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February and
Love is in the Air!
 Saturday
February 12th
3-5
Art, Wine, Desserts,
and Lovers!!!
@ the Witch House
A Walk Through Salem and the
City of Salem welcomes you to the Witch House to stroll
about a theme event centered around romance with a little
bit of lust. Calling all young ladies to partake in
wine and pastries from the Coven cafe. Be enticed into
lust or love as you view seduction displayed through
the canvases of local artists. Then be captivated as
actors reenact famous lovers from Salem's past reading
steamy love letters to one another. Be wooed, be satiated,
and find release next Saturday! Just a little bit of
lust to last you 2 hours. Now when was the last time
that happened?
Plus new art work from the upcoming
book, A Walk Under Salem will be on view. The fairy
Tale for the young at heart that explores the underground
tunnels in Salem!!!!
January and Poetic Styling
7th PAM opening at Coven
This month we will have Walnut the
Lyrical Genie perform some poetry and do some spoken
word rap for us. From 5-9 we will be inviting you to
join us in Salem at the Coven Cafe on Essex Street on
January 21st. At 8 Walnut will be entertaining us for
an hour. Come hear some cool grooves and styling array
of words massage your mind. Over 30 new artworks will
be available for sale. Invest in your future by some
art!
December and More Ghosts
2nd Annual Krampus Show at the Fool's Mansion featuring
Illustrator Chris Dowgin ( A Walk Through Salem)
December 4th
 Come
join the merry in this celebration of Saint Nick's evil
sidekick on Krampus Eve! Over 15 local artist will be
displaying their interpretations of this Northern European
mythological figure. Polonia will be catering the event
with wine from Pamplemousse. The opening runs from 8pm
till 3 am. These works will be up through the new year.
The Fools Mansion is on Essex Street next to Crow Haven
Corner adjacent to the Hawthorne Hotel. Their hours
are 11 till 7 Wednesday through Sunday.
Buy Some Art, Support Local Artists!!!
Salem Open Studios 2010
"5th" Annual Salem Open Studios Tour
Saturday, December 11th, 2010
10am - 5pm
Featuring Illustrator Chris Dowgin (A Walk Through
Salem)
Chris Dowgin will be displaying work in the
Purple Room in the East India Mall and at the Witch
House on Essex Street. Come see his original art work
from his book A Walk Through Salem along with illustrations
from his new book A Walk Under Salem about the underground
tunnels in town. Also he will be selling and signing
books throughout the day while he is working on new
illustrations. Bring paper and pencil and come join
him and create your own art after you tour this historic
1600 house. Also stop in and ask him how you can become
published by Salem' newest publishing company, Salem
House Press.
Here is the list of the other participating
Artists and where they will be showcased in this Art
walk through Salem.
Jennifer "jeff" Bowie, The Picklepot, 75
Wharf St.
Jack Walsh, Pamplemouse, 185 Essex St
Wendy Snow Lang, The Art Corner, 264 Washington St.
Charles Lang, "Purple Room"
Donna Albino, Roost, 40 Front St.
Janet Juel Cook, Armstrong Field Real Estate, 281 Essex
Street, Suite C3
Rebecca deVries , "Purple Room"
Polly Bruno, "Purple Room"
Nick Demakes, Fools Mansion, 127 Essex St.
Sara Ashodian, 3 Becket Ave #2
Chris Cuddy, Penelope's Pet Boutique, 99 Washington
St.
Dan Brown, "Purple Room"
Phyllis Beinart, "Purple Room"
Judy Beals, 6 Andrew St.
Ellen Hardy, "Purple Room"
Patricia Dunbar, 6 Andrew St.
Jan Condon, Cafe Grazziani, 133 Washington St.
Elise Mankes, Laura Lanes, 242 Essex St.
Ellen Garvey, Pamplemousse, 185 Essex St.
Chris Dowgin, Witch House 310 1/3 Essex St.
Holly Aloha Jaynes, Salem Post Office, Margin St, Room
202 & 202a
Ann Pofcher, Salem Post Office, Margin St, Room 202
& 202a
Richard "The Hammer" Flynn, Zingerplatz Studio
57 Wharf St. 3F
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Wednesday December 15th ~ Time to switch out your
paintings for December 18th opening.
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P.A.M. Sixth opening with Sandy "Brunonia"
Barry reading from A Map of True Places
Saturday December 18th
 P.A.M
Club is presenting Brunonia Barry the New York Times
Best Seller Author of The Lace Reader will be doing
a reading and Book Signing for her new book Map of True
Places. Along with her we will have various Victorian
actors telling English Ghost Stories. Also we will have
local authors from Salem Ghost Writers tell us a tale
or two as well. So come once again on Saturday December
18th and see the latest art work from local Salem Artist
at the Coven Cafe. Each month over 30 local artist display
new works for sale. So come on down and make an investment
in your future and support the local arts.
