Visit Salem Arts Regular Hours Will Resume on March 1 2025: Saturdays and Sundays 12-6
Entrance is always Free and Open to the Public Gallery Address: 159 Derby Street, Salem MA 01970 Phone: 978-745-4850
Email: info@salemarts.org | Join us Artists and Supporters are welcomed! 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. | Support The ArtsWe appreciate your contributions . Please consider a gift 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! Your support ensures we thrive. |
Current Exhibits
Pride & Protest: Fighting for Love & Equality
An exhibit in celebration of self-acceptance and resistance against societal oppression within diverse and marginalized communities, featuring works that highlight activism, historical struggles, and contemporary triumphs for love, equality, and justice.
| Small Worlds An exhibition by James Cennamo “Small Worlds" by James David Cennamo With a background in cartooning, James started creating these shadow boxes recently. As an editorial cartoonist for newspapers on Nantucket Island, where he lived in the 1980s and 1990s, James earned awards from The National Newspaper Association, and The New England Press association. From pop culture and historical events, to the Beatles, Kafka and Star Trek, for James nothing is out of bounds for the Small Worlds in these shadow boxes.
On Display May 24 through June 28, 2025 |
| The 2025 exhibition season is generously sponsored by the Peabody Essex Museum. |
Introduction to Drawing Workshop with Nicole Ryan
In this class students will learn the fundamentals of drawing. Students will focus on composition and how to observe value. They will experiment with multiple charcoal and pencil techniques to gain an understanding and control of the media, and will begin to apply a full value range to still life studies, creating form and movement throughout the composition.
Includes FOUR session
- Session 1: Saturday May 10, 10:00 to 12:00 AM
- Session 2: Saturday May 17, 10:00 to 12:00 AM
- Session 3: Saturday May 31, 10:00 to 12:00 AM
- Session 4: Saturday June 7, 10:00 to 12:00 AM
Class is limited to 10 participants
$3500 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: $1500 award to a graduate who demonstrates creative achievement in the visual arts.
Application Forms
Click the button below to complete the online application form and upload images of artworks and other attachments.
Call for Art
"Pride & Protest: Fighting for Love & Equality":
An exhibit in celebration of self-acceptance and resistance against societal oppression within diverse and marginalized communities, featuring works that highlight activism, historical struggles, and contemporary triumphs for love, equality, and justice.
- Take In: Sunday, May 18, 2025, 12:00-4:00 PM
- Reception: Friday, May 30, 2025, 6:00-8:00 PM
- Exhibition Dates: May 24 through June 28, 2025
Upcoming events
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Saturday, May 24, 2025 12:00 PMSalem Arts Association, 159 Derby Street, Salem MA
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Sunday, June 29, 2025 12:00 PMSalem Arts Association, 159 Derby Street, Salem MA
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Friday, July 04, 2025 12:00 PMSalem Arts Association, 159 Derby Street, Salem MA
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Friday, July 11, 2025 6:00 PMSalem Arts Association, 159 Derby Street, Salem MA
GIVE THE GIFT OF SUPPORTING THE ARTS
Your year-end contribution will enable Salem Arts Association to continue to grow and become the space for visitors and artists to explore, experience, create and connect.
Please consider a financial gift to Salem Arts Association so that we can continue to grow and flourish and offer our programs and exhibits to young and old alike. Gifts of any amount, small or large, help us in our ongoing mission.
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. |
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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. |
Sponsors and Community Partnerships
Salem Arts Association is proud to be supported by our sponsors and community partnerships.
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Night Tour
Creative Collective, Mass Cultural Council, Local Cultural Councils, Salem Main Streets, and Destination Salem.
Salem Arts Association | Hours Parking: on street when available |
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159 Derby Street, Salem MA 01970