Here’s what’s Happening at the Red Brick
2025 Colorado Juried Exhibition
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 5th • 5 – 7 pm
Join us for an evening of art, mingling, and festive fare.
Red Brick Center for the Arts is thrilled to present the 2025 Colorado Juried exhibition. With numerous entries from talented Colorado artists, this event was highly competitive. Becca Hoffman of 74th Arts and Bob Chase of Hexton Gallery, co-founders of the Aspen Art Fair, have curated an exceptional collection that tells a compelling story of Colorado's artistic voices. The exhibition features innovative works that experiment with materials, critique contemporary society, and explore diverse themes such as motherhood, the perception of light and color, and travel. These thought-provoking reflections on the human condition provide a deep and engaging experience.
Special congratulations to the following artists who received Juror Awards:
1st Place Erin Morrison
2nd Place Shelly Marolt
3rd Place Heather Schulte
Honorable Mentions to Chloe Wilwerding and Shawna Miller.
Below is a selection of works included in the exhibition.
Exhibition Jurors
Becca Hoffman, Co-founder and Director of Aspen Art Fair and founder of 74tharts
Bob Chase, Co-founder of Aspen Art Fair and owner of Aspen’s Hexton Gallery
Awards: Three selected artworks will receive awards of $500, $300, and $200, respectively. Winners will be announced on June 5th.
2025 Colorado Juried is sponsored by Aspen Art Fair. Visit aspenartfair.org
Wendi Schneider: Reverent Alchemy
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 5th • 5–7 pm
Join us for an evening of art, mingling, and festive fare. Artist will be in attendance.
Red Brick Center for the Arts is delighted to showcase a collection of artworks by Wendi Schneider, known for her photographs of nature and wildlife printed on vellum or kozo with hand-applied layers of gold leaf or verso. Wendi's work does more than depict nature; it evokes the emotional and sometimes transcendent experiences of life. As Wendi states, "In those magical moments when my eyes and essence are engaged, I photograph what I feel, as much as see. The images are layered digitally with color and texture to blur the lines between the real and imagined." Wendi’s works are a testament to the fragility of life and the cycles of existence, capturing fleeting moments with a touch of wonder and reverence.
Art and the Vibration of Wellness: Color Vibration
Art and the Vibration of Wellness with Olivia Daane
Join local and globally-recognized artist Olivia Daane for an artful dive into the connection between art and wellness.
We are pleased to welcome Olivia, who will be leading classes in July that explore the intersection of art and wellness. This 4 week class includes 8 sessions meeting twice a week. Each class dives into a unique theme through drawing, painting, sound, breathwork, and color theory. Take one, or take them all, no two classes are alike and each will open your creative channels, bringing a sense of healing through the artistic process. Olivia will share her knowledge of drawing and painting while implementing the vibrations of sound, color theory, breath work and whole brain creativity.
Using mixed media, this class will take artists at any level to a new-found understanding of their personal flow state, and how art can heal and connect us all. The process of making art can be a powerful force for personal healing and collective connection.
Week One: Color Vibration
Delve into the science and sensation of color vibration, exploring how wavelengths and temperature affect perception and emotional tone. Through guided exercises, you’ll learn to use hue, saturation, and contrast to evoke space, movement and feeling in your work.
Please call our office at 970-429-2777 for more information.
All supplies are included, $50 per person, per session.
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is conveniently located just two blocks away from the RFTA bus stop on Garmisch Street.
Sessions will take place on Monday and Tuesday nights in July. Reserve early, spaces are limited!
Art and the Vibration of Wellness: Color Vibration
Art and the Vibration of Wellness with Olivia Daane
Join local and globally-recognized artist Olivia Daane for an artful dive into the connection between art and wellness.
We are pleased to welcome Olivia, who will be leading classes in July that explore the intersection of art and wellness. This 4 week class includes 8 sessions meeting twice a week. Each class dives into a unique theme through drawing, painting, sound, breathwork, and color theory. Take one, or take them all, no two classes are alike and each will open your creative channels, bringing a sense of healing through the artistic process. Olivia will share her knowledge of drawing and painting while implementing the vibrations of sound, color theory, breath work and whole brain creativity.
Using mixed media, this class will take artists at any level to a new-found understanding of their personal flow state, and how art can heal and connect us all. The process of making art can be a powerful force for personal healing and collective connection.
Week One: Color Vibration
Delve into the science and sensation of color vibration, exploring how wavelengths and temperature affect perception and emotional tone. Through guided exercises, you’ll learn to use hue, saturation, and contrast to evoke space, movement and feeling in your work.
Please call our office at 970-429-2777 for more information.
All supplies are included, $50 per person, per session.
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is conveniently located just two blocks away from the RFTA bus stop on Garmisch Street.
Sessions will take place on Monday and Tuesday nights in July. Reserve early, spaces are limited!
Masterpiece Mine: Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt painted “Sara Holding a Cat” during her exploration of the theme of the single child. The painting captures a moment of quiet domestic affection, with a young girl affectionately holding a cat.
Using a few colors as the basis for this piece, you will learn to create depth and tonal values through the guidance of the instructor. Brushstrokes play a key role in the illusion of depth and movement in the image.
