Aspen Art Museum

The Aspen Art Museum invites you to join us for a Fourth of July morning celebration. Featuring a pancake breakfast buffet and a family-friendly art activity, the AAM is the perfect place to start your holiday and you won’t miss a minute of the parade!

Rhythm, texture, form! Students will discover the magic of geometric shapes and patterns. After studying artworks in the galleries for inspiration, we will create collaborative and individual works of art that celebrate the simple beauty and complexity of mathematical forms.

Calling all creative kids! Abandon the flat canvas in this mixed media Workshop where colors, patterns, and combined materials provide the structure for new forms of art. Inspired by the work of artist Alan Shields, participants will take painting to the next dimension by designing their own colorful canvases from hand-made paper and suspended forms.

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

Exploring abstract shifts of energy and intention, SOULSKIN Dance presents a new performance commissioned by the AAM. Choreographed in response to Alan Shields’s creative process and exhibition, Protracted Simplicity (1966–1985), the piece takes place within the exhibition. A select number of first come, first serve visitors will be seated to experience this free performance amongst the artworks.

Exploring abstract shifts of energy and intention, SOULSKIN Dance presents a new performance commissioned by the AAM. Choreographed in response to Alan Shields’s creative process and exhibition, Protracted Simplicity (1966–1985), the piece takes place within the exhibition. A select number of first come, first serve visitors will be seated to experience this free performance amongst the artworks.

Exploring abstract shifts of energy and intention, SOULSKIN Dance presents a new performance commissioned by the AAM. Choreographed in response to Alan Shields’s creative process and exhibition, Protracted Simplicity (1966–1985), the piece takes place within the exhibition. A select number of first come, first serve visitors will be seated to experience this free performance amongst the artworks.

Monthly drop-in Family Workshops at the AAM are designed to provide children and adults free opportunities to explore the galleries and create works of art on their own. Participants get to know one another better through engagement with exhibitions. Families are encouraged to communicate, reflect, and produce as artists together.

In an exclusive opportunity, artist Judith Scott’s twin, Joyce Scott, will be at the AAM for a public exhibition walkthrough of Judith Scott—Bound and Unbound on the closing weekend of the show. Offering insight into the late artist’s work and life, Scott will join AAM Learning Director Michelle Dezember to bookend the first solo museum survey of the artist.

Bold forms, bright colors, and unexpected materials. Taking cues from pioneering artist Lynda Benglis, participants of this Workshop will gain skills to craft their own unique creative voice. Students will create their own business and brand, learn marketing and leadership skills, and design their very own stand to be used on Lemonade Day.