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a special place
with a
unique history
Perhaps you’ve heard - Anderson Ranch
Arts Center will be celebrating our 50th
Anniversary in 2016!
What began in Snowmass Village,
Colorado as a collection of buildings on
a local ranch has evolved into a hotbed
of one of the most respected visual arts
programs in the country.
As working ranches in the Snowmass
Village area closed down and the ski industry
began to blossom in the 1960s, local resort
developers envisioned an arts and cultural
center for the valley and surrounding
community and chose the Anderson Ranch
property as the location for that venue.
Through the efforts of many artists and art
supporters, Anderson Ranch Arts Center
was established in 1973 as a non-profit
501(c)(3) organization. Major changes began
in 1979, when resort developers deeded
the nearly five-acre parcel of land to the
Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
With ownership of the property, the Ranch
began to invest in facilities, equipment, staff
and buildings on its journey to become the
valuable resource that it is today. The old
buildings continue to be used, refurbished
and transformed, alongside newer facilities
such as the studios, workshop spaces and
galleries of Anderson Ranch. The oldest
building on campus—the Long Studio, a
barn constructed in the mid-1800s—houses
one of the Ranch’s several ceramics studios.

history

Today, Anderson Ranch conducts 140
summer workshops for more than 1,000
students each summer. The campus is
enlivened with the Featured Artists and
Symposium series, lunchtime auctionettes
and lectures by workshop faculty and visiting
artists several evenings per week.
Additional programs include an Artists-inResidence Program, Visiting Critics, field
expeditions and more. Disciplines have
expanded to include ceramics, furniture
design, painting and drawing, photography
and new media, printmaking, sculpture,
woodworking, woodturning and programs
for teens and children. Classes are taught
for all levels of experience.

Anderson Ranch is known for bringing
together eager students, emerging artists,
and internationally renowned creators to
commune, experience and further their
work in a historic setting in one of the most
beautiful locations in the world.
Calling all Anderson Ranch Alumni:
students, faculty, visiting artists, Artist-inResidence, lecturers, interns, staff, friends!

We’d love for you to join in celebrating
our 50th anniversary.
Find out more on our Anderson Ranch
Alumni Facebook group!
We invite you to share memories, stories
and photos.
PHOTO: DAVID ELLSWORTH, 1974

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