Masterpiece Mine is a fun and educational way to learn about painting techniques in a non-competitive way. Our instructor, Lorraine Davis, will guide you through the process of painting an image in stages, brushstrokes and blending your colors, layering, highlighting and details will bring out the uniqueness of your work.
Cost
$50 fee includes all supplies and instruction
Art and the Vibration of Wellness: Sound & Vibration
Art and the Vibration of Wellness: with Olivia Daane
Join local and globally-recognized artist Olivia Daane for an artful dive into the connection between art and wellness.
We are pleased to welcome Olivia, who will be leading classes in July that explore the intersection of art and wellness. This 4 week class includes 8 sessions meeting twice a week. Each class dives into a unique theme through drawing, painting, sound, breathwork, and color theory. Take one, or take them all, no two classes are alike and each will open your creative channels, bringing a sense of healing through the artistic process. Olivia will share her knowledge of drawing and painting while implementing the vibrations of sound, color theory, breath work and whole brain creativity.
Using mixed media, this class will take artists at any level to a new-found understanding of their personal flow state, and how art can heal and connect us all. The process of making art can be a powerful force for personal healing and collective connection.
Aspen Art Museum, photo by Amy Gurrentz
Week Two: Sound & Frequency
Discover how specific sound frequencies—such as 432 Hz for harmony and 528 Hz for healing—can influence the nervous system and open creative pathways. Through live sound healing and rhythmic drumming, this class invites you to translate vibration into intuitive visual expression.
This exciting session will feature Megan DiSbatino and the art of her Sound Bowls
Please call our office at 970-429-2777 for more information.
All supplies are included, $50 per person, per session.
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is conveniently located just two blocks away from the RFTA bus stop on Garmisch Street.
Sessions will take place on Monday and Tuesday nights in July. Reserve early, spaces are limited!
Art and the Vibration of Wellness: Sound & Vibration
Art and the Vibration of Wellness: with Olivia Daane
Join local and globally-recognized artist Olivia Daane for an artful dive into the connection between art and wellness.
We are pleased to welcome Olivia, who will be leading classes in July that explore the intersection of art and wellness. This 4 week class includes 8 sessions meeting twice a week. Each class dives into a unique theme through drawing, painting, sound, breathwork, and color theory. Take one, or take them all, no two classes are alike and each will open your creative channels, bringing a sense of healing through the artistic process. Olivia will share her knowledge of drawing and painting while implementing the vibrations of sound, color theory, breath work and whole brain creativity.
Using mixed media, this class will take artists at any level to a new-found understanding of their personal flow state, and how art can heal and connect us all. The process of making art can be a powerful force for personal healing and collective connection.
Aspen Art Museum, photo by Amy Gurrentz
Week Two: Sound & Frequency
Discover how specific sound frequencies—such as 432 Hz for harmony and 528 Hz for healing—can influence the nervous system and open creative pathways. Through live sound healing and rhythmic drumming, this class invites you to translate vibration into intuitive visual expression.
This exciting session will feature Megan DiSbatino and the art of her Sound Bowls
Please call our office at 970-429-2777 for more information.
All supplies are included, $50 per person, per session.
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is conveniently located just two blocks away from the RFTA bus stop on Garmisch Street.
Sessions will take place on Monday and Tuesday nights in July. Reserve early, spaces are limited!
Adult Watercolor with Amy Beidleman
About the Session
Instructor Amy Beidleman will lead students through the steps to complete an artwork at the end of the class. Learn helpful watercolor techniques to use with a variety of subject matter.
Instructor Amy Beidleman will show students how to use brushes and tips and will lead students through the steps to complete an artwork at the end of the class. Learn helpful watercolor techniques to use with a variety of subject matter.
No experience necessary, all levels welcome.
Cost
$48 fee; includes all supplies and instruction.
Art and the Vibration of Wellness: Whole Brain Drawing
Art and the Vibration of Wellness with Olivia Daane
Join local and globally-recognized artist Olivia Daane for an artful dive into the connection between art and wellness.
We are pleased to welcome Olivia, who will be leading classes in July that explore the intersection of art and wellness. This 4 week class includes 8 sessions meeting twice a week. Each class dives into a unique theme through drawing, painting, sound, breathwork, and color theory. Take one, or take them all, no two classes are alike and each will open your creative channels, bringing a sense of healing through the artistic process. Olivia will share her knowledge of drawing and painting while implementing the vibrations of sound, color theory, breath work and whole brain creativity.
Using mixed media, this class will take artists at any level to a new-found understanding of their personal flow state, and how art can heal and connect us all. The process of making art can be a powerful force for personal healing and collective connection.
Week Three: Whole Brain Drawing
Engage both hemispheres of the brain by combining analytical structure with intuitive perception. Using contour drawing, spatial awareness, and sensory cues, you’ll experience how shifting into right-brain mode quiets the inner critic and activates pure creative preserve.
Please call our office at 970-429-2777 for more information.
All supplies are included, $50 per person, per session.
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is conveniently located just two blocks away from the RFTA bus stop on Garmisch Street.
Sessions will take place on Monday and Tuesday nights in July. Reserve early, spaces are limited!
