A&E Agenda: Uchi, Art Festival, and Music on the Mountain

Uchi x Hotel Jerome pop up, Friday and Saturday, Prospect

James Beard Award‑winning Chef and Owner Tyson Cole’s Uchi will be taking over Prospect Restaurant with their signature, nontraditional take on Japanese food, featuring a 10-course feast highlighting exquisite seasonal creations and impeccable seafood.

21st Downtown Aspen Art Festival, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 151 E Main St., Aspen

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Fine Art Festival featuring over 120 juried artists, including local and national talent. Browse the artwork, and speak with the artists. All work displayed is created by the artists.

“This is a long-standing annual event, loved by locals and visitors. Paepcke Park, situated directly on Main Street, boasts an exceptional and idyllic setting. It is with great anticipation that we extend an invitation for you to partake in the festivities at this remarkable venue,” the organizers said. “We take immense pride in hosting an art fair within the heart of this lively downtown area.”

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Attendees can anticipate a distinguished affair featuring esteemed national and local artists, as well as skilled artisans. Moreover, the park’s strategic placement near an RFTA stop offers convenient accessibility to all.

Information: artfestival.com

What Lies Beneath: Andy Taylor and Amy Lay, live painting and artist reception, Friday, Aspen Korologos Gallery, Basalt

Ann Korologos Gallery hosts an exhibition featuring Colorado landscape painter Andy Taylor and introducing Oregon-based wildlife painter Amy Lay.

Amy Lay will be live painting at Ann Korologos Gallery in Basalt on Friday, July 19, from 2-5 p.m., followed by an Artists’ Reception with Andy Taylor and Amy Lay from 5-7 p.m. The exhibition is on view until July 31.

“What Lies Beneath is an invitation to feel the mood and majesty of a moment of observation depicted in the colorful, gestural style of Andy Taylor and to experience the movement and memory of beloved wildlife in the loose, illustrative style of mixed media artist Amy Lay,” Sue Edmonds, gallery director, said in a press release.

Andy Taylor has been drawing and painting the scenery within a day’s drive of his Carbondale studio for more than fifty years. He is known for his characteristic brushwork, palette, and abstract representation of Colorado landscapes. The artist often revisits the same areas to paint with an evolving style that reflects his curiosity as an artist and the knowing that the landscape has changed both in form and through his perception.

Amy Lay is a contemporary wildlife artist, the third-generation living on the ranch her family homesteaded in the mountains of Northeastern Oregon. Primarily self-taught, her mixed-media subjects are illustrated from imagination and memory of wildlife encounters.

For more information, please visit the gallery at 211 Midland Ave. in Basalt, call 970-927-9668, or inquire online at art@korologosgallery.com.

Music on the Mountain, Saturday, 1-3 p.m., Atop Aspen Mountain

Relax at 11,000 feet in a glorious meadow overlooking Mount Hayden and take in the beauty as students of the world-renowned Aspen Music Festival and School perform a repertoire of their own choosing. Bring a picnic (or build one at the Sundeck) and a lawn chair, and enjoy. Located just a short walk out Richmond Ridge from the top of the gondola. 

*The event is free to attend with the purchase of a gondola sightseeing ticket. 

Sarah Girgis is the Arts and Entertainment Editor for The Aspen Times. She can be reached at 970-429-9151 or sgirgis@aspentimes.com.