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filmed on 8/9/2018 at the Temporary in Basalt, Colorado.

BTalks is aimed at connecting mid-valley residents around inspiring ideas and conversations through a series of several short ‘community confluence’ conversations. Along with great presentations and discussion, free food and hosted beer and wine are served. Come celebrate your community and get to know your neighbors at BTalks.

This BTalk is titled “Behind the Art” and features stories from

Nancy Lovendahl, Artist and sculptor

Nina Gabianelli, Vice President, Education and Programming, CIG, CIT, CIHT

Bear Matthews Motio 2.0 – The Story from Those Who Made It Happen.

Glenn Smith, self-professed culinary entertainer, Fly Fishing guide and stand-up comedian

Special thanks to our corporate sponsors of this event: US Bank and Shaw Construction.

This event is free but guests are strongly encouraged to register to ensure a seat.

“The idea behind BTalks is to take people out of our day-to-day dialogues, and elevate the conversation to showcase this community’s uniqueness, intellectual curiosity, and simply have fun.” - Scott Gilbert

Host Erik Skarvan interviews Aspen legend Klaus Obermeyer, founder of Sport Obermeyer.

Klaus' innovations include, but aren't limited to:

The quilted down parka. Stitched together from his own down comforter.

Developed the first mirrored ski sunglasses from vaporized metal.

Created the first nylon windshirt.

With Friedl Pfeiffer developed the first high-altitude suntan lotion.

Developed a dual layer ski boot. The first with a warm liner & a rigid exterior shell.

Created the first turtlenecks with elasticized collars.

Aspen Art Museum Nancy and Bob Magoon CEO and Director Heidi Zuckerman interviews artist Rashid Johnson.

Rashid Johnson was born in Chicago, in 1977, and lives and works in New York. A critical theory framework extends across his paintings, sculptures, photography, and video work, investigating legacies of and possibilities for African American intellectual and cultural life. His work has been the subject of recent solo exhibitions at the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, the Grand Palais, Paris, the Drawing Center, the High Line, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver. He is the recipient of the 2018 Aspen Award for Art.

American Sign Language interpretation provided by the Aspen Camp for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

AAM education programs are made possible by the Questrom Education Fund. AAM talks and lectures are presented as part of the Questrom Lecture Series and made possible by the Questrom Education Fund.

Steve Nemerovski interviews Rob Oldham of Ballotpedia.org

http://www.noneoftheabove.us/

https://www.ballotpedia.org

Part 2 of Steve Nemerovski's talk with Bernard Tamas, author of “The Demise and Rebirth of American Third Parties.”

None of the Above is a show that examines the underlying causes of extreme polarization and dysfunction in our political system and presents viable solutions.

For more information:

https://www.amazon.com/Demise-Rebirth-American-Third-Parties/dp/0815356374

http://www.noneoftheabove.us

Steve Nemerovski talks with Bernard Tamas, author of “The Demise and Rebirth of American Third Parties.”

None of the Above is a show that examines the underlying causes of extreme polarization and dysfunction in our political system and presents viable solutions.

For more information:

https://www.amazon.com/Demise-Rebirth-American-Third-Parties/dp/0815356374

http://www.noneoftheabove.us

Abraham Cruzvillegas was born in Mexico City, in 1968, where he continues to live and work. Since 2007, he has created a body of sculptures and installations that investigate what he calls autoconstrucción (“self-construction”), working with found materials and assemblage in reference to everyday practices also found in urban landscapes. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru, Tate Modern, London, Carré d’Art - musée d’art contemporain de Nîmes, France, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, and Kunsthaus Zürich.

American Sign Language interpretation provided by the Aspen Camp for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

AAM education programs are made possible by the Questrom Education Fund. AAM talks and lectures are presented as part of the Questrom Lecture Series and made possible by the Questrom Education Fund.

How do interviews reveal truth? What questions make artists open up? In this public dialogue, a conversation between Serpentine Galleries Artistic Director, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and AAM Nancy and Bob Magoon CEO and Director, Heidi Zuckerman, will reveal reflections on the journey that unfolds in her new book Conversations with Artists, which features more than thirty prominent contemporary artists in personal, illuminating conversations.

American Sign Language interpretation provided by the Aspen Camp for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

AAM education programs are made possible by the Questrom Education Fund. AAM talks and lectures are presented as part of the Questrom Lecture Series and made possible by the Questrom Education Fund.

Explore More and Explore Booksellers are delighted to present former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in conversation about her new book, Fascism: A Warning, moderated by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and long time local, Loren Jenkins. Join us at the Hotel Jerome for a personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy continues to shape today's world.

https://www.explorebooksellers.com

with Ronald R. Rossi of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP