Aspen Art Museum

What can be discovered at the intersection of art, education, and social justice? This two-day retreat for educators who teach K–12 level students in schools and nonprofit organizations will explore how to empower students to make creative solutions in response to the issues that face their communities. This event is hosted with Marit Dewhurst, Director of Art Education at City College of New York and author of Social Justice Art: A Framework for Activist Art Pedagogy.

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. Families are encouraged to communicate, reflect, and produce as artists together.

All Family Workshops are free of charge and are first come, first served for families with children ages 3–10. Workshops begin in the Education Workshop, giving families choices for self-guided or educator-led activities and art-making stations.

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

What can be discovered at the intersection of art, education, and social justice? This two-day retreat for educators who teach K–12 level students in schools and nonprofit organizations will explore how to empower students to make creative solutions in response to the issues that face their communities. This event is hosted with Marit Dewhurst, Director of Art Education at City College of New York and author of Social Justice Art: A Framework for Activist Art Pedagogy.

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

This after-school program for kids in Grades K–4 is held most Wednesdays during the school year at the AAM. Museum educators lead classes that include activities in the gallery and take-home projects.

Limited class size; prior registration strongly encouraged.

This after-school program for middle school students (grades 7–8) is presented in collaboration with the Aspen Youth Center and provides hands-on experience in self-publishing in a collaborative group setting. Over the course of eight sessions, participants make their very own zine, which will be printed by the museum. An open house and application information session will be launched during the Middle School Night on January 20.

Glenn Brown was born in 1966, in Northumberland, England, and currently lives and works in London. Associated with the Young British Artists movement, he creates paintings that appropriate canonical images from art history, magazines, and the internet. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, the Des Moines Art Center, and Tate Liverpool.

Laura Owens was born in 1970, in Euclid, Ohio, and lives and works in Los Angeles. Her practice explores the history of painting, the boundary between representation and abstraction, and a diverse source of references. Her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the CCA Wattis, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Kunsthalle Zürich, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. She produced the designs for the 2016–17 lift tickets in collaboration with Aspen Skiing Company.

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