SALEM – Please be aware that Salem Arts Festival, organized by Salem Main Streets and Creative Collective, is this coming weekend, Friday, June 6 through Sunday, June 8.
Over 8,000 people regularly attend the family-friendly festival, transforming downtown Salem, MA, into a vibrant showcase for the arts community’s diverse talents. The festival includes a gallery of juried artists’ work in Old Town Hall, outdoor stage venues for performance and dance on Derby Square, Artists’ Row, and Armory Park, an artist and artisan street fair, a collaborative public arts project, the hugely popular Mural Slam, and much more! Please note that Front Street and Essex Street (from New Liberty Street to Hawthorne Boulevard) will be closed to vehicular traffic from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm on both Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8.
For the 11th year, a community-built public art installation will be included in the festival. This year’s project is titled “Hissstory” and is led by public artists Linda Mullen and Claudia Paraschiv. The “Hissstory” project repurposes vinyl banners from past city events, inviting community members to craft individual snake segments and add their artistic embellishments. These segments have been assembled into a larger snake installation suspended above Front Street – celebrating Salem’s creative spirit and commitment to sustainability.
The Salem Arts Festival is rain or shine; in the event of inclement weather, performances will be moved into Old Town Hall, Moon Base One on Artists’ Row, and Village Tavern.
