A new space at the Aspen Art Museum aims to help people of all ages learn about contemporary art.
Elizabeth Strunk is the school, youth and family programs manager at the Aspen Art Museum. She says the Learning Lab on the museum's main floor is designed to be welcoming and educational.
"What we want this space to be," she said, "is a place where everybody can gain the knowledge and learn about at least one exhibition in the museum."
Currently, that's the Yayoi Kusama exhibit “Where the Lights in my Heart Go.” There are books for kids and adults about the artist and a self-portrait station that pays homage to her use of mirrors. Anyone is invited to drop into learn more about the show.
Strunk says the idea behind the Learning Lab is to help visitors build confidence when it comes to decoding contemporary art.
"They can have that confidence to be able to look at something and say, 'Oh, I understand that, I get that,' whether it’s a four-year-old or a forty-year-old or an eighty-year-old," she said.
The lab will focus on new exhibits as they rotate through the museum.