Description: On May 21st, Anchor House will host a public celebration of accepted deals. One by one the pieces of art will be held up, the artist and bartering partner identified, the terms announced and gaveled down by the presenter. Imaginative barters and surprises to be applauded.
The idea of bartering for art has carried our hearts forward. No one knows when the clouds will part. For now we’ll wait, bunker down and box a cosmological compass. Let’s say that more directly and importantly: Barter Night Out, the Event, will return when the the time is right.
The original text remains below, a guide to how the Event will fulfill it’s promise, to enrich the connection between Valley artists and residents. Click POSTINGS - found in the site heading or the button below - to view the art, the single work that each artist has chosen to barter. ALSO, from time to time this site will be updated and improved.
The artists have chosen a single piece to barter, posted here. The Event begins with a Viewing, a gallery exhibition. There, alongside each piece of art will be bartering suggestions. The exchange begins when a potential barterer, given an artist’s contact information at the gallery desk, makes an offer. In response the artist is free to refuse or suggest a something different. For example, a landscape painter’s barter list might suggest a musical instrument, maybe an oboe or piano. A barterer might offer m