Listen in as Jean-Martin (JM) Fortier, a pioneer in the small-scale organic farming movement, shares insights and experiences from his 20-year journey in market gardening.

Alan Fletcher speaks with pianist and noted AMFS alumnus Jeremy Denk and conductor Stéphane Denève.

Issy Wood and Johanna Fateman in conversation as part of the 2025 Anderson Ranch Summer Series.

Following the performance of Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Rafiq Bhatia’s On Blue, artist P. Staff and psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster reflect on the intersections of dreams and consciousness, and mortality and breath, in a moment defined by the shared vulnerabilities of environmental harm.

Physicist and astrobiologist Sara Imari Walker and artist Sophia Al-Maria explore life on other worlds. Departing from Walker’s radical rethinking of the origins and definitions of life in her 2024 book Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life’s Emergence, and Al-Maria’s visionary contributions to feminist science fiction, the two delve into physics and art through the lens of speculative futurism to consider what forms of life lie on and beyond our planet and understanding.

In this talk, McQuinn goes back in time to reconstruct the early history of small galaxies and explore the impact that starlight from massive stars has on the galaxy formation process using images obtained from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

Alan Fletcher speaks with violinist and AMFS alumnus Blake Pouliot and conductor Matthias Pintscher in advance of their performance with the Aspen Chamber Symphony.

Hear renowned artist and activist Shepard Fairey in conversation with Peter Waanders, President and CEO of Anderson Ranch. As a pivotal figure in contemporary art and activism, Fairey’s work has a worldwide impact, from iconic street art to powerful graphic campaigns. This is a rare and exciting opportunity for our community to hear directly from the artist about his creative process, the evolution of his practice, and the social impact of his work.

Kelly Akashi and Ruba Katrib in conversation for the 2025 Anderson Ranch Summer Series.

Alan Fletcher meets with pianist Tom Borrow and Grammy winning soprano Ana María Martínez.