'The staff at SCC are really great to work with and we know that we can always count on high quality food for our guests. The event staff is always willing to go out of their way to make it an extra special evening for our guests.'- SAA Events Manager, Stephanie Patterson Since 1919, the non-profit Salem Art Association (SAA) has served the mid-Willamette valley by providing a voice to art and cultural issues and spreading appreciation of the arts through educational and community programming. Now one of the largest arts organizations in Oregon, SAA operates the Bush House Museum, the galleries at the Bush Barn Art Center, and a Community Arts Education program that reaches thousands of children in Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties. The organization also hosts the annual Salem Art Fair & Festival, the largest of it's kind in Oregon, attracting 30,000 festival goers to our area every July. 'It's important to keep the arts from getting pushed to the fringe, which happens pretty easily,' says SAA's Marketing Coordinator, James O'Shea
