The Aspen Art Museum is a non-collecting museum in Colorado that showcases rotating exhibits of contemporary art. It offers free admission, lectures, workshops, and an annual fundraising event. The museum is housed in a historic hydroelectric plant and plans to move to a larger building in downtown Aspen.
The Aspen Art Museum is a contemporary art museum located in Aspen, Colorado, United States. It is a non-collecting museum, or kunsthalle, which means it has no permanent collection. Instead, the Aspen Art Museum features rotating exhibits, allowing it to showcase the newest works of art. The museum first opened in 1979 and has offered exhibitions and events ever since. It first operated in a 9,000 square foot (about 836 square meter) building, with plans to move to a larger building. As of 2011, the museum offers free admission.
Exhibitions at the Aspen Art Museum usually last only a few months before being removed. Some exhibits are only on view for a month. The museum’s mission is to present the most important and most recent developments in international contemporary art. In addition to exhibits, the Aspen Art Museum also offers lectures and events. Each year, the museum hosts an event called ArtCrush, a week-long auction and social event designed to raise funds for the museum.
The museum holds an annual architectural lecture series which discusses the importance of public architecture. Architecture lessons are free and open to the public. In addition to the architecture series, the museum also hosts the Questrom lecture series, which delves into the art on display. Other lectures attempt to demystify contemporary art or explore the exhibits in the museum’s gallery more closely.
The Aspen Art Museum also hosts art workshops designed for families. The workshops offer adults and children the chance to experiment with collage, sculpture and other art forms. Like admission to the museum, the workshops are offered free of charge. There is also an annual July XNUMXth parade that caters to families.
The museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums. Only four museums in the state of Colorado have accreditation. The Aspen Art Museum is the only one on the western slope to have accreditation.
Since 1979, the museum has been housed in a converted historic hydroelectric plant located just outside the city of Aspen. The building is 9,000 square feet (about 836 square meters), which the museum has outgrown. Plans are in the works to build a building with 12,500 square feet (about 1,161 square meters) of exhibition space, a rooftop garden, café and museum shop. While the current building is out of town, the new building will be located in downtown Aspen.
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