Salem Sketches: Studies from the Derby Square Kiosk Public Art Project

We get emails every day about great events, shops, restaurants and shows in Salem. Keep sending them and we’ll keep posting them. The other day Chris O’Brien dropped us a line regarding an upcoming exhibit at Artists Row (where the Shanty is).

The Salem Arts Association Gallery kicks off its 2008 season at Artists Row with Salem Sketches: Studies from the Derby Square Kiosk Public Art Project. The exhibit runs from June 5 through June 29 at 24 New Derby Street, with an Opening Reception on June 14 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The exhibit highlights studies submitted for the Derby Square Kiosk Public Art Project, a joint effort between the City of Salem and the SAA. Exploring the theme, “Salem Neighborhoods,” a jury will select six of the submitted studies to be painted on the ring that encircles the top of the kiosk.

The project is sponsored in part through a grant from the Salem Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), a state agency.

If you are an artist (and a member of the Salem Arts Association) and want to get in on the action there is still some time. They are accepting paintings, drawings, photographs, illustrations, drawings and digital images this Saturday May 31 from 2-6pm at their Artists Row Gallery, 24 New Derby St. #1. For more info check out their Call for Entries.