Contact Us

Phone: (970) 453-2192

Email: info@altitudegallery.com

Mail: 107 N. Main, PO Box 9874, Breckenridge, CO 80424

 

Gallery Hours

Monday	10am	7pm
Tuesday	Open Seasonaly
Wednesday	Open Seasonaly
Thursday	10am	7pm
Friday	10am	7pm
Saturday	10am	7pm
Sunday	10am	6pm

Special holiday and seasonal hours may apply.

 

The Gallery

Altitude Gallery was started by Timothy Faust in 2008 as a way of presenting the work of world renowned and emerging photographers to his town of Breckenridge, Colorado while giving back to the community. Each month in the summer and winter seasons a guest artist or group of artists is invited to display work in the gallery Loft. The Loft has seen over a dozen established and emerging artists pass through it since the gallery opened, and it gives the local comminity a great chance to see new artwork.

Altitude Gallery has supported many non profit organizations since 2008 including Doctors to the World, Braille without Borders, Mountain to Mountain, Summit L.A.P.S., The Continetal Divide Land Trust, The Summit Huts Association, The Summit County Rescue Group, The Access Fund, and The National Repertory Orchestra. We continue to support organizations like these through charitable giving through out the year.

 

Building History

The gallery is located in the historic "Chinese Laundry" building at 107 N. Main Street in Breckenridge. This building housed Choy, the Chinaman, who ran a laundry.  Constructed in the early 1880s, the building is one of the few that is still in its original location.  The Chinese were brought to Breckenridge find that last bit of gold. In 1880 there were 19 Chinese men in Summit County, all working in laundries.   

The Chinese came without their families because it was their intention to return to China to die.  Chinese women did not accompany their husbands.  They felt that no self-respecting woman would leave her homeland. Breckenridge had one Chinese woman in 1880.  She, age 25, was the wife of a laundry worker, age 52.   

Choy, who operated the laundry, had a reputation for expertly ironed shirts, at the cost of $.25 a piece.  He had a habit that the women in town did not appreciate.  To sprinkle the shirt he was ironing, he would put the water in his mouth and spray it onto the shirt.  He or his helpers would come to your home to pick up your laundry, but you had to come to the shop when it was ready.  There was an advantage to operating a laundry in a gold mining area.  Choy could strain the wash water and retrieve any pieces of gold that had been removed from the clothing by the washing and rinsing processes.    

For additional information on historic Breckenridge, visit the Breckenridge Heritage Alliance website, www.breckheritage.com. 

 

 

Attention Photographers!

Photographers inquiring about being featured in Altitude Gallery should email apply@altitudegallery.com with a brief description of their proccess, selling prices, and a link to a website with an online portfolio. If we are interested in showing your work in the gallery we require photographers to submit a 16X20 print portfolio for review by the curator.