Art and the Vibration of Wellness: Whole Brain Drawing
Art and the Vibration of Wellness with Olivia Daane
Join local and globally-recognized artist Olivia Daane for an artful dive into the connection between art and wellness.
We are pleased to welcome Olivia, who will be leading classes in July that explore the intersection of art and wellness. This 4 week class includes 8 sessions meeting twice a week. Each class dives into a unique theme through drawing, painting, sound, breathwork, and color theory. Take one, or take them all, no two classes are alike and each will open your creative channels, bringing a sense of healing through the artistic process. Olivia will share her knowledge of drawing and painting while implementing the vibrations of sound, color theory, breath work and whole brain creativity.
Using mixed media, this class will take artists at any level to a new-found understanding of their personal flow state, and how art can heal and connect us all. The process of making art can be a powerful force for personal healing and collective connection.
Week Three: Whole Brain Drawing
Engage both hemispheres of the brain by combining analytical structure with intuitive perception. Using contour drawing, spatial awareness, and sensory cues, you’ll experience how shifting into right-brain mode quiets the inner critic and activates pure creative preserve.
Please call our office at 970-429-2777 for more information.
All supplies are included, $50 per person, per session.
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is conveniently located just two blocks away from the RFTA bus stop on Garmisch Street.
Sessions will take place on Monday and Tuesday nights in July. Reserve early, spaces are limited!
Masterpiece Mine: Andy Warhol - “Butterfly”
Andy Warhol San Francisco Silverspot Butterfly screenprint from the Endangered Species Series, 1983 is an intimate portrait of one California’s endangered insect residents, the Callippe silverspot butterfly. Found in only two grassland spots in the San Francisco Bay Area, this subspecies of Nymphalidae has found that the primary danger is the loss of habitat due to developing, off road-vehicles, and invasive plants, making the issue of the conservation of this species still extremely relevant and important today.
The freedom to create your own unique piece with the inspiration from Andy Warhol will allow the participant to be expressive and test your boundaries and enhance your skillset.
Masterpiece Mine is a fun and educational way to learn about painting techniques in a non-competitive way. Our instructor, Lorraine Davis, will guide you through the process of painting an image in stages, brushstrokes and blending your colors, layering, highlighting and details will bring out the uniqueness of your work.
Cost:
$50 fee includes all supplies and instruction
Art and the Vibration of Wellness: Breathwork and Flow
Art and the Vibration of Wellness with Olivia Daane
Join local and globally-recognized artist Olivia Daane for an artful dive into the connection between art and wellness.
We are pleased to welcome Olivia, who will be leading classes in July that explore the intersection of art and wellness. This 4 week class includes 8 sessions meeting twice a week. Each class dives into a unique theme through drawing, painting, sound, breathwork, and color theory. Take one, or take them all, no two classes are alike and each will open your creative channels, bringing a sense of healing through the artistic process. Olivia will share her knowledge of drawing and painting while implementing the vibrations of sound, color theory, breath work and whole brain creativity.
Using mixed media, this class will take artists at any level to a new-found understanding of their personal flow state, and how art can heal and connect us all. The process of making art can be a powerful force for personal healing and collective connection.
Week Four: Breathwork and Flow
Explore how rhythmic breathing patterns regulate the autonomic nervous system and shift brainwave states from beta to alpha, supporting creative flow. This session combines guided breathwork, intention-setting, and expressive journaling to open up a more embodied art practice.
Please call our office at 970-429-2777 for more information.
All supplies are included, $50 per person, per session.
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is conveniently located just two blocks away from the RFTA bus stop on Garmisch Street.
Sessions will take place on Monday and Tuesday nights in July. Reserve early, spaces are limited!
Art and the Vibration of Wellness: Breathwork and Flow
Art and the Vibration of Wellness with Olivia Daane
Join local and globally-recognized artist Olivia Daane for an artful dive into the connection between art and wellness.
We are pleased to welcome Olivia, who will be leading classes in July that explore the intersection of art and wellness. This 4 week class includes 8 sessions meeting twice a week. Each class dives into a unique theme through drawing, painting, sound, breathwork, and color theory. Take one, or take them all, no two classes are alike and each will open your creative channels, bringing a sense of healing through the artistic process. Olivia will share her knowledge of drawing and painting while implementing the vibrations of sound, color theory, breath work and whole brain creativity.
Using mixed media, this class will take artists at any level to a new-found understanding of their personal flow state, and how art can heal and connect us all. The process of making art can be a powerful force for personal healing and collective connection.
Week Four: Breathwork and Flow
Explore how rhythmic breathing patterns regulate the autonomic nervous system and shift brainwave states from beta to alpha, supporting creative flow. This session combines guided breathwork, intention-setting, and expressive journaling to open up a more embodied art practice.
Please call our office at 970-429-2777 for more information.
All supplies are included, $50 per person, per session.
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is conveniently located just two blocks away from the RFTA bus stop on Garmisch Street.
Sessions will take place on Monday and Tuesday nights in July. Reserve early, spaces are limited!
Creative Happy Hour! Watercolor Journaling
Watercolor Journaling with Missy Prudden
Join us at the Red Brick Center for the Arts for fun and social art-making evenings. Whether you have art experience or not, come create during our evening sessions and enjoy a complimentary glass of wine or beer.
