Aspen Art Museum

This two-day retreat for educators who teach K–12 level students in schools and nonprofit organizations will provide opportunities for creating, critiquing, and connecting through the lens of contemporary art. This event is hosted with Stacey Shelnut-Hendrick, Director of Education at Crocker Art Museum.

This two-day retreat for educators who teach K–12 level students in schools and nonprofit organizations will provide opportunities for creating, critiquing, and connecting through the lens of contemporary art. This event is hosted with Stacey Shelnut-Hendrick, Director of Education at Crocker Art Museum.

Free, drop-in spotlight tours led by museum staff are offered every Wednesday and Saturday at 1 p.m.

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.

As the founding partner of Olson Kundig, Jim Olson has explored the aesthetic interplay of art, nature, and architecture, as well as the relationship between light and space, for over fifty years. Though best known for his houses designed for art collectors, he also designs museums, religious spaces, and commercial buildings. His recent work includes Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art in Denver and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Washington State University.

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.

Free, drop-in spotlight tours led by museum staff are offered every Wednesday and Saturday at 1 p.m.

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.

Spring Break is a free, three-day program, in collaboration with the Aspen Youth Center, that offers middle school students in the Roaring Fork Valley the opportunity to spend their Spring Break looking at exhibitions, creating art, and enjoying each other’s company.

Spring Break in Rifle is a free program offered in collaboration with the Rifle Branch Library. Led by AAM Educators, the program includes learning about a contemporary artist, creating with new materials and techniques, a complimentary lunch, and a pop-up art show for family and friends.