Aspen Art Museum

Learning events

• Mar 18, 2016

  • 3:30 PM Experience

    Après-Ski

    For the first three Fridays in March, join us on Level 3 from 3:30–5:30 p.m. for an Après-Ski offering of spectacular mountain views, live music, free snacks, and discounts at the café. Rotating lineups of local talent and an art station with Create Your Own Lift Ticket ensure fun for all ages.

• Mar 19, 2016

  • 1 PM Tour

    Guided Tour

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

• Mar 23, 2016

  • 1 PM Tour

    Guided Tour

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

  • 2:30 PM Make

    Art Studio: Level 2 (Grades K–4)

    This after-school program for kids in grades K–4 is held weekly at the Aspen Art Museum from September through May. Taking place 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.
    
    Classes are limited to fifteen participants. Prior registration is strongly encouraged.

• Mar 24, 2016

  • 6 PM Discuss

    Curator Talk: Elena Filipovic

    Elena Filipovic is Director and Chief Curator of the Kunsthalle Basel. She was Senior Curator at WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, from 2009–14. She co-curated the 5th Berlin Biennial (2008) and coedited The Biennial Reader: Anthology on Large-Scale Perennial Exhibitions of Contemporary Art (2010). She is the AAM’s 2016 Curator in Residence.

• Mar 25, 2016

  • 7 PM Watch

    Movies at the Museum:
    Difret

    This season, the AAM’s Movies at the Museum program presents films that complement Mickalene Thomas’s exhibition Mentors, Muses, and Celebrities. The program draws on true stories of strong female protagonists, each of whom overcomes adversity in ordinary and extraordinary ways while challenging us to imagine a better world.

• Mar 26, 2016

  • 1 PM Tour

    Guided Tour

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

• Mar 30, 2016

  • 1 PM Tour

    Guided Tour

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

  • 2:30 PM Make

    Art Studio: Level 2 (Grades K–4)

    This after-school program for kids in grades K–4 is held weekly at the Aspen Art Museum from September through May. Taking place 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.
    
    Classes are limited to fifteen participants. Prior registration is strongly encouraged.

• Mar 31, 2016

  • 5 PM Discuss

    Crit Sessions

    Are you looking for an intimate, constructive environment to gain new perspectives on your artwork? This new program adopts art school’s format of group feedback for a selected group of local artists.