Aspen Art Museum

Learning events

• Apr 28, 2018

  • 1 PM Tour

    Guided Tour

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

• May 1, 2018

  • 10:30 AM Make

    Art Start: 0–5 Years Old

    Making sure art and creativity are at the heart of your child’s development, this free drop-in program for 0–5 year olds and their caregivers explores fun ways to interact through art.

  • 3:30 PM Make

    Artists in the Making: Basalt

    Exhibition Opening Party
    Artists in the Making is an eight-week program that offers middle school students in Aspen and Basalt the opportunity to develop specialized skills driven by self-innovation. Community experts who visit select sessions and mentor students work in tandem with an AAM Educator to create a uniquely tailored experience that concludes with a celebratory showcase for friends and family. Spring theme: Design Thinking

• May 2, 2018

  • 10:30 AM Community

    Active Art: Heritage Park

    Active Art invites seniors to engage in the social dimensions of art. Each month, museum Educators bring free, memory-enhancing activities to the assisted-living communities of Whitcomb Terrace in Aspen and Heritage Park in Carbondale, and also host art making on the museum’s Roof Deck Sculpture Garden with complimentary refreshments.

  • 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 K–4 Grade

    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.
    
    

    Classes are limited to fifteen participants. Prior registration strongly encouraged.

  • 5:30 PM Discuss

    Contemporary Art Short Course: Who Does Art Belong To?

    In this three-part course, participants will unpack the contentious questions of authenticity, appropriation, and authority in contemporary art through various case studies and critical approaches.
    
    

    This session’s topic is “Authorship” with Michelle Dezember

    Who has the right to speak? Is anything original? This introductory session will lay the groundwork for the course, as well as investigate the responsibility of ownership in art-making and appreciation.

• May 3, 2018

  • 4 PM Community

    Story Art: Glenwood Springs

    Story Art is a community outreach program presented in partnership with the Carbondale Branch Library and the Glenwood Springs Branch Library. This free program for elementary and middle school students provides playful exploration of storytelling through a group reading and art-making activity inspired by AAM exhibitions.

• May 4, 2018

  • 10:30 AM Community

    Active Art: Whitcomb Terrace

    Active Art invites seniors to engage in the social dimensions of art. Each month, museum Educators bring free, memory-enhancing activities to the assisted-living communities of Whitcomb Terrace in Aspen and Heritage Park in Carbondale, and also host art making on the museum’s Roof Deck Sculpture Garden with complimentary refreshments.

  • 1:30 PM Community

    Active Art: Aspen Art Museum

    Active Art invites seniors to engage in the social dimensions of art. Each month, museum Educators bring free, memory-enhancing activities to the assisted-living communities of Whitcomb Terrace in Aspen and Heritage Park in Carbondale, and also host art making on the museum’s Roof Deck Sculpture Garden with complimentary refreshments.