Participants must be 21 years of age or older.
Don't miss the opportunity to mix and mingle with others and learn a new skill alongside a local artist, at a price that's easy on your wallet! To ensure your spot, be sure to register early for each session and invite a friend to join you.
Cost
$25 per session, per person; all supplies are included.
Please note: If trying to sign up the day of the event, you must call the office at 970-429-2777.
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is conveniently located just two blocks away from the RFTA bus stop on Garmisch Street.
Masterpieces in the Making with Emily Reilly
Dates & Times
August 4 - 8, 2025
9:30am - 3:30pm
Ages
7 - 10 years old
Cost
$375
Registration opens March 3
About the Camp
At this camp, young artists will discover the works of renowned artists, as well as lesser-known talents, who have made a significant impact on the art world. Each day, campers will explore the styles of 2-3 different artists and create their own masterpieces inspired by their work. The camp will conclude with an art exhibition, organized by the campers, where they can proudly display their creations and share their artistic journey with their families. Your child will be teaching YOU about Kusama and Magritte by the end of the week!
With the guidance of art teacher, Emily Reilly, students will learn about various art creating techniques, art mediums and artists as they make their own unique masterpieces. If time allows, a visit to the Aspen Art Museum will be on the agenda.
Cancellation Policy
To cancel a registration, notify us at least 30 days before the start of the camp. We will refund your payment less a $50 registration fee/per camp. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made within 30 days of the start of the camp. Please note that tuition includes a $50 registration fee that is nonrefundable. If the Red Brick Center for the Arts is required to cancel a camp, Red Brick staff will contact each participant individually and fully refund the registration cost or reallocate the enrollment to another camp with available enrollment space. Camp registrations cannot be transferred to another person. By registering for the camp, you agree to our policies and procedures.
Hey Kiddo
“Sometimes I want an older version of myself to hold me and shake the unrelenting fear out of me, someone who can definitively tell me that everything will be fine; someone to tell me that it turned out to be worth it,” writes artist Lindsey Yeager in her artist statement.
In The Once and Future World, J.B. MacKinnon revisits an Earth that feels mythical in its abundance and vitality. He then describes shifting baselines, showing how the progressively reduced states of nature become the new ‘real’ or ‘normal’. Though this new normal can seem heavy and depressing, it is in the journey of imagination that MacKinnon shows us how to choose to live in a wilder world.
In this exhibition, five women artists invite us into their imaginations. Nostalgia, in Jasmine McGlade’s photographs, charms the viewer, urging them to slow down and gaze with tenderness at the present moment. Ann Morgan employs AI to conjure fictional landscapes informed by others' idealized worlds. Lindsey's vibrant paintings, drenched in techno colors, appear as relics from ancient civilizations or foreshadowing of future societies, entrancing and wise like age-old myths. Molly Altman molds fleeting moments into works of clay, aiming to preserve and perhaps delay the delicate balance of life. Finally, Rachel Bock captures frozen air bubbles in her photographs, which speak in Morse code, unveiling the hidden secrets of an active underwater world.
Reflecting on Lindsey’s wish, I happened upon the words of Mary Oliver carved on a stone at the John Denver Park in Aspen:
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
We extend our sincere thanks to Aspen Public Radio for their support of this exhibition.
Hey Kiddo: Opening Reception
Join us for a festive evening of art, conversation, and community as we celebrate the opening of Hey Kiddo at the Red Brick Center for the Arts. Enjoy refreshments, meet the artists, and be among the first to experience this imaginative and thought-provoking exhibition.
Admission: Free and open to the public
Featuring five women artists, Hey Kiddo explores the shifting boundaries between memory, myth, and the natural world. From vibrant, futuristic paintings to clay works that capture the fragility of a single moment, each piece invites us to reflect on what was, what is, and what could be.
Lindsey Yeager’s radiant, techno-colored paintings evoke ancient myths and possible futures, while Jasmine McGlade’s nostalgic photographs ask us to slow down and see the beauty in the now. Ann Morgan uses AI to create dreamlike landscapes shaped by human longing. Molly Altman works in clay to hold onto what’s fleeting, and Rachel Bock captures frozen air bubbles in her photographs—tiny messages from a world beneath the surface.
Together, their work asks: What is the world we carry in our imaginations? And what might it become if we choose to see it differently?
We extend our sincere thanks to Aspen Public Radio for their support of this exhibition.
Adult Watercolor with Amy Beidleman
About the Session
Instructor Amy Beidleman will lead students through the steps to complete an artwork at the end of the class. Learn helpful watercolor techniques to use with a variety of subject matter.
Instructor Amy Beidleman will show students how to use brushes and tips and will lead students through the steps to complete an artwork at the end of the class. Learn helpful watercolor techniques to use with a variety of subject matter.
No experience necessary, all levels welcome.
Cost
$48 fee; includes all supplies and instruction.
Adult Watercolor with Amy Beidleman
About the Session
Instructor Amy Beidleman will lead students through the steps to complete an artwork at the end of the class. Learn helpful watercolor techniques to use with a variety of subject matter.
Instructor Amy Beidleman will show students how to use brushes and tips and will lead students through the steps to complete an artwork at the end of the class. Learn helpful watercolor techniques to use with a variety of subject matter.
