Aspen Art Museum

Learning events

• Jul 18, 2016

  • 9 AM Make

    Teen Design Challenge Summer Workshop (Ages 12–14): July 18–22 | 9 AM–3 PM

    How do you design something to change the world? In this open-ended, project-based Workshop, teens will be encouraged to design an individual artwork or product with potential larger social impact. Using a variety of inspirations, materials, and methods, participants will be given the space to identify a problem or challenge in their life, think creatively, and develop a design solution.

• Jul 19, 2016

  • 6 PM Experience

    Music With a View: Piano Duo

    Presented in collaboration with the Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS), this free chamber concert series features one hour performances by the most advanced AMFS students and visiting musicians in Aspen.

• Jul 20, 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.

• Jul 22, 2016

  • 6 PM Discuss

    Artist Talk: Lynda Benglis

    Lynda Benglis was born in 1941 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and currently lives and works between New York, Santa Fe, and Ahmedabad, India. In the sixties, she emerged as a pioneer in abstraction, placing both traditional and nontraditional materials in action. A survey of her work recently took place at the Van Abbemuseum, the Netherlands, which then traveled to the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Le Consortium, Dijon, the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, the New Museum, New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

• Jul 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.

  • 3 PM Discuss

    Mandala Lecture: Geshe Lobsang Tenzin

    From July 20–24, Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a temporary mandala sand painting on Level 3 of the Aspen Art Museum as part of their annual visit to Aspen. Geshe Lobsang Tenzin, Founder and Spiritual Director of the Drepung Loseling Monastery and Senior Lecturer at Emory University, will present a lecture on the symbolism of the mandala and what to expect during the closing ceremony the following day.

• Jul 25, 2016

  • 9 AM Make

    Do You See What I See? Summer Workshop (Ages 4–5): July 25–29 | 9 AM–3 PM

    What would you capture in a journal about your life and your environment? Taking inspiration from Gabriel Orozco’s approach to photography, participants will use their cameras to capture what they can find in their surrounding environment. Students will create a photo journal documenting the simple yet extraordinary moments we create together.

• Jul 26, 2016

  • 10:30 AM Community

    Active Art at the Museum

    This free program offers senior citizens in the Roaring Fork Valley an informal drawing lesson and the opportunity to socialize over food and beverages at SO, the AAM’s Andrea and James Gordon Café.

  • 1:30 PM Community

    Active Art at Whitcomb Terrace

    Active Art invites seniors to engage in the social dimensions of art. Museum educators bring free, memory-enhancing activities to the assisted-living communities of Whitcomb Terrace in Aspen and Heritage Park in Carbondale. Physically independent seniors are invited for monthly gatherings at the Aspen Art Museum, where drawing activities and free food and refreshments are offered at SO, the Andrea and James Gordon café.

  • 6 PM Experience

    Music with a View: Fellowship Woodwind Quintet & Piano

    Presented in collaboration with the Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS), this free chamber concert series features one hour performances by the most advanced AMFS students and visiting musicians in Aspen.