NEW HOME FOR SALEM ARTS ASSOCIATION GALLERIES AND SHOP

“THE BRIDGE AT 211” WELCOMES SALEM ARTS ASSOCIATION

The Salem Arts Association is pleased to announce our move to a new home at “The Bridge at 211” in Salem, MA. This facility will provide the Salem Arts Association with excellent gallery exhibition space, a gallery shop, workshop area, and event facilities. Salem Arts was founded in 2007 and this year celebrates our 10-year Anniversary. We’ve grown to currently serve over 200 members, including more than 100 regional artists who will exhibit their artwork in our galleries and shop. This new facility offers Salem Arts members, and the public, unprecedented exhibition and learning opportunities. Plus our new home allows Salem Arts to take advantage of performance and event space available at “The Bridge” and better deliver our mission “To bring art, in all its forms, to the community and bring the community, in all its diversity, to the arts in Salem, Massachusetts.”  

Salem Arts President Mary Szeman Best says “This is a very exciting time for the Salem Arts Association. On our tenth anniversary, we look forward to helping make The Bridge at 211 a must-see cultural destination. We also anticipate a very active and creative year for our organization.”

While this is a new location for the Salem Arts Association, the 19^th century building is a Salem landmark that was previously home to the First Universalist Society of Salem. Now known as “The Bridge at 211”, the former church, this new nonprofit organization has set out on a mission to become a hub for artistic, cultural and social events.

Dale Yale, Executive Board member of The Bridge at 211 welcomes Salem Arts Association to help deliver on their combined mission.  “As someone who’s been emotionally connected with the 211 Bridge Street building since the early 50’s, I am excited to join forces with such an important member of the community as the Salem Arts Association as “The Bridge” turns a new corner. We’re eager to share our repurposed “hub” with them, celebrate their upcoming 10^th anniversary, and move forward together in partnership.”

Initial stages of our move have taken place over the past few weeks. Preparations for our 2017 calendar of exhibitions and events are in progress and will be released to the public as details are finalized. The following events will kick off our 2017 season in the new galleries.

When visiting the Salem Arts Association at 211 Bridge Street please find our gallery entrance on Ash Street. Admittance to the gallery is always free.

About Salem Arts Association: Salem Arts Association is an entirely volunteer-run nonprofit arts organization. Our mission is “To bring art, in all its forms, to the community and bring the community, in all its diversity, to the arts in Salem, Massachusetts”. Our membership is open to artists working in all media and all disciplines are welcome, as are arts lovers, enthusiasts, and patrons.

About The Bridge at 211: The Bridge at 211 is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to create a hub for artistic, cultural and social events in a 19^th century Salem landmark. Our board is planning programming to entertain, engage, educate and enrich the community, in music and the arts, while honoring the building's rich heritage and forming partnerships with like-minded organizations. That programming will include continuing to provide a home to a number of community service groups. 

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Salem Arts Association is home to many talented artists whose artwork can be found in our own gallery. It's also true that Salem Arts members work can be seen throughout New England. This month our neighbors at Marblehead Arts Association will feature three of our Salem Arts Association members in their galleries and in the artisan shop. 

On display starting August 13 through September 25 in the galleries of Marblehead Arts are two feature solo exhibitions by our own Karen Hosking and Mary Taddie.  Peggy Farrell's work is featured in the Artisan Shop. 

Be sure to attend the opening reception this Sunday, August 14, 2-4 pm.

"Photo Center" by Karen Hosking

Karen Hosking's solo photography exhibit explores "Americana".  In Hosking's view “Americana can be defined in many different ways.  For me, it means places and things that exist today that could or did actually exist in the past. I love bumping into establishments that existed decades ago, and continue to exist in the same form performing the same function.”

In addition to Salem Arts Karen is a member of a number of local arts associations. Her photographs have won numerous awards in local and regional competitions and shows. She is interested in a variety of photographic styles including creative, black and white, scenic, architectural and fine art. Her goal in photographing is to engage with the viewer and capture a moment or a scene in a way that allows the viewer to see it in a new way.

Karen Hosking will also host a "Photo Review and Photoshop Q&A" at Marblehead Arts Association. Bring your photos for review and critique. A computer will be available to demonstrate and answer questions about Photoshop, Sunday, September 18, 3-5 pm

"Fish Gone Wild" by Mary Taddie

Mary Taddie brings her skill in the arts of Ceramic Tile, Marble, and Italian Smalti techniques to her solo exhibition entitled "Catching The Wave". 