No experience necessary, all levels welcome.
Cost
$48 fee; includes all supplies and instruction.
Creative Happy Hour! Linoleum Block Printing
About the Session
Join us at the Red Brick Center for the Arts for fun and social art-making evenings. Whether you have art experience or not, come create during our evening sessions and enjoy a complimentary glass of wine or beer.
Participants must be 21 years of age or older.
Linoleum block printing, also known as lino printing or linocut, is a versatile printmaking technique that involves:
Carving images and designs into linoleum blocks.
Inking the carved blocks.
Pressing them onto paper to achieve a printed image.
No two images turn out the same, the only limit is your creativity!
Linocut, also known as lino print, lino printing or linoleum art, is a printmaking technique, in which a sheet of linoleum (sometimes mounted on a wooden block) is used for a relief surface. A design is cut into the linoleum surface with a sharp knife, V-shaped chisel or gouge, with the raised (uncarved) areas representing a reversal (mirror image) of the parts to show the areas to be printed.
Cost
$25 per session, per person; all supplies are included.
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is conveniently located just two blocks away from the RFTA bus stop on Garmisch Street.
Adult Watercolor: Lilacs
“Loose Lilacs in Bloom”
Join us for a relaxing and creative evening as we celebrate the beauty of blooming lilacs!
In this hands-on watercolor class, you’ll learn a variety of loose painting techniques while creating your own vibrant lilac compositions. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist looking to loosen up your style, this class offers a joyful exploration of color, form, and expression.
Instructor Amy Beidleman will lead students through the steps to complete an artwork at the end of the class. Learn helpful watercolor techniques to use with a variety of subject matter.
All painting materials provided, just bring your enthusiasm and love for flowers. No experience necessary, all levels welcome. Amy Beidleman will show students how to use brushes and tips to complete the image for the evening’s class.
No experience necessary, all levels welcome.
Cost
$48 fee; includes all supplies and instruction.
Meet the Artist: Anthony Garcia Sr.
Join us at the Aspen Pedestrian Mall on the corner of Galena Street and Hyman Avenue for Music + Popsicles + an Art Station
Public art meets public safety in a new pavement mural designed to improve the pedestrian zone at three busy intersections on South Galena Street corridor between Hopkins and Cooper. Come meet the artist behind the new asphalt art project and learn more about the inspiration for the design and its role in increasing pedestrian safety.
After School Art Play: May 28
About the Program
Afterschool Art early release Wednesdays are a chance for elementary children to be creative, learn through art, and have fun with friends.
In each session, students will explore a theme through different mediums such as collage, painting, sculpture, and more! Instructor Annie Bell uses the resources at hand and loves to upcycle materials, so children learn about recycling and creativity.
Cost
$120 for the session; must pay for whole session; no refunds for missed classes
The easiest way to register is on-line, but please let us know if you have any questions.
Adult Watercolor: Spring to Summer Landscape
About the Session
Join us for a spring to summer landscape watercolor painting class.
Painting from a picture, composition will be discussed, such as what to include and what to leave out. Together we’ll paint a mountain scene while putting many watercolor techniques to use. All levels welcome. Professional supplies are included.
Instructor Amy Beidleman will show students how to use brushes and tips to complete the image for the evening’s class. Learn helpful watercolor techniques to use with a variety of subject matter.
No experience necessary, all levels welcome.
Cost
$48 fee; includes all supplies and instruction.
The Greatest Show on Earth! The Aspen Student Art Show
Join us for an opening reception for the Greatest Show in Earth, The Aspen Student Art Show on Wednesday, April 16th from 4- 6 pm.
Red Brick Center for the Arts is pleased to present an exhibition of artworks by students from Aspen Country Day School, Aspen Community School, Aspen Elementary School and Aspen Middle School.
Art instruction is a vital part of our students education and helps children with the development of motor skills, language skills, social skills, decision-making, risk-taking, and inventiveness. Plus it is a lot of fun!!! Who doesn’t love playing with loads of glitter, paints and clay?
Every year the Red Brick celebrates and recognizes the creative work of local students and equally important the local art educators who encourage students to express their ideas, take risk, and see the world in wonderful ways.
Adult Watercolor: The Coyote
About the Session
Learn various techniques of watercolor by painting both a portrait and a full body of a coyote. As the students learns different styles of watercolor application, they will also learn how to tell the difference between a wolf, coyote, fox and a few other canines. All levels welcome.
Instructor Amy Beidleman will show students how to use brushes and tips and will lead students through the steps to complete an artwork at the end of the class. Learn helpful watercolor techniques to use with a variety of subject matter.
No experience necessary, all levels welcome.
Cost
$48 fee; includes all supplies and instruction.
Expressive Drawing and Painting: Textured Landscape
Join instructor Nicole Nagle Gogolak in exploring and experimenting with taking Learn and grow in a fun, supportive, hands-on approach. This creative session will be focused on mixed media, mark making and how line translates into shaped and textures and the exploration of drawing techniques. Every session will give new insight and build skills that can be applied to the next session.
Nicole Nagle Gogolak has taught art education to adults and children for many years throughout the valley and beyond. She most recently returned from a year of instructing at Interlocken Arts Center, in Michigan, where she learned new and exciting techniques that she wants to share through participant exploration.
