Aspen Art Museum

Learning events

• Sep 23, 2020

  • 2:30 PM Art Studio Live!

    Art Studio Live!
    Zero-Waste Wednesdays
    Recycled Bows

    Everyone loves opening gifts! Let’s make these presents more thoughtful and earth-friendly by using supplies we already have! This week, we will be learning how to make gift bows from magazines! They are beautiful and big, and best of all easy to make! Join Vanessa make gift-giving a little more sustainable!

• Sep 30, 2020

  • 2:30 PM Art Studio Live!

    Art Studio Live!
    Zero-Waste Wednesdays
    Nature Weavings

    Create beautiful weavings by using natural materials and old t-shirt or fabric scraps! This Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. (MT), make your own looms from found materials to create magical weavings!

• Oct 6, 2020

  • 5 PM Teen Council

    Teen Council Meeting

    Teen Council meetings happen every other Tuesday from August to May. Through this program led by AAM Educator, Elisabeth Strunk, local teenagers create and implement events for their peers. The Council follows the motto, “For teens, by teens,” to make the Aspen Art Museum a fun place for youth in the Roaring Fork Valley.

• Oct 7, 2020

  • 2:30 PM Art Studio Live!

    Art Studio Live!
    Art ID Wednesdays
    Jar Bodies

    This Wednesday, make a self-portrait using a recycled jar filled with personal treasures as the body! After we draw a small self-portrait, we’ll spend some time thinking about the things we identify with and collect to fill our jars!
    
    

• Oct 9, 2020

  • 4 PM Artist Coffee

    Artist Coffee

    Roaring Fork Valley artists are invited to join us for a cup of coffee to help celebrate the first in a brand-new series of weekly Friday afternoon artist gatherings at the AAM beginning Friday, October 9, at 4 p.m.

• Oct 14, 2020

  • 2:30 PM Art Studio Live!

    Art Studio Live!
    Art ID Wednesdays
    Rock Painting

    Create and combine different facial features like eyeballs, lips, ears, and noses to make silly faces and then apply them to rocks from outside! This activity is especially fun to make and trade with friends!

• Oct 16, 2020

  • 4 PM Artist Coffee

    Artist Coffee

    Roaring Fork Valley artists are invited to join us for a cup of coffee and our second iteration of a brand-new series of weekly Friday afternoon artist gatherings at the AAM.

• Oct 20, 2020

  • 5:30 PM Teen Council

    Teen Council Meeting

    The Teen Council will host monthly free social events designed by teens, for teens. The Council will meet, plan, and be responsible for all aspects of these events—movies, online mixers and discussions, and group activities centering around cultural and civic exchange. They will learn how to design and execute programs using the museum’s space and resources to expand their purview of what the museum and its offerings can be for them and their peers.

• Oct 21, 2020

  • 2:30 PM Art Studio Live!

    Art Studio Live!
    Art ID Wednesdays
    Blackout Poetry ID

    This Wednesday, we’ll make blackout poetry using magazine articles or pages from a book. The most important part of this project is having a selfie that you can glue on your page and a list of positive adjectives in mind to describe yourself!

• Oct 23, 2020

  • 4 PM Artist Coffee

    Artist Coffee

    Roaring Fork Valley artists are invited to join us for a cup of coffee and our second iteration of a brand-new series of weekly Friday afternoon artist gatherings at the AAM.