Moved by the works of ancient Italian and Byzantine artisans, Mary Taddie creates unique and exciting Mosaic Wall Art and jewelry. Her creations use the same techniques and Venetian glass used over 500 years ago and employ a range of mosaic styles from ancient to modern. Mary’s finished pieces can be jewel like pendants as small as one square inch or murals and functional art as large as fifty square feet.

She nips, chisels and cuts recycled material like travertine, marble, ceramic tile and slate using her specialty tools and wet saws while experimenting with adhesives, substrates and grouts.

Join Mary for her artist demonstration "Materials and techniques used to create mosaic art", Sunday, September 18, 1-3 pm at Marblehead Arts Association

Peggy Farrell, Salem Arts member and Board Member, is currently featured in the Artisan Shop. Her work in the shop includes her photography and cards. 

The Marblehead Arts Association is located in the historic King Hooper Mansion, at 8 Hooper Street, Marblehead. Six galleries of exhibits by association members and guest artists change every six weeks and education programs and special events are offered throughout the year. The MAA Artisan Shop features one-of-a-kind crafts and fine art including jewelry, pottery, glassworks and textiles by 7 of our artisan members at affordable prices under $250. New work for sale by 7 member artisans turns over every three months. The Mansion is available for private parties, meetings, weddings and other events. MAA winter hours are Wednesdays through Fridays and Sundays noon – 5pm and Saturdays 10 am – 5 pm. For more information on this exhibit as well as our exhibit calendar, events, programs and classes, please call 781-631-2608 or visit our website; www.marbleheadarts.org.

Mayor Kimberley Driscoll and the Salem Public Art Commission (PAC) announce “TradeWind,” a public art installation in Derby Square, running July through September, 2016.

A call for artists and designers for this site specific installation around Old Town Hall and Derby Square brought in eighteen proposals. The team of op.AL, a trans-disciplinary practice from New York, formed by Jonathan A. Scelsa + Jennifer Birkeland, was selected by a PAC appointed Artist Selection Panel.

A talk by the artist is scheduled for Saturday, July 9^th at 4pm on site in Derby Square with an opening reception at 6pm in Old Town Hall. Both events are free and open to the public.

“Salem has such a rich and important historic connection to the sea,” said Mayor Driscoll. “The concept for ‘TradeWind’ pays creative homage to that connection in a way that is playful, thoughtful, and expressive. I greatly look forward to the work’s installation near Old Town Hall and the continuation of our highly successful public art installation program.”

Artist Statement

Water and wind built Salem. Water carried the fishermen in their boats to the shores of Salem to settle. Wind enabled Salem’s merchant ships to sail across the ocean. From these ships of the East India Company treasures and trade were brought and sold at Town Hall, building a seaside village into a city. 

To honor and celebrate the role that these elements and Town Hall have played in the growth of the city, we have created a dynamic installation of spinning houses, combined to form the shape of Salem Town Hall. These individual houses are made in two colors: Caribbean Blue and Saffron Yellow. The blue invokes the exotic waters of far-flung lands that provided importers with treasures and spices – such as jewelry and saffron – referenced in the yellow houses. 

In the daytime these objects will showcase the fluid and changeable effects of wind while serving as a tribute to the fact that cities only exist as the sum of their parts. At night, they are lit from within projecting onto the face of town hall, giving observers the privilege of glimpsing something that predecessors could not: growth.

This installation is both a nod to the past and a glimpse towards the future and a celebration of generations of individuals who have built and continue to build Salem. 

Artist Bio

op.AL is a trans-disciplinary New York practice, formed by Jonathan A. Scelsa + Jennifer Birkeland, seeking creative design solutions utilizing optics as a means of engaging the oppositions between Architecture and Landscape resulting in design solutions that strive to dis-integrate the subject-object relationship conventionally within the two disciplines. Jonathan is a Design Critic in the department of Architecture for University of Pennsylvania + the Rhode Island School of Design and Jennifer is a Visiting Professor at Pennsylvania State University in the Department of Landscape Architecture.

Stephanie Imbeau is an installation artist based in New York whose practice investigates the way individuals seek community, personal security and a place to belong. She uses representations of protective structures as anthropomorphisms to explore this universal human impulse. These basic forms of shelter also provide the framework for a conceptual mapping of the barriers drawn to create safety and claim meaning using physical spaces.