Weekly classes will focus on skills that you can build on or take as an enrichment for a particular technique. with Nicole Nagle-Gogolak
Please call our office at 970-429-2777 for more information.
All supplies are included, $40 per person, per session.
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is conveniently located just two blocks away from the RFTA bus stop on Garmisch Street.
Creative Happy Hour! Pysanky Egg Design & Dying
About the Session
Join us at the Red Brick Center for the Arts for fun and social art-making evenings. Whether you have art experience or not, come create during our evening sessions and enjoy a complimentary glass of wine or beer.
Participants must be 21 years of age or older.
Explore the Ukrainian Easter tradition of decorating Easter eggs known as pysanky.
Decorating them has become a gesture of peace, as the war has brought new meaning to an old tradition that dates back to pre-Christian times. This unique and beautiful art form is a creative and relaxing way to spend an evening. Some believe that the ritual is meant to represent the return of sunshine after a long winter, and eggs are used because the yellow yolk is thought to resemble the sun.
Cost
$25 per session, per person; all supplies are included.
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is conveniently located just two blocks away from the RFTA bus stop on Garmisch Street.
Masterpiece Mine: Spring House
Learn to see the highlights and reflective light, differentiate the shadows and colors in one form to bring out the illusion of a 3D image. Teach your eye to see even the subtlest difference in tones and create a sense of depth in your work. This fun image, full of movement and whimsy, will be a fun way to celebrate winter.
Masterpiece Mine is a fun and educational way to learn about painting techniques in a non-competitive way. Our instructor, Lorraine Davis, will guide you through the process of painting an image in stages, brushstrokes and blending your colors, layering, highlighting and details will bring out the uniqueness of your work.
Cost
$50 fee includes all supplies and instruction
Adult Watercolor: Winter Night Sky
About the Session
Do you have a daytime winter landscape that you would like to watercolor paint as a night scene? Learn how to paint a winter night sky with stars and clouds using various techniques such as wet on wet, masking, spattering, as well as lifting, then focusing on the land with wet and dry brushes to create shadows and colors to balance with the night sky. Come and enjoy the magic of the night!
Instructor Amy Beidleman will show students how to use brushes and tips and will lead students through the steps to complete an artwork at the end of the class. Learn helpful watercolor techniques to use with a variety of subject matter.
No experience necessary, all levels welcome.
Cost
$48 fee; includes all supplies and instruction.
Masterpiece Mine: Mary Cassatt
Join us to create the warmth and intimacy that Mary Cassatt portrays in her paintings. Visually feel the textures of hair, clothing, and fur as you learn the technique of recreating these in your own designs.
Learn to see the highlights and reflective light, differentiate the shadows and colors in one form to bring out the illusion of a 3D image. Teach your eye to see even the subtlest difference in tones and create a sense of depth in your work. This fun image, full of movement and whimsy, will be a fun way to celebrate winter.
Masterpiece Mine is a fun and educational way to learn about painting techniques in a non-competitive way. Our instructor, Lorraine Davis, will guide you through the process of painting an image in stages, brushstrokes and blending your colors, layering, highlighting and details will bring out the uniqueness of your work.
Cost
$50 fee includes all supplies and instruction
All Day Art Camp - March 5, 2025
On select days during the school year, the Red Brick Center for the Arts offers full day art camp from 9:30am-3:30pm, for Kindergarten to 4th graders. Campers explore a theme through a variety of mediums such as papier-mâché, collage, mosaic, painting and more! Weather permitting campers may head outside for more art making, exploring and play. Be sure to pack a lunch, snacks and water bottle. Please send outerwear and boots, we will take a hike outside; appropriate clothing for making art, comfortable shoes and be ready for a most excellent day!
Please call office at 970-429-2777 to register your child(ren) for this class, or see button below.
Masterpiece Mine - Henri Matisse
Colors, brushstrokes and design layout are some of the elements focused on as you create this Henri Matisse image. Whimsy and fun are some of the feelings that come forth with his works.
Masterpiece Mine is a fun and educational way to learn about painting techniques in a non-competitive way. Our instructor, Lorraine Davis, will guide you through the process of painting an image in stages, brushstrokes and blending your colors, layering, highlighting and details will bring out the uniqueness of your work.
Cost
$50 fee includes all supplies and instruction
Adult Watercolor: Horned Lark
About the Session
The only true lark native to North America. Nature-inspired artworks, animals, birds, landscapes and things that are right out of our window but we don’t often stop to take the time to really observe the details and beauty so close at hand.
Instructor Amy Beidleman will show students how to use brushes and tips and will lead students through the steps to complete an artwork at the end of the class. Learn helpful watercolor techniques to use with a variety of subject matter.
No experience necessary, all levels welcome.
Cost
$48 fee; includes all supplies and instruction.
Masterpiece Mine - 11th Anniversary with Lorraine Davis
Join us in celebrating the 11th Anniversary of Masterpiece Mine with Lorraine Davis! Our hearts are filled with gratitude for all of the amazing classes that Lorraine has hosted for us over the years. Grab a friend and come share memories, stories and a glass of bubbly in this supportive learning environment.
