AiA’s Events & Exhibitions
Paint & Write the Town
Paint & Write the Town is a hugely popular annual event. Over the summer, artists and writers create works en plein air that are interpretive of one or more scheduled, inspirational locations followed by a juried art exhibit in October.
Paint & Write the Town Schedule
Paint & Write the Town Location Agents
AiA’s Creatures Great & Small
This spring Artists in Action presents a fresh artistic challenge to Salem-area artists that results in an June exhibition. The theme for our first pet support event is “Creatures Great & Small” This year we are calling for engaging works of art that conceptualize the theme “Creatures Great & Small” which includes pets and animals in general. The resulting art will be on display during June 2025 at Elsinore Fine Art Gallery in downtown Salem. Opening night coincides with Salem’s First Friday events.
Click here to see more information about the event and call to artists.
AiA’s Parasol Event for the Salem Cherry Blossom Day
Thanks for all of you artists that participated in the parasol painting event for the Salem Cherry Blossom Day festival.
For more information, visit the Cherry Blossom Day page here: https://artistsinaction.org/events2/cherry-blossom-day/
World Beat Festival
We are not having a Fund Raiser at the World Beat Festival this year, but are planning on working on something for 2025 that all members can participate in, whether you volunteer watching the booth or not. We may ask you to bring your 8×8 2-D artwork (painting or other medium) next year to donate for this display. It will be a good chance to get your work and your name in the public eye.
Look for more information in this space for 2025!
- For more information on the World Beat Festival: World Beat Festival
- Here is the Members Extras page for all of the Signups: Member Extras Signups
- For Paint & Write the Town go here: Paint & Write the Town Agents
- For World Beat Booth sitters go here: World Beat Agents
Something Red
Something Red is AiA’s crown-jewel annual event. The call to artists goes out in October and asks for artwork that uses red as a focal point or primary color in the composition. In December, a juried art exhibition is held at Elsinore Gallery, downtown Salem.
Springtime Art Exhibition
Each spring presents a fresh artistic challenge and April exhibit. AiA’s inaugural springtime call and exhibit was titled “Spring Reign.” For our second annual event, we asked artists to create works inspired by the phrase, “Spring Eternal.” For our third event, in 2022, the theme was “Spring Fling” and for the fourth event, in 2023, the theme was “Essence of Spring” and the fifth year was “Spring Renewal” for 2024. This year we called for art interpreting either Spring or The Colors of Spring (or both). The resulting art exhibition is held at Elsinore Gallery in downtown Salem, Oregon during April.
Art Chat
Artists are welcome to join in the evening of the first Tuesday of the month at 6:00 to join in with other artists to share your artwork. This is done online via a Zoom call. Enroll in Art Chat to be put on the mailing list and notified about the events.
Outside the Box
Artists are encouraged to think Outside the Box and create fantastically embellished, one-of-a-kind, quirky boxes for AiA’s annual fundraising auction which is held concurrently with the Salem Art Fair & Festival now held in September. Bidding on these unique works supports our artist community.
Volunteers for Salem Art Fair/Outside the Box go here: Salem Art Fair/Outside the Box Booth Sitters
Salem Hospital – Cancer Survivor Showcase
The Cancer Survivors’ Celebration Showcase is an annual event held in the waiting area of Building C of the Salem Hospital during the months if May/June. If you are a cancer survivor or have cared for a cancer patient, you are cordially invited to show one big or two smaller artworks in the May/June showcase. The 2023 showcase season is already closed, but contact us for the 2024 showcase.
About Salem Hospital Cancer Survivor Showcase
Spinnaker Place
Spinnaker Place is a modern professional building in Salem. Its five floors are host to rotating artwork by members of Artists in Action.