SEATTLE TIMES, What’s in store for the 2022 Seattle Art Fair
By Jerald Pierce
Seattle Times arts and culture reporter
July 13, 2022 at 6:00 am
“…Kelly Freeman, director of AMP’s suite of art fairs, said the company was thrilled when they were asked if the Seattle Art Fair was a project they’d like to take entirely under their helm.
“We were very, very lucky to be able to acquire the Art Fair from Vulcan,” Freeman said. “It seemed like the perfect natural progression.”
Previously, Freeman and AMP ran the exhibitor intake and retention, going out and finding galleries from around the world to bring to Seattle. AMP also worked on the fundamental building out of the event, meaning the look and feel will remain what folks who have attended in the past expect. For artists, gallery owners, collectors and attendees alike, not much has changed from previous iterations of the fair. Judith Rinehart, owner and director of Seattle’s J. Rinehart Gallery, called the transition to AMP’s role as sole organizer “seamless…”