Salem Art Association

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FEARLESS FACES: A MENAGERIE OF MISFITS | DAYNA COLLINS

October 2 - October 26, 2025 | Camas Gallery

Artist Talk Saturday, October 4 beginning at 2:00 p.m. followed by opening reception.

After a 14-year hiatus from painting Fearless Faces, Dayna jumped into her month-long artist-in-residence to revisit her colorful faces, using a variety of mixed media materials and techniques. Dayna painted a series of 31 faces on paper, then shifted to painting on birch panels, which she mounted in vintage ornate gold frames. To the delight of Dayna, the cast of characters painted during September reflect the personalities of A Menagerie of Misfits.

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Artists Eye

Sisters Staying Inside the Hula Hoop" Lucy Hewitt

BLACK ARCHIVE | NIKESHA BREEZE

BUSH HOUSE MUSEUM AMERICA WALDO BOGLE GALLERY | JULY 2 - OCTOBER 30, 2025

Nikesha Breeze is an international artist working across a diverse range of media whose innovative approach has garnered national and international acclaim. Her practice calls upon ancestral memory and archival resurrection to revive stories long erased from the global narrative, engaging deeply with themes of grief, sanctuary, power and presence, visibility, and erasure.

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TELL____'HI' FROM ME: THE WORK OF SELF-TAUGHT, NEURODIVERGENT ARTISTS WHO LIVE AND CREATE IN OREGON

September 5 - October 26, 2025 | A.N. Bush Gallery

This diverse collection of contemporary 2D and 3D works reflects honest creative expression and raw innovation. It honors the vitality of lifelong creative practice and reimagines conventions in artmaking.

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Bush Barn Art Center & Annex

The Bush Barn Art Center & Annex are open to the public Wednesday - Sunday, noon to 4:00 p.m.

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OUR POST ELECTION COMMITMENT

Message from Executive Director Matthew Boulay

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image of Bush House Museum Exterior on a summer day

BUSH HOUSE MUSEUM TOUR: SALLY BUSH - RENAISSANCE WOMAN OF SALEM

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 FROM 1:30 - 2:30 P.M. | BUSH HOUSE MUSEUM

The inaugural Art Lover’s Tour was a sell-out success with a waitlist. Here's your chance to join the next one.

There’s never enough time on the standard tour to do justice to the Bush family art collection. Here’s your chance to satisfy your curiosity and fundraise for Bush House Museum.

Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to experience a private tour with a focus on the Bush family art collection in the historic Bush House Museum.

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THE ART OF HOPE | THE HOPE OF ART

July 11 – July 26, 2025 | CAMAS GALLERY

A juried show featuring the work of 34 regional artists responding to the theme of Art is the highest form of hope. Transcending the darkness and struggles we may be feeling and lightening our emotional burdens.

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ART UNITES US IN ACTION

We stand together and know that art in our lives is absolutely pivotal in understanding one another, in finding common ground, and in imagining creative solutions together. Art brings us together and unites us in our humanity.

I SUPPORT ART IN MY COMMUNITY

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Call for Artists

Call for Artists opportunities for the Bush Barn Art Center take place throughout the year. Click the link for a current list of ways to get your art out into the world through the Salem Art Association

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