Aspen Art Museum

Learning events

• Mar 11, 2015

  • 2:30 PM Workshop

    Art Studio Level 2: Grades K–4

    This monthlong program for kids at the K–4 grade level is held weekly at the Aspen Art Museum. Taking place after school most Wednesdays from 2:30–4 p.m., these workshops recognize the value of exposing children to the arts at an early age and use the artist’s process as an educational tool. Museum educators and teaching artists lead classes that include activities in the gallery and take-home projects.

• Mar 15, 2015

  • 1 PM Tour

    Arte en Español

    Una invitación a los que hablan español, esta visita guiada gratis es para todas las edades y tendrá lugar en español.

    Drawing on the wealth of Spanish speakers in the Roaring Fork Valley, the museum presents a special tour for all ages, entirely in Spanish.

  • 3 PM Community Outreach

    Active Art

    Active Art is a monthly program that provides older adults in the Roaring Fork Valley seasonal opportunities to access and engage with contemporary art and the wider community through art appreciation classes, museum tours, art-making activities, and collaborations. Active Art takes place in seasonal cycles over three sessions, culminating this season at the Young Curators of the Roaring Fork exhibition opening.

  • 3 PM Exhibition Opening

    Young Curators of the Roaring Fork Exhibition Opening: Raw

    After participants developed the exhibition theme “raw,” YCRF interns led a call for submissions and assembled an exhibition of their peers’ artworks. An opening and reception is held to celebrate this student-driven initiative.

    The Young Curators of the Roaring Fork exhibition runs from March 15–29.

• Mar 17, 2015

  • 3:30 PM Workshop

    Art Studio Level 3: Grades 5–8

    This monthlong program for kids at the 5–8 grade level is held weekly at the Aspen Art Museum. Taking place after school most Tuesdays from 3:30–5 p.m., these open-choice workshops provide the creative room for kids to explore who they are through individual and collaborative projects and art. Led by museum educators and teaching artists, participants have direct access to contemporary artists, artworks, and themes.

• Mar 18, 2015

  • 2:30 PM Workshop

    Art Studio Level 2: Grades K–4

    This monthlong program for kids at the K–4 grade level is held weekly at the Aspen Art Museum. Taking place after school most Wednesdays from 2:30–4 p.m., these workshops recognize the value of exposing children to the arts at an early age and use the artist’s process as an educational tool. Museum educators and teaching artists lead classes that include activities in the gallery and take-home projects.

• Mar 20, 2015

  • 6 PM

    Open-Mic Night

    In a night of artistic expression orchestrated by the Young Curators (by teens for teens), this Open-Mic Night features artist talks from the exhibition as well as an open-call format for local music, poetry, and other creative forms to be shared on stage.

• Mar 24, 2015

  • 3:30 PM Workshop

    Art Studio Level 3: Grades 5–8

    This monthlong program for kids at the 5–8 grade level is held weekly at the Aspen Art Museum. Taking place after school most Tuesdays from 3:30–5 p.m., these open-choice workshops provide the creative room for kids to explore who they are through individual and collaborative projects and art. Led by museum educators and teaching artists, participants have direct access to contemporary artists, artworks, and themes.

• Mar 25, 2015

  • 2:30 PM Workshop

    Art Studio Level 2: Grades K–4

    This monthlong program for kids at the K–4 grade level is held weekly at the Aspen Art Museum. Taking place after school most Wednesdays from 2:30–4 p.m., these workshops recognize the value of exposing children to the arts at an early age and use the artist’s process as an educational tool. Museum educators and teaching artists lead classes that include activities in the gallery and take-home projects.

• Mar 27, 2015

  • 7 PM Screening

    Movies at the Museum: The Lebanese Rocket Society

    This extraordinary tale explores a Lebanese space adventure. In the early sixties, during the Cold War and at the apex of Pan-Arabism, a group of utopian students and researchers enters the race to space by creating the Lebanese Rocket Society. Sometimes, dreams can overtake a tormented history…