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• Exhibit: "Pride & Protest: Fighting for Love & Equality

  • Start
    Saturday, May 24, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • End
    Saturday, June 28, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    Salem Arts Association, 159 Derby Street, Salem MA

  

  "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.

  • Opening Reception: Friday, May 30, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

  • Show dates: Saturday May 24 to Saturday June 28, 2025

  
  

  Guest Juror: Diane Ayott

  Diane Ayott holds an MFA in painting from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, is a Yaddo Fellow who has exhibited in MA, NE, NY, Washington DC, Chicago, and Germany. Her paintings are represented in many private, contemporary collections as well as public ones; most notable are the State Department’s Contemporary American Works on Paper Collection and the Art in Embassies Program, both based in Washington DC. 

  You can view her painting at www.dianeayott.com

  She currently lives and has a studio in Salem, Massachusetts.

  
  

  Open Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 – 6:00 p.m.

  Salem Arts Association Galleries, 159 Derby Street, Salem MA 01970

  Contact info@salemarts.org with questions.

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• Call for Art: Interlaced: Art in Fiber & Form

  • When
    Sunday, June 29, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Salem Arts Association, 159 Derby Street, Salem MA

  
  

  Interlaced: Art in Fiber & Form

  The Salem Arts Association announces an open call for entries for 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. 
  

  Location:

  Salem Arts Association Galleries, 159 Derby Street, Salem MA 01970

  Eligibility: 

  • Artist Members and Non Members may submit
    

  Submission Fees:
  

  • Non member fee is $15.00 per item submission
  • Current Salem Arts members fee is $10.00 per item submission.
  • First Item FREE for "Masters Circle" Artist Members
  • All artists may submit up to three items per exhibit.

  Important Dates:

  • •  Take In: June 29, 2025
    • Reception: July 11, 2025
    • Exhibition Dates: July 4, 2025 – August 2, 2025
    • Pick Up of Artwork: August 3, 2025

  Pick up of unaccepted work: Artists will be contacted by email regarding any items not accepted into the exhibition. Any work not accepted will need to be picked up during the time specified in the email. 

  Exhibition Jurying: Exhibit Chairpersons and Salem Arts Gallery Committee will curate this exhibit. Criteria will be based on alignment with the exhibition theme, execution, presentation quality, and space available. Every effort will be made to include as many submissions as possible.

  Guest Jurors: John and Michelle Bonner

  About John Bonner

  One evening, about ten years ago, the artist George Nick, visited me to look at my work. At the time I felt powerless and couldn’t see my work clearly. I believe he saw something in my work that I was unable to see myself just then.

  Completely isolated from any art community I had cold-called him after I had seen some of his work reproduced in Yankee magazine, thinking that it bore some resemblance to my own.

  I made tea and propped my paintings up against the unused fireplace, one after another, bending an anglepoise lamp towards them so we could see them more clearly. My first ever serious art crit began.

  Now, having successfully exhibited and sold my work in multiple exhibitions, solo and group, and as part of the Art in Embassies program, I remember almost nothing of what he said that night. He merely paid me the complement of being interested and as it turned out, that’s all that mattered.

  www.johnbonner.com

  
  

  About Michelle Bonner

  Michèle Fandel Bonner is a mixed media artist working with found and recycled materials. Her current work transforms waste from the fashion industry to address issues of excess, identity and the passage of time. Her work has been shown around the US and in Australia. She is a member of the Surface Design Association, Fiber Art Now, Cambridge Arts Association, and was an Associate Member of the Boston Sculptors Gallery 2020-2022. She has a studio in Marblehead, Massachusetts. She holds a BA in Art Therapy from the University of Massachusetts.

  www.michelefbonner.com  

  
  

  
  

  Submitting Your Work

  Entry Form

  • Please bring the work you register on this form to the Salem Arts Association (159 Derby St. Salem MA) on this date.  You will be given labels to attach to the back of your work at that time.

  
  

  Artwork Presentation MUST adhere to our framing guidelines for acceptance. Please review all gallery submission guidelines.
  

  Rules & Regulations: 

  Please be sure to read the Salem Arts Association Artist Agreement and ensure you accept the agreement on your online member profile page. Non-members must also agree to our agreement provided at the gallery.
  

  Volunteer Requirements: 

  Exhibiting Salem Arts member artists are required to volunteer 3+ hours per month when your artwork is on display in the gallery or the gallery shop. Please sign up for a gallery host time slot or make arrangements for alternate volunteer opportunities. Click here for volunteer information and sign up.
  

  Please contact Gallery@SalemArts.org with questions.

  FRAMING AND PRESENTING YOUR ARTWORK:

  All submissions must be properly framed and appropriately wired (no saw tooth hangars), and ready to hang.

