Cultural Events Calendar

Visiting Critic lectures are free, open to the public, and available in person or via livestream.

Damien Davis is a Newark-based artist and educator whose practice explores cultural representation and identity through a distinctive visual language that recontextualizes symbols from diverse cultures.

Rooted in traditional representational painting, Kinsley’s style has evolved to amplify Nature’s sensual forms, some obvious, others obscure. One curator calls his work “voluptuous.”

In oil, he paints his smaller pieces plein air. Larger pieces begin as field sketches that establish composition, which he amplifies in the studio as sinuous natural shapes. These two-steps allow him to see on-site the convergence of subtle shapes that photos often miss, then interpret and refine the shapes more deliberatively in the studio.

On view: October 2 to October 30, 2026
Opening Reception & Artist Talk: Friday, October 2 from 5 PM- 7 PM

Join us for a conversation in Schermer Meeting Hall at Anderson Ranch Arts Center with Visiting Artist James Casebere.

Visiting Artist lectures are free, open to the public, and available in person or via livestream.

James Casebere is a visual artist whose early work established him at the forefront of artists working with constructed photography. He received his BFA from the Mpls College of Art and Design, and his MFA from Cal Arts.

Chris Hassig (b. 1987) is an artist and community leader based in Carbondale, Colorado, whose intricate drawings and prints blur the boundaries between landscape, abstraction, and imagined worlds. Rooted in a lifelong fascination with mapping and mark-making, Hassig’s work ranges from expansive multi-panel etchings of his fictional country, Saiopor, to densely detailed ink drawings inspired by close observations of nature.

On view: November 6 to December 4, 2026
Opening Reception & Artist Talk: Friday, November 6 from 5 PM- 7 PM

Rachel Becker brings a series that explores weaving, webs, and networks as structures that connect, hold, and move vital energy. Constructed from found and foraged materials: branches, plant fibers, fishing line, and produce netting, the lightweight hanging sculptures reference nets, tapestries, and natural systems. Installed as an immersive canopy, the works invite visitors to step inside the visible and invisible networks that shape our world, from mycelial pathways to the “World Wide Web.”

On view: November 6 to December 4, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, November 6 from 5 PM- 7 PM

Join us for a conversation in Schermer Meeting Hall at Anderson Ranch Arts Center with Visiting Artist Steven J. Yazzie.

Visiting Artist lectures are free, open to the public, and available in person or via livestream.

Steven J. Yazzie (b.1970) is a multidisciplinary artist working in painting, installation, video/film and community. Yazzie is a member of the Navajo Nation and a veteran of the Gulf War, serving honorably with the United States Marine Corps, 1988-92.

HOME / UN HOGAR: Welcomes Basalt High School students celebrating the voices and artistic expressions of these students who have recently arrived in the United States.

This community-centered program offers students the opportunity to reflect on the concept of “home”, both the home they’ve left behind and the new home they are building here in the Roaring Fork Valley. Through bilingual instruction and artistic mentorship from Gabriela Mejia, students will create individual artworks and written reflections.

On view: December 11, 2026 to January 2, 2027
Opening Reception & Artist Talk: Friday, December 11 from 5 PM- 7 PM

Lindsey Yeager creates large-scale gouache paintings that explore disconnection, grief, transformation, and the emotional weight of living in a rapidly changing world. Their work merges personal narrative with broader cultural anxieties, examining loss, fear, and the longing to be understood. Through vivid imagery and metaphor, the paintings probe the messy, creature-like experience of navigating a world that often feels uninhabitable.

On view: December 11, 2026 to January 2, 2027
Opening Reception & Artist Talk: Friday, December 11 from 5 PM- 7 PM

Join us for a conversation in Schermer Meeting Hall at Anderson Ranch Arts Center with Visiting Artist Dyani White Hawk.

Visiting Artist lectures are free, open to the public, and available in person or via livestream.

Dyani White Hawk (b. 1976, Sičáŋǧu Lakota) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Minneapolis. Her practice, strongly rooted in painting and beadwork, extends into sculpture, installation, video, and performance, reflecting upon cross-cultural experiences through the amalgamation of influences from Lakota and Euro/American abstraction.