Coven Cafe on Essex street in
Salem
Saturday December 18th
Begins @ 5
Brunonia Barry @ 8
Ends @ 9
November
P.A.M. Fifth opening highlighting the
magician Tyler!
Friday November 19th:
 P.A.M.
club at Coven Cafe will be holding their fifth opening
from 5-9. Tyler local legend will be performing some
amazing feats. His magic show will start at 8 and run
till 9. Tyler's magic shows were sell outs throughout
town last month at the Gathering and Finz Restaurant.
Come see this special free presentation exclusive to
our opening this month. In the following months we will
have Brunonia Barry read from her new book A Map of
True Places. Then in March we will be hanging our paintings
at Cinema Salem during the Salem Film Festival.
Opening: 5
Feature: Tyler at 8
End: at 9.
October is busy this Month with A Walk
Through Salem. Make sure you read all that we are doing
below!
Witch City Souvenir Postcards
Month of October @ Gasworks on
Artist Row 
Come and get your hair done and sit on
our roof with our humorous moon in the background. We
will be taking you picture in Salem and sending your
family and friends virtual postcards. For $10 dollars
you get your hair done, your picture on a zip drive
to bring home, and a virtual postcard emailed to you
that you can forward to your friends and family. Post
you picture on Facebook. Be the envy of your friends
showing you in Salem looking ever so cool. Good for
families or those who want to be a bit sexy in the Witch
City...
Events @ Gasworks on Artist Row
 Book
signings:
Sept. 11 (4-6PM)
Oct. 16 (4-6PM)
Walking Tours:
Oct. 23 (12-1PM)
Oct. 30 (12-1PM)
Throughout the month of October Chris Dowgin, illustrator
of A Walk Through Salem, will be doing live drawing
expos and book signings. So bring down your art supplies
and draw along with him as he works on his latest book,
A Walk Under Salem. Plus an added benefit for the season,
he will be leading historic and somewhat fantastical
tours through the downtown area which will allow you
to become part of the book and see the illustrations
come to life. For more about the tour and the various
technologies associated with it on Goo gel Earth, visit
www.mr-zac.com .
PAM~ Fourth Opening and Halloween Show
Friday Oct 22nd from 5-9
 The
Painting a Month Club will be hosting its 4th opening.
Along with the usual meeting of over 25 different local
artists hanging about and eating the great food and
drinking allot of Coven Cafe's fine beer and wine, we
will also be welcoming actors from the Witch Houses
Eerie Events. Actors dressed in 18th Century garb will
be performing ghost stories. Later that night we welcome
you to see the rest of the tales at the Witch House.
Art work this month for sale will feature art well with
a, haunting theme....
Fool's Mansion Horror Show
Oct 2 to Nov 1
Chris Dowgin will be showcasing
three pieces this year in The Fool's Mansion 3rd year.
Come by to the opening on Oct 2nd and partake in some
merriment and devilry while enjoying some wine and fine
foods.
Terror and Fantasy Show
The month of October on Pickering
Wharf in Salem
Along with 25 different artist, Chris
Dowgin (illustrator of A Walk Through Salem) will be
showcasing his fine art along with doing
live drawing expos throughout the month. October 9th
from 12-8 and Oct 24 from 10-8 he will be available
to sell you some books and give you a free doodle and
signature. Terror and Fantasy is in its 20th year in
Salem and is founded by Wendy Snow and Chuck Lang. Chris
has three paintings exhibited this year from his other
body of work.
Book Signing and Live Drawing Event
Sept 25th at The Cat N Fiddle
Unique's; on Pickering Wharf; 2pm to 6pm
 Chris
Dowgin will be signing books and working on sketches
for his newest book, A Walk Under Salem. Come by this
Saturday and bring your paper and pencil and draw next
to this local artist. See how an illustration is created.
Also, original prints are on sale from the first book
and other creations from Mr. Dowgin. Also come by and
try some of their old fashioned penny candies and see
if you can spot Mike the ghost!
September 25th
Saturday 2 to 6
@
The Cat N Fiddle Uniques
P.A.M. 3rd Opening
 Saturday
September 17th-Over 25 local artist will be
having their 3rd show at Coven bakery and Cafe. Com
enjoy some wine and sample some decadent pastries as
you peruse the many samples of the finest art work in
town. So come on down and buy some art! Plus what is
truly cool, Coven Bakery takes no commission from any
art sales so the local artist is completely supported!
 Book
Signing and Live Drawing Event
Sept 11 at Gasworks on Artist Row ; 24
New Derby Street; 4 to 6
Chris Dowgin will be signing books and
working on sketches for his newest book, A Walk Under
Salem. Come by this Saturday and bring your paper and
pencil and draw next to this local artist. See how an
illustration is created. Also, original prints are on
sale from the first book and other creations from Mr.
