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The artist Precious Okoyomon’s Aspen Art Museum installation includes edible plantlife, ponds, indigenous and so-called invasive species as well as sculpture and sound works. It opens to the public Friday and will be on-site - in evolving and replenishing forms - through September 2022. ....
Jazz vocalists Cyrille Aimee and Laila Biali will headline the JAS Café on Friday, June 18 and Saturday, June 19, respectively, Jazz Aspen Snowmass announced Tuesday. ....
The pandemic stripped away the social side out of Aspen’s historically lively art and gallery scene. Yes, galleries were able to open quickly after the spring 2020 lockdown and, yes, they provided sanctuary for people seeking solace or inspiration when most every other cultural hub was closed. But there were no opening receptions and shoulder-to-shoulder crowds, no walk-throughs, no in-person artist talks. Art viewing has mostly been a solitary or virtual venture. Even as several new players arrived on the local scene, they arrived quietly. There were positives to be found in the experience of gallery hopping during the pandemic – you had more conversations with gallerists, for example, and you realized how little you actually get to look at the artwork at a crowded opening. ....
People walk by the now officially closed Tatanka on restaurant row in downtown Aspen on Friday, April 30, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times) It appears that the effects of the pandemic have only made Aspen’s commercial real estate scene even more desirable than it has been in recent years. Downtown Aspen has one retail space available for summer occupancy, according to Angi Wang, a broker at Setterfield & Bright. She and fellow broker Karen Setterfield said they haven’t seen this kind of demand ever. “It’s stronger than it’s ever been, and I’ve been doing this for 30 years,” Setterfield said. “Everyone wants Aspen. … We are out of spaces, and we have unlimited demand for retail spaces.” ....
The itinerant Gonzo Gallery will change its name to “Fat City Gallery” upon its next move in May. The popular gallery, which over the past decade has engaged a youthful audience and sparked creative dialogue rarely found in the Aspen art scene, has specialized in work related to the author and local icon Hunter S. Thompson, illustrator Ralph Steadman and printmaker/activist Tom Benton among others counterculture figures. On May 15, the gallery will move to 529 E. Cooper Ave. and reopen as Fat City Gallery, marking a pivot away from Thompson while also paying homage to Thompson’s campaign promise to rename Aspen “Fat City” during his 1970 campaign for sheriff of Pitkin County. ....