The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) announces that longtime museum supporters, Elizabeth and Stuart Pratt will endow the museum’s position of Curator of Native American and Oceanic Art and Culture. Since its founding in 1799, PEM has collected Native American art, and today this collection stands among the oldest in the western hemisphere, widely recognized for its outstanding quality, range of

The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) announces that longtime museum supporters, Elizabeth and Stuart Pratt will endow the museum’s position of Curator of Native American and Oceanic Art and Culture. Since its founding in 1799, PEM has collected Native American art, and today this collection stands among the oldest in the western hemisphere, widely recognized for its outstanding quality, range of

Mayor Kimberley Driscoll and the Salem Public Art Commission seek Creatives to take part in the City of Salem’s revitalized Artists’ Row Public Artist in Residence initiative and stalls.

This winter, the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) opens a new gallery that, for the first time, combines its Native American and American collections. On This Ground: Being and Belonging in America brings together more than 250 historical and contemporary works from its collections to consider what it means to belong to a community, place, family and nation. Spanning more than 10,000 years

In your words… Tell us about your organization, business, initiative. Mystical Inspirations creates fantasy and wedding style jewelry, wearables and art. Our initiative is to bring joy to our consumers through art, crystals, and energy. Tell us a bit about you and why you do what you do? Share your passions for your business, initiative, organization. Mystical Inspirations was created

In your words… Tell us about your organization, business, initiative. I am a painter and sell my original oil paintings both online and in my Salem studio. Tell us a bit about you and why you do what you do? Share your passions for your business, initiative, organization. Beginning with my first charcoal drawing class at the age of ten,

Salem State University Art + Design professor Benjamin Gross presents an exhibition of his work in the university’s Winfisky Gallery February 7 – March 4. The exhibition titled “Underlying Meanings” features new work created by Gross during his spring 2021 sabbatical. Gallery hours  are 10am – 4pm Monday through Friday. The gallery is located on the ground floor of the

Are you tired of looking at blank walls against grey windows? Did you know that there are dozens of local artists with inventory ready to be bought by you? Seems like a win-win to us. Consider directly supporting local artists and galleries by filling your home or office with color and things to look this winter. You deserve to bring

The City of Salem is pleased to announce a call for creatives for the Public Artist in Residence Program for 2022, 2023, and 2024 and openings for creatives to occupy the stalls on Artists’ Row for the 2023-2024 tenancy. Mayor Kim Driscoll and the Salem Public Art Commission seek creatives to take part in the City of Salem’s revitalized Artists’

From Essex Art Center 20 January – 17 March 2022 | Free Admission In her first solo exhibition in the Merrimack Valley, artist Marla L. McLeod explores contemporary social issues and symbols of pride for BIPOC Americans through painting, textile, sculpture, and photography. Marla L. McLeod (b. 1981) is a mixed-race (African-American, White, and Native) artist born in California and