What's In Store At Salem's Artists' Row Downtown Outdoor Market This Season?

SALEM, MA — Salem's outdoor seasonal marketplace Artists' Row is set to open for the season with a special kickoff event set for early next month.

Artists' Row is located at 24 New Derby Street in downtown Salem and features artist maker spaces, store fronts, live music, demonstrations, food and workshops.

The kickoff event is set for May 3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The program for the event includes:

MiraMar Block Print Tea Towel Workshop - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

In this one-day workshop, participants will create their own hand-printed tea towels from design conception to print production! Participants will design and carve an easy cut linoleum one-color, one-layer stamp. Upon completion, students will ink their stamp and hand press it to a cotton tea towel (5 towels). Students will keep the stamps and tea towels they create. This is a great way to learn about printmaking or try printmaking on a new surface! Please note fees and preregistration are required — visit here to sign up.

Come Make "Hissstory!" - 3 -5 p.m.

Come make “Hissstory” with the 2025 Salem Arts Festival Community Art Project alongside lead artists Claudia Paraschiv and Linda Mullen. Celebrate the life of Salem's community and the Year of the Snake by crafting snake segments using our city's discarded event banners and your own individual artistic flare. The project will then be assembled and displayed downtown during the 2025 Salem Arts Festival and beyond. "Hissstory" is a project of Salem Main Streets and The Creative Collective and is made possible with support from the Salem Public Art Commission.

Current Makers on Artists' Row:

Moon Base One is an all-ages community space, focusing on hosting local musicians, artists and events of all kinds. The group aims to provide consistent programming in which all members of the local community can participate. Moon Base One will also include local vendors and merchandise from performing musicians, creating a direct way to support the artist economy.

North Shore Glass School offers a hands-on, creative experience for all levels of glass art enthusiasts. Expert-led lessons are provided in fused glass, stained glass, flame working, and glassblowing. Whether you're a beginner or looking to refine your craft, the welcoming studio environment is perfect for learning and creating.

MiraMar Print Lab is an art studio focused on the art of printmaking. Founded in 2019 by artist duo Sammia Atoui and Adrian Rodriguez, the studio creates limited edition fine artworks on paper. Drawing inspiration from costal New England, MiraMar makes beautiful and beastly images of marinas, monsters, and myths. Each work of art is designed and printed by hand, using archival inks and papers. In addition to creating seasonal collections of art, the studio offers classes and workshops to people of all levels and experience in printmaking, drawing, and watercolor. MiraMar Print Lab offers opportunities to connect with fellow art-minded individuals in a unique space with professional equipment. They also offer on-going after school classes for middle and high school students on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Saboteuse Bootmaking, Salem’s 2025 Public Artist in Residence (PAiR), Sarah Madeleine T. Guerin is a French-American bootmaker, artist, scholar, and educator in Massachusetts. She founded the bootmaking atelier Saboteuse in 2015 and was a Mentor in the Mass Cultural Council's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. With strong roots in Swampscott and Lynn, a former shoemaking hub, she ties historical research into the evolution of footwear production in Massachusetts to inform her contemporary art practice and how art might influence possible futures in handmade footwear.

The Lobster Shanty is an OG Dive Bar that has been serving the good people of Salem since the 1970s here in Derby Square. In recent decades, the Lobster Shanty has added quality comfort food, fresh seafood and scratch-made ingredients throughout its menu.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)