The following is a press release from the Salem Cultural Council. The Salem Cultural Council (SCC) is now accepting applications for projects that will take place during the next calendar year. The Council encourages applications from Salem individuals, artists, non-profit groups, cultural ... more »
The following is a press release from North Shore Artists. In what has become an annual event, a dozen artists will gather to exhibit their work from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.on Saturday, Sept. 4 and Sunday, Sept. 5 on the lawns of 280 Ocean Avenue on Marblehead Neck. The rain date for the ... more »
Marblehead Salem State University's Student Theatre Ensemble's production of Urinetown the Music: Marblehead Little Theatre August 26 through August 29 at 7:30PM Directed by Salem State Amuni Andy Scannell, Urinetown the Musical is a satirical comedy musical fun for the whole family. With ... more »
GLOUCESTER Michael O’Leary: The Cape Ann Museum Friday, August 6 from 4 to 5PM For the month of August, the Cape Ann Museum will present free afternoon concerts in the Sculpture Garden. Refreshments will be served. Kicking off this summer event is Michael O’Leary, a traditional singer ... more »
The following is a press release from the Gloucester Writers' Center A group of local citizens has announced plans to purchase the residence of Gloucester's poet laureate Vincent Ferrini and use it as a base for the Gloucester Writers' Center. The small house at 126 East Main St. was built ... more »
If your written word comes across better spoken than this is the evening for you. Mondays at the Salem Theatre Company's new stage, join local open mic spoken word superstar Mik Augustin for an evening of sayin' it loud and sayin' it proud. 6 p.m. begins the Salon, or short writing ... more »
ART THROB is an independent publication on Boston's North Shore and a collaboration of many talented contributors. We aim to chronicle the importance of art in our every day lives. We have a constant re-occurring theme that art is in the cracks and crevasses of the sidewalk, in a way of ... more »
A native of Los Angeles, California, Brent began his visual arts training with a decade of traditional academic drawing and painting studies in several private ateliers on the East Coast. During the time, he began to exhibit and subsequently won awards for his work. Eventually, Brent ... more »
A commentary by Salem State art student John Prudent on found objects used in the creative process. more »
"The artist must create to please himself, once pleased, he is at peace" The photographic image is a message without a code. My images represent a lifelong fascination with beauty and light, and the way they connect the eyes with the soul. After living and working in California for ... more »
So this dude Nick Hornby wrote a book called "High Fidelity" about a dude who goes through some relationship troubles and then ends up reflecting on his life as it revolves around his job, Record Store Owner. He's got this cast of goofy characters who work with him and surround him at ... more »
Salem State College has its own Glassworks Studio at Central Campus. This state of the art glassblowing facility is located in the Enterprise Center, Suite 750. The gallery showcases the work of about eight artists, including students, teachers, and the studio's director John Volpacchio. ... more »
The dark scares me Because it is dark. It is black with no one around me. Someone might come and get me. Somebody, I don't know who. Somebody might take me into the woods. It is very dark in the woods. It's hard to see To see in the dark. When I close my eyes It's ... more »
I am your mother. You sit in your highchair with strained peas plastered on your sweet pudgy cheeks. You wear a pink bow. You are innocent. You are so young. Jonathan had muscle. You could know nearly everything about him just by looking at his arms and face. Blonde curly hair, like that ... more »
Art Throb readers, Richard Gordon and Renata Roskopf, capture both the humorous and the precious. more »
What is New Media? The newest phrase hitting the newswire is the term "New Media." Many people assume they know what this can be, but no one really has set a firm definition for the phrase...or have they? New media, according to an Iowa State University website, is a very hard term to ... more »
Fundraiser hits high note for good cause A painter, alumni, an administrative assistant and a communications professor step on a stage. This isn't the beginning of a joke. This is the Salem State Sings fundraiser. On November 5th, staff from all parts of the campus shimmied, shook and ... more »
Thary Lim, Salem State student and new Art Throb photography intern, headed downtown for the Halloween festivities and caught some of the excitement on camera! more »
From stage to classroom As a former ballet dancer, Meghan McLyman entered college at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, where she was exposed to other dance forms and excellent training. Sadly, McLyman suffered a serious knee injury that resulted in surgery and one year of ... more »
Engraving is a centuries old art-form. In the hands of the right artist, there is always something new to see. It is a process in which beautiful elegant images are born from metal to metal contact. It can be representational or surreal. Discover all this and more at the new ... more »
The Prudent Artist "As good as it might look, you will always critique it and it can always change. Even the nitpicking can get in the way because you'll criticize and completely ruin the whole thing." As a 29-year-old Salem State Junior, John Prudent stores images in his ... more »
North Shore musician Steve Peabody spotted this garbage with a statement in Lowell this week and couldn't resist capturing it... more »
[nggallery id=15] The vehicle-so familiar, frequently abandoned, and usually forgettable. Usually. In this collection, I treated the vehicle as a found object in its current space and time. I played with the landscape and the vehicle to create interest, and through this relationship one can ... more »
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And when the snow fell, The heart, throbbing for a wish Fell silent and wept more »
[imageflow id=11] Photographer Kerry "Kiki" Hook has been traveling and photographing her journeys around the world for almost 20 years. Passed down to her by her late father, her passion for photography in her teen years began in the darkroom and then blossomed in to an affair with the ... more »
Want entertainment? Stop wasting time on Hulu Go Gulu Gulu The Haiku Project came from willing participants at our June 18 Launch Party at Gulu Gulu Cafe. more »
Giving birth to art Making the Universe Throb Creating one Soul Haikus written by those who attended the Art Throb Launch on June 18 and participated in our spontaneous Haiku Project. more »
[imageflow id=10] Marilyn Humphries provides event, portrait, documentary and annual report photography for a variety of organizations, businesses, political candidates, magazines and newspapers. Additionally Marilyn has been documenting progressive social change movements in the Boston ... more »
[imageflow id=9] Admittedly, in form it appears to be an arbitrary "project." The truth is, it is a symptom of the swarthy. I have been the hunted for quite some time now. It began before I had known it had. At the time I was a nobody, noticing nothing. One by one, they ... more »
[imageflow id=7] "It's one of those places that will dramatically change in my lifetime," Bobbie Bush says of Cuba, which is part of the criteria the Salem-based photographer used for a long time when deciding where to travel. Her photo series titled 'Colors of Cuba' was shot on a journey ... more »