Modern interior space with large floor-to-ceiling windows, a blue sofa, various chairs around a coffee table and a dining table, artwork on the walls, and a colorful rug, with visible trees outside.
A female artist smiles at the camera while painting a landscape scene of trees, water, and snow on her art table, with colorful mountain paintings hanging in the background.
Two people looking at an art piece that contains multiple images of a woman in different poses, displayed on a wall with a white background at the Red Brick Center for the Arts
A woman wearing a beige hat and a floral shirt holding a clear plastic cup at a gallery opening for the Red Brick Center for the arts. She is smiling and looking to her left, with other attendees blurred in the background.
A young girl with brown hair tied in a ponytail smiling while holding a decorated popsicle board with various colorful popsicles and candies outside.
An older man working on a watercolor painting at a table in an art studio, with art supplies and finished paintings nearby.
One of the resident artists at the Red Brick Center for the Arts molding clay on a pottery wheel in a studio.
An artist in a bright art studio painting a landscape on a canvas. The studio has several colorful landscape paintings on the walls, a wooden floor, large windows with blinds, and various art supplies on a table and shelves.

About the Red Brick Center for the Arts

At the Red Brick Center for the Arts, creativity is nurtured, shared, and experienced together.

Set within one of Aspen’s historic buildings and funded by the City of Aspen, the Red Brick is a creative home for exhibitions, classes, public art, nonprofits and community events. It is where contemporary Colorado artists are showcased, while resident artists work on-site and people of all ages explore and learn.

Welcoming to all, and rooted in Aspen’s cultural life, the Red Brick makes art part of everyday life.

Our Mission

The Red Brick Center for the Arts connects the community through active participation in art, offering exhibitions, education, public art, and shared cultural experiences for all.

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Staff Directory

The Red Brick Way

Art in Action

Art is made, shared, and experienced here.

Creative Home

A place to create, connect, and belong.

Community Connection

Bringing people together through art.

Quality Without Pretense

Welcoming, approachable, and thoughtfully curated.

Creative Momentum

Always exploring what’s next.

Permission to Play

Experiment, explore, and have fun.

History

In 1942 the newly constructed Red Brick began as the home to Aspen's elementary, middle and high schools.  As the number of students grew, the school district created a larger campus on Maroon Creek Road.  By 1991 the school district had consolidated all classrooms to the Maroon Creek campus, and put the Red Brick up for sale.  An organization knows as the Aspen Snowmass Council for the Arts, had the extraordinary vision and drive to petition for the City of Aspen to purchase the former schoolhouse and make it a home for the arts.  By a slim margin of votes, citizens of Aspen in the August of 1992 election, agreed for the City to purchase the building with the stated intent of providing a long-term home for the arts, nonprofit organizations and other community uses.

The City of Aspen upholds the intent of the Red Brick Center for the Arts to be a vibrant community center by offering affordable rent to nonprofits and artists and creating venues and offerings for artistic engagement.  The City of Aspen is committed to the Red Brick thriving as a shared space dedicated to enriching lives and the community.  

Photo courtesy Aspen Historical Society

Photo courtesy Aspen Historical Society

Photo courtesy Aspen Historical Society, Ringle Collection