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Salem Arts Festival June 1-3

05 Apr 2012 5:14 PM | Ellen Garvey (Administrator)

Salem Arts Association is joining Salem Main Streets June 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the Salem Arts Festival.

The Salem Arts Association will be organizing the Juried Art Exhibition in the Old Town Hall. Juried Individuals and groups will share their culinary, visual arts, literary, music, and performing talents with Salem inside and outside.

A few days are left before the Salem Main Streets website will stop accepting participate applications. Go to http://salemartsfestival.com/.

Tell your friends and join the fun by starting Salem's summer art season right - mark your calendar for June 1st, 2nd and 3rd - Salem Arts Festival!

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The Salem Arts Association Announces "Photo Salem: A Group Show of Professional Photography"

08 Mar 2012 11:18 AM | Julia Bookout (Administrator)

The Salem Arts Association (SAA) is pleased to announce Photo Salem: A Group Show of Professional Photography, sponsored by the SAA and the waterfront business center, Shetland Park.

SALEM, MA—Photo Salem will be on view in the second floor Atrium of Building One at Shetland Park in the Small Business Center at 27 Congress Street in Salem from Friday, March 16 2012 to Saturday, June 30 2012. Visiting hours are 9 a.m.–6 p.m., Monday–Saturday. Each SAA member photographer participating in Photo Salem will present a small collection of their work.

From March 16 to June 13, Shetland Arts: A Group Exhibition of Photography and Sculpture will be on view at Shetland Park concurrently with Photo Salem. The Shetland Arts exhibition will be on the first floor of the Atrium of Building One, just below Photo Salem.

Shetland Park will sponsor a joint opening for Shetland Arts and Photo Salem on March 16, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Salem Arts Association will hold a reception on May 31, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Photo Salem: A Group Show of Professional Photography

Sponsored by Shetland Park and the Salem Arts Association

Shetland Park Waterfront Business Center, 2nd Floor Atrium of Building One, in the Small Business Center, 27 Congress St, Salem, MA

Friday, March 16 2012 through Saturday, June 30 2012

Visiting hours: 9 a.m.–6 p.m., Monday–Saturday

Shetland Park sponsored reception: Friday, March 16, 4–6 p.m.

Salem Arts Association Reception: Thursday, May 31, 4–6 p.m.

(free and open to the public)

About the Salem Arts Association: The Salem Arts Association, Inc. is an entirely volunteer-run nonprofit arts organization. In our mission statement, the stress is on the arts, plural. Artists working in all media and all disciplines are welcome, as are arts lovers, enthusiasts, and patrons. Since incorporating as a non-profit corporation on August 31 2007, Salem Arts Association (SAA) has produced close to 40 exhibits, events, and workshops, all free of charge to Salem’s residents and visitors. To date, SAA programming has reached close to 20,000 people. This has been made possible in part through collaborations with numerous local businesses and organizations, including the Art Corner, the City of Salem, the North Shore Writers Group, the Parlor, the Peabody Essex Museum, the Salem Chamber of Commerce, and Salem State University.

For more information or to join the SAA, visit http://www.salemartsassociation.org/

SAA contact: Ellen Hardy, SAA President, egh.arts@gmail.com/ (508) 783-6591

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Julia C. Bookout

Communications Chair

Salem Arts Association

P.O. Box 226

Salem, MA 01970

http://www.salemartsassociation.org/

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Encaustic Works Call for Art

29 Feb 2012 6:27 PM | Ellen Garvey (Administrator)

The Future of the Past: Encaustic Art in the 21st Century
Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts

From Guido Ciampi, a member of MassWax, the newest chapter of the International Encaustic Artists (IEA), a professional artists’ organization that seeks to raise the level of excellence in fine art encaustic work by providing global information exchange and raising interest about encaustics in the art world and with the general public:

"We are currently working on organizing an exhibit of encaustic works at the Mills Gallery in Boston..."

click here for the call for art

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Members on the move

14 Feb 2012 8:24 PM | Ellen Hardy (Administrator)

Patty deGrandpre

Abstracts/Mixed Media

"In a Pig's Eye" restaurant

now thru mid March

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Sheila Billings
Solo show of abstract art
Peabody Institute Library of Danvers

through February 29

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ArtBox 2012 - Salem's Utility Box Painting Program

08 Feb 2012 3:56 PM | Ellen Garvey (Administrator)

Submissions must be received by noon on
Friday, April 6, 2012.
Download the submission requirements and details here.

