Anderson Ranch Arts Center is a non-profit arts organization founded in 1966 and located in Snowmass Village, Colorado.[1][2] The center hosts an artist residency program and summer workshops in the months of June, July, August, September and a January workshop intensive.[3][4] The campus is five acres in size with working studio space in historic buildings for ceramics, painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, sculpture, furniture making and woodworking as well as a digital fabrication lab, library, café, gallery and a lecture hall.[5] The Ranch invites visiting artists, critics and curators year-round.
Anderson Ranch hosts many public events throughout the year, such as the Summer Series: Featured Artists & Conversations, Lunchtime Auctionettes, Guest Faculty Lectures, the Annual Art Auction and Recognition Dinner, as well as indoor and outdoor exhibitions. The nearby Aspen Art Museum and Aspen Institute forms a trio with Anderson Ranch of significant arts institutions in the Roaring Fork Valley.[6]
The ceramics program has a long artistic connection with the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and the furniture and woodworking program has a similar creative history with San Diego State University. Past summer faculty have included Mickalene Thomas, Catherine Opie, Judy Pfaff, among many others.[7]
Since 1997, the International Artist Award is given to globally-recognized artists who demonstrate the highest level of artistic achievement and whose careers have fundamentally influenced contemporary art.[8] Past honorees include:
2024: Charles Gaines
2023: Christian Marclay
2022: Yinka Shonibare
2021: Simone Leigh
2019: Nick Cave
2018: Ai Weiwei
2017: Wangechi Mutu
2016: Carrie Mae Weems
2015: Frank Stella
2014: Theaster Gates
2013: Bill Viola
2012: Kara Walker
2011: Laurie Simmons & Carroll Dunham
2010: Betty Woodman & George Woodman
2009: Cindy Sherman
2008: George Condo
2007: Enrique Martínez Celaya
2005: Vik Muniz
2004: Laurie Anderson
2003: Maya Lin
2002: Elizabeth Murray & Robert Holman
2001: Christo & Jeanne-Claude
2000: Peter Voulkos
1999: Betye Saar
1998: Sam Maloof
1997: Paul Soldner
Since 2019, the art center has hosted a curator-in-residence.[9] The inaugural curator was Helen Molesworth from 2019-2021.[10] Douglas Fogle was curator-in-residence from 2022-2023.[11] The sculpture gardens on campus display works by Isamu Noguchi and Sanford Biggers.[12]
Since 1978, Anderson Ranch Editions has published limited edition prints in etching, lithography, woodcut, and silkscreen with visiting artists including Steve Locke, Tom Sachs, Nina Katchadourian, and Laurie Anderson.[13] One of the lithographs Anderson created with Bud Shark at Anderson Ranch became the cover art for her second studio album Mister Heartbreak released in 1984.[14]
^"Anderson Ranch Arts Center to honor artists Nick Cave and Doug Casebeer, philanthropist Sarah Arison". Aspen Times. April 5, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
^Cooke, Edward S.; Ward, Gerald W. R.; L'Ecuyer, Kelly H.; Warner, Pat (2003). The Maker's Hand: American Studio Furniture, 1940–1990. MFA Publications, a division of the Museum of Fine Arts. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-87846-662-7.
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^Writer, Erica Robbie, Aspen Daily News Staff (2 September 2020). "Anderson Ranch ramps up programming, launches studio program for local artists". Aspen Daily News. Retrieved February 3, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^"Dynamic Arts: Anderson Ranch Arts Center". Aspen Art Museum. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
^"Faculty". Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
^"Past Recognition Dinner Honorees". Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
^admin@notebleu.com (2019-02-26). "ANDERSON RANCH ARTS CENTER NAMES HELEN MOLESWORTH AS NEW CURATOR-IN-RESIDENCE". Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
^"Curator Helen Molesworth Brings Her Diverse Vision of Art Upstate | Upstate Diary". Upstate Diary. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
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