  Wired images must have a tight wire positioned within the top quarter of the image height. All submissions will be inspected at take-in to assure they adhere to gallery standards. Submissions not meeting our standards will be rejected. Read our framing guidelines

  Salem Arts Galleries and Shop utilizes a hanging system consisting of a wire or rod suspended from a rail near the ceiling. We rarely use nails in our walls. Because of this it's very important to frame and present your work properly by following these rules. 

  • All work MUST be properly framed or otherwise presented for hanging. 
  • No wet paintings will be accepted
  • Works on paper must be under glass or high quality acrylic.
  • Plastic clip frames, Table frames (with leaning back), and document frames will NOT be accepted in the gallery. Don't use them. 
  • Framed items must include a taught wire properly fastened to the top quarter of the frame back. 
  • Artwork framed using sawtooth hangars, triangle hangars, and holes as part of the frame will be rejected.
  • Loose wires or wired below the top quarter will be rejected. If you can see the wire above the frame it's wrong.

  
  

  Sales: 
  

  Sales will be handled by the Salem Arts Gallery Shop Volunteers. A Commission of 35% of the selling price is required of Salem Arts Association member artists and will be subtracted from the price before payment. Payment of 65% of the selling price will be issued to the artist by check, generally during the month following the month of the sale (generally within 60 days).

  If your membership expires while your work is on display it will be subject to the non-member sale commission rate of 50%
  

  Non-members participating in exhibitions are subject to a commission of 50% of the selling price that will be subtracted from the price before payment. Payment of 50% of the selling price will be issued to non-member artists by check, generally during the month following the month of the sale (within 60 days).

  Tax Forms: 

  Salem Arts Association is required by law to submit 1099’s to the IRS from artists with sales, awards, or other payments for amounts totaling $600 or greater during a calendar year. A 1099 will ONLY be sent to the IRS if the total payment to an artist equals or exceeds $600. 

  To facilitate this, we require completed W-9 forms prior to giving out award and/or sales payments. Artists are asked to complete a W-9 form, or validate that current W-9 form information is accurate, when submitting work for sale. W-9 forms will be kept on file for three years. Artists are required to inform Salem Arts Association of any changes to address or other related tax form information. 

  Selling artists can check with your tax advisor for advice regarding claiming commissions as tax-deductible donations to the extent allowable by law.

  Download the form using the link below and deliver in person, mail to Salem Arts Association at 159 Derby Street, Salem MA 01970, or email to finance@salemarts.org

  Download IRS FORM W-9 HERE

  
  

  Please contact Gallery@SalemArts.org with questions.

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• Exhibit: Interlaced: Art in Fiber & Form

  • Start
    Friday, July 04, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • End
    Saturday, August 02, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    Salem Arts Association, 159 Derby Street, Salem MA

  

  Interlaced: Art in Fiber & Form
  

  The Salem Arts Association announces an open call for entries for 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

  
  

  Guest Jurors: John and Michelle Bonner

  About John Bonner

  One evening, about ten years ago, the artist George Nick, visited me to look at my work. At the time I felt powerless and couldn’t see my work clearly. I believe he saw something in my work that I was unable to see myself just then.

  Completely isolated from any art community I had cold-called him after I had seen some of his work reproduced in Yankee magazine, thinking that it bore some resemblance to my own.

  I made tea and propped my paintings up against the unused fireplace, one after another, bending an anglepoise lamp towards them so we could see them more clearly. My first ever serious art crit began.

  Now, having successfully exhibited and sold my work in multiple exhibitions, solo and group, and as part of the Art in Embassies program, I remember almost nothing of what he said that night. He merely paid me the complement of being interested and as it turned out, that’s all that mattered.

  www.johnbonner.com

  
  

  About Michelle Bonner

  Michèle Fandel Bonner is a mixed media artist working with found and recycled materials. Her current work transforms waste from the fashion industry to address issues of excess, identity and the passage of time. Her work has been shown around the US and in Australia. She is a member of the Surface Design Association, Fiber Art Now, Cambridge Arts Association, and was an Associate Member of the Boston Sculptors Gallery 2020-2022. She has a studio in Marblehead, Massachusetts. She holds a BA in Art Therapy from the University of Massachusetts.

  www.michelefbonner.com  

  
  

  Open Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 – 6:00 p.m.

  Salem Arts Association Galleries, 159 Derby Street, Salem MA 01970

  Contact info@salemarts.org with questions.

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• Opening Reception: Interlaced: Art in Fiber & Form

  • When
    Friday, July 11, 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Salem Arts Association, 159 Derby Street, Salem MA

  
  

  Interlaced: Art in Fiber & Form
  

  The Salem Arts Association announces an open call for entries for 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

  
  

  Open Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 – 6:00 p.m.

  Salem Arts Association Galleries, 159 Derby Street, Salem MA 01970

  Contact info@salemarts.org with questions.

  Show details