ARTCHAUCER showed work at the Affordable Art Fair Seattle with work by Jay Schmidt, Kathryn W. Schmidt, Harold Schlotzhauer, and Chaucer Silverson.  Hosting 50 galleries and a huge array of contemporary art, the first-ever edition of the Affordable Art Fair in Seattle took place November 8-11, 2012 at the Seattle Center.

The Affordable Art Fair concept is an inspiring atmosphere in which you can find thousands of original paintings, prints, sculptures and photographs all under one roof, ranging from $100-$10,000, with more than half priced under $5,000. The work of young, emerging artists hangs alongside some of the biggest household names, and the Emerging Artists Exhibition provides a chance to snap up work by a future art world star.

The A R T C H A U C E R art gallery at the Affordable Art Fair Seattle received coverage in the Art Nerd New York art blog along with many other galleries and artists in attendance.  You can see images of the fair, including two shots of the ARTCHAUCER booth on Lauren Albrecht's New York City based blog.

The fair hosted work from the Smart Ship Gallery in Tokyo to the Civilian Art Project Gallery in Washington DC.  Many galleries from Seattle represented the Pacific Northwest and Galleries form many points in the U.S. were in attendance including the Galleria el Arupo form Equador and the Villa del Arte Galleries from Barcelona, Spain.   Work by Damien Hirst was shown by the Manifold Editions gallery in London and numerous other galleries contributed to provide an accessable collection of affordable art.  If the market doesn't come to Bozeman, Montana then Bozeman will have to go to the market. 

Chaucer Silverson is an Artist and Art Consultant representing a collection of artwork and providing a variety of Arts Management Services.  Chaucer also offers custom Art & Culture Tours at www.sketchytours.com.

Selected works from the ARTCHAUCER  artgallery booth at the Affordable Art Fair Seattle:
 
 
Work by Harold Schlotzhauer will be shown in an exhibition at the Portland Art Museum in the spring of 2013 in Portland, Oregon.
 
 
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ARTCHAUCER artgallery will show the work of 4 artists at the first edition of the Affordable Art Fair Seattle November 8-12, 2012 at the Seattle Center.  Art by Harold Schlotzhauer, Kathryn W. Schmidt, Jay Schmidt, and Chaucer Silverson will be on display.  Visit http://affordableartfair.com/seattle/ for more information.

 
 
"Stories and Portraits" acrylic paintings and drawings by Kathryn W. Schmidt will be on display at the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture from May 1 - June 23.  There are two art walk receptions on May 11 and June 8 from 5 - 8 PM.
 
 
_ Jay Schmidt is showing his work at the Free Art School Holiday Cruise at the Cottonwood Club, 215 S. Wallace, in Bozeman, Montana on December 10, 2011 from 8:30 – 11:30.  It’s an all ages show with live music.  Jay has been showing his work all over the place from NYC to Berkeley (Willow Creek, MT, Portland, Oregon, and of course at the Free Art School).  If you haven't seen it yet here's another chance.

 
 
Harold Schlotzhauer’s board art will be shown at The Robert and Gennie DeWeese Gallery by the Bozeman High School Art Club in a show entitled Think Snow and will exhibit work by regional photographers and the expressive board art of Harold Schlotzhauer.

The exhibit will be open to the public November 9th to December 20th, between the hours of 9:00am to 3:00pm Monday thru Friday. There is an opening reception Thursday November 17th from 7-9pm. The Big Sky Youth Empowerment program will be on hand with a drawing for a door prize and to accept warm and gently used coats to donate for a warm coat
 
 
Jay Schmidt and David Dunlap AKA The Living Breathing Thing presented "A Paintallica Juggalo Blacklight Opera" featuring Dalton Brink and Jesse Albrecht on September 16 at Aunt Dofe's Hall of Recent Memories.
 
 
Jay Schmidt had an opening at CB Studios in Berleley California on November 11 showing his works Rumors of Utopia.  An exhibition of paintings and sculptures with live performances, chainsaws and music.
 
 
All the artists have new and improved statements and essays.  These written pages provide insight into the artists, their intentions and establish a vocabulary to discuss their work.  I hope you find them interesting.  Let me know if you have any questions.
~ Chaucer
 
 
“When you have art on the walls it tells you, reminds you, of your life, values, spiritual importance, it models the self.  Art isn’t décor.  It’s a visual reminder of an indicator of what’s important to you.  It’s important because it’s dynamic and it’s important to rotate art because like life itself, it changes.”

~ Mary Ann Kelly