Friday, August 23
5PM - 7PM
Barn 2 Gallery @ SAW
19 Cary Lane, Salem NY

Join us for the salem2salem Artist in Residence exhibition featuring work by 24 artists who will be in residence from August 5th to August 25th. The artists join us from the USA, Germany, and Transylvania. The artists were brought together without a theme to exchange ideas and different approaches to working. Come see whats possible in 3-weeks!

2024 Participating Artists

Salem, Germany

1. Felix Bockemühl

2. Claudia Dietz

3. Angela M. Flaig

4. Fryderyk Heinzel

5. Jeremias Heppeler

6. Christiane Lehmann

7. Ellen Rein

8. Carola Riesta

9. Stefanie Scheurell

10. Annina Sarantis

11. Gunar Seitz

12. Elena Zipser

Salem, NY USA

1. Denise Anderson

2. Bill Graziano

3. Carole Halle

4. Margaret Jacobs

5. Kathleen Johnson

6. Melanie Magri

7. Michael Oatman

8. Justin O’Rouke

9. Florin Strejac

10. Chelsea Southard

11. Paul Wallace

12. Patricia Wasserboehr

About

In 2010 Salem Art Works partnered with the Lake Constance Cultural Department in Salem, Germany to create an international artist residency exchange program. Every year since, the organizations have taken turns hosting groups of interdisciplinary artists, alternating every other year between Salem, New York USA and Salem, Germany.

At each location, participants are provided with room, board, studio, and a small budget for materials. Travel to and from the residency is at the expense of the artist. One benefit for participants is their exposure to new art practices and perspectives, with the freedom to work in new ways. Artists also benefit from living and working in a creative international community, sharing work in progress and receiving support and critical feedback through ongoing discussion. 

The public is encouraged to stop by and visit during organized events. Activities include weekly open mic nights, one open studio visit, and a final exhibition featuring music, visual, spoken, and performance art produced during the residency. 

Please join us for our upcoming events, meet our new artists. See our calendar and join our mailing list to stay up to date!

History

The idea for the salem2salem artist exchange formed in July 2009 from a conversation between Peter Lundberg (US) and Bernd Stieghorst (DE / CH). Afterwards, the curators of the Bodensee Kulturraum, Bernd Stieghorst and Gunar Seitz, developed the first concept for the implementation of the project to take place in the Bodenseekreis in 2010. In October 2009, Anthony Cafritz, Barbara and Bill Carris and Peter Lundberg visited the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen and met with Lothar Wölfle, the district administrator of the district office Bodenseekreis, and Dr. Stefan Feucht, the cultural office director and Assistance was promised from all sides. It was decided that the implementation in 2010 under the organizational leadership of the Cultural Office of Lake Constance in Salem (Germany) would host the first project and a year later the project would continue in Salem (NY).