Aspen Art Museum

Mary Weatherford was born in Ojai, California, and lives and works in Los Angeles. She creates paintings that respond to landscapes with vivid colors and neon lights. Weatherford graduated from Princeton University in Art History and Visual Arts, was a Helena Rubinstein Fellow at the Whitney Independent Study Program, and holds an MFA from Bard College. Her work has been exhibited in museums including the Hammer Museum, the Orange County Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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.

Free, drop-in spotlight tours led by museum staff are offered every Wednesday and Saturdays at 1 p.m.

In celebration of our new building’s one-year anniversary, join us from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. for daytime dance music along with design goods and bagels for purchase on the museum’s roof-deck. The AAM and Gravity Productions present this four-part brunch series that opens with music by LAPA (Ilya Goldberg) as well as Blowfish Designs for sale.

Sculpt, splatter, glitter, and glaze your own pots in this wild ceramics Workshop. Students will learn hand-building techniques for decorative and functional pieces. To show off our creations, we’ll plan a crazy tea party for our family and friends at the end of the week.

Full. Wait-list available

Make the stories of your imagination come to life in this playful Workshop. Students will develop a storyline with a setting and characters, draw a storyboard, and use a digital camera to animate their own film. After one week of production, a special screening will be held for family and friends in the Education Workshop. Students are strongly encouraged to bring a digital camera, iPhone, or tablet.

Full. Wait-list available

From the dense undergrowth of jungles to the open shores of Hallam Lake, kids will explore real and imagined landscapes. We will experiment with foreground, middle ground, and background, creating layers with mixed media, natural materials, and unexpected objects. Wild colors, bold shapes, and expressive patterns are sure to be spotted in our final artworks!

Full. Wait-list available

Let art and spectacular views elevate your experience of music. Presented in collaboration with the Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS), this free chamber concert series takes place this summer in the Roof Deck Sculpture Garden, featuring one-hour performances by the most advanced AMFS students and visiting musicians in Aspen.

Free, drop-in spotlight tours led by museum staff are offered every Wednesday and Saturdays at 1 p.m.

Family Workshops are free monthly drop-in opportunities that provide children and adults a chance to explore the galleries and create works of art on their own. Families get to know one another better through engagement with new artists and ideas. Families are encouraged to communicate, reflect, and produce as artists together.