Create a heart themed painting to give to your Valentine or yourself! No two finished pieces will be the same but all will be made with a little love mixed into the design.
Masterpiece Mine is a fun and educational way to learn about painting techniques in a non-competitive way. Our instructor, Lorraine Davis, will guide you through the process of painting an image in stages, brushstrokes and blending your colors, layering, highlighting and details will bring out the uniqueness of your work.
Cost
$50 fee includes all supplies and instruction
Creative Happy Hour! Watercolor Valentines
About the Session: Watercolor Notecards with Holly Rom
Join us at the Red Brick Center for the Arts for fun and social art-making evenings. Whether you have art experience or not, come create during our evening sessions and enjoy a complimentary glass of wine or beer.
Participants must be 21 years of age or older.
Join artist Holly Rom to learn some of the techniques of watercolor painting and completing a beautiful watercolor notecard to take with you.
Many myths surround the origin of Valentine’s Day. It is believed that a cleric gave his life when he defied Roman law that forbade soldiers from marrying, and married people in secret. Another is that he was imprisoned and began writing love letters to his beloved. Whatever the true origin, we share kind words and gestures with those that we love.
Cost
$25 per session, per person; all supplies are included.
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is conveniently located just two blocks away from the RFTA bus stop on Garmisch Street.
Eric Elliott: Shifting Perspectives
Join us opening reception on Thursday, February 6, 5-7pm.
Eric Elliott served as a facilitator for the Aspen Cultural Vibrancy Fellowship convenings, bringing his expertise to the program. We are delighted to showcase a collection of his work in conjunction with the Cultural Vibrancy Exhibition.
Eric explores visual perception and representation through the genre of still life paintings. Using repetition, Eric paints the same objects in various styles including impressionism, digital pixelation, and abstraction. One of the key features of his work is his attention to the subtleties of light and shadow. According to Eric, he views the objects in his compositions as an interconnected network of abstract shapes, where subtle differences offer diverse interpretations, much like different translations of a poem.
Aspen Cultural Vibrancy Fellows Exhibition
Join us for an opening reception, February 6, 5-7pm.
Local artists play a crucial role in Aspen's vibrant art scene. In 2024, the City of Aspen introduced the Aspen Cultural Vibrancy Fellowship, which provided financial grants to local artists to promote experimentation, innovation, and growth in their artistic pursuits. This exhibition presents the works of the 12 recipient artists, highlighting the diverse and exceptional quality of art being produced in Aspen, including filmmaking, music composition, visual and sculptural works.
Masterpiece Mine - Leroy Neiman - Ski Racer
Movement, action and color are some of the first words that come to mind when describing a Leroy Neiman painting. You no longer feel like an observer but that you are along for the ride. He captures a moment, freezes time with his brush strokes allowing the viewer to be one with the subject for just that perfect instant in time.
Masterpiece Mine is a fun and educational way to learn about painting techniques in a non-competitive way. Our instructor, Lorraine Davis, will guide you through the process of painting an image in stages, brushstrokes and blending your colors, layering, highlighting and details will bring out the uniqueness of your work.
Cost
$50 fee includes all supplies and instruction
Creative Happy Hour! Sculptural Papermaking with Leah Aegerter
About the Session
Join us at the Red Brick Center for the Arts for fun and social art-making evenings. Whether you have art experience or not, come create during our evening sessions and enjoy a complimentary glass of wine or beer.
Participants must be 21 years of age or older.
Paper, like clay, can take on any shape that your imagination can come up with!
Artist Leah Aegerter will lead us through the process of creating paper and using it to produce a sculptural piece that is realistic or non-representational. Various colors and textures will be explored as we manipulate the clay into the finished works. The options and ideas are limitless!
Cost
$25 per session, per person; all supplies are included.
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is conveniently located just two blocks away from the RFTA bus stop on Garmisch Street.
Creative Happy Hour! Creative Collage with Annie Bell
About the Session
Join us at the Red Brick Center for the Arts for fun and social art-making evenings. Whether you have art experience or not, come create during our evening sessions and enjoy a complimentary glass of wine or beer.
Participants must be 21 years of age or older.
Collage artist, Annie Bell, will demonstrate the limitless possibilities of the technique of collaging.
Annie is a collage artist and extraordinary creative, that will share her vision of taking items that may not at first seem like they have a relationship, and guide you through creating a unique artwork. Annie’s fun approach and personal trial and error, let the creative juices flow attitude are inspirational. Grab a friend and come be a creative, too!
Cost
$25 per session, per person; all supplies are included.
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is conveniently located just two blocks away from the RFTA bus stop on Garmisch Street.
Adult Watercolor Class - Winter Landscape
Nature-inspired artworks, animals, birds, landscapes and things that are right out of our window but we don’t often stop to take the time to really oberve the details and beauty so close at hand.
Painting a watercolor winter landscape, step by step. From a photo, create a composition via sketch, color the sketch, then create the painting.
Instructor Amy Beidleman will lead students through the steps to complete an artwork at the end of the class. Learn helpful watercolor techniques to use with a variety of subject matter.
No experience necessary, all levels welcome. Supplies included in registration fee. Amy Beidleman will show students how to use brushes and tips to complete the image for the evening’s class.
