Applications should be completed and submitted by April 8. Applications can be found and submitted via the Salem Arts Festival website, www.salemartsfestival.com. While the festival prefers electronic applications, applicants are welcome to pick up and drop off hard copies of the form at Salem Arts Festival/Salem Main Streets, 265 Essex St., Salem, MA 01970 by the March 31st deadline.
The Salem Arts Festival has announced an invitation to local artists to submit their work for festival exhibition consideration. Now in its fifth year, the Festival will take place from June 7-9, 2013. Thousands are expected to attend this annual event which lights up Salem’s downtown corridor with an art show, street fair and live performances.
"We welcome visual artists, musicians, poets, dancers and more to submit" said Festival Committee Chair Laura Potter. "Salem is a fantastic venue to showcase local talents, and both emerging artists and established artist are encouraged to apply." The deadline for submission is set for March 31st.
This free family-friendly festival celebrates all the arts: painting, installation, digital art, photography, sculpture, dance, music, writing, film, new media, performance, theatre, poetry, culinary, etc. All events take place in downtown Salem, within walking distance of public transportation.
The 2013 festival will consist of:
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a gallery of juried artists’ work in Old Town Hall
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an outdoor stage venue for performance and dance at the East India Fountain
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an indoor performance space in Old Town Hall
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a juried street fair on Essex Street Pedestrian Mall and Derby Square
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a community arts space for open exhibition and participation (screening process required)
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film screenings
Selected artists will have an opportunity to sell their work at the Old Town Hall gallery (with 10% of proceeds going to Salem Arts Festival) and at the juried street fair (all proceeds go to the artists.) The community arts space welcomes all artists – children to adults - and encourages public participation.
Applications should be completed and submitted by April 8. Applications can be found and submitted via the Salem Arts Festival website, www.salemartsfestival.com. While the festival prefers electronic applications, applicants are welcome to pick up and drop off hard copies of the form at Salem Arts Festival/Salem Main Streets, 265 Essex St., Salem, MA 01970 by the March 31st deadline.
The Salem Arts Festival is organized by Salem Main Streets and a collaboration of Salem organizations which provide support and jurors for the festival, including the Salem Arts Association, Salem State University’s Center for Creative and Performing Arts, the Peabody Essex Museum and Salem Collective of Artists and Musicians. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Salem Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
For more information, please see www.salemartsfestival.com or contact Laura Potter at salemartsfestival@gmail.com or (978)744-0004 (x15).
Matt Caruso (Office Hours 10-3pm Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri)
Acting Main Streets Manager
Salem Main Streets
265 Essex Street
Salem, MA 01970
Phone: (978)744-0004 x15
Fax: (978)745-3855
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