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Welcome to The 109 Cultural Exchange!

The 109 Cultural Exchange is our multipurpose people space — a new nexus for arts and cultural events located in the heart of Downtown Saline. Learn more!

Saline Main Street is working with partners 
Salt Valley Arts, Mind the Gap Theatre, The Saline Post,
Yogacentric and Saline Area Historical Society to bring artists, creatives, mercantile pioneers and storytellers together.

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This landscape painting depicts native SE Michigan plants along the edge of a river with a pedestrian bridge and trees.
A reception will be held Sunday, May 1 from 1:30–3 PM.

Sandra Difazio | “Visual Impressions of Michigan”

The 109 Cultural Exchange will host an exhibition of oil paintings by Sandra Difazio, April 18 – May 18. 

Difazio paints en plein air, in locales throughout the state where she focuses on the effects of shifting light and shadow within the environment. Her exhibition,“Visual Impressions of Michigan,” captures urban scenes, farms, fields, lakes, rivers, and shore lines of the Great Lakes. “Plein air painting gives me the opportunity to feel the environment and attempt to translate what I experience. The complexity tests my ability to think things out.”

Difazio’s work has been included in “Art Around Saline,” and has appeared in numerous juried and solo exhibits throughout Michigan. She has been a member o

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A reception will be held Sunday, April 3 from 1–3 PM., Gallery Hours |Tues 10–3, Wed 12–5, Thurs 1–5, Fri 12–5 or by appointment.

Nancy Murray’s Paintings at The 109 Cultural Exchange

Saline, Michigan

The 109 Cultural Exchange will host an exhibition of watercolors by Nancy Murray, March 15–April 13. Murray, a resident of Milan, MI, draws inspiration from the natural world and through travel. 

The series of watercolors, exhibited under the title “Everyday Life: Finding the Commonplace in Uncommon Places,” is painted from her travels, depicting a blend of culture, commerce and interesting locales. Subjects include a woman guarding sheep in the higher elevations of Peru, a fish market in the Galapagos, life along a river in Guatemala, as well as moments captured in Japan, Scotland, and several islands in the Caribbean.

Murray’s work has been included in “Art Around Saline,” and in the permanent collections of the Chelsea Community

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October 22, 2021, 7PM - 9PM

Salt Valley Arts | My Favorite Things Reception

Artist highlights from Salt Valley Arts “My Favorite Things” exhibit at the 109 Cultural Exchange, 109 W Michigan Avenue, Downtown Saline, MI.

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