Aspen Art Museum

Learning events

• Jul 6, 2022

  • 3 PM

    Wednesday Workshop:
    Your invitation

    Students will create invitations inspired by Pesce’s creative and unique multiple exhibition invites.
    
    Fo free and open to the public.
    No registration is required.
    Drop in!

• Jul 12, 2022

  • 6 PM

    Music With A View

    Presented in collaboration with the Aspen Music Festival and School, this free and inclusive chamber concert series features one-hour performances.
    
    Free Event

• Jul 13, 2022

  • 3 PM

    Wednesday Workshop:
    Pando Maps

    A cluster of Aspen trees is a single living organism with one massive underground root system. Inspired by this thought, the workshop will have students create a unique root system representing their history.
    
    Free and open to the public.
    No registration is required.
    Drop in!
    

• Jul 19, 2022

  • 6 PM

    Music With A View

    Presented in collaboration with the Aspen Music Festival and School this free and inclusive chamber concert series features one-hour performance.
    
    Free Event

• Jul 20, 2022

  • 3 PM

    Wednesday Workshop:
    Objects with Personality

    Gaetano Pesce’s artwork gives common household objects personality. His dynamic and playful use of various materials will serve as inspiration for students to create a distinctive picture frame.
    
    
    Free and open to the public.
    No registration is required.
    Drop in!

• Aug 16, 2022

  • 6 PM

    Music With A View

    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.
    
    Free Event

• Aug 17, 2022

  • 3 PM

    Wednesday Workshops:
    Layered Maps

    This workshop explores the idea of remapping using existing geographic maps of Aspen’s surrounding mountains.
    
    Free and open to the public.
    No registration is required.
    Drop in!

• Aug 24, 2022

  • 3 PM

    Wednesday Workshop:
    Moving Image

    Discover the early techniques of the moving image! This workshop will teach participants to create a thaumatrope.
    
    Free and open to the public.
    No registration is required.
    Drop in!

• Aug 27, 2022

  • 10 AM Art Social

    Art Social:
    Take It Apart(y)

    Recommended for teens and adults
    Free and open to all
    Registration Required
    
    Artist libi rose striegl shares a friendly introduction to the world of high-tech repair and re-use. Participants are invited to dismantle broken electronics for an exploratory dissection of their inner workings while discussing the world of Right To Repair, the importance of re-use, and the environmental challenges of our techno-world.

  • 2 PM

    Art Social:
    Wear the Museum

    Recommended for teens and adults.
    Free and open to all.
    
    Registration Required
    
    Join artists Brad Gallagher and Sasha de Koninick for a greenscreen wearable interactive and participatory performance piece which invites viewers to “wear the museum.” Using handmade textiles and video from the Mountain / Time exhibition, images will be chroma keyed in real-time onto the green spaces of the textiles allowing participants to see themselves on a screen with the videos on their body.