SALEM, MA – Salem State’s Center for Creative and Performing Arts (CCPA) honored 10 students in the arts and the Essex County Community Foundation’s (ECCF) Creative County Initiative as part of its 2021 Creativity Awards. The annual event, held virtually, recognizes 10 students across the disciplines of art + design, creative writing, dance, music, and theatre. These students, chosen by the

by Joey Phoenix (they/them/theirs) For many, June is the only time of year where the public seems to make time for, hold space for, or even acknowledge the needs of LGBTQIA+ youth in their communities. But for universities in Massachusetts, one month of support isn’t enough – especially if school isn’t even in session during that time.  Campus LGBTQIA+ organizations

From The Center for Creative and Performing Arts at Salem State University Salem State University will celebrate the 51st anniversary of Earth Day with a series of virtual events beginning on April 12 and running through April 27, 2021. The events will feature a wide range of talks, panel discussions, films, and interactive activities including the Earth Days research poster competition,

From the Creative and Performing Arts at Salem State University The Center for Creative and Performing Arts at Salem State University and the Salem State University Alliance, a student organization dedicated to promoting acceptance and understanding of the LGBTQIA+ community, will host a virtual conversation with human rights activist Judy Shepard on Thursday, April 8, 2021, at 7 pm. In October 1998, Judy and Dennis Shepard lost their 21-year-old son Matthew, to a murder

From The Center for the Arts at Salem State University Five Salem State University theatre students won a total of nine awards at the 2021 Region 1 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), which was held virtually, January 24 – 31. Awards were received in a range of categories including acting, scenic design, and lighting design. In addition, Salem State University

by Joey Phoenix This month, Creative Collective is celebrating Women’s History Month! Follow along as we tell the stories of women writers, makers, small business owners, organizational leaders, and community heroes.  Acclaimed Poet, Salem State University professor, and Beverly resident January Gill O’Neil (she/her/hers) found herself and her two teenage children in Mississippi during the start of COVID nearly a

by Joey Phoenix This past semester has been anything but “business as usual” as universities faced many challenges in determining how best to bring students back to campus, among which were the safety of programming that could be made available to students. And while it might have been easy for some colleges to put arts programming lower down on the

From The Center for Creative and Performing Arts at Salem State University The pandemic has created unique challenges for the arts in both how work is created and how work is shared with those who appreciate the arts. Artists are inherently problem solvers, and so our students and faculty have continued their work, just differently. Online exhibitions, rehearsing outside, rehearsing

This month, we’re highlighting local businesses as part of our #StayLocal2020 campaign. Scroll to the bottom for more information. From Salem State Center for the Arts Salem State’s Center for Creative and Performing Arts hosts a virtual presentation with Vijay Gupta, violinist, educator and social justice advocate. Gupta presents, “The Medicine of Music,” a 75- minute virtual conversation, violin performance, and Q&A

Get Tickets In collaboration with AREA CODE – New England’s first art fair dedicated exclusively to regional artists – the North Shore’s Creative Collective, The City of Salem and Salem State University’s Center for Creative and Performing Arts will host a pop-up Digital Art Drive-In movie theater experience featuring contemporary digital, video, and light art. The event will be held