Menu
Log in


Log in

Mementos of Celebration

  • Saturday, July 12, 2008
  • 10:00 AM
  • Sunday, August 03, 2008
  • 4:00 PM
  • Old Town Hall - 32 Derby Square - Salem (TH - SUN)

Artists Offer Mementos of Celebration

Salem Arts Association Announces Companion Exhibit to the Peabody Essex Museum’s Wedded Bliss, The Marriage of Art and Ceremony

This July, the Salem Arts Association (SAA) will host its primary annual juried show, and second annual Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) companion exhibit, Mementos of Celebration at Old Town Hall. Following the successful Ode to Cornell exhibit last year, the SAA will again showcase contemporary work by local and national artists. The exhibit will complement the PEM exhibit, Wedded Bliss, The Marriage of Art and Ceremony, on display through September 14, 2008.

"As Wedded Bliss focuses on art inspired by the celebration of weddings and matrimonial ceremonies around the world, the SAA Mementos of Celebration exhibit will broaden the scope to celebrations of all kinds," says SAA President, Gary LaParl. "The art is expected to reflect the mementos that remind us of life’s important events."

Mementos of Celebration runs from July 12 through August 3, 2008 from 10 am - 4 pm at Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square in Salem, MA. The opening reception is Friday, July 11, 2008 from 7 - 9 pm. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

Paula Bradstreet Richter, PEM's curator of Textiles and Costumes, and Wedded Bliss exhibit, will serve as juror. Ms. Richter will attend the opening reception on Friday, July 11, 2008 and discuss creativity, art, and celebrations as they relate to the Wedded Bliss and Mementos of Celebration exhibitions.

The SAA has extended a general call to artists for submissions of artwork in all media. The deadline for consideration is Tuesday, July 8, 2008. For more information, go to: www.salemartsassociation.org

The Salem Arts Association is the premier non-profit arts organization for artists and art-lovers living and working in the Salem area. The mission of this artist led organization is "to bring art, in all its forms, to the community; and bring the community, in all its diversity, to the arts in Salem." Learn more at www.salemartsassociation.org

Paula Bradstreet Richter is the Curator of Textiles and Costumes at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. In addition to curating the current exhibit, Wedded Bliss, The Marriage of Art and Ceremony, Ms. Richter’s exhibitions have included Painted with Thread: the Art of American Embroidery (2001), both of which featured an accompanying publication. In 2003, she organized Transforming Tradition: Arts of New England, an installation of American decorative arts. Ms. Richter writes and lectures regularly on American textiles and arts of New England. Her articles have appeared in the magazines Antiques and PieceWork.

#SalemArts

978-745-4850

           

© 2007 - 2024,  Salem Arts Association is a 501(c)(3 )non-profit organization

159 Derby Street, Salem MA 01970