City of Salem Calls for Submissions to ArtBox 2012

Winners to Receive Significant Visibility & $500 dollars

Utility to Beauty

The City of Salem calls all artists to submit proposals to paint one out of six downtown utility boxes as part of ArtBox 2012. Winning artists will have their work in front of one million people annually and will receive $500.

With the recent announcement of the Peabody Essex Museum’s pending expansion and last year’s successful Rob Lorenson sculpture series, the city is on the rise as a regional, national and international arts destination.

In the hopes of promoting individual artists as well as the community’s burgeoning arts scene, ArtBox asks all interested to propose a piece of art that presents his or her visual interpretation of Salem’s cityscape, culture, community pride or art itself.

Project Background

Salem’s first art box, located on Essex Street in front of its sponsor’s popular café, has been received very positively. Inspired by its success and the city’s increased artistic momentum, a group of local art appreciators and community leaders came together at the end of 2011 to spearhead ArtBox, a program to transform these utilitarian eyesores into original works of art.

Beyond adding to Salem’s spirit of creativity, community and innovation, these boxes are meant to beautify and inspire. If successful, ArtBox will be a perennial project. These first boxes will set the bar, generating the buzz and spurring future boxes in the coming yearsundefinedjust as painter Greg Orfanos’ vanguard box on Essex Street has done by adding a splash of creative genius to the street.

Nuts & Bolts

Open to all skilled and talented artists, the deadline for submission is Friday, April 6th. The work will be judged by an independent group of creative professionals, including Steven Zevitas, President and Publisher New American Painting and owner of the Boston-based Steven Zevitas Gallery. One box will be painted weekly starting in June.

A special thanks to local sponsors Waters & Brown Paint & Decorating for providing paint supplies and Gorilla Printing for providing a tent. Winners will be publically announced at the Salem Arts Festival on June 1.

Download the submission requirements and details here.

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Free Workshop: Successful Self Promotion for Artists. Wed Feb 8, 8:30-10:30

27 Jan 2012 4:18 PM | Ellen Garvey (Administrator)

Small Business Development Center Workshop Successful Self Promotion for Artists
Get the lowdown from a successful working artist and teacher who has "been there, done that". Learn how to build your résumé and your website, and how to create visibility. Reach out to galleries, public libraries and other creative venues. Get into juried art shows and show your art online. She'll tell you what you need to know....what no one has told you.

The speaker will be Robin Samiljan, artist and teacher at Monserrat College of Art.

Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Time: 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Location: Enterprise Center at Salem State University, 121 Loring Avenue, Suite 106, Salem (directions)
Cost: Free
Contact: Register online with link below. If you have questions, contact Laurel Costello at 978-542-6343 or sbdc@salemstate.edu.

Register online

Cosponsored by the Enterprise Center at Salem State University

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NEW ISSUE OF S'ART NEEDS YOUR PICTURES!

17 Jan 2012 10:53 PM | Ellen Hardy (Administrator)

Do you have any images from the 2011 season?

WIP: Work in Progress

Frozen

Photography 2011

FivebySeven

Not Your Average Self-Portrait

Please send them as soon as possible to <EGH.ARTS@gmail.com>

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2nd Annual Artists & Authors Winter Exhibition at the Hawthorne Hotel

16 Jan 2012 10:36 AM | Ellen Hardy (Administrator)

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Come on down to Artists' Row Saturday Dec 17th and 22nd!

13 Dec 2011 2:13 PM | Ellen Hardy (Administrator)

There are two more days to enjoy the Salem Arts Gallery, December 17th from Noon to 6 pm. A book-signing by local author Nelson Dionne for his book SALEM IN STEREO will take place from 2-4 p.m. and December 22nd, our last Winter Market day! Plan to pick up your work and stay for a closing party with the whole Winter Market team! Winter market is open 2-6 p.m. Party starts at 6 p.m.

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Open Studio & Art Show Sat Dec 10

07 Dec 2011 3:46 PM | Ellen Garvey (Administrator)

Come on down to make art, talk, meet some artists on December 10th, our Open Studio Day.

If you want to open your studio on the 10th let us know and we'll put you on the map!

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