By Joey Phoenix No one becomes an artist because they want to think about the business side of making art. They become artists to make art, but unfortunately, that isn’t enough. Making art and doing nothing else is how artists become starving artists. Which just isn’t as appealing as literature makes it out to be. Modern working artists who want

Food, Fashion, Drink, Dancing, and More! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2019, Salem, MA Join us for the sixth annual Salem Arts Festival Fashion Show Fundraiser – Friday, April 26, 7-10 pm – for a night of fashion, food, drink, and fun in support of one of Salem’s greatest festivals! The event is moving to a new location this year, the

By Joey Phoenix Life is full of things which demand our attention. We have to pay bills, file taxes, run errands, wash our clothes, feed ourselves. We also need to work enough so that we can pay rent and buy food, be social enough that we don’t become hermits, and make enough art so that we feel like we’re actually

On view at PEM May 11 through December 1, 2019 SALEM, MA — This spring, the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents, A Passion for American Art: Selections from the Carolyn and Peter Lynch Collection. For almost half a century, Carolyn and Peter Lynch shared an extraordinary life together, traveling widely and exploring American art and culture. Their intellectual curiosity and love of people, nature

By Joey Phoenix We all feel like imposters at some point in our journeys. It’s entirely reasonable to question everything, as crippling self-doubt is unequivocally married to the creative process. The important thing is learning how to move through it. I upended my life a few months ago. I had recently finished a number of ongoing photography projects and was starting to

ArcWorks CALL FOR ART: ArcWorks Invites Artists from the greater metropolitan Boston area, northeast of Boston and southern New Hampshire to submit artwork(s) for exhibiting. IMPORTANT DATES Opening Reception: Saturday, March 9, 2019, 3-5 pmExhibition Dates – Saturday, March 9 – May 6, 2019 Submission Dates and Information Artists may submit artwork in a variety of mediums 2–D & 3–D

By Joey Phoenix When an artist chooses to point her camera at a person, a conversation begins. The conversation isn’t just about how photographic technique and the effect of light captures appearance but instead encapsulates the perspective of the photographer and the reality of the human being who is being photographed. Sometimes that conversation is removed from its source material,

In this installment of Collective Conversations with Paige we sit with Deanna Jacome of Shady Tree Maker in her Art Studio and Healing Space in Beverly, MA to discuss what it is like for her as a full-time independent artist, small business owner, and how she navigates it all. Making connections and growing within the Creative Collective, we learn that

Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment February 2–May 5, 2019 Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment is the first exhibition to trace environmental awareness in American art over the last three centuries. More than 100 works, including iconic masterpieces as well as rare works by such artists as John James Audubon, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Cole, Valerie Hegarty, Winslow Homer, Georgia O’Keeffe and

Weekly Buzz is a regular feature of special events and happenings on the North Shore. If you have an upcoming special event, project, or initiative that you’d like to see featured here. Send our editor an email at joeyphoenix@creativecollectivema.com  Event Page Host: Gret McGilvray of The WitcheryWhere: 61 Wharf Street, Pickering Wharf, SalemWhen: Every Thursday Night at 6:00 PM Joey