Creative Collective LLC connects creativity, community, and commerce across the North Shore. As a collective of creative professionals, small businesses, organizations, and individuals we coordinate a series of events, traditional and non-traditional marketing initiatives, resources, and best practices to define why creativity matters in all aspects of life.
Doctor Horatio Gardner in Daemonologie: Smoke and Mirrors Image by Creative Collective • Story by Joey Phoenix Dusk has fallen, the street lamps are all lit. Monsieur Renee Levesque has invited you into his home for an evening of entertainment and socialization. The occasion? A séance. An opportunity for his new maid Hanora, freshly arrived [….]
The 2019 Salem Horror Fest kicks off this weekend with celebrity meet and greets, film screenings, and talks in downtown Salem. This year’s theme is “Invasion,” and much of the programming, screenings, and discussions have this at its center. The events listed here are just the beginning! Click here to view a full schedule. Salem [….]
Photo Credit: Eric H. Muller (photographer), East India Marine Hall, ca. 1958. Photographic print. Courtesy of the Phillips Library. © Peabody Essex Museum. PEM Invites Public to Celebrate Historic 4,450-Pound Anchor’s Return to the Museum Campus on Monday, September 16 @ 2:00 pm SALEM, MA – In coordination with the opening of its new wing, the Peabody Essex Museum [….]
SALEM, MA – This Fall, the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents a fresh perspective on the artist and teacher widely considered to be one of the most influential American artists of the 20th century. PEM is the exclusive east coast venue for Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction, organized by the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). On [….]
Images by K.H. Photography Click here for full gallery The Peabody Essex Museum, in collaboration with Creative Collective, held its 3rd annual Summer Block Party on July 27th. The highly successful party has grown throughout all of its iterations and is now what it is today. There were vendors selling their beautiful creations, music housed in The Wandering Stage with an [….]
The Peabody Essex Museum has held their Summer Block Party for the past two years, and are bringing it back for a third year! The highly successful party has grown throughout all of its iterations and is now what it is today. This year, the Summer Block Party will be held on July 27th from [….]
Order of Imagination: The Photographs of Olivia Parker On view July 13 through November 11, 2019 SALEM, MA – For more than 40 years, Olivia Parker (b. 1941) has used photography to explore the relationships between vision, knowledge, and the natural world. From deceptively simple still lifes that transform the commonplace to her most recent work exploring [….]
By Greg Cook/ @aestheticresearPhotos by Creative Collective Originally published on Essex County Creates The laser and sound installation “Im|Migration” by Stephanie Benenson of Hamilton for the North Shore Community Development Coalition’s Punto Urban Art Museum repeats on May 16, 17 and 18 from 8 to 10 p.m. each night. As darkness settled on Salem’s Point neighborhood last [….]
A Lasting Memento: John Thomson’s Photographs Along the River Min On view June 1, 2019 through May 17, 2020 Save the Date: Press Reception on Wednesday, June 19 @ 6-8pm SALEM, MA – The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents a voyage into 19th-century China through one of PEM’s photographic treasures, John Thomson’s rare album Foochow and the River Min. [….]
Including Gifted Works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Childe Hassam and J.O.J. Frost On view May 11 through December 1, 2019 Press Preview Reception on Wednesday, May 8 @ 6-8pm SALEM, MA – The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents the debut exhibition of an outstanding collection of American painting, furniture, and decorative arts that was assembled by philanthropists, Carolyn and [….]
Images by Creative Collective Artopia 2019 was a celebration of the diversity of the arts on the North Shore and featured dancing, projection mapping, lasers, Djs, Live music, art making and more. This event was a collaboration between Peabody Essex Museum and Creative Collective. For more info on future Peabody Essex Events visitpem.org For more [….]
An evening of Women’s Networking presented by Peabody Essex Museum at Hotel Salem in Salem Mass. Story by Alyse Diamantides. Photos by Creative Collective
Kimsooja: Archive of MindJune 22, 2019 through January 19, 2020 Save the Date: Press Preview Reception | Wednesday, June 19 | 6-8 pm Salem, MA — This summer, the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) invites you to roll up your sleeves and participate in a meditative sculptural installation by world-renowned Korean artist, Kimsooja. Archive of Mind transforms the simple, repetitive actions [….]
Artopia returns! Join us to celebrate art and dance to the funky sounds of Boston’s Glitter Boys. Dress to impress for our photo booth, experience unexpected dance and music moments in our galleries and help enviro-artist Maia Mattson work on a public art project for 11th annual Salem Arts Festival (June 7-9).
On view at PEM from July 13 through November 11, 2019 Exhibition Fact Sheet Salem, MA — For more than 40 years, Olivia Parker (b. 1941) has used photography to explore the relationships between vision, knowledge, and the natural world. From deceptively simple still-lifes that transform the commonplace to her most recent work exploring memory loss, Order of [….]
