THE SATANIC TEMPLE SALEM

Submission Form: https://forms.gle/jJgt1uGWWsFqCoVK8

The Salem Art Gallery is seeking artwork inspired by the historical concept of Witch Hunts and moral panics. Any work of qualifying media exploring themes of fear, persecution, and societal hysteria will be considered for this exhibit.

A Witch Hunt is a campaign directed against a person or group holding unorthodox or unpopular views. "The Satanic Panic was a period lasting from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s characterized by a series of modern-day witch trials. “Satan hunters,” emboldened by the rise of the New Right in 1980, persecuted hundreds of day care operators. Their actions propelled a Satanic conspiracy theory into the cultural mainstream and has had a lasting impact on conservative politics....Satanic conspiracism created a type of political capital that the New Right exploited to other its enemies and advance its causes." As we enter a new era of conspiracy and fear, this exhibit is more appropriate than ever.

If your artwork is chosen you will have the opportunity to display and sell your work in the Salem Art Gallery located within the Satanic Temple HQ. Upon acceptance, you will receive more info. Chosen Artwork will be on display November 16th 2026-March 15th 2027. 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JULY 20TH 2026 BY MIDNIGHT.

Qualifying Media: 

• Painting
• Drawing
• Printmaking
• Sculpture
• Mixed Media
• Collage
• Photography
• Textile/Fiber Arts
• NO AI PLEASE
  

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ON VIEW MARCH 17TH-JULY 12TH

Jessica Wood (née Bubb), also known as Rustic Bones,  is a digital artist and photographer specializing in dark macabre fantasy digital art and photography.

Wood takes inspiration from otherworldly characters such as spirits, haunted dolls, witches, blending digital manipulation with fine art photography to create modern relics of the surreal. Her work has captured the attention of a global audience with almost half a million followers across social media. Whether she's building gothic fairytales or channeling the uncanny, Jessica’s imagery invites viewers to find the strange and sacred within themselves.

Adam Inzalaco is a Massachusetts-based artist who studied fine art at Stony Brook University. Here, he would develop a focus in sculpture within the Fine Art Program at SBU. Throughout his time here, Inzalaco would develop a strong understanding of a wide array of materials and media including steel, bronze, woodworking, ceramics, and many more.

Throughout his academic career, he would often focus his assignments to revolve around the topic of entomology. He would design works to bring attention to various species of insects’ impressive anatomy as well as address the importance in that insects play in the planet’s ecosystem.

In addition to studying at University, he would begin a short internship at the Long Island Exhibition Center in Riverhead, NY. Here, Inzalaco would work alongside the lead entomologist to gather a better understanding of the animals that he had been studying on his own for the duration of his time as an art student. It is at the Exhibition Center where Inzalaco would learn how to pin, articulate, and mount all sorts of species of insects, ranging from beetles to butterflies and mantids to phasmids.

After his time at SBU, he would use the knowledge he gathered at both University and the Exhibition Center to design insect displays. Thus, Dead Leaf Designs was born. At this point, Inzalaco’s passion became an obsession and continues to use this as the main driving point to make high-quality handmade displays.