February 20–22 from Noon – 4:00 P.M. daily at the Bush Barn Art Center.
✔ No entry fee
✔ Up to two artworks per student
✔ Public, private, and homeschool students welcome
✔ Accepted until the gallery is filled
This is a wonderful opportunity to help your young artist share their creativity, build confidence, and be part of a vibrant community celebration of art.
Printmaker Yuju Hiratsuka, born in Osaka, Japan, has exhibited widely in the United States and internationally, including Italy, Japan, Russia, Canada, Northern Ireland, and South Korea. His work is held in major public collections worldwide, including The British Museum, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, and many others.
I explore the human condition. Through my paintings, I investigate and expose truth in current and historical events. Exploring the environment, consumerism, and our own identities I reveal layers of information that lie beyond the surface.
Examining the transmission and dissemination of information, I delve into the ways in which we are distracted from important issues. I document and uncover narratives of the marginalized and underrepresented. These points of view comprise our collective experience of fact and fiction.
Purity, a large oil painting by Hilda Rueda, was recently gifted to the Salem Art Association Permanent Collection by Nadene LeCheminant. The portrait depicts Jeanne Kilongo at fifteen years old, capturing her calm presence, resilience, and quiet strength. Jeanne and her family came to Salem from a refugee camp in Tanzania, and her story reflects both the challenges and perseverance of many refugee families in our community. Jeanne’s mother, Sifa Kilongo, now works with Salem for Refugees, with information on how to volunteer or donate available in the gallery.
In this year’s exhibition, Nature Unfolding, Ohara artists invite us to witness the quiet transformations that shape every season. Each arrangement reflects a moment of becoming—the tender opening of a bud, the arc of a branch reaching toward light, the slow return of color after winter’s rest.
These works honor that unfolding of growth and decay, of stillness and renewal, of nature’s constant conversation with the human heart. Nature Unfolding reminds us to pause, breathe, and find beauty in each stage of becoming.
Now in its 17th year, the Young Artists’ Showcase has grown into a highly anticipated event for K-12 students, teachers, and parents in Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties. The exhibit features artwork by hundreds of students at the Bush Barn Art Center.
When students participates in a Young Artists’ Showcase, they gain a stronger sense of self-expression, connect with a creative community, and are inspired to keep exploring artistic problem-solving and self-discovery. This is always one of our most popular exhibitions and one you won’t want to miss!
Join us for an exciting opening reception celebrating three new exhibitions: Art Teachers Showcase | after hours in the Camas Gallery, A Division of Vision: Can You See How I Feel? | H. Eliz Snowcarp in the Focus Gallery, and SAA Represented Artists in the Annex.
Don’t miss this evening of art, conversation, and inspiration as we gather to celebrate these new exhibitions together.
Enter at the atrium into the Annex. Please register to let us know you are coming, but if you find you can make it last minute, we welcome you to stop by. Please bring your own projects to work on. Our mission is to strengthen our local community of artists by meeting in person to share ideas, lend support, get to know each other, and brainstorm ways to promote each other's endeavors.
The Bush Barn Art Center & Annex are open to the public Wednesday - Sunday, noon to 4:00 p.m.
The Salem Art Association is a 501c3 non-profit organization serving the mid-Willamette Valley since 1919.
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.
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
Thank you to the following supporters whose generous contributions support the Salem Art Association in making art experiences possible for everyone in our community.
Compton Family Foundation
Michele J. Patterson
Janet Neuburg
Braemar Charitable Trust
Harvest Foundation
Bob & Marypat Hill Family Foundation
Autzen Foundation
William S. Walton Charitable Trust
Special thanks to our generous sponsors
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