Hiroshi Jacobs is an artist and architect living and working in Washington, DC. He is a Lecturer in Architecture at The Catholic University of America, an architect with STUDIOS architecture, and the founder of HiJAC, a trans-disciplinary design & research collaborative. His designs and artwork have appeared in numerous publications and exhibitions, including Surface Magazine, Businessweek, Harvard GSD Platform, DesCours New Orleans, La Biennale di Venezia, (e)Merge, and the Harvard Arts First Festival. Hiroshi was selected as an outpost of OfficeUS for the American pavilion at the 2014 Venice Biennale, and was recently highlighted in DC Modern Luxury’s Best of DC 2015 Issue. Hiroshi has held academic faculty positions at Tulane University and in the Career Discovery program at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.

The team would like to thank and credit the following individuals and institutions who generously supported the construction of the project: District Design Lab, The Rhode Island School of Design Department of Architecture, The City College of New York Architecture Department, Andrea Kelly, Giacomo Sartorelli, William Allured, and Erin Wythoff.

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The Salem Arts Association recently presented The Paula Beaulieu Arts Scholarship to Jacqueline Muise, a 2016 Salem High School graduate. Jacqueline will be attending the Massachusetts College of Art & Design in the Fall.

The Paula Beaulieu Scholarship was established by the Beaulieu family in honor of their late mother. Mrs. Beaulieu was an artist and art teacher in the Salem and Reading school systems. Along with the scholarship, Dan Beaulieu, Paula’s son, presented Jacqueline with an art print created Mrs. Beaulieu.

The Paula Beaulieu Scholarship is a perpetual one which is awarded each year for $1000 to a student pursuing the visual arts either through a university program or through an art school. All of the visual arts will be considered. Paula Beaulieu was an active artist in the Salem Arts Association and taught young and old alike through her program “Connect with Their Creativity.” Her family has chosen Salem Arts Association and Salem High School as beneficiaries of any donations made in her honor. 

Salem Arts congratulates Jacqueline and wishes her great success. 

Photo caption: 

(l. to r.) Mary Szeman Best, SAA President, Jacqueline Muise, Dan Beaulieu, Rebecca deVries, SAA Vice President & Education Chair.

Join us for an informal exchange about how to approach and market your work to commercial galleries. Facilitated by Marblehead Gallery owner, Gene Arnould and experienced artists.

WHEN:

April 10, 2016 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

WHERE:

Marblehead Arts Association - King Hooper Mansion
8 Hooper Street
Marblehead, MA 01945
USA

COST:

$5 members/ $10 non members

CONTACT:

 7816312608

 Email

http://www.marbleheadarts.org/event/artists-roundtable-commercial-gallery/?instance_id=5001

Montserrat College of Art’s Continuing Education Department is offering 15 different week-long art classes (+ 1 weekend & 1 evening class) for adults through the Summer Immersive Program in June and July on Montserrat’s campus, 23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA. The workshops are open to the public. Discounts apply if registered before April 10. www.montserrat.edu/summer-immersive-workshops

The Summer Immersive Program is designed to allow participants time and instruction to explore new skills or subject through short-term, credit, PDPs and non-credit classes. Classes and workshops include: 

• Digital Photography: Seeing like a Camera
• Deepening your Relationship with Painting & Drawing
• Psychological Portraits
• Figure Painting
• Creative Letterpress Projects
• Fabricated Steel Sculpture
• Video Shorts
• Drawing Basics Intensive
• Solar Plate Etching
• Encaustic Painting
• Experimental Film Intensive
• Weaving a Sculptural Narrative
• Collage
• Abstract Drawing
• Exploring Self-Portraits
• Mixed Media Drawing & Painting
• 2D Animation 

Montserrat’s diverse Summer Immersive courses are ideal for adult art enthusiasts of all backgrounds and professions to make the most of this summer learning new skills and insights. The program allows its participants to devote part of the summer to art in the unique environment that only a working art college can offer.

The instructors hail from Montserrat and beyond, and are nationally and internationally recognized artist-educators who form the core of the unique, summer community of adult learners. Their expertise combined with small class sizes ensures an unforgettable experience. Affordable accommodation and optional evening activities foster a residential community of individuals who share the creative spirit and commitment.

Montserrat is approved by the Massachusetts Department of Education as a Professional Development Provider. All courses are eligible for PDP awards. 

For more information about the offered courses, instructors or to register, visit: www.montserrat.edu/summer-immersive-workshops or contact Montserrat’s Continuing Education Office at ce@montserrat.edu or 978.921.4242 x1202. 

