{"id":2458449,"date":"2020-05-14T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=325724"},"modified":"2020-05-14T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T22:00:00","slug":"hed-teachable-momentsub-art-base-hosts-virtual-exhibition-for-mentorship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/hed-teachable-momentsub-art-base-hosts-virtual-exhibition-for-mentorship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Hed: Teachable MomentSub: Art Base hosts virtual exhibition for mentorship program"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/bartbase-atd-051520-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/bartbase-atd-051520-4.jpg 569w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/bartbase-atd-051520-4-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Cody Thompson&#8217;s &#8220;Crisis Heads&#8221; in the ARTmentors exhibition at Art Base in Basalt.<\/strong><br \/><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">Basalt High School junior Cody Thompson spent the early stretch of his time in the Art Base\u2019s Claudette Carter ARTmentors program kicking around ideas with ceramicist Matthew Jinks, his mentor, looking at various artists\u2019 work and Pinterest pages in search of inspiration for a project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The novel coronavirus pandemic ended the search, along with his in-person sessions with Jinks, and led to his \u201cCrisis Heads,\u201d a collection of 50 polymer mask-like sculptures depicting the faces of distress during the public health crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe coronavirus happened and my inspiration shifted while I was doing this,\u201d Thompson explained in a recorded artist talk about the 2020 ARTmentors show, which opened virtually and runs <a id=\"N0x2b57c70N0x2bd32f0:N0x2b57c70N0x2b4d9d8\" href=\"https:\/\/theartbase.org\/exhibitions-2\/charles-j-wyly-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">through May 28 on the Art Base website<\/a>. \u201cI would go out in the pandemonium and just look at people \u2014 they were panicked and everything was crazy. When lockdown happened I would pull inspiration form movies and TV shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Thompson is one of four high school students who the Art Base paired with a working artist for the 2020 edition of ARTmentors. Now in its 13th year, ARTmentors included new wrinkles for 2020, like mentoring in the commercial arts aimed at career development and a focus solely on students who live in Basalt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Basalt High freshman Analyn Hoffner paired with Nancy Lovendahl, who founded the ARTmentors program. Hoffner made puzzle piece-shaped mixed-media works on tar paper inspired by constellations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Colorado Rocky Mountain School freshman Tanner Beazley was mentored by painter Doug Graybeal and made watercolors of natural Roaring Fork Valley scenes and prints of nature merged with man-made infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Katherine Davila, a Basalt High senior, teamed with Summers Moore and made photo portraits of her friends. She began in black and white, but shifted to color as the coronavirus shutdown limited her access to facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The trajectory of each project shifted as mentoring sessions moved from art studios into virtual space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cAll of them had to change their projects dramatically,\u201d said Art Base curator Lissa Ballinger, who hung the show while observing social-distancing protocol with Jinks (none of the students have yet seen the installation in person).<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Producing an exhibiting in the crisis, these student artists noted, also gave them an unexpected lesson in time management as they learned to balance the personal turmoil of the shutdown and remote schoolwork while also plugging away on this paid internship. The work they\u2019ve produced, Beazley noted, gives them something tangible and positive to hold onto from this traumatic and historic moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The online exhibition is nimble and user-friendly, approximating an in-person experience. Virtual visitors can see installation and detail photos, along with 360-degree imagery of the gallery and recordings of artist talks \u2014 taped on Zoom and moderated by Ballinger \u2014 with each of the students and mentors discussing the work, their process and the effect of the pandemic on both.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In mid-March as public health orders closed the Art Base, its administrators got to work on planning its first virtual exhibition. The Art Base now plans to host online exhibitions in perpetuity to complement in-gallery shows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe will always, moving forward, have an online platform,\u201d Ballinger said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In the Roaring Fork Valley art world, the Art Base was the leader of the pack in responding to the constraints of the stay-home period. On March 14 as stay-home orders began going into place, the nonprofit launched its free and popular Art Kits To-Go program, leaving art-making kits on its porch for pick-up. Online classes soon followed, and later a window art project for the midvalley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Art Base also quickly got to work on an online exhibitions program, beginning with this student show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThere was never a question,\u201d said programs director Abby Gierke. \u201cWe knew that exhibitions are a huge part of what we do at the Art Base, so right away we knew we were going to put exhibitions online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Local students have also led the way on the virtual exhibition of art in the Roaring Fork Valley. The ARTmentors show follows the virtual opening of the <a id=\"N0x2b57c70N0x2bd34d0:N0x2b57c70N0x2b4e2d8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/entertainment\/aspen-art-museum-to-host-virtual-opening-and-exhibition-with-young-curators-of-the-roaring-fork\/\">Aspen Art Museum\u2019s Young Curators of the Roaring Fork<\/a> last month. For young people, many experiencing their first time exhibiting art, postponing or canceling was not an option.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe work from students has so much more resonance installed,\u201d Ballinger said. \u201cThat\u2019s always true, but it was extremely important to them and to the mentors in this case. It felt like an endpoint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:atravers@aspentimes.com\">atravers@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/entertainment\/hed-teachable-momentsub-art-base-hosts-virtual-exhibition-for-mentorship-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cody Thompson&#8217;s &#8220;Crisis Heads&#8221; in the ARTmentors exhibition at Art Base in Basalt. Basalt High School junior Cody Thompson spent the early stretch of his time in the Art Base\u2019s Claudette Carter ARTmentors program kicking around ideas with ceramicist Matthew Jinks, his mentor, looking at various artists\u2019 work and Pinterest pages in search of inspiration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2458449","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-14 01:43:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2458449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2458449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2458449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2458449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}