Adult Watercolor Class - Wild Turkey
If after Thanksgiving you haven’t had enough of the turkey, come watercolor paint the wild turkey at the Red Brick!
Remember making one from the shape of your hand? This bird’s impressive plumage is a fun challenge and opportunity to learn new techniques. All levels are welcome. 🦃
Instructor Amy Beidleman will lead students through the steps to complete an artwork at the end of the class. Learn helpful watercolor techniques to use with a variety of subject matter.
No experience necessary, all levels welcome. Supplies included in registration fee. Amy Beidleman will show students how to use brushes and tips to complete the image for the evening’s class.
Red Brick Center for the Arts - Resident Artist Exhibition
We are thrilled to invite you to view the new renovation improvements at the Red Brick! Join us for an evening of art, music, and celebration.
Red Brick Center for the Arts offers long-term studio space to working artists known collectively as the Red Brick Resident Artists. These artists work in a range of materials and subjects from ceramic ware and vases, abstract and representational painting, photography, mixed media, sculpture, and jewelry design. On view are their latest creations.
Nancy Lovendahl
Listen or your tongue will make you deaf
A traditional proverb as translated from The Cherokee Nation
Proverbs reveal mysteries about ourselves. This proverb, as title, captures this country’s moment in history. It’s obvious to me that we have lost the grounding in our own human nature and in physical nature itself. This is the second in a series investigating these two relationships through a connection between our senses and a natural form.
Listening is the focus here. We each experience the world through a lens of biased personal perception. Through this artwork, I hope that a beautiful “listening rock” may provide an entry through which we can investigate these perceptions. Are we listening to each other? …to ourselves?…to what nature is telling us? …or is nature listening to us?
My sculptural mural uses the controversial 2020 US census as the departure point. Each form is colored to identify the racial data collected. Creating 206 parts over 2 years, I proportioned the census data to visually show who we are as a nation: 57.8% White, 18.9% Hispanics, 12.4% Blacks, 6.3% Asians and 2% Native and Islander Nations. 5% are mixed race people. I have taken license to exaggerate some colors to capture an essence of race or personal orientation - and omitted others to reflect those who were left out of the census altogether. Each of the mural parts are unique and one-of-a-kind but made from the same source.
To make these ceramic and resin parts unique, each was generated from a form I carved in stone and molded. That first mold was then cast several times, each resulting cast was altered and then molded again. Liquid clay slip was used to pour into 5 part rigid plaster molds, as well as press molded using small slabs of moist clay forming each part. Incorporating different types of clay, each was dried over several weeks, glazed and fired in an oxidation kiln. Transparent 2-part polyester resin was mixed, tinted, poured and cured in flexible platinum silicone molds over a 24-hour period forming the balance of parts. This work was made to premiere during the 2024 series of 10th anniversary exhibitions of Michael Warren Contemporary, Denver.
Annie Decamp: Roots Below the Surface
The Red Brick Center for the Arts is delighted to showcase a collection of still life paintings by Annie Decamp, which uniquely blend local and art historical references. Annie's paintings feature arrangements of Aspen flowers rendered in a way that pays tribute to the techniques and color schemes of her favorite painters. Her work is a beautiful expression of her admiration and appreciation for both the summer blooms of Aspen and the masters of art.
Field signs by Lara Whitley
July 29 - September 2
on the lawn at the Red Brick Center for the Arts
With Field Signs, a reimagination of used tents, installation artist Lara Whitley continues to transform waste into contemplative space. Crowd-sourcing nylon tents from the community, she harvested the technical outdoor fabric to hand sew a series of flags that are animated by wind and sun. Her flag landscapes draw on the colors of the outdoor industry, patterns found in nature, and memories of camping. Like the circular economy of her practice, Field Signs, which was originally commissioned for the 2024 5Point Film Festival, is constantly growing in size and regenerating in new locations. Her roving installation creates narratives of transformation, while carrying the original stories of adventure infused in the recycled tents.
Lara Whitley
Installation artist Lara Whitley finds joy in the materials given. She reclaims objects that society no longer wants — discarded, decommissioned or destined for the landfill — and reimagines them in new narratives. Whitley has rescued old bar bottles, dinner plates, boots, window panes and tents; she has reshaped them into contemplative spaces — a meditation temple, a forest shrine, a glass cabin in the woods — and countless abstract forms. She is interested in the renewal and healing that are available to all when we put broken things back together in new ways.
Named “a sculptor to watch” by Aspen Sojourner magazine, Lara Whitley earned a Bachelor of Arts at UC Berkeley and has studied at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, and Colorado Mountain College. She is the recipient of numerous honors, including 2023 City of Aspen Cultural Vibrancy Fellowship, 2021 Aspen Art Museum Artistic Fellowship, and the 2019 People’s Choice Award at Art of the State, Colorado’s triennial juried show. Her residencies include Aspen Community School, Red Brick Center for the Arts and the Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts. Whitley’s work has been featured in solo shows at The Launchpad in Carbondale and The Art Base in Basalt, and collaboratively at Mai Wyn Gallery in Denver. A native of California, Lara moved to the Roaring Fork Valley in 1998, where she lives with her family.
www.larawhitley.studio and on Instagram @larawhitleystudio
