Aspen Summer Words-Writing Retreat & Literary Festival
May 7, 2008
The Aspen Writers’ Foundation and Explore Booksellers will present Salman Rushdie with the Aspen Prize for Literature during the AWF’s 2008 Aspen Summer Words Literary Festival: “Passage To India,” held June 22-26 in Aspen. Rushdie will headline the 32nd annual celebration of words and ideas that will honor the contemporary stories and storytellers of India.
Rushdie and his peers — Anita Rau Badami, Amit Chaudhuri, David Davidar, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Indu Sundaresan, Manil Suri and Dr. Shashi Tharoor — will bring the literary terroir of India to Aspen, discussing the themes of identity and language, gender, caste, diaspora and exile that have been a focal point of much Indian fiction. They will join 19 other award-winning authors, agents and editors from the U.S. in 15+ literary events and parties held over the course of the five days of Aspen Summer Words.
“As the home to 216 languages and the ancestral home of some of the world’s oldest literary texts, we are thrilled to celebrate India and honored to bring to Aspen some of the biggest names in Indian writing,” said Lisa Consiglio, executive director of the Aspen Writers’ Foundation.
ASPEN PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
Salman Rushie, winner of the 2008 Aspen Prize for Literature, is widely considered to be both the father of contemporary English-language Indian literature and one of the finest living novelists today. He is the author of ten novels, including The Enchantress of Florence; Midnight’s Children, which won the Booker Prize; and The Satanic Verses, which won the Whitbread Novel Award and famously lead to accusations of blasphemy against Islam and subsequently a fatwa against the author. Despite being self-exiled, he continued to write and publish books, including novels, a children’s book, essays, criticism, short stories, theatrical adaptations, and a travel narrative. The Aspen Prize for Literature is sponsored by the Bedell World Citizenship Fund. Read more
Aspen Art Museum Presents: Wasted
April 10, 2008
Young Curators of the Roaring Fork are proud to present their 2008 exhibition, Wasted
Aspen Art Museum Exhibition April 25 through May 11, 2008
Beginning with a free public reception on Friday, April 25, 2008, from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m., in the Aspen Art Museum Upper Gallery.
Wasted features 30 artworks by artists from high schools and middle schools throughout the Roaring Fork Valley. For Wasted, the Young Curators asked student artists to consider the many interpretations of the concept of waste and to experiment with the idea of reuse in holistic terms—to consider their environment with a view that includes people, places, and concepts, along with physical things. The works chosen for the exhibition represent both the physical manifestations of wasted materials reborn, as well as conceptual illustrations of untapped opportunities or potential. In all, over 100 artworks were submitted from which the final artworks were culled.
Wasted will be accompanied by a free cell phone audio tour that will allow visitors to hear the Young Curators’ comments on some of the works.
Wasted was organized by the Aspen Art Museum’s Young Curators of the Roaring Fork, under the direction and supervision of AAM Assistant Curator Matthew Thompson and AAM Education and Public Programs Manager Morley McBride, and in collaboration with museum Director and Chief Curator Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson.
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Anderson Ranch Announces 2008 Honorees
April 7, 2008
Anderson Ranch Arts Center’s twelfth annual Recognition Dinner will take place on Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at The Snowmass Club in Snowmass Village, Colorado. The event, which begins at 6:00 p.m., celebrates creativity and service to the arts by recognizing the accomplishments of key figures in the art world. This year’s honorees are: George Condo, National Artist Award, and Mera and Don Rubell, Service to the Arts Award. Read more
Spring Break Camp and Activities for Kids-Aspen Colorado
March 18, 2008
March 24-28, 9 am - 2 pm, ages 7-11
Looking for exciting and creative opportunities for kids during spring break? Spend one, two, or all five days of spring break exploring the forests and wetlands of the Rock Bottom Ranch Wildlife Preserve. Meet at Rock Bottom Ranch at 9am
Call 970-927-6760 to register!
Aspen Art Museum Architecture Lecture Series with Nader Tehrani
March 10, 2008
The Aspen Art Museum is proud to announce an illustrated slide lecture with renowned architect Nader Tehrani as the first of four 2008 AAM Architecture Lecture Series events to be held at The Aspen Institute. Tehrani’s presentation will take place Thursday, March 13, 2008, at The Institute’s Paepcke Auditorium from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Hosted in collaboration with the Aspen Institute and the City of Aspen Community Development Department, the AAM Architecture Lecture Series brings world-renowned architects to Aspen to discuss the role of public architecture in our society, and how its form, style, a nd purpose impact our engineered landscapes. Future 2008 ALS participants will be announced as scheduling is confirmed. Read more
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