Discounted rates are offered to educators, seniors and Montserrat alumni. 

Artist Studio Space

Artist Studio Space available at Corbino Gallery and Studio’s, 14 Prospect Street, Marblehead, MA

Come to our studios and get to know the Artists; Photography, Mixed Media, drawing, Painting, Mosaics, Sculpture.  An environment that is open and unintimidating. Small and large spaces available.

Contact Mary – 617-233-2347 or marytaddie@gmail.com ;  info@corbinogallery.com;

Cover Of Salem's New Magazine from North of Boston Media Group "The Salem Magazine" by photographer Jeff Folger.

Photographer Jeff Folger of Salem has been selected to herald the launch of Salem's new magazine. His image "Federal Street in Spring" will be the cover shot. The Salem magazine will be everything you want to know about the local area in and around Salem Massachusetts.

Jeff Folger is a professional photographer and blogger in Salem Massachusetts. He retired from the Air Force and came to the notice of Yankee Magazine by winning their first ever Fall foliage contest. He was soon their first ever fall foliage blogger. 

Today he writes year-round about New England fall foliage on http://www.jeff-foliage.com. He provides tips on planning a fall foliage vacation and showing his award winning imagery of New England.

His image that will be on the first cover of Salem Magazine was taken on Salem's Federal historic street in springtime. A warm and sunny late april morning had all the trees along the entire street blooming.

To view this image copy and paste this link: 

http://vistaphotography.com/featured/salem-walkway-shrouded-by-spring-flowers-jeff-folger.html

Of historical note.

Salem Massachusetts was the 2nd town established in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1626. It led the way in trade and commerce in the building of the new country and today is a lovely stop for tourism outside of Boston. The first ever National Historic site in the National Park system was chosen to be Salem's maritime waterfront. Today about 120,000 visitors visit Salem each year.

The Salem magazine will have their launch party on:
Tuesday, March 15th 2016
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Sea Level Oyster Bar 
94 Wharf St, Salem

Jeff Folger
email: Jeff@Vistaphotography.com

http://fineartamerica.com/pressreleases/cover-of-new-salem-magazine.html

Kensington-Stobart Gallery 

“SPRING” CLEANING ART SALE" 

From the Collection of Jim McAllister 

Kensington-Stobart Gallery in Salem’s historic Hawthorne Hotel announces an exhibition of works featuring paintings, fine art posters and works on paper from the vast collection of local historian Jim McAllister. Jim has been collecting art for more than two decades and is planning to sell much of his inventory in an attempt to reclaim living space in his domicile and shed his growing reputation as a hoarder. Twenty very reasonably priced pieces are now available for sale and others will be added over the course of the next month. The initial offering includes an oil painting of South Street in Rockport by Rosa Silva, works by Cape Ann artists Max Kuehne, Ann Fiske, and Charles Allan Winter, a pair of fine art posters, a number of watercolors related to the Massachusetts coast, and an eclectic assortment of other pieces. 

All are invited to stop by the gallery to view and enjoy this varied collection. The show runs from January 27th through February 29th. 

Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday, 10am-5pm; Saturday and Sunday, 12pm-5pm. For more information call, The Kensington-Stobart Gallery at 978-825-0022. This exhibition is free and open to the public. 

For additional information, contact: 

Sandra Heaphy, Director 

Kensington-Stobart Gallery 

At the Hawthorne Hotel, On the Common 

Salem, Massachusetts 01970 

978-825-0022 

Website: kensingtonstobartgallery.com 

Email: ksgsalem@aol.com 

Montserrat College of Art (Beverly MA) is offering area residents an opportunity to brush up on their art and learn a new skill this spring through Montserrat’s Continuing Education classes during the months of February, March and April on Montserrat’s campus, 23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA. Subjects include Digital Photography, Portrait Painting, Drawing for Beginners, Oil Painting and Figure Drawing.

The Continuing Education program provides expert instruction within the visual arts for the North Shore community and beyond. It is designed to allow teen and adult participants time and instruction to delve into a new skill or subject. Small program sizes and a supportive environment allow students of all levels a conducive environment to explore, learn new skills and sharpen existing ones.

Montserrat’s spring courses are ideal for teen and adult art enthusiasts of all backgrounds and professions to start the New Year with new skills and insights.

For more information about Montserrat’s Continuing Education program, visit www.montserrat.edu/continuing-education or contact: ce@montserrat.edu, 978.921.4242 x 1202 to learn more.