, August 29, 2010

(Artists’ Reception: Saturday, August 14, 4:00–7:00 pm)

Salem Arts Association Gallery

Artists’ Row at 24 New Derby Street

Submission Info: Download the full call and entry form.

Call for PEEPS (Art)

Call for PEEPS (Art) "Ahht for Peeps: Art About People by the Salem Arts Community and All of Artists Row."

Submission info: Download the full call and entry forms (pdf)

Call For Art: CELEBRATING THE HUMAN FORM

Call for Art!

CELEBRATING THE HUMAN FORM

Call For Art: Salem Willows Public Art Project

Call for Art!

Salem Willows Public Art Project

CRITERIA

SUBMITTAL

Artwork Take-In: Sunday, August 29, 4:00–6:00 pm
OR Monday, August 30, 6:00–7:00 pm at the SAA Gallery

Call for PEEPS (Art)
"Ahht for Peeps: Art About People by the
Salem Arts Community and All of Artists Row."