{"id":2455398,"date":"2020-03-05T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/challenge-aspen-partners-with-aspen-art-museum-for-veterans-program\/"},"modified":"2020-03-05T08:48:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T15:48:00","slug":"challenge-aspen-partners-with-aspen-art-museum-for-veterans-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/challenge-aspen-partners-with-aspen-art-museum-for-veterans-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenge Aspen partners with Aspen Art Museum for veterans\u2019 program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.8795499669093\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-322092-267\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-1024x669.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Couples look at art in the Aspen Art Museum during a Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities retreat on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. The couples participated in breathwork prior to looking at art displayed. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Couples look at art in the Aspen Art Museum during a Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities retreat on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. The couples participated in breathwork prior to looking at art displayed. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-1024x669.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Couples look at art in the Aspen Art Museum during a Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities retreat on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. The couples participated in breathwork prior to looking at art displayed. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | CAMO couples retreat attendees have a circle discussion about the work that they had seen at the Aspen Art Museum on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>CAMO couples retreat attendees have a circle discussion about the work that they had seen at the Aspen Art Museum on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"CAMO couples retreat attendees have a circle discussion about the work that they had seen at the Aspen Art Museum on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-2-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Morgan Gooler looks at a piece hanging in the front of the Aspen Art Museum during a CAMO couples retreat event on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Morgan Gooler looks at a piece hanging in the front of the Aspen Art Museum during a CAMO couples retreat event on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-2-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Morgan Gooler looks at a piece hanging in the front of the Aspen Art Museum during a CAMO couples retreat event on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-3-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | David O\u2019Hearn and his wife Holly O\u2019Hearn look at art in the Aspen Art Museum during a Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities couples retreat on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>David O\u2019Hearn and his wife Holly O\u2019Hearn look at art in the Aspen Art Museum during a Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities couples retreat on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-3-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"David O\u2019Hearn and his wife Holly O\u2019Hearn look at art in the Aspen Art Museum during a Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities couples retreat on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-4-1024x706.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities couples retreat attendees look at art at the Aspen Art Museum on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities couples retreat attendees look at art at the Aspen Art Museum on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-4-1024x706.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities couples retreat attendees look at art at the Aspen Art Museum on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-5-1024x685.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities couples retreat attendees look at art at the Aspen Art Museum on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities couples retreat attendees look at art at the Aspen Art Museum on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-5-1024x685.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities couples retreat attendees look at art at the Aspen Art Museum on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-6-1024x634.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities couples retreat attendees look at art at the Aspen Art Museum on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities couples retreat attendees look at art at the Aspen Art Museum on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/Arts-atw-030520-1-6-1024x634.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities couples retreat attendees look at art at the Aspen Art Museum on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/weekly\/challenge-aspen-partners-with-aspen-art-museum-for-veterans-program\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/weekly\/challenge-aspen-partners-with-aspen-art-museum-for-veterans-program\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Challenge Aspen has been bringing military veterans onto the ski slopes in Snowmass since 2006, supporting vets who have cognitive and physical disabilities to get on skis and enjoy the thrill of some supported risk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Since 2018, the program also has brought vets into the Aspen Art Museum for a new challenge: contending with contemporary art.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Two groups of servicemen and women made their way through the museum in February, as Challenge Aspen hosted couples\u2019 retreats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cIt\u2019s another piece they can add to the mind-body experience,\u201d said John Klonowski, who runs Challenge Aspen\u2019s Military Opportunities (CAMO) program. \u201cIt\u2019s another opportunity to have a shared positive experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Much of the Challenge Aspen weeklong veterans\u2019 retreat is focused on the mountain, where vets learn adaptive skiing. Klonowski said the week usually includes four days of skiing, two days of breathwork and one day with sleep therapy, as sleep difficulty is the top issue reported by the community of veterans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The Aspen Art Museum offers a different kind of challenge for the mind, bringing five couples into the museum for their apr\u00e8s-ski breathwork session, followed by a gallery viewing and discussion, closing with a dinner in the rooftop sculpture garden at So Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The Challenge Aspen partnership is among the more recent partnerships for the museum, which counts upward of 50 partner organizations for its education and access programs. The initiative \u2014 which includes programs with La Tricolor Radio, the Youth Recovery Center, Pitkin County Jail and Ascendigo Autism Services \u2014 has brought the museum national recognition, including winning the National Medal for Museum and Library Service in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">On a recent evening, five couples gathered to take in Seth Price\u2019s exhibition \u201cNo Technique,\u201d which showcases the New York-based artist Seth Price\u2019s \u201cKnot Paintings.\u201d Made between 2009 and 2012, the sculptural paintings were created by encasing objects \u2014 typically ropes \u2014 through a \u201cvacuum forming\u201d process. It was displayed in the museum\u2019s first-floor gallery space, with a white noise machine accompanying the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The retreat included five couples, who came to Aspen from Colorado Springs, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Florida and South Carolina. The couples talked about the frays of the ropes, the possible dark connotations of a knotted rope, and the playfulness of these unfussy paintings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">\u201cArt is an opportunity to be moved and interact and pay attention,\u201d said Emily Hightower, who led the evening\u2019s breathwork session. \u201cDoing breath beforehand gives the opportunity to show up emboldened and relaxed and give the opportunity to practice the skills for bring stimulated, changing your reaction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/weekly\/challenge-aspen-partners-with-aspen-art-museum-for-veterans-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Couples look at art in the Aspen Art Museum during a Challenge Aspen Military Opportunities retreat on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. The couples participated in breathwork prior to looking at art displayed. 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