Aspen Art Museum

Learning events

• Jul 22, 2021

  • 5 PM Questrom Lecture Series

    Artist Talk:
    Jill Magid and Evan Moffitt

    Aspen Art Museum Rooftop
    
    5-5:30 PM Drink reception
    5:30-6 PM Discussion
    6 PM Film Screening
    
    Free and open to the public
    
    Please Register Here
    
    Critic Evan Moffitt will be in conversation with artist Jill Magid to discuss her film The Proposal (2018, 87 minutes).

• Jul 28, 2021

  • 2:30 PM Art Studio Live!

    Art Studio Live
    Fanel Reyes

    Join us today at 2:30pm MT and meet Fanel Reyes from Oaxaca, MX. Fanel is a ceramic artist as well as an illustrator. Fanel works primarily with locally sourced clay called Donají, which is extracted from a mountain near her city. She has inherited her knowledge from a lineage of traditional potters who have taught her how to burnish her ceramic pieces using quartz and master the technique of bonfire-firing.There are over 70 pottery communities from the coast to the mountains of Oaxaca. Learn more about this fascinating artist and her practice. We hope you join us!
    
    Acompañanos hoy a las 2:30 pm MT y conoce a Fanel Reyes de Oaxaca, MX. Fanel es artista de cerámica además de ilustradora. Fanel trabaja principalmente con barro de origen local llamado Donají, que se extrae de una montaña cerca de su ciudad. Ella ha heredado sus conocimientos de un linaje de alfareros tradicionales que le han enseñado a pulir sus piezas de cerámica con cuarzo y a dominar la técnica de la quema. Hay más de 70 comunidades alfareras desde la costa hasta las montañas de Oaxaca. Aprenda más sobre esta fascinante artista y su práctica. ¡Esperamos que te unas a la conversación!

• Aug 10, 2021

  • 6 PM Experience

    Music with a View

    Open to all
    
    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.

• Aug 15, 2021

  • 10:30 AM Make

    Sunday Workshop
    presented in collaboration with Bluegreen designers, Rio Crandall and Preston Linck

    Open to all
    
    Registration Required
    
    Close looking can help us see familiar things in a new way. The AAM welcomes the community to play and engage in Precious Okoyomon’s Every Earthly Morning the Sky’s Light touches Ur Life is Unprecedented in its Beauty, a combination of gardens, algae water, edible fruit and plant life, ceramic sculpture, and sound works.
    
    Planned in collaboration with Bluegreen garden project manager Rio Crandall and designer Preston Linck, participants can choose from a variety of guided activities located throughout the installation, including painting, plant identification, and selecting flowers for your own bouquet.

• Aug 21, 2021

  • 6:30 PM Together

    Family Film Night
    Moonrise Kingdom (PG-13)

    Free and open to all
    
    Registration Required
    
    Join us on the rooftop for a screening of Moonrise Kingdom, a story of adventure, freedom and young love. Put on your sash and grab a canteen for a night of imagination and art making.

• Aug 27, 2021

  • 4 PM Together

    Artist Coffee

    Registration Required
    
    Roaring Fork Valley artists are invited to join our Friday afternoon artist gathering for coffee and conversation with the 2021 AAM Artist Fellows.
    
    Monthly AAM Artist Coffee sessions are our way of providing a little time and plenty of space to get together with AAM Educators and fellow guests to hear your perspectives on art, studio practice, and topics of interest. We’ll discuss what it means to be an artist, especially during this time of social change, as well as share ideas on art education and how to make it more accessible to our community.
    
    We do what we do because artists make it possible. Please join us in helping shape the dialogue.

• Sep 19, 2021

  • 3 PM Together

    Latino Heritage Month Celebration

    Bilingual, free and open to the public
    
    Registration Required
    
    Come celebrate Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month on September 19, with dance, food, and art activities!
    
    Para el público y en español
    
    Celebra en la azotea de el AAM con baile, comida y arte para toda la familia.

• Sep 24, 2021

  • 4 PM Together

    Artist Coffee

    Registration Required
    
    Roaring Fork Valley artists are invited to join our Friday afternoon artist gathering for coffee and conversation with the 2021 AAM Artist Fellows.
    
    Monthly AAM Artist Coffee sessions are our way of providing a little time and plenty of space to get together with AAM Educators and fellow guests to hear your perspectives on art, studio practice, and topics of interest. We’ll discuss what it means to be an artist, especially during this time of social change, as well as share ideas on art education and how to make it more accessible to our community.
    
    We do what we do because artists make it possible. Please join us in helping shape the dialogue.

• Dec 17, 2021

  • 5:30 PM

    Artist Fellowship Presentations 2021

    Free and open to the public. RSVP Required.

    Join the 2021 Aspen Art Museum Artist Fellows in celebration of the culmination of their fellowship program. Fellows will share their creative process and fellowship experience with individual artist presentations. Refreshments to follow.

• Jan 25, 2022

  • 3 PM

    Chassé to Après in collaboration with Dance Aspen

    At Capacity*
    
    Enjoy après cocktails while learning more about DanceAspen and the process of bringing a new piece to life. DanceAspen will be rehearsing on the rooftop of the Aspen Art Museum and performing a brief pre-showing of their newest creation by Ana Maria Lucaciu to be premiered on March 4 and 5 at the Wheeler Opera House.