Dowgin.
2nd PAM Opening
Saturday August 28th
 PAM
will be holding its second opening at Coven Bakery.
PAM is a painting a month club that has 25 different
local artists hang a new artwork each month. It is an
exercise to keep producing art as it was as urgent as
breathing. Artist include Sara Ashodian, Charles Lang,
Ellen Hardy, Chris Dowgin, Wendy Snow-Lang, Donna Jay,
Mat Maguire, Eric Kirchburg, Nick Demarkes, Jerry O'Connor,
Tony Ziggler, Dan Browne, Arlene Browne, Tobias, Sue
Grillo, Susan Dodge, Mayree Ross, Brian Donnely, Lee
Wolf, and more to come..... Al artwork is for sale and
Coven Bakery takes no percentage. All the money goes
to the artists! So buy a cupcake from them.....
Book Signing and PAM Hanging at Coven
Bakery
 Wednesday
August 25 all day
Chris Dowgin will be hanging this months
selections from 25 artist who make up the Painting A
Month club. He will also be signing books and working
on illustrations for his latest book, A walk Under Salem,
that delves into the mysterious tunnels under the city.
Book Signing
and Live Drawing Event!
July 2nd 5pm
to 8pm
Book Signing and Live
Drawing Event!
@
Coven Bakery
281 Essex Street Salem
Come down and have
some fine food and Drink. Chris Dowgin will be signing copies of his
book and presenting a live drawing exhibition for his next tale, A Walk
Under Salem.
A Walk Under Salem will be a
fantasy set in the underground secret tunnels in Salem.
So come by and see the early plot line for the story,
find out where the secret tunnels are, and watch how
one creates an illustration. Also any other artists
are welcome to come and draw during the event as well.
Bring your sketchbook!
Also Coven has
wonderful Nestle Quick on demand!
June 17th 5pm
to 8pm
@ Coven Bakery on Wessex
Street
Across from
the YMCA
Chris Dowgin will be
signing copies of his book and presenting a live drawing exhibition for
his next tale, A Walk Under Salem.
A
Walk Under Salem will be a fantasy set in the underground secret
tunnels in Salem. So come by and see the early plot line for the story,
find out where the secret tunnels are, and watch how one creates an
illustration.
Also Coven has
wonderful Nestle Quick on demand!
Salem Arts Festival
June 4th through
the 6th
A
walk Through Salem will be hanging a show in Old Town Hall displaying
the process of creating an illustration. From research photography,
photomontages, to final drawings will be on display to show you how the
process develops.
Also
we will be doing a two day book signing and giving walking tours
following the illustrations of the book on Saturday and Sunday at
Cornerstone Books.
See salemartsfestival.com for more
information
Book Signing and
Ghost Hunting Event Thursday the 22nd from 7 to 9!
 Join us for a tour of the supernatural
and the world of the fabulous as A Walk Through Salem
and Salem Night Tours team up for this wonderfully creepy
event. Chris Dowgin, author and illustrator, will be
signing limited first edition copies of his book before
and after you tour the haunts of the city with Tim Maguire.
After this 1 hr tour, come back to the Remember Salem
shop at 127 Wessex Street and do some ghost hunting using the latest electronic
devices. We will be visiting a little girl and
her older brother who died in the basement (that was
once connected to the secret tunnels in town) during
the Great Salem Fire in 1914.
So mark
your calendars and come on down to Remember Salem at 127 Essex
street at 7 PM on Thursday April 22nd and have a spooky great time.
For only $21 you will
never look at Salem the same way again. Own your own copy of the book!
After buying the book
walk through town and see if you can enter through the Unzipping Tree
in the Common and see the Magical Whimsical side of Salem!
If
you can not make it to town or are out of state, you still can buy a
book.
Dreaming on
Congress Street in Salem Ma
PRINTS FOR SALE!
Take a Walk Downtown and See our Painting in
Front of Old Town Hall the Next Time you Visit the Framer's Market in
Salem!
Choose from any Illustration in the book to own in your
Own Home!
Large Giclée Prints on Arches Heavy Weight Water
Color Paper Matted and Framed by the Art Corner~ $500
8"x16" Print 16" x20" Mat.
Large Matted Color Prints~ $50
8"x16" Print 16"x20" Mat.
Various Size Matted Details ~ $25
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CULTURAL COMMISSION FOR THE SECOND YEAR RUNNING!
 The local Salem
chapter of the Mass Cultural Council has awarded A Walk Through
Salem a grant to put toward the printing of the book and the creation
of the "Storyline" to be painted on the Streets of Salem so you can
follow as you read our tale.
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