Aspen Art Museum

Learning events

• Jun 28, 2021

  • 9:30 AM Make

    Summer Workshops

    Children ages 9 – 11 years are invited to join us for art adventures at the AAM. Inspired by art, dance, and the natural world around us, come ready to create wearable works of art and performance art pieces! This workshop is in collaboration with VOICES.

• Jun 30, 2021

  • 2:30 PM Make

    Art Studio Live!
    Finishing Touches

    Join us at 2:30pm MT for Art Studio Live! We’ll be finishing up our prints with a quick demonstration on how to add gold leaf with AAM educator Vanessa. Learn about the different ways to edition your prints inspired by artist José Lopez’s methods. We’ll have time to answer printmaking questions. Hope to see you there!

• Jul 3, 2021

  • 6:30 PM Experience

    The Sandlot

    Join us on the rooftop for a screening of The Sandlot, a baseball-inspired photo station, an art-making experience, and refreshments. It will be fun for the entire family!

• Jul 4, 2021

  • 10 AM Make

    The Best 4th of July Create-and-Take Activity Ever

    Express your freedom!
    
    Stop by the AAM between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to make a festive 4th of July decoration to wear or to adorn your bike, scooter, or stroller! Choose from streamers, stars, stripes, and more!
    
    Free, no registration required.

• Jul 10, 2021

  • 10:30 AM Experience

    Postponed
    Art in the Outdoors
    

    Registration Required
    
    What can we learn by looking closely?
    Join guest artist Don Stuber for a morning of observation, conversation, and creativity. Starting at the Walter Isaacson Center, we’ll take an easy stroll to Stone River, built by renowned British artist Andy Goldsworthy, and end at a small shaded pond. Participants will be encouraged to explore their natural surroundings using microscopic hand lenses and create art inspired by their observations.

• Jul 13, 2021

  • 6 PM Experience

    Music with a View
    At Capacity

    Registration Required
    
    Presented in collaboration with the Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS), this free and inclusive chamber concert series features one-hour performances by the most advanced AMFS students and visiting musicians in Aspen.

• Jul 14, 2021

  • 2:30 PM Make

    Art Studio Live!
    Studio Visit with Dave Durrance

    Join us today at 2:30 p.m. MT on Instagram Live for an interview with Dave Durrance and a glance at his studio. Dave is a local Aspenite. He began studying art in high school and he earned his BFA in painting at the University of Denver in 1968. He lives in Carbondale and works out of his home studio. Growing up in Aspen in the 1950s and 1960s, Dave was influenced by the work of Herbert Bayer and the works of other Bauhaus artists.

• Jul 18, 2021

  • 10:30 AM Make

    Sunday Workshop

    Registration Required
    
    Come ready to move!
    
    The AAM welcomes the community to play and engage through art making and movement. Planned in collaboration with CoMotion Dance Company, participants can choose from a variety of guided activities located throughout the museum specifically designed with all types of movers in mind.
    

• Jul 19, 2021

  • 9:30 AM Make

    ACES + AAM Summer Workshop
    Art in Nature Series: Flowers

    Hallam Lake serves as the magical backdrop for imagination, play and the creation of art through a variety of mediums. The Aspen Art Museum and Aspen Center for Environmental Studies are excited to announce their collaborative Summer Workshops for kids entering Kindergarten in Fall 2021! Participants will learn about bugs, trees, animals and flowers, and create artwork based on inspiration from each theme! Nature lends itself to fun and games and the opportunity to create playful art.

• Jul 20, 2021

  • 6 PM Experience

    Music with a View
    At Capacity

    Registration Required
    
    Presented in collaboration with the Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS), this free and inclusive chamber concert series features one-hour performances by the most advanced AMFS students and visiting musicians in Aspen.