Visit Salem Arts Open 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
Interlaced: Art in Fiber & Form
The Salem Arts Association presents a dynamic showcase of functional or non-functional fiber blending traditional or innovative techniques as well as sculptures made from a variety of materials. Works in both fiber and or sculpture create works that blur the boundaries between craft and fine art.
- Opening Reception: Friday, July 11, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
- Show dates: Friday July 4 through Saturday August 2, 2025
| 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. |
Call for Art
"Then and Now" - Stories of Change
Salem Arts Association invites artists to explore how our lives, surroundings, and perspectives have evolved over time. What once felt constant may now seem unfamiliar. What once felt fixed may now feel fluid. What was uncertain may now have come into focus.
Through personal reflection and memories, cultural observation, or imagined futures, consider the contrasts between past and present, and how time shapes our understanding of ourselves and the shifting nature of the world around us.
What moments, or places linger in contrast to the present? What beliefs or ideas are now memories?
Upcoming events
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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
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Sunday, August 03, 2025 12:00 PMSalem Arts Association, 159 Derby Street, Salem MA
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Friday, August 08, 2025 6:00 PMSalem Arts Association, 159 Derby Street, Salem MA
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Saturday, August 09, 2025 12:00 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 |
© 2007 - 2025, Salem Arts Association is a 501(c)(3 )non-profit organization
159 Derby Street, Salem MA 01970