Aspen Art Museum

Learning events

• Dec 19, 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.

  • 2:30 PM Make

    Art Studio: K–4 Grades

    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.

  • 4:30 PM Discuss

    Educator Happy Hour

    Join us for a playful gallery tour of Lost Without Your Rhythm with education colleagues from across the valley. Reception to follow with complimentary food and drinks, as well as meaningful conversation.

• Dec 20, 2018

  • 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. Fall theme: Art Inspires Art

• Dec 22, 2018

  • 10 AM Make

    Family Workshops

    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.

• Dec 26, 2018

  • 9 AM Make

    Winter Workshops: Creating with the Five Senses

    This winter break, the museum offers six days of concurrent workshops for 4–5 year-olds and 6–10 year-olds to take inspiration from artists on view at the museum. Each day dives into a different creative challenge, winter activities, and a chance to play through art making.

  • 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 in 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.

  • 5:15 PM Watch

    Movies at the Museum: The Walking Dead (1936)

    A wrongfully executed ex-con comes back to life as a white-haired, monster-faced zombie who haunts graveyards while seeking revenge on the conspirators who framed him.

• Dec 27, 2018

  • 9 AM Make

    Winter Workshops: Art In Motion (Sold Out)

    This winter break, the museum offers six days of concurrent workshops for 4–5 year-olds and 6–10 year-olds to take inspiration from artists on view at the museum. Each day dives into a different creative challenge, winter activities, and a chance to play through art making.