About the Artist
Annie Bell is a visual artist and educator based in the Roaring Fork Valley, creating mixed media collage, assemblage, and installation from salvaged materials. Her solo exhibition Simplicity at The Art Base, Basalt (November 2025) featured her latest layered paper sculptures and collages. She has also exhibited at the Art Gym, Denver; The Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen; Carbondale Arts, Carbondale; and Colorado Mountain College, Aspen. An awardee of the Aspen Art Museum Artist Fellowship (2023–2024), Annie teaches as adjunct faculty at Colorado Mountain College and at various local art centers. She holds a BFA in Photography/Film & Animation from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, and lives in Spring Valley, Colorado, with her husband, Bruce, and their daughters, Frances and Katharine.
February 5, 2026
1–3 PM
Event
Active Art:
Collage Painting with Paper and Glue (Session 1)
The Collage Sketchbook
at Pitkin County Senior Services
Join the Aspen Art Museum at Pitkin County Senior Services for Active Art: Collage Painting with Paper and Glue (Session 1), offered in collaboration with local artist Annie Bell!
In this introductory workshop, Teaching Artist alumni, Annie Bell, will share her unique approach to creating collage “sketches.” Participants will explore bricolage art-making techniques, crafting art from readily available materials. Everyone will create and begin working in their own sketchbook, a portable collage studio for continued artistic pursuit.
Active Art: Collage Painting with Paper and Glue consists of five workshops, each designed to explore various aspects of collage. Join us as we delve into the artistic process, creative problem-solving, and the joy of working with unexpected, everyday materials.
