Jul 09 Thursday
Unleash your creativity in a fun, engaging, and inspiring senior art class where the only limit is your imagination!
Each session focuses on playful and easy-to-learn techniques, including watercolor painting, acrylics, pastels and more! Classes are perfect for all skill levels. Enjoy a stress-free artistic outlet designed to nurture your creativity while having fun.
No registration necessary. Just arrive day of ready to create!
Jul 10 Friday
July 6 – 10, 20269:30AM – 3:30PM, Monday – Thursday, 9:30AM – 12:00PM, FridayThis camp will be held at the Basalt LibraryGrades 3 + (2026/2027 school year)
Write and illustrate your own story—then launch it into an adventure! You’ll dream up a hero (you, or a character from your imagination), build a whole new world, and send your story off on an epic journey. Create a comedy, a mystery, or a magical quest—travel from fairy tales to knights in shining armor, from the ocean to the mountains, and everywhere in between. You’ll sketch characters, design settings, and bring your tale to life with words, drawings, and lots of imagination. By the end, you’ll have a storybook that’s completely yours—the story of your dreams!
July 6 – 10, 2026Monday – Thursday, 9:30AM – 3:30PM, Friday, 9:30AM – 12:00PMArt Party at 11:45AM on FridayGrades: Third +
Explore the beauty of the natural world. Dive into hands-on projects sparked by the colors, patterns, and textures of nature—from plants and animals to mountains, rivers, and skies. Throughout the week, you’ll experiment with fun techniques like painting, collage, printmaking, and mixed media as you create one-of-a-kind artworks such as botanical prints. Come ready to explore, get a little messy, and bring home a collection of nature-inspired masterpieces!
The instructor is bilingual. The class will be taught in English, with translation available if needed.
July 6 – 10, 2026Monday – Friday, 10:00AM – 4:00PMGrades: 9 – 12
Build a portfolio that’s ready for college applications, contests, grants, and artist residencies. Learn how to photograph and document artwork, organize digital files, curate a strong sequence, and strengthen your work through critique and revision. Explore digital and physical portfolio platforms, then draft an artist statement and artwork captions that connect your ideas and goals across media.
Jul 11 Saturday
Get ready for Zumba with Andrea Orrego
Zumba is a global dance phenomenon that invites the body and spirit into a state of pure, rhythmic connection. Originally inspired by the vibrant dance traditions of Latin America — Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue, and Reggaeton — Zumba has since grown into a dynamic fusion of world rhythms, blending Afrobeat, Bollywood, Bhangra, Belly Dance, Hip Hop, and more into an electrifying celebration of movement.
At its core, Zumba is about intuitive dance expression. Rather than focusing on strict choreography or technical breakdowns, the structure of a Zumba class mirrors the architecture of music itself — simple, repeatable patterns tied to the chorus, verses, and bridges of each song. This approach allows dancers to anticipate transitions naturally, freeing them from the constraints of counting steps and encouraging a deeper, more instinctive relationship with rhythm.
Zumba invites a profound reconnection to the joy of embodied movement: a space where strength meets sensuality, sweat becomes celebration, and music becomes a global language that transcends borders.For seasoned dancers, Zumba offers a refreshing invitation to return to the essence of why we dance — not for perfection, but for expression, connection, and exhilaration. It is a journey through cultures, rhythms, and emotions, all channeled through the most ancient instrument we possess: our own bodies.
All dance levels welcome!
Jul 13 Monday
July 13 – 17, 2026Monday – Thursday, 9:30AM – 3:30PM, Friday, 9:30AM – 12:00PMArt Show on Friday at 11:45AMGrades 1st + (going into 2026/2027 school year)
Get ready to zoom in and make art that shimmers! Have you ever looked closely at a butterfly wing, snake scales, or a dragonfly’s see-through wings? Animals are covered in incredible patterns—and you’ll get to recreate them in your own bold way. You’ll draw, color, paint, and collage using all kinds of paper (even clear cellophane!), plus markers, crayons, glitter, and more. Make spots, stripes, swirls, and scales, then take home a collection of wild, beautiful pattern masterpieces!
July 13 – 17, 2026Monday – Friday, 9:30AM – 3:30PMGrades 5 – 8Held at Rock Bottom Ranch
The Art of the Harvest is a program where art, agriculture, and imagination come together. You’ll use vegetables from the ranch to create, carve, dye, print, and more. When you aren’t making art using vegetables, you’ll have the opportunity to play a role in our vegetable production.
Registration through ACES (opens February 19). https://aspennature.org/activity/aces-summer-camp-2026/
Sacred Brotherhood Circles are a structured space for men to develop health connection with other men through intentional conversation and embodiment.
Topics vary around four key areas of life: Purpose, Prosperity, Pleasure, and Peace.
Embodiment practices include breathwork, meditation, and functional movement.
Men leave with:- Sense of relief in knowing you are not alone- Clarity on an issue or decision you’ve been struggling with- Tools and frameworks to deal with stress and conflict at work or home - New friends to talk, bike, hike, etc. with- Feeling of being more in control of your life. Grounded and inspired.
Intergenerational gathering of men 18+
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sacred-brotherhood-circle-with-kyle-jason-leitzke-tickets-1230677683079?aff=oddtdtcreator